Crime Pays Big for Watergate Figures and Spiro Agnew
The piece argues crime pays, citing Watergate figures Colson, Dean, and Agnew as examples with speaking fees around 2500 dollars and book advances. Zeigler and others are also profiting, while critics warn this erodes public trust as ordinary citizens struggle financially. It contrasts this with shifts toward variable mortgage and insurance contracts reflecting a changing economic faith.
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Nixon
Spiro Agnew
United States
Watergate
Colson
Dean
Agnew
A Risky Future and Floating Interest Clauses
John Cunniff discusses how inflation elevates labor contracts with escalator clauses and how Social Security now floats to preserve buying power. He notes rising prime lending rates trigger higher loan repayments, warns signers over fixed-rate loans, and predicts more variable terms in contracts ahead.
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New York
Federal Home Loan Bank Board
Federal Savings and Loan Associations
Otters
Thames buses sunk and blamed on CIA plots
The 1964 Thames collision involved East German freighter Magdeberg carrying Leyland Cuba buses struck by the Yamashiro Maru in fog, sinking Castro’s buses. Officials called it an accident, while sources allege CIA involvement. The tale ties to Leyland’s Cuba deal worth 12.2 million dollars and options for 20 million more, with Howard Hodges and State Department officials quoted.
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Washington
Magdeberg
Thames River
North Sea
Cuba
Thames
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
National Security Agency
Leyland
Castro
Havana
Excess baggage on the Pennsylvania Tax Board sparks patronage debate
The Tax Equalization Board, consisting of three governor-appointed members, faces criticism for being a political playpen that does little and costs taxpayers. The Management Review Task Force urged abolishment, proposing savings of about 550000 annually. Audits and legislators push for reforms, but the board likely endures, a symbol of Harrisburg bureaucracy.
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Harrisburg
Mutiny at Sea? How unions sank luxury liners
A corroded critique argues 2,500 French liner crew mutinied aboard the SS France and that maritime unions caused ongoing subsidies to fail. The SS United States sits idle in Norfolk as France retires its flagship. The piece blames Communist-led unions for costly rules and calls for reflecting on a doomed era of luxury transatlantic travel.
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France
U.s.’S
United States
Norfolk
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Robert P. Casey
Richard Tilghman
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Paul Harvey
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