Paper waste and Watergate echoes in a clipped era
A critical 1970s critique lacerates federal paper waste and duplicative press releases. It cites eight billion annual printed pages costing $40 million, high‑end paper stock use, and bloated release flows from Washington. The piece also reports on Nixon era Watergate fallout, noting Dudley Chapman and the White House Subsidiary Account tied to advance men payments and GAO findings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington D.C
Bagdad
Potomac
Coverups and Campaign Funds Drag on in Watergate Era
The report details a secret White House fund used for campaign expenses, its concealment until 1974, and GAO access delays. It notes violations for failing to file statements, resistance from Ford aides, and comments by Chapman about GAO understanding. It references Rauh’s anti-establishment campaign against AFL-CIO District 31 leadership and a NSF grant on music note recognition by computers.
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Ford
Dudley Chapman
White House
General Accounting Office
Chapman
GAO
Nixon Finance Committee
Kehrli
Los Angeles
October rally ends months of gloom in stock market
New York reports a sharp stock market upturn in October and early November. The Dow Jones industrials rose from a 12 year low on Oct 4 amid strong gains in AT&T Hughes Tool Deere Pittston Kerr McGee McDonald's and Avon Products. Analysts warn against overconfidence but note a possible trend reversal while many investors remained cautious about a durable bull market.
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New York
Mark Twain
American Telephone & Telegraph
Hughes Tool, Deere & Co
Pittston
Kerr-McGee
McDonald's
Avon Products
Walter X. Burns
Wall Street
Lynch, Jones & Ryan
For Sale Sign Vanishes End of a Neighborhood Era
A reflective narrator recalls a quiet street where neighbors bought homes over a decade. With the disappearance of a lone For Sale sign, memories of Dr. Robert Evedon, the Frasers, the Lehmanns, and others reveal a community lost to time. Deep personal losses follow, including deaths and hardship, signaling that all good things may fade.
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Robert Evedon
Sam Triffiletti
Cleveland
Hugh Fraser
New York Tunnels
Ira Abrams
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Washington
Nixon
Republican National Committee
Nixon Campaign Committee
William Saxbe
Wilbur Jenkins
Jenkins
Bruce Kehrli
Hugh Sloan
Nyman
Senator
By Jack Anderson
United Mine Workers
Joseph Rauh
Corry
South Street
Geroge’r. Sample
William
Eaton
John McLaughlin
Foreman
Associated Press
Repub
AP News
Raith
United Steel Workers
Afl-Cio
Sam Evett
Steel Workers
Edward Sadlowski
Reform
Rauh
Labor Dept
Evett
Labor
Peter Brennan
Brennan
George Shultz
Shultz
Jack Yablonski
Tony Boyle
Elmer Chatak
National Science Foundation
Hughie Fraser
Wally Lehmann
Fate
Fraser
Hughie
Walter Lehmann Sr
Peggy Vandervoort
Caden
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Pearl River
Sam
Ira Sbrams
United States Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
Senate
Washington, D.C
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Capitol
Harrisburg
United States Representative Assembly
Joseph P. Vigorito
Cannon House
R. Budd Dwyer
Honorable Forest Hopkins
Wally
Betty Lehmann
Long Island
Betty
Walter Jr
Walter
Marie
Kelly
Rome
Heyibheaidy
Lomtars
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