Editorial Plea for Food Amid Energy Shortage Fallout
MIT food expert Nevin Scrimshaw warns of a looming global food shortage as energy crises bite. He cites rapid population growth, diminishing arable land, fertilizer limits, overfishing, and rising intake in rich nations. He favors early planning and notes a potential world food plan despite likely public reluctance.
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Nevin Scrimshaw
Scrimshaw
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Middle East
United States
Tables Turn On Great Idea in Nixon McGovern Tax Debate
The piece recalls Melvin Laird saying in December 1973 the Nixon administration would propose a negative income tax to aid the poor. It notes similarities to George McGovern’s 1972 plan, Nixon’s past praise and attacks, and the blurred line between rival proposals as political arguments repeat.
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George McGovern
Melvin Laird
Laird
McGovern
Every Trick In the Book Against Nixon Tax Tactics
The piece argues ordinary Americans who cannot afford tax consultants are upset by President Nixon s tax paying record. It accuses Nixon of using obscure tricks to lower his tax, calling it an unseemly exhibition and urging taxpayers to support his defense paid by the government.
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Nixon
Senate
House
93Rd Congress
How About Whisky Stew and Rising Prices
The Paul Kaufman for Congress newsletter notes price contrasts at Gibson's Store Grantsville Calhoun County with a 4 lb bag of white beans at 49 cents a year ago now 1.89 dollars. It contrasts whisky price rise 2 percent Aug 71 to Aug 73, warning inflation hurts households on fixed budgets and ridicules the Bourbon Institute announced good news.
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Paul Kaufman
Congress
Gibson’s
Grantsville
Calhoun County
Bourbon Institute of America
Pluto
Earth
No Place Like Home for a Holiday Visit
Washington a satire on Congress as a traveling audience with fictional lawmakers visiting a voter named Coleslaw. The skit lampoons energy policy, political posturing, and impeachment talk amid an energy crisis and Watergate era cynicism.
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Washington
Congress Ends 93rd Session Amid Inaction and Blame
The Washington Post lays out how the 93rd Congress closed amid stalemate on energy and other major issues. It notes Nixon administration vacillation, veto strategies, and a public call for accountability while praising select committees for public education and impeachment inquiry efforts.
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Washington: Post
Washington
Congress
House
Senate
Nixon
Year 1973 Shifts Toward a More Rational World Order
A 1973 retrospective notes America’s mixed year with economic recovery and political scandal. It argues the era exposed leadership flaws, showed the limits of personalism, and urged broader, measured change toward rational global governance.
Readers' Forum Letters Critique Tax Tricks and Government
In a readers’ forum letter, Ray Belcher criticizes loopholes for deductions and mocks Nixon and Moore. The writer warns against fraud and laments government crooks, then praises Anderson L T for tongue in cheek columns and wishes a Happy New Year, signed J W Benjamin from Lewisburg.
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Nixon
Moore
Ray Belcher
Cedar
Grove
Anderson, L. T
Relio
LTA
Kanawha County Democrats Face a Tangled Power Web
Thomas A. Knight surveys Kanawha County Democratic politics as rival factions align and realign for 1974 races. He lists numerous figures including Dewey Kuhns, Si Galperin, Jack Catalano, Pete Johnson, Bill Allen, and Paul Kaufman, all entangled in behind the scenes maneuvering for county offices and potential state races. The piece notes uncertainty about who will file candidacies and whom various leaders will back.
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Sam MacCorkle
Jack Pauley
Dempsey Gibson
Bill Allen
Kemp Melton
Dewey Kuhns
Jack Kinder
Kanawha County
Senate
Si Galperin
Jack Catalano
Kelly
Castleberry
Tom Black
Black
E. M
Pete’ Johnson
Catalano
Johnson
John
Slack
Paul Kaufman
MacCorkle
United
Arnold
Miller
Kaufman
Gibson
Pauley
Afl-Cio
Miles
Stanley
Si Boettner
Gilson-Pauley
del. Leonard
Underwood
Boettner
John’ “Poffenbarger
Kinder
William Thompson
Charles Lucas
Pauley’s
Democratic ‘Executive Committee
Del
Phyllis Rutledge
House ‘of ‘Delegates
Re-election Question in City Hall Letter
A fragment from December 27, 1973 shows Arlie Walsh, a Ballplayer, addressing Jack about paving the way for re election. The note hints at politics and public office beyond a City Hall setting.
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Jack
Jack Arlie Walsh
City Hall
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