Editorial: What a difference a year makes for Trudeau
A year and a quarter into Pierre Elliott Trudeau's tenure as prime minister, public opinion has soured. The piece notes cabinet disunity and resistance to reforms such as official bilingual status, NATO cutbacks, and wheat subsidies. It laments heckling in Quebec and the prairies and urges political savvy beyond charisma.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John F. Kennedy
Jean Claude Killy
Pierre Elliott Trudeau
Risma
Ottawa
Trudeau
Canada
NATO
U.S
Quebec
Prairie Provinces
Missouri senator in Nevada divorce intrigue sparks statehouse friction
Virginia Payette outlines a Missouri political tangle involving Senator Blackwell amid rumors of a Nevada divorce and possible bigamy. Officials debate whether residency or divorce records justify seat vacancy while Blackwell remains in seclusion and resists public comment.
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Virginia Payette
Washington
Missouri
Blackwell
Petgie
Nevada
Senate
Backwell
Ono
Ebody
Las Vegas
Jefferson County
Senator Blackwell
J Nebody
Wonderful Place
Letter from Mrs. Robert E Roe of Lake George New York thanks Fortunes Rocks residents and Biddeford Fire Department Webber Hospital and many neighbors for aid after her husband’s back injury on July 18 while vacationing at Fortunes Rocks. She names Ralph Jacques Rene LaChance Dr O Sullivan Chandler Robbins Miss Catherine Connor Jon Nolet Michael Mariello and others for help with moving accommodations and daily needs.
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Fortunes Rocks
Biddeford
Webber Hospital
Ralph Jacques
Rene la
Chance
Fortunes Rocks Pie
Sea Hawk
Biddeford Pool
Webber Pital
Dr. O'Sullivan
Chandler Robbins
Catherine Connor
Jon Nolet
Michael Mariello
Linda
Maine
Ae Poe
Robert E. Roe
Lake George
N.Y
Nixon approves oil tax rule but backpedals under pressure
President Nixon orders aides to keep out of the oil depletion debate as public protest grows over the 27 percent oil depletion allowance. The move comes after lobbying from the oil industry led by Frank Ikard and Dan Jones, with Mills proposing only a token cut to 23 percent.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
White House
Richard Nixon
Capitol Hill
Congress
Maryland
Rogers C. B. Morton
GOP
Tax Writing House Ways and Means Committee
Sam Rayburn
Rayburn
Ays and Means Committee
Wilbur Mills
Petroleum Institute
Frank Ikard
Mills
Skard
Ikard
Dan Jones
Independent Petroleum Association
Atlantic-Richfield
Ndard Oil
California
Repullcan
Frank Borman
Moon
Resi
Hale ‘Boggs
Louisiana
Texas
Oklahoma
Boggs
Hale Boggs
House
Senate
Russell Long
Mars
Mac's World Hunt Proves Fruitless Satire
Washington humorist recounts a mock investigation into the missing Federal Power Commission and a disappearing swan boat. The narrator notes clues, a park scene near the Tidal Basin, and jokes about FBI involvement as Congressmen’s loan rates are teased.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Maclean
Washington
Federal Power Commission
Smedly
FBI
New Politics and the Question of Youth Roles
Bruce Biossat surveys the idea of new politics and its appeal to the young while noting confusion about its meaning. He contrasts Richard N. Goodwin and Lawrence F. O'Brien thinkers, highlights calls to lower the voting age and elevate youth influence, and questions how ready the young are for broader participation within the Democratic Party.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bruce Biossat
NEA
Richard Daley
Chicago
Richard N. Goodwin
Eugene McCarthy
Godwin
Kennedys
Lyndon Jonson
SDS
Students For A Democratic Society
Goodwin
Lawrence F. O’brien
Tmaster
Wunder
Johnson
Hubert A *Oun
Geen
O’brien
Democratic Party
To The Point Communists bloc Comes Undone
Russell Kirk argues the Communist bloc is fracturing as nations struggle with Marxist ideology. He plans a visit to Yugoslavia Dalmatia Split and Fiume, noting easier entry and Tito iconography amid hardship, while urging Americans to consider Yugoslavia as a vacation alternative.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kirk
Nixon
Romania
Karl Marx
Yugoslavia
Dalmatia
Diocletian
Split
Slovely
Legion
Europe
Tito
Fiume
Dalmatian
Hungary
Avgoslavs
Legislators Eye Laws to Prevent Auto Injuries
Safety advocates urge new statutes to curb automobile injuries, joking that gravity or human nature may need adjustment. The piece mocks mandatory safety measures as a route to guaranteed prosperity and happiness, noting Americans’ faith in law and spending.
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Virginia
Doom
Lye
People’s Forum
Worty
Mac's
Jove
Federal National Mortgage Association
Federal Prison Industries
G Street
Jefferson
Washington News
Nevereless
Washington Monthly
Goethe
Vienna
United States
Know
Harold Coffin
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Sunda Anata Ig
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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