Editorials Question How Is a Bribe Not a Bribe?
A Wall Street Journal investigation highlights a Nixon era case where dairy lobbyists donated 25000 to Republican committees labeled as campaign contributions. The piece argues this reveals flaws in campaign spending laws and moral ambiguity in political finance. It notes Hardin’s price supports and SPACE’s influence, illustrating how donations intersect with policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
National Dairymen
Jerry Landauer
Wall Street Journal
Clifford Hardin
Council of Economic Advisers
White House
SPACE
Hardin
Trout in the Milk Prompts GOP Money Surge Funds Flow
The piece notes a price-support reversal and a flood of contributions from SPACE TAPE and ADEPT to Republican committees, totaling about 250000 with projections up to 1 million. It cites female treasurers from Union Trust Co and comments on political spending law. It also covers Grable’s pollution claims and AMA president Hall's Britain visit with infant and maternal mortality comparisons.
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TAPE
Trust For Agricultural Political Education
ADEPT
Agricultural and Dairy Education Political Trust
Landauer
Nixon
Journal
Union Trust Company
Washington
Hall
AMA
Britain
United States
America’s
Letters Physician Health Service and Death Rates Compared
A discussion contrasts Britain’s National Health Service era with changes in infant and maternal survival, noting Britain’s improving death rates. Using Social Trends 1950-52 as base, it compares seven leading causes of death between the U S and Britain for men in 1967, highlighting shifts in respiratory diseases and heart conditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British National Health Service
America
Health Service
Britain
U.S
Money and intrigue to the Editor of The Banner
A Glendale letter accuses Harry Dexter White of aiding Russia with U S money printing after 1944 and compares it to colonial counterfeiting. The text shifts to critique of American health care, arguing U S medical care is inefficient, underfunded, and fails to deliver benefits of modern medicine despite wealth, urging systemic reform rather than higher spending.
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Europe
Japan
Treasury
Morgenthau
Harry Dexter White
Russia
U.S
East Germany
America
October in Vermont and a trip with the Kraches
A lyrical October vignette from Skylark describes autumn vistas in Vermont with blazing maples and misty hill scenes. The narrator notes threats to the landscape from an East West Highway, recalls a shopping day with friends the Kraches, and reflects on aging and resilience aided by the cane after a leg injury. Letters from readers share caustic curiosities about local life and wildlife.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New England
Bennington
Kraches
Will Nixon's float everything policy backfire on peril
New York editorial weighs Nixon's floating dollar and global strategy. It argues foreign policy hinges on talks with China and warns of risk if Soviet, Chinese, and Arab moves outpace U.S. plans. The piece questions whether Nixon can marshal rivals into a temporary truce or endure a dramatic shift by the two giants. The piece cautions that overheated bets may leave the United States with unstable global positions.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Peking
Egypt
Rogers
Suez Canal
Hanoi
Suez
America
North Slope
Alaska
Europe
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Venezuela
Nixon
Russia
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Bennington Banner
Banner Publishing Corporation
Main Street
Vermont
Thoreau
Ralph Nader
Paul Grable
Grable
New England Natural Food Associates
Manchester
London
Wesley Hall
M.D
American Medical Association
National Health Service
Scotland
U.S. Britain
C. C. Moseley
Glendale
Calif
United Nations
Searsburg
Charlie
New York
New Hampshire
Duesseldorf
Koenigs Allee
Banner
Heaven
Hell
Irving Fineman
Shaftsbury
the Banner
Brooklyn Bridge
Charlotte Foucher
County St
John Chamberlain
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
West Berlin
Western Europe
Persian Gulf
Algeria
Northern Ireland
Bernadette Devlin
Ireland
Londonderry
Belfast
Free World
Bernadette
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