Detente urged as US aid to Suez Canal plan
The piece argues detente benefits Russia more than the United States. It discusses a Pentagon funded plan to clear mines from the Suez Canal and train Egyptian forces, with 500 US personnel and a headed mission led by Rear Adm. Brian McCauley. It notes Russia could gain faster access to the Indian Ocean, and questions congressional approval.
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Russia
United States
Uncle Sap
Suez Canal
Pentagon
U.S. Navy
Army
Egypt
Jerry W. Friedheim
Brian McCauley
Haiphong Harbor
Suez
North Vietnam
Canal
Friedhelm
Noel Gayler
Pacific Command
U.S. News and World Report
Gayler
Mediterranean
Indian Ocean
U.S
Atlantic
Pacific Coast
Congress
White House
Baker details CIA ties to Watergate and Hunt role
Senator Baker shows documents suggesting extensive CIA involvement in Watergate cover up and Hunt’s ties to CIA fronts. He cites contacts with E Howard Hunt, Bernard Barker, and Richard Helms, and a psychiatrist break in linked to Ellsberg case. Baker’s report emphasizes questions over conclusive answers.
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Baker
CIA
Richard Helms
Hunt
Mullen and Co
Bay of Pigs
Bernard Barker
Barker
Watergate
Ellsberg
Baker book hints CIA role in Watergate era Hunt links
Jack Anderson reports Baker’s CIA centered Watergate probe suggests Hunt fed CIA via cover outfits and ex employees. The piece traces tips from Robert Bennett and Mullen front ties to Dita Beard, Hank Greenspun, and Howard Hughes, noting White House meddling and CIA contact through 1973. Baker’s sources foresee deeper CIA involvement and seek clarification.
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Hunt
White House
Robert Bennett
Mullen CIA
Bennett
New England
Chappaquiddick
CIA
Baker
Denver
Dita Beard
ITT
Chile
Salvador Allende
Las Vegas
Hank Greenspun
Howard Hughes
Hughes
Mullen
Robert Mahen
UFOs and Inflation Talk Across a Nation
Paul Harvey reflects on flying saucers and credible witnesses like Falkville’s Jeff Greenshaw, then shifts to a New York AP report on inflation. NASA interest, Air Force quotes, and economists debate an inflation indexing idea versus traditional anti inflation policy, noting Brazil’s long term but unique experience.
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New York
Boston
State Street Bank & Trust Co
Brazil
Nowlin Keener Jr
Pensacola
Fla
Arthur Olen
Brookings Institution
Johnson
Albert H. Cox, Jr
Lionel Edie & Co
Parkinsons Law in Pennsylvania State Government
Philadelphia Inquirer columnist William Ecenbarger explains Parkinsons Law and its application to Pennsylvania politics. He notes rapid growth in state employees versus population, the many paid holidays, and the habit of bureaucracies to preserve their existence while delivering limited services. He cites the Travel Development Bureau as an example and jokes about shifting government texts to fiction shelves.
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United States
Brazil
Okun
George Hagedorn
National Association of Manufacturers
Hagedorn
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Orly Parkinson's Law
Bureau of Travel Development
Parkinson
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Detente
Navy
Corry Journal
Yaune
Washington
Sen
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Central Intelligence Agency
E. Howard Hunt
Vernon Walters
Bernard Malloy
Daniel Elisberg
By Jack Anderson
California
Mort Jackson
FBI
WFO
Washington Field Office
H.R. Haldeman
Haldeman
Congressional
Les Whitten
Mullen Company
CIA Fies
Fred Thompson
Paul Harvey
Jeff Greenshaw
Jeff
Falkville
Ala
Barry Goldwater
Air Force
Harley Rutledge
Southeast Missouri State University
Rutledge
Missouri
Lima
Peru
Northwestern University
J. Allen Hynek
NASA
USAF
George Brown
Vietnam
Ohio
John Gilligan
Ann Arbor
Mich
Ohio State
Arne Slettebak
Earth
Parkinson’s
Cyril Northcote Parkinson
University of Malays
Dr. Parkinson
Freud
By William Ecenbarger
Philadelphia Inquirer
Agriculture Department
Ship of State
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