The Mauldin incident and Chicago power politics
A vivid account recounts Bill Mauldin being assaulted by Tom Flanagan amid a Daley family party. Police hesitate to intervene as elites protect elites, then Flanagan surrenders and accuses Mauldin, shifting scrutiny to the courtroom and local power dynamics in Chicago.
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Lake Shore Drive
John Daley
John
Flanagan Brothers
Daley
Tom Flanagan
Bill Mauldin
Flanagan
Mauldin
Ford makes a wrong turn in foreign cartel debate
The piece argues President Ford and Secretary Kissinger erred by embracing talks on raw material price cartels, urging free markets. It warns that formal committees could legitimize price fixing, risking permanent recession as monopolies grow and welfare-state policies expand globally.
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Ford
Europe
Treasury
William Simon
United States
Britain
Kissinger
Henry
Jerry Ford
Energy Sense by Frank G. Zarb
Federal Energy Administrator Frank G. Zarb outlines a pragmatic approach to national energy policy stressing efficiency, diversification of energy sources, and market incentives to reduce dependence on imported oil while supporting industrial growth and consumer affordability.
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Frank G. Zarb
Federal Energy Administrator
Reclaiming Waste Oil as Energy and Environment Hope
The piece argues used motor oil is valuable if recycled through re refining. It cites 2.5 billion gallons used yearly with 1 billion waste oil, only about 10 percent reaching re refiners. It laments foreign oil costs, urges collection systems and incentives, and notes waste oil pollution and declining reprocessing firms.
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America
United States Coast Guard
Bennington Briefs Highlight School Changes and Local Events
Unusual homing pigeon visits Knights of Columbus in Bennington today. Bennington High graduates to receive smaller leather bound diplomas this year. Plans announced to alter next year’s curriculum with modern secondary education methods. Brown trout record caught by Albert Knights Jr. Ed W Peterson resigns from district 7 school board effective June 27. Fairdale Farms Dairy Bar to be part of Fairdale organization managed by Judith Ames Cooke. Vermont House overrides Hoff veto on Good Samaritan bill. Barney Brook project revived to flow into Roaring Branch River. WrapTures union votes on contract validity. Historical notes cover 1937 Windsor Edward VIII marriage, 1940 Dunkirk evacuation, 1963 Pope John XXIII dies, 1965 Ed White first American space walk.
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Vermont
Philip H. Hoff
Bennington Village
Roaring Branch
WrapTures Gift Wrap Inc
WrapTures
Duke of Windsor
Edward VIII
England
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Dunkirk
France
Channel
Germany
John XXIII
Ed White
Jim McDivitt
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Chicago
By Mike Royko
Dog Pound
Flanagan Boys
Thomas
Daley Boys
Flanagans
City Hall
Willie and
Joe
Patton
James Rochford
Pling
The
Sun-Times
William Safire
N.Y
Times News Service
Washington
Hoisington Realty
Federal Housing Administration
Veterans Administration
Department of Housing and Urban Development
FHA
Southwestern Vermont Board of Realtors
Bennington
Depot Street
Bennington, VT
Shank
Maine
Broilers
Land Lakes A
Qld
Hawaian
Ee “Vancamp
Pohatee Wenn
Knights of Columbus
West Main Street
Bennington High School
Walter C. Wood
Albert
Bill’” Knights, Jr
S. Branch Street
Edwin W. Peterson
Gage St
Fairdale Farms
Fairdale
Judith Ames Cooke
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