Freedom of the press tempered by responsibility
A Pottstown Mercury opinion piece defends press freedom as a democratic foundation and calls for objectivity in news reporting. It stresses that editors, reporters, and publishers share responsibility to avoid bias, correct errors, and keep editorial content in separate, informative newsroom roles.
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The
Mercury
Pottstown Mercury
Big John Connally and the money politics web
The piece tracks John Connally linking money and politics from his Texas rise to his Treasury tenure. It details bank charters tied to his law firm Vinson Elkins and associates, noting claims of high fees and asserted influence. Spokesmen deny flat fees and insist charters arose from mergers and negotiations, not favoritism.
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Connally
The
Treasury
Vinson, Elkins, Searls and Smith
Houston
Orange
Raymondville
Texas
Big John
Conally
Lyndon Johnson
Bus Rides and Limousines Shape Congress View on Public Life
A reflective political column discusses lawmakers Lyndon B. Johnson Everett Dirksen and Richard Russell, noting lawmakers’ travel by limousine and the idea of buses to connect with ordinary life. It questions perks like chauffeured limousines for agencies and urges empathy for city crime and transit issues. The piece links a fictional tragedy involving Senator Stennis to calls for accountability and common experience.
Cross argues social factors fuel competition in free enterprise
Ted Cross, 49 of Amherst and Harvard, criticizes modern capitalism for reducing competition. He urges public records on how firms implement job equality and argues social issues like women and minority opportunities, product safety and the environment should be treated as competitive factors. He cites discrimination costs and calls for corporate transparency to expose true trade practices.
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Theodore Cross
Amherst
Harvard
Bankers Magazine
Business and Society Review
Cross
Equal Opportunity Employment Commission
New York
National Association of Securities Dealers
Adam Smith
At Tender Age by Hal Boyle on Nursery Schools
A fragment from Hal Boyle discusses early childhood and nursery school obsessions. The narrator recalls conversations about Montessori Open Classrooms and structured liberal approaches as families with two year olds debate future admissions milestones and social pressures.
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Richard L. Stern
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
Alison
Bank Street
Stephanie
Hal Boyle
University of Michigan
The
Michigan Daily
Corry pre-season trout stocking in Brokenstraw Creek
Corry Fish Hatchery workers placed 1300 rainbow and 1300 brown trout in Brokenstraw Creek between Garland and Spring Creek as part of a pre season stocking program. The event highlights local efforts to boost fishing resources.
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State Fish Hatchery
Brokenstraw Creek
Garland
Spring Creek
Corry
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