Status of slush funds questioned by FEC regulation
The FEC proposed a rule to place office accounts or slush funds used by senators and representatives under campaign finance oversight in the last years of terms. The 48 to 47 Senate vote against it left many arguing newsletters, trips home, and greetings as political expenditures. The piece urges swift action to close loopholes and require full accounting of campaign money.
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U.S
Federal Election Commission
FEC
Congress
House
Senate
Iowa
Clark
Senate Rules Committee
Senator Clark
Catechism of Right Wing and Macbeth Echo
A columnist contrasts Eric Sevareid’s claimed right wing catechism with a Burgess essay on Macbeth. The piece links political rhetoric to Shakespearean analysis, noting provocative phrasing about disorder, regulation, and market forces. The sample ends mid thought with a crude paraphrase about Lady Macbeth.
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Eric Sevareid
Macbeth
Letter to Editor Attacks Radar, UNICEF and Moral Policy
Readers urge stopping speed trap radar and call for motorist justice. The column attacks UNICEF funding in Vietnam and outlines safety, tax and employment proposals, then criticizes Sevareid style discourse and media bias. The tone shifts from privacy and crime to public policy and media critique.
FTC Suit Targets Big Tobacco for Weak Advertising
The FTC sues the six largest tobacco firms charging failure to advertise health risks with smoking and to push warnings on vending machines and store displays. The piece warns that forced detraction curbs free expression and could overstep First Amendment rights in a clash between public health and personal liberty.
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Federal Trade Commission
Ouster of Soviet Spy Quietly Felt on Capitol Hill
A Soviet diplomat spy Grigory Rapota, stationed in the U.S. congress, was quietly expelled after a Washington luncheon inquiry about Israel and Syria. The incident highlights growing Capitol Hill spying by KGB operatives posing as diplomats and prompts calls for public disclosure.
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Senate
Peking
Israel
Syria
Golan Heights
Grigory Rapota
U.S. Congress
Russia
U.S
Moscow
Rapota
House
FBI
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Capitol Hill
Congressional
Henry Kissinger
Anatoliy Dobrynin
UNICEF donations critiqued by Congressman McDonald
Congressman Larry McDonald claims UNICEF funds misused by communists abroad and says U S children’s Halloween contributions partly support communist regimes. He cites a report noting America donated 45.8 million dollars to UNICEF with 6.1 million from trick or treat.
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U.N. Children’s Relief Fund
Indo-China
South
Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
McDonald
Unicef
Republic of
South Vietnam
Larry McDonald
D-Ga
Cuba
United States
Doug Nassif
The
National Catholic Register
America
Trick
Reform or perish in a call to return to God
A religious appeal laments widespread sin and lawlessness, urging rulers and citizens to embrace God and obey divine and national laws to avert national destruction and rising prices and crime. The message references Scripture about righteousness and warns of the ungodly path.
East-Central Iowa Diabetic Unit thanks press for Bike-a-thon
The East-Central Iowa Diabetic Unit thanks the press for coverage of the Diabetes Bike-a-thon on Oct. 5. The event raised 10 445 dollars for diabetes research and education. Laura Armstrong, Secretary Route 3
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Iowa
Laura Armstrong
Kissinger remarks at banquet spark new scrutiny on trust
Safire recounts Henry Kissinger's offhand comment about Chou En-lai at a foreign banquet and a live microphone broadcast sparks debate over privacy and trust within Nixon era diplomacy. The piece links the episode to long simmering tensions with Nixon and Ford, noting past wiretapping and patronage concerns surrounding Kissinger.
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New York
Carlisle Maw
Henry
Justice Department
Peking
America
Nixon
Chou En-lai
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