Klassen Christmas gifts draw scrutiny at Washington post
Washington Postmaster General E T Klassen funded 548 091 10 in 350 stamp albums given as Christmas gifts to friends and officials. Procurement chief Trahern questioned the order. McCutcheon demanded details, then suppressed by postal brass. The paper obtained a full cost breakdown and noted no comment from the Postal Service. Senator Sparkman arranged an expensive Paris return flight for nine lawmakers and spouses at taxpayer expense, claiming protocol while travel and shopping ate the itinerary.
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E.T. Klassen
Conrad Trahern
Robert McCutcheon
Trahern
Klassen
Energy cooperatives as answer to oil crisis voices
In this opinion piece the Nixon Administration and oil apologists are urged to boost prices to profit big oil. It argues monopolies curb production, favors public or privately owned cooperatives, and supports legislation to create a publicly owned energy development corporation to counter price gouging and artificial scarcity.
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Congress
Interior Department
Gulf Oil Company
Ringling Brothers Circus
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Adrian Stevenson
Lee White
Federal Power Commission
Consumer Federation of America
Law Allowing Minors to Work in Licensed Restaurants
A new act signed by the governor allows minors from sixteen to be employed on licensed premises as food maids waiters bus boys and bus girls. The policy clarifies permissions under liquor license establishments and lists officials from Pennsylvania and national offices involved in the matter.
Sea Bright House Remembered Across a Century
A reminiscence of a Sea Bright home sold ten years ago, its gabled facade, long lawn, and chipped fountain. The narrative traces hurricane storms, the river, and the family’s return rituals, with vivid portraits of the 1880s coastal scene and the old house as a living witness to memory.
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Sea Bright
GUTS Movement Emerges Against Women Lib in Satirical Proposal
A provocative spoof argues for a counter movement called Gents United to Train Sweethearts. It envisions women kept at home and men restored as decision makers, proposing a mock charter and political stance to oppose feminist gains.
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Playgirl
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Playboy
Gents United
Mr. Big
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