Editorial on Watergate traps and Machiavelli’s fox and lion
The piece argues Watergate harmed Nixon and the nation, criticizing a lack of decisive action and integrity. It compares political traps to Machiavelli’s fox and lion, urging sharper scrutiny, accountability, and disclosure of facts beyond resignations. It cites conspiracies from Kennedy cables to Vietnam telegrams as part of broader political treachery.
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Niccolo Machiavelli
Machiavelli
Nixon
Democratic
White House
Kennedy
Diem
Vietnam
Ehrlichman
H.R. Haldeman
The
Nation
Watergate
DES ban may hike meat prices
The FDA forbids all DES use in cattle and sheep due to excess residue risk, while Butz warns total ban would lift meat prices. Producers warn prices could rise about eight cents per pound, or roughly 1.8 billion annually, amid debate over substitutes and public health concerns.
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Food and Drug Administration
Agriculture
Earl Butz
FDA
C. W. McMillan
American National Cattlemens’ Association
Sherwin Gardner
McMillan
Fat trimming in Postal Service improves Sioux Falls mail
The Sioux Falls post office adopts area mail processing to speed local delivery and cut fat from operations. Officials say the system, started March 31, processes mail for 74 surrounding cities, boosting efficiency and reducing delays.
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Sioux Falls
S.D
Polo J. Martinez
South Dakota
Fice
Minnesota
Iowa
Leo Seger
Brookings
Madison
Vermillion
Yankton
Nash
Seger
Martinez
Stan Singpiel
Rapid City
Nebraska
Wyoming
Singpiel
Clarence Jansen
Watergate could reshape the power balance in Washington
In a bid to reclaim powers from the White House Congress may find unlikely allies in the Watergate figures who created and hid the scandal. The piece argues Watergate shifts debate on presidential prerogatives and forces a reassessment of centralized control in Washington amid ongoing disclosures.
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Washington
White House
Congress
Nixon
Era of peace in labor unions and management
AP reports a shift toward cooperative labor relations in 1973 with no strike deals across United Rubber Workers and Goodyear, earlier rail unions, two Teamsters locals with F O M Schaefer Brewing, and a no strike pledge by United Steelworkers and top steel producers. Labor days lost drop, wages rise 5.3 percent, but leaders warn against renewed wage price pressures. Meany cites changes since the 1930s.
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Washington
United Rubber Workers
Goodyear Tire and Rubber Co
Teamsters
New York
F. O M. Schaefer Brewing Co
United Steetworkers Union
Labor Department
United Auto Workers
Teamsters Union
General Electric
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Traffickers Face Greater Risk From Global Action
United States says traffickers now face dangers comparable to users due to international cooperation led by the United Nations. Harvey R. Wellman reported that arrests reached 19,000 and seizures 800 tons in 1972, with nations pursuing traffickers, breaking rings, and expanding treaties to curb illicit narcotics.
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United Nations
N.Y
United States
U.S
Harvey R. Wellman
U.N. Economic and Social Council
Wellman
Mulch Power Boosts Gardens Says Ruth Stout
NEA garden columnists Sheila and Allan Swenson highlight Ruth Stout's mulch method to save labor monitor soil moisture and weed growth. Mulching with straw hay leaves grass clippings wood chips peat moss and other organics preserves soil conditions and reduces yard work.
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Sheila
Allan Swenson
NEA
Ruth Stout
Practical Methods to Mulch for Cooler, Longer Bearing Gardens
Garden tips promote darker mulches such as old leaves composted humus and bark chips to cool crops like broccoli peas and lettuce. Apply mulch along rows in spring to absorb heat and hasten growth while smothering weeds conserve moisture and improve appearance. Readers urged to order Swenson's Practical Book of Organic Gardening for $1.25 plus postage from New York.
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Swenson
P.O
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Crossword Clue Set
A list of crossword style clues with numbers for across and down entries including signs 37 tidy 38 Spanish historian 39 chemical suffix 42 quencher 44 equal capable 46 Samuel's teacher 47 town Cornish prefix 50 sailor 52 two wore on a street sig 55 property holder 56 city in Louisiana 57 pointed weapon 58 soft radi down 1 desires 2 concept 3 biblical garden 4 cover 5 middle Atlantic state ab 6 pork product 7 god of love 8 dynamo part 9 girl's name 11 writer O Casey 12 Spanish coin 13 border 18 quiet zone 20 rule of faith 21 mountain ridge 22 consolation 24 indistinct 25 compass reading
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Samuel
Louisiana
God of Love
O'Casey
Border
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John D. Ehrlichman
Rthey Gancwoardener
Pablo Bay
Spain
Organization
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