Nixon proposes bipartisan commission to study US elections
The message asks Congress to establish a 17 member commission to study election methods and suggest reforms. It supports campaign limits and disclosure, free broadcast time debate, and enforcement, with discussion of 6 year presidential and 4 year House terms. A constitutional amendment would be needed for term changes.
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Nixon
Congress
United States
Hugh Scott
Senate
White House
Scott
Mike Mansfield
House
Commission
Mansfield
Ike
Lyndon Johnson
Mixed Bag Foresees Rise in Federal Minimum Wage
Congress moves the minimum wage forward with a committee plan to raise from 1.60 to 2.00 this year and 2.20 next year while Republicans push slower increases to 1.80, 2.00, and 2.10. The 23 to 13 committee vote split along party lines as negotiations continue and inflation concerns loom.
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Congress
House Education and Labor
Committee
Watergate Focus Centered On Haldeman Inquiries
Washington observers tie the Watergate web to Haldeman as the deposed White House major, with key figures like John Dean Jeb Magruder Dwight Chapin and Gordon Strachan reportedly reporting directly to him. Investigators view Haldeman as a meticulous manager whose circle supplied most implicated men.
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Washington
White House
Demo H. R. Haldeman
John Dean
Jeb Magruder
Dwight Chapin
Gordon Strachan
Haldeman Tightening Grip on Watergate Plot
The article portrays Haldeman as the unseen orchestrator of the Watergate scheme. It details his control of aides, a $350,000 cash fund used to silence defendants, and his influence over Nixon’s campaign and White House decisions. It notes FBI caution and later evidence linking Haldeman to key operations.
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Chapin
Nixon
Haldeman
Waterburgers
White House
Maldeman
Watergate
FBI
California
Golden State
Better America Foundation
Salvation Army
Richard Nixon
Congress
Televised Watergate Hearings Reach Global Audiences
International media plan same day coverage via satellite with ABC pooling feeds for CBS NBC and PBS. Foreign journalists sought accreditation while Senate rules limited handheld camera movement during witness testimony. PBS will air full videotaped hearings tonight on 234 stations.
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New York
Senate
U.S
Senate Select Committee
England
Japan
ABC
CBS
NBC
Public Broadcasting Service
British Broadcasting Corp
Washington
PBS
Conversations on Wage Equality and a Utopian Salary Plan
The writer jokes about wage fairness and proposes a satirical system where jobs are ranked by desirability and a computer adjusts taxes accordingly. She suggests annual questionnaires to reassign pay, notes resistance from managers, and ends with a biblical quote.
Prime Time Schedule Highlights and Nightline Lineup
Channel advance listings show a dense slate of classics and films. The Waltons, The Battle of Culloden reenactment, Kung Fu, None but the Brave with Sinatra and Walker, plus Dragnet Lassie and Circuits fill marquee slots across early evening to late night, with Cowed odds and matchups noted.
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Daisies
Petticoat Junction
Dragnet
Lassie
Police Surgeon
Circus
Royals
Outdoors
The
Waltons
Flip Wilson
Mod Squad
Royals Rangers
Brave
Dean Martin
World Press
San Francisco
Sten Be
Friday Evening TV Listings From The Tribune
TV guide for Friday May 18 shows a lineup across stations KTEW to KMBC with 1:30 and 7:00 blocks including programs like Mission Impossible Night Gallery and The Partridge Family. The schedule lists evening movies and talk shows along with news and weather segments through late night.
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George Kirby
Sanford & Son
Hollywood Squares
High Chaparral
Missouri Outdoors
Wall Street
Petticoat Junction
Buck Owens
Life
Pather
Washington Review
Mancini
Generation Lli
June Wayne
Weather
Dick Cavett
Dimension
Art Linkletter
Mail Brings Opossum Facts And Oddities From Readers
New York AP columnist HAL BOYLE humorously compiles reader mail on oddities from opossums to beards and weather lore. He notes opossums’ astonishing growth, uneven healthcare access in 133 counties without physicians, and curious folk wisdom about cats and cats’ May births, ending with a riff on agriculture and human needs.
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New York
Adelgren wins FFA livestock judging title at Hiattville ranch
Twenty five years ago Kermit Adelgren junior at Chanute high school won the FFA division of the livestock judging contest held at the Joe O Bryan ranch near Hiattville. Fifty years ago 1923 Mrs Myrtle Smith and others from the Sunflower chapter attended an Eastern Star convention in Wichita.
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Kermit Adelgren
Gustaf EB. Adelgren
Chanute High School
FFA
Joe O'Bryan
Hiattville
Myrtle Smith
Jessie
Edna Peterson
Grace Hartwig
Lydia Croft
J. L. Morrison
Sunflower Chapter
Wichita
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S. Highland
Fred M. Harris
F. M
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Keith Wright
Neosho
Allen, Wilson, and Woodson Co
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Mai
Kansas
Chanute
Audit Bureau of Circulations
Associated Press
John Mitchell
Dean
Magruder
String No
Haldeman Con
Fred LaRue
LaRue
Mucch
Bob Haldeman
By Jay Sharbutt
AP Television
London
Senate Radio-Television Gallery
Peter Hively
Watergate Committee
Sam Ervin Jr
D-N.c
Fey
Siri
By Barbara Kihm
Hawaii
Doctor X
Mr. Y
Mabel
Christ Jesus
Caine
Frank Sinatra
Clint Walker
South Pacific
Tonight Show
Beau Brummell
Tribune
Ktew.tv
Chanitsa
Wdaf.tv
Kcmo.tv
Kuhi-Tv
Koam.tv
Kbma.tv
Kmbc.tv
Ktwu.tv
Kode.tv
Wibw.tv
Hal Boyle
America
Lester B. Dill
Meramec Caverns
Highway 66
Missouri
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Small Society
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Brickman
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