Editorial Page In Our Opinion on Congress secrecy
The piece critiques the 90th Congress for a record number of closed door sessions, citing Congressional Quarterly data. It notes 43 percent of committee meetings were private, with Senate and House panels often withholding details on proceedings and security matters. It questions enforcement of openness rules and urges the 91st Congress to improve.
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Senate
Senate Select Committee On Standards and Conduct
House Agriculture Committee
Senate Judiciary Committee
House Foreign Affairs Committee
House Appropriations Committee
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Inflation and the shrinking value of the dollar
Paul Harvey warns that inflation is rising, with dollars losing value as government spending grows and wage gains fail to match production. He argues saving costs money unless it earns interest, and advises prudent investing to beat the erosion, noting real estate, stocks, and banks as options while urging the next generation to resist chasing "something for nothing."
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Paul Harvey
Rescue balloon aids lost hikers in new device
Donald Rozzelle of Aurora Colorado patents a rescue balloon that inflates automatically and rises up to 100 yards above trees on a string. The bright device, called the Hoon, stays aloft for weeks, offering simple operation for distressed hikers.
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Donald Rozzelle
Aurora
Colo
Dutch eye US election poll stirs Dutch intrigue
Washington column reports European capitals, led by the Netherlands, watching the U S race closely Oltmans a Dutch TV correspondent travels with Nixon and exposes Dutch influence groups and alleged foreign funding links to Nixon campaigns including China lobby ties and the 1950s Chiang Kai-shek connections, noting potential legal and ethical issues.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
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Netherlands
Willem L. Oltmans
Netherlands Television System
United States
Hendrik Jan Diekerhof
Diekerhof
AKTIE
Oltmans
Keene
N.H
Indonesia
Nixon
Sukarno
Ard
V. Allen
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Eisenhower
Indo-China
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Nixon Law Firm
Pepsi-Cola
Formosa
Chiang Kai-shek
Maj
Louie Kung
Senate
U.S. Senate
Justice Department
House Un-American Activities Committee
China Lobby
Leo Casey
Wendell Willkie
Kung
Stern
Casey
Ambassador Hotel
Bank of China
New York
T.V. Sung
H. H. Kung
Fsee
Chiang Kai-sek
Jackie Onassis wedding jokes upstage the world
MacLean riffs on Jacqueline Onassis wedding plans and royal mockery from Washington. He jokes about honeymoon banter with Aristotle Onassis, gifts for a newlyweds couple of immense wealth, and humorous barbs about ships and sunsets. The piece blends light satire with fleeting political quips about LeMay and Humphrey.
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Washington
Jacqueline Onassis
North America
Jackie
Aristotle
Agnew Focuses Campaign On Law And Order Theme
Washington News reports Gov. Spiro T. Agnew intensifies the law and order message to blunt George Wallace and assist Nixon. Agnew criticizes hippies, rioters, clergy, and the Poor People’s March while avoiding inner city cores, arguing the path to victory lies in tempering turmoil and appealing to the broad electorate.
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Law
Wallace
Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Detroit
Richard Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Maryland
Nixon
George C. Wallace
Humphrey-Muskie
North Vietnam
Law and Order
Miami Beach
Law and ‘Order
Record of unfinished conservation work by the 90th Congress
As the 90th Congress adjourned it left a record of conservation gains and persisting issues. It created national parks and trails, protected rivers, and designated preserves, while a new highway bill weakened park land protections and key anti pollution measures died. The next Congress must push for wise use of natural resources and environmental safeguards.
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America
90Th
Congress
Biscayne Bay National Monument
Florida
Great Swamp National Wildlife Refuge
New Jersey
Ad ventures in Christian Living sparks education questions
Readers debate goals of education and the value of a broad liberal arts foundation versus elite training. They urge recognizing non college paths, better support for rural poverty, and closer ties between educators and youth to avoid labeling dropouts as mere failures.
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The
United Church
Biddeford
Saco
David Swanger
Harvard
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher and staff listing
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists publisher Paul Casavant and editor P Ingalls, with telephone numbers for business and editorial departments. It details subscription rates payable in advance: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00, and notes Associated Press affiliation and second class postage status.
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Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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