Editorial: Nixon Rejects Brezhnev Pact to Police the World
The piece recalls an alleged Brezhnev proposal to bind the United States to join the USSR in preventing nuclear war anywhere. It notes Nixon rejected the plan, reaffirming that the U.S. should avoid entanglements with Red Russia or Red China to preserve independence and power.
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Richard M. Nixon
United States
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Russia
Brezhnev
Nixon
U.S.A
Ussr
U.S
Red Russia
Red China
Mr. Brezhnev
Nixon trims Watergate report amid televised hearings
Washington sources say President Nixon rejected a lengthy Watergate analysis fearing it would prolong Senate hearings. He issued a shorter 2800 word statement and may not expand on past replies at an upcoming news conference. White House aides stressed no admission of advance bugging.
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Washington
Nixon
Senate Investigating Committee
White House
Sen
Ate
Bits of knowledge from the mailbag bulletin
HAL BOYLE surveys curious facts from a mailbag of trivia. He notes neck bones in diverse animals, red blood cell counts in tiny cubes, cholesterol in youths, and habits of hunger in shrews versus pythons. The piece weaves quick health tips and light quotes from Twain in period column style.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Chicago
U.S
Trident Submarines Urged as Core of U S Nuclear Power
Chief of Naval Operations Adm Elmo Zumwalt urges rapid U S construction of Trident submarines to maintain ample nuclear seapower. Jane's Fighting Ships 1973 ranks Soviet Russia as the world's top naval power, bolstering calls for costly Tridents.
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Adm
Elmo Zumwalt Jr
U.S
Soviet Russia
Congress
Little Falls lawmaker calls for U of Minnesota president ouster
Rep. Stephen Wenzel urges immediate search for Malcolm Moos successor in a letter to the Regents. He condemns Moos plan to stay till 1975 with extra sabbatical pay and argues the president should earn less than the governor, highlighting public outcry over the arrangement.
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Stephen Wenzel
DFL
Little Falls
University of Minnesota Board of Regents
Staed
Metropolitan Press
Moos
Wenzel
Tam
Rep. Wenzel
University of Minnesota
Minnesota
Minneapolis Tribune
State of Minnesota
Senate
Nicholas Coleman
Santa Claus Reindeer Bid Faces Soviet Hurdles in Moscow
In Moscow, Sue Fortune of Auburndale seeks two white Siberian reindeer for Santa's Workshop and Santa's Operation Toylift but faces Soviet sensitivity over religious symbolism. Fortune, a World University Games administrator and widow of Harold Fortune, vows to appeal to Brezhnev if needed while stressing the authenticity of Santa as a Russian icon.
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Moscow
Santa Claus
Soviet Union
Sue Fortune
Harold
Julian J. Reiss
White Face Mountain
Lake Placid
United States
Frederick Accum and the 1820 Food Adulteration Era
The 1820s saw Frederick Accum publish A Treatise on the Adulterations of Food and Culinary Poisons, exposing frauds in bread beer wine tea coffee cheese mustard vinegar and other domestic products. He named red lead copper salts and sulfuric acid as common additives used to mislead consumers.
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Frederick Accum
Chemistry
Accum
Reader letters on productivity and U S tax depreciation rules
The Bemidji reader argues productivity rises abroad due to technology and efficient depreciation rules. He claims U S tax law inflates replacement costs via inflation, taxing phantom gains and hindering growth, and contrasts foreign dividend taxation and reinvestment incentives. F. Russell Eggers Bemidji.
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United States
F. Russell Eggers
Bemidji
Courthouse expands Beltrami County hours to serve public
Beltrami County Courthouse offices extend hours starting Aug 15 to include noon service. Employees keep at least a 40 hour week by shortening lunch by 30 minutes or staying to 5 pm, balancing workload without reducing total hours. Admin. Assistant Ted Tower signs the notice.
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Beltrami County
Ted Tower
Old Farmer Almanac Weather and Notes
The piece compiles historical markers from the Old Farmer Almanac with items like Huey Long’s last filibuster date, Moon phase notes, and a 1925 Florida real estate boom mention. It includes Old Farmer weather forecasts for major regions, a riddle, and home tips about cleaning glass and repurposing a glove. Weather regions cover New England to California with daily- to midweek-focused outlooks and temperature cues.
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Huey Long
Florida
New Bedford
Mass
U.S
Alaska
L.W
Dunkirk
Ind
New England
Greater
New York
New Jersey
Middle Atlantic
Piedmont
Upstate
N.Y
Toronto
Montreal
Ohio Valley
Deep South
Chicago
Great Lakes
Great Plains
Central Great Plains
Texas-Oklahoma
Rocky Mountain Region
Southwest Desert
Pacific Northwest
California
Nixon banks on theory of forgive and forget
Nixon shows a strategy to win public forgiveness and move forward after Watergate. He plans a veterans audience in New Orleans then a foreign policy speech and August news conference at his San Clemente estate. He avoids detailed Watergate talk while urging the nation to focus on urgent business.
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Nixon Banks
Washington
Nixon
New Orleans
San Clemente
Calif
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