Editorial Page Attacks Pollution Gets Down to Basics
In Our Opinion a federal effort to combat air and water pollution is spotlighted by President Nixon's creation of the Environmental Quality Council. The council with cabinet-level status and a 15-member citizens' advisory panel aims to coordinate pollution relief across agencies. The piece argues that with proper planning and will pollution can be reduced despite its wide permeation of air and waterways.
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Nixon
Environmental Quality Council
Council
National Security Council
Pentagon under fire as Congress hits waste and delays
Virginia's viewpoint notes a tense clash between Congress and the Pentagon over bloated defense budgets and miscalculations. It cites a Joint Economic Committee report detailing billions wasted on tanks, helicopters, and other programs, plus criticism from Rep. L. Givens and Sen. William Proxmire. The piece lists costly missteps, including a billion-dollar tank fleet, $875 million in unusable helicopters, and a costly C-5A program, and warns public trust is low while press agents struggle to defend the Pentagon.
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Virginia
Pentagon
Congress
Pomac
G.i.s
Hamburger Hill
Joint Economic Committee
L. At Givens
House Armed Services Committee
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Air Force
Lockheed
Utah
Congressional
Pueblo
Atlantic
Biddeford Saco Journal Masthead Information
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher W Paul Casavant and editor E P Ingalls at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with AP content rights and subscription rates payable in advance: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 or yearly 31.00.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
AP News
Rockefeller Latin America trip sinks amid anti American mood
Washington notes warn that Governor Nelson Rockefeller’s Latin American mission collapsed under anti American sentiment and political shifts in Venezuela Peru and wider region. Nixon Johnson and regional leaders faced friction from education policy Alliance for Progress and leadership changes amid pro American Venezuela ties and new regimes with mixed receptions in Caracas Bogota and Mexico City.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
Latin America
Eisenhower
Japan
Manila
Venezuela
Rockefeller
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Truman
South America
Christian Democratic Party
Democratic Action Party
Rafael Caldera
United States
Kaiser
Murchison
Guri
Soviet Union
MIT
Nixon
Alliance For Progress
San Marcos University
Peru
Caracas
USA
North
Johnson
Charles Meyer
Sears Roebuck
Bogota
Simpatico
White House
New York
Albany
Kennedy
Mexico City
Mexico
Diaz Ordaz
Americas
LBJ
Uruguay
Mac's World Sneaky trick on government bottlenecks
The columnist jokes about pairing separate agency stories to solve problems. He quips about disposing of mustard and nerve gas via sinking submarines, confronts fears of ocean dumping and space disposal, and ends with a bizarre note on Peru capturing tuna boats. The tone is satirical and drawn from a columnist’s daily musings.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Colorado
Alabama
Kentucky
Maryland
Navy
Pacific
The Secret Ingredient in Modern Ads
A humorous critique notes that peace talks between Hanoi and Saigon feel endless as Nixon keeps a secret peace plan. It ridicules overhyped products claiming new and improved formulas with ridiculous names like garbageium and ridiculum, lampooning advertising baloney in everyday shopping.
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Hanoi
Saigon
Place
Elite outlook worries Hayakawa at congressional hearing
Washington notes Dr. Samuel I Hayakawa, acting president of San Francisco State College, urging a debate on fostering democracy while educating gifted students. He warns an elitist mindset among top college entrants could despise democratic process and curb rational discourse, prompting questions about roots and spread of such attitudes.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Samuel I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Ameri
Conflict of interest by Justice Douglas possible
Russell Kirk argues Justice William C Douglas's financial ties to pornographers and publishers raise serious questions about judicial integrity. He cites payments from Ralph Ginzberg and contributions to Playboy and Avante Garde, urging resignation or impeachment, and notes related Parvin Foundation connections and past Fortas scandal as context.
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Justice Douglas
Russell Kirk
William C. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
Ralph Ginzberg
Ginzberg
Earl Warren
William Brennan
William O. Douglas
Justice Brennan
Hells of
Las Veeras
Albert Parvin
Louis Wolfson
Cash McCall
Willis Wayde
Abe Fortas
Supreme Bench
Lewis Carroll
Alice
Curioser
Parvin
Equivocal Foundation
Pravda
United States
Parvin Foundation
Harry Ashmor
Fortas
Congress
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Ikes
HEW
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