Editorial Calls for Stronger Controls on Congressional Pay
An editorial argues congressional salaries should be capped by law to prevent further increases. It notes current pay and perks, criticizes automatic raises, cites Rep. Reuss and Rep. Hechler against higher pay, and proposes linking congressional wages to four times the median U.S. family income to reduce the gap between representatives and constituents.
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Sion
Congress
Morris Harvey College
Notre Dame
Ken Hechler
Henry S. Reuss
D-Wis
Rep
Reuss
Nizam of
Hyderabad
Nixon and Brezhnev Swap Tales of San Clemente Security
Brezhnev and Pompidou joke about Nixon's San Clemente dacha and security spending. Brezhnev says Nixon bought the property with Abplanalp’s loan, later reclaiming most of it while securing five acres, and boasts about security-related renovations and a Florida investment. Nixon praises a lawn sprinkler system at San Clemente.
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Los Angeles Times
Leonid Brezhnev
Georges Pompidou
Moscow
Richard Nixon
Abplanalp
Nixon
San Clemente
Pompidou
Brezhnev
San Clemente Dacha
Secret Service
Gospodin
Soviet Union
Black Sea
St. Tropez
Florida
Bebe Rebozovitch
Viadovostock
United States
Spodin Pompidou
Sacre Coeur
Alors
Securi
Dean as chief architect of Watergate cover up
Mary McGrory portrays John W Dean III as the central architect of the Watergate cover up, noting his deliberate move into the White House shadows and his role in planning, payoffs, perjury, and taped conversations. The piece assesses his ambition, courtroom performance before the Ervin committee, and the nation's grim takeaway from his testimony.
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Washington Star-News
Washington
John Wesley Dean III
Easton Braet Ie Sy
Eead
U.S
Dean
White House
Ervin Committee
Richard Nixon
Gordon Liddy
Bart Porter
Samuel Dash
Fred Thompson
Kept Officials Not Free From Influence Critics Say
The piece argues Watergate links to political financing and warns that money from all sources corrupts the electoral process. It quotes Wayne Morse on kept politicians who lack independence, calling for overhaul of election laws to curb money in politics and defend democracy.
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U. S
Wayne Morse
Morse
White House
Megal Drug Raids Must End
A public appeal denounces violent and illegal police drug raids across America. It cites The New York Times reporting widespread, nonisolated incidents harming innocent families and homeowners. The writers urge ending ill conceived raids and safeguarding constitutional rights.
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Megal
America
New York Times
Times
Racial Progress Through Time in West Virginia VFW Event
A Mercer County black teacher was named state commander of the West Virginia Veterans of Foreign Wars the same day U S Senator Robert C Byrd received the VFW Silver Award for his work for citizens and veterans Time marches on in a period of social change The article notes Byrd's past KKK recruitment decades ago and frames the event as progress The piece contrasts past and present attitudes toward race and service in West Virginia.
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Mercer County
West Virginia
Understatement of the Year Nominated by Gazette Readers
In letters to the editor readers criticize the Elk Two Mile flood coverage for understatement of damage and costs. They urge action on bridge repairs and flood protection and denounce abortion ads as murder. Karl C Priest explains call for boycott of publications running such ads.
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the Gazette
Charlestes Gazette
Elk Two Mile
State Department of Highways
Charleston
Newspaper
Agency Corp
Athough
Underworld
Christ
Spade
West Virginia Governor Moore and the shaky push for judicial reform
Four days before a special session Governor Arch A. Moore Jr. voiced support for reform of the antiquated justice of the peace system, yet the House vote fell short of passage and Palumbo blamed Moore for failing to mobilize. Critics say Moore talks reform but backs fee-hungry JP interests, a pattern dating to 1971 and continuing with a Kanawha County small claims court veto.
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Arch A. Moore Jr
West Virginia
House of Delegates
House
Justices of the Peace
Mario Palumbo
Senate
Palumbo
Moore
House Finance Committee
Rodney B. Belknap
Braxton County
Gino R. Colombo
Harrison County
Charles Gilliam
Logan County
Joe W. Hatfield
Mingo County
Ronnie McKenzie
Harry R. Pauley
McDowell County
Robert Reed
Clay County
Adam Toney
Fayette County
Larry A. Tucker
Nicholas Coun
Young Democratic Clubs
William F. Carmichael
Jackson County
James E. Copenhaver
Kanawha County
Gary Lynn Everson
Barbour County
Gene A. Haynes
Wood County
Orton R. Karicknoff
Roane County
R. Michael Shaw
Mason County
Arch Moore
Sen. Palumbo
West Virginia State Bar
Jps
Kanawha
Bridal Spray Sparks Curious Exchange
Intercepted message reveals a peculiar bridal spray note from George to Paula J. Martin of Fountaineer. The line hints a planned surprise or unique wedding detail, with the story to follow on Page 1B.
Airbags Prove Safe in Real-World Tests Amid Flaw Risk
Airbags in front seats have passed eight serious crash tests since real-world testing began last year. Allstate reports eight perfect inflations and three lives possibly saved, despite one inadvertent inflation incident in a Lowell Mass. incident.
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Washington
St. Louis
Scarsdale
Department of Transportation
Ford
General Motors
Allstate Insurance Co
Santa Barbara
Calif
Allstate
Patricia Mundy
Mariane Leslie Smith
Valley Park
Patricia
Mariane
Lowell
Mass
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Mary McGrory
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Lowell Weicker
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New Mexico
Montoya
West Virgina
Alice Broussard
Karl C. Priest
Hillsdale Drive
Harry Hoffmann
Paula
Yours
George
Paula J. Martin
Fountaineer
James Kilpatrick
Philadelphia
Robert F. Perlin
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