Staggers Presses for Pentagon Film Access Across TV News
Editorial argues Rep. Harley Staggers seeks contempt citations to force CBS president Frank Stanton to hand over all film from The Selling of the Pentagon. The piece warns against government attempts to curb press reporting and defends television news as a public trust protecting the right to know government actions.
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Harley C. Staggers
Frank Stanton
Pentagon
Defense Department
Tightening Gun Control Call After Police Deaths
The piece argues for stronger gun control after 51 police deaths nationwide since January. It criticizes a White House conference for offering only a $50 000 survivor fund and urges Congress to renew a police research grant and address handgun traffic to protect officers and the public.
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Nixon
Congress
Eyes Only Guide to Government Classifications
Art Buchwald humor piece examines classification levels from LOU to LimDis FEO and argues the top secret McNamara Pentagon report is treated as national security by some and spinach by others. It lists reasons for classifying documents with percentages and notes access varies across government roles.
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Los Angeles Times
Washington
New York Times
Pentagon
Vietnam
Lous
Lou
Ha Sal
McNamara Pentagon
Readers Forum debates Vietnam war conspiracies and policy
A reader letter contends The Gazette favored a mistaken war but The New York Times articles show a planned conspiracy by Johnson and aides to deceive the public. Other letters criticize dam projects and call for truth about Tonkin while denouncing county officials and federal funding practices.
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the Gazette
The
Gazette
Vietnam
New York Times
Lyndon Johnson
Dean Rusk
Robert McNamara
George Bundy
Wait Rostow
Joint Chiefs of Staff
David Broder
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Johnson
Percinales
Jack Frazier
Peace Springs
Woody
Iran's harsh approach to heroin pushes. U.S. policy debate heats
Nixon proposes a 100 million crash program targeting education rehabilitation prosecution and foreign aid to curb poppy cultivation in Turkey and Southeast Asia. A House study cites 250000 heroin addicts in the United States plus up to 40000 among troops in Southeast Asia.
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Washington
Nixon
Iran
House
Turkey
Southeast Asia
John Monagan
Connecticut
Sen
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Morgan F. Murphy
Illinois
Robert H. Steele
U.S
Detroit
Sen. Hughes
Murphy
Steele
House Study Mission
France
U. S
Twelfth Street
Mack Avenue
New York
Ike Was a Bargain in 1968 Campaign Spending
The Citizens Research Foundation report shows a 1964–68 spending surge in presidential races with total costs rising 50 percent to 300 million and media costs dominating. Nixon and Humphrey campaigns spent millions on TV radio time and productions, while bill proposals limit some spending but ignore media production.
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New York Times Service
Washington
Citizens Research Foundation
Tose
Dwight Eisenhower
CRF
Congress
Richard Nixon
Humphrey-Muskie
Nixon
Humphrey
Study Reveals Hidden Costs in 1968 Presidential Campaign Spending
A Federal Communications Commission study shows actual radio and TV costs in 1968 were about 50 percent higher than official totals for Nixon and Humphrey. Campaigns faced uncontrolled spending by local groups, totaling roughly a third of the overall outlay, prompting proposals for written authorizations and stricter disclosure to curb influence and centralization.
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Federal Communications Commission
Nixon
Humphrey
CRF
FCC
Europe’s expanding market not meeting American hopes for unity
Joseph Kraft argues Western Europe steps toward Britain and three other nations under a widened Common Market fall short of the long promised benefits. The Europe reality lacks cohesion and security clout, denying American producers access and showing little willingness to share in Japanese exports.
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Paris
Europe
Britain
United States
Soviet Union
Europe’s unity noted as US trade policy weighs
The piece assesses West European unity as vital for global aims despite a tough line from the Nixon White House on trade and monetary issues. It highlights Bonn’s pro US stance, Heath’s Britain, Pompidou’s France, and Rome’s economic modernization as Europe seeks growth and stability amid Cold War tensions.
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Europe
Africa
United States
Nixon White House
Treasury and Commerce Departments
Washington
West Germany
Willy Brandt
Bonn
Western Europe
Britain
Edward Heath
France
Georges Pompidou
Italy
Rome
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Michael White
Elk Two Mile
Harry Shock
Mountaineers For
Rural Progress
Shock
County Planning Commission
Kanawha County Taxpayers’ Protective Assa
George A. Rusnak
Dry Branch Dr
Gulf of Tonkin
Harry Queen
Wihout
James Kilpatrick
Tom Wicker
Ike
Joseph D. Tydings
Maryland
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Muskie
George Wallace
Dear Ben
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