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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1973
Page
2
A compact quotation from Henry Ford emphasizing that true benefit to society comes through active effort and productivity. It underscores the duty to pursue beneficial work during available time, contrasted with the inevitability of night when work ceases.
A Huntington television outlet revived talk that Gov Arch A Moore Jr may seek a third term. Moore and aides avoided comment while noting a constitutional two term limit and that three terms would circumvent the intent of West Virginia voters.
President Nixon recruits Robert B. Carleson, former California welfare director, to lead a nationwide effort to trim aid to families with dependent children. Carleson aims to screen applicants and weed out ineligible recipients after California reversed cost growth. A 44 000 case study will target unwarranted benefits costing over 1 billion annually.
Washington notes suggest Edward Kennedy is preparing for a presidential bid in 1976. An organized behind the scenes operation is forming led by Stephen Smith and Paul Kirk, with Pierre Salinger possibly joining. Kennedy signals readiness to stump for fellow Democrats and seeks Southern political ties while shaping racial issue positions and famine advocacy.
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Secretary James Schlesinger resents Reich's ouster as fuel allocations chief after Simon's aides tapped Pentagon reserve fuel for overseas carriers. Reich's staff expansion followed. Also notes costs of 1972 Democratic reforms and a pending bill to create a Bureau of Energy Information to reveal oil reserves.
During World War II reporter spent a year in China and observes a Washington struggle over energy policy. Bureaucrats protect their turf, downgrade rival proposals, and revive old ideas to claim leadership, turning energy planning into a power contest rather than a fight over effective fuel solutions.
Quotes focus on a two month cash book lesson for Nelson Rockefeller Jr and a call to unite US and allies during the 1973 energy crisis. Henry Kissinger likens the crisis to Sputnik and urges joint action with Britain and others. Sir Alec Douglas-Home affirms Europe remains a second force aligned with the US.
Back Anderson argues in a democratic society blame for the energy squeeze spreads across Arabs Israelis Nixon Congress oil companies and environmentalists. He asserts Arabs and Israelis share limited influence, Nixon and Congress bear some responsibility, and environmentalists hinder new energy projects while oil producers push to develop Alaska fields. He concludes the public bears fault for ignoring dire warnings.
A group of 50 politicians scholars and specialists at Columbia's American Assembly debated a regional primary plan as a remedy for the 1972 76 primary chaos. They favored five regional groupings with staggered dates while cautioning no endorsement of a national primary.
An observant friend reports a Jong-hared hitchhiker holding a sign. A schoolboy picking out the pencil box with many drawers signals growth toward carrying an attache case. The piece mocks government experts and a constitutional scholar, concluding that without ware no Nobel Peace Prize would be won.
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