Percy Joins 1976 Republican President Run Talk
Senator Charles Percy moves to test a 1976 bid amid Watergate doubt, filing an Exploratory Committee report showing $23,000 received and $17,391 spent on research. President Nixon dismissively taunts Percy while Spiro Agnew positions against televised hearings.
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Charles Percy
Illinois
Percy
Nixon
Washington
Spiro T. Agnew
Cal
Calvin Coolidge
Warren G. Harding
Teapot Dome
Albert Fall
Agnew
National Association of Attorneys General
St. Louis
Senate
Archibald Cox
Rockefeller
Reagan
Alcohol Replacing Drugs In Youthful Addiction Trends
The piece notes a drop in the drinking age and a rise in alcohol related accidents among ages 18 to 20 in Michigan. It cites a broader pattern of rising youth alcohol use, with about one third of national traffic fatalities attributed to ages 15 to 24 and about half of fatal crashes involving alcohol. It argues for teaching moderation or abstinence to curb addiction replacing other drugs.
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Michigan
James Nichols
Department of Transportation
Alcoholic Safety Action Program
Brezhnev Declines Press Club Address in Washington
The article notes Soviet leader Leonid Brezhnev refused to speak at the National Press Club in Washington despite prior invitations. It contrasts with Khrushchev's earlier boisterous Q A sessions and cites security concerns and Brezhnev's preference for controlled, televised statements. It also covers U S congressional reception to inviting foreign leaders and broader notes on France’s wartime debts to the United States and related diplomacy.
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Washington
Leonid Brezhnev
Kremlin
National Press Club
Nikita Khrushchev
Eisenhower
Krushchev
Brezhnev
Communist Party
White House
Nixon
Khrushchev
Congress
Calvin Coolidge
U. S
Coolidge
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Pompidou
France
de Gaulle
NATO
State Department
Buckley critique of US Latin coverage at Temple discussion
William F Buckley Jr and Temple University educators critique US press coverage of Latin America noting Chilean chaos labels reflect editors own biases. The talk cites Allende era data on copper and food imports, inflation at 173 percent, and state control of media.
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Tad Szulc
New York Times
Temple University
United States
Szule
Pennsylvania
Chile
Jerry Knudsen
Fernando Alegria
Congress
Alegria
Knudsen
U. S
Oakland
California
Allende
Ron Ziegler
Nixon
Santiago
Greece
Nixon opts for price freeze over nationwide campaign
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Nixon rejected a broad speaking tour urged by activists and chose an across the board price freeze. Advisers including Shultz and Stein opposed the move, while Connally pressed for a mandatory wage and price control plan to shift public focus from Watergate.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Connally
Pittsburgh
Los Angeles
Detroit
Chicago
Watergate
Alberter
Pierre Infret
Rinfret-Boston Associates
Herbert E. Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Alexander Haig
Leonard Garment
Shultz
Stein
Haig
Leonid Brezhnev
Garment
Nixon White House private eye rescued Donald Nixon Jr
A private detective aided by John Ehrlichman and Anthony Ulasewicz found Donald Nixon Jr at a California hippie commune. He persuaded him to return home and Ehrlichman then lectured him on behavior. The episode ties to broader Nixon era hush efforts and political operatives.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Donald Nixon, Jr
John Ehrlichman
Anthony Ulasewicz
Donald
Ulasewicz
New York City
Herbert K. Ulasewicz
California
Ehrlichman
Young Nixon
Robert Vesco
John Mitchell
Commerce
Maurice Stans
John Sutter
Failor
Charles Colson
Sen
George Vern
Jeb Magruder
Colson
Edward Failor
Commerce Department
Inland Economics Statistics Administration
Census Bureau
Pat Buchanan
Ken Clawson
McGovern
Costly strikes move toward arbitration and moratoria
Paul Harvey notes steelworkers and steelmakers agree on no strikes or lockouts through July 1977 and maritime workers nearing a similar pause. George Meany backs arbitration as a better dispute method as labor costs rise and unions face new wage demands.
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George Meany
Peter Brennan
Department of Labor Ie
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Rep
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Iowa
Foreign Affairs Committee
Rogers
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Henry Gonzales
D.-Tex
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Durango
Mexico
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Robert Novak
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Rinfret
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Federal Crop Insurance Agency
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