Editorial argues harsher punishment for public trust abuses
The piece contests using humiliation and probation for public officials who commit crimes. It cites Spiro Agnew and Robert A. McConnell as examples and argues officials should face harsher penalties than ordinary criminals. It suggests alternatives to prison like public works.
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Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Robert A. McConnell
Kanawha Circuit
George Wood
McConnell
Republic
Wood
John Ehrlichman
Ban on fluorocarbon gases in aerosols urged now
A government task force warns fluorocarbon gases in aerosol sprays may deplete the ozone layer and cause thousands more skin cancer cases. It backs a three year ban with propellant labeling and international studies, arguing immediate action would better protect the planet.
Young People Act the Same
The piece argues that Amish and non Amish teens behave similarly, whether in buggies or cars, and that adult critics like Eleanor Roosevelt who compare generations may be biased or jealous. It concludes youth conduct shows little cultural deviation across eras.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Toss the Rock I Day a Week
A letter complains about perpetual rock music at state park swimming pools and urges turning it off one day a week to protect swimmers with sensitive ears. The writer notes no hope of authorities changing policy but treats a weekly protest as a tradition.
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State Park
Is Washington’s massage policy the real rub
Observers note gridlock in Congress breeds stalemate over a fictional national massage parlor policy. The piece satirizes partisan conflict between the President and Congress, detailing a hypothetical bill with tax surcharges and price controls, ending with shared blame.
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Senate
CIA
United States
House
Congress
Hamlet
Arlington
Readers' Forum Mocking a Biased Frog Study
A reader questions a university grant to study the Brazilian bisexual frog and jokes the CIA should handle the project to reveal its social life and habits. Another letter notes a display of hospital patients labeled as straight A students and hints at local concerns about the sign’s meaning.
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CIA
the Gazette
T.G. Stephenson
Dixie
V.A. Hospital
Ehrlichman Appeal Tests National Security Defense
Washington Star notes the appeal of John Ehrlichman and colleagues reargues the Watergate break in as legal under a national security shield. Judges question the tactic while a Justice Dept letter signals the defense may persist for future warrantless searches tied to foreign espionage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Star
Washington
John Ehrlichman
Ellsberg
Ehrlichman
William 8. Frates
Gerhard Gesell
Frates
Charles W. Colson
Elisberg
Ehrlichtman
Gesell
G. Gordon Liddy
Peter Maroulis
Congressional Committee
Bernard L. Barker
Eugenio R. Martinez
H. Robert Merhige
Justice Department
Robert H. Bork
Edward Levi
National Security” Defense
John C. Keeney
CIA
Department
Fairfax
Rockefeller Commission
National Security
Court Filing Ethics and a Gazette Dilemma
Report on using court filings as news under privilege and the risks of publishing petitions. Discussion of Jim Haught Louis Nomar Patrick Casey and the Supreme Court hearing, plus reflections on editorial decisions and a Gazette style change and a club photo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Faulkner
Mississippi
Fairmont
Gazette
Jim Haught
Louis Nomar
Haught
Patrick Casey
Nomar
Casey
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Herb Little
Associated Press Statehouse
Little
The
Greenspan Letter Signals End of Recession Hope
An intercepted June 23 1975 note from Alan Greenspan to Alan expresses optimism that the recession is effectively over for the thousands of unemployed, signaling hopeful economic sentiment in Washington with a story on Page 1A.
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Alan
Alan Greenspan
Washington
Death march and Amin dispatches stain world headlines
The column highlights UN neglect of Cambodia's forced urban evacuation, predicting mass hunger and death. It cites an intelligence memo describing a death march from Phnom Penh and refugee suffering, then shifts to Gen. Idi Amin advising world leaders and proposing Ugandan involvement in Arab—Israel affairs.
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Washington
United Nations
Cambodia
White House
Phnom Penh
Africa
Idi Amin
Uganda
Ford
Henry Kissinger
Amin
Kampala
Asia
Europe
Australia
Americas
Egypt
Anwar
Sadat
Israel
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Art Buchwald
Los Angeles Times
Democratic Congress
Carl Albert
William M. Harsnbarger
V.A. Center
Martinsburg
West Virginia
Mary McGrory
Don Marsh
Ene
Heck
George
Jack Anderson
Memo
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