Subsidy Mismanagement Sparks International Grain Fallout
An editorial criticizes the Soviet grain deals as evidence of obsolete price supports and Agriculture Department mismanagement. It argues the two price system and the subsidy grew from one to 47 cents per bushel, inflating bread costs, draining the Treasury, and benefiting Russia while Japan pays world prices. It calls for policy overhaul and tighter administration before more bloc trade.
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Treasury
Japan
Price Commission
U.S
Military brass spill into civilian government
Washington report notes many retired officers, led by Lt Gen Herman Nickerson, occupy high civilian posts such as administrator of the National Credit Union Administration. Nickerson brings a military entourage, lavish office furnishings, and a commandant attitude, while officials say purchases came from an authorized list but lack specific approval. The piece also rails at congressmen's overseas junkets.
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Herman Nickerson
Marine Corps
National Credit Union Administration
Nickerson
NCUA
General Services Administration
GSA
Congress Junket Reports Highlight Hanna Travel Plans
A Washington feature notes Representative Richard Hanna of California plans a 26 day 12 country junket to Athens Cairo Madrid Tokyo plus possible visits to Jordan Yemen and Saudi Arabia with funds for 50 dollars a day. The piece cites State Department cables and a prior August tour with a red carpet request and a helicopter lift amid energy crisis concerns.
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Richard Hanna
D-Calif
Athens
Cairo
Madrid
Tokyo
State Department
Hanna
Jordan
Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Beirut
Tom Lankard
Mideast
Lankard
Dante Fascell
D-Fla
Guatemala
Fascell
Inter-American Congress
Almanac highlights on December 9, 1972
UPI notes December 9 marks John Milton birth in 1608 and Noah Webster founding the American Minerva daily in 1793. Christmas seals debuted in Wilmington in 1907 to fight tuberculosis. Nobel Peace Prize awarded to Woodrow Wilson in 1920 amid Feb 1971 death of Ralph Bunche at 67.
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Venus
John Milton
Noah Webster
American Minerva
New York City
Wilmington
Del
Woodrow Wilson
Ralph Bunche
U.N
It Looks Like Hanoi Won’t Let War End Soon
Bob Aldridge argues Vietnam talks stall because Hanoi wants conditions and to stay in the South. He laments endless slaughter, calls for a genuine ceasefire, and urges a peaceful immediate exit by Hanoi as the only decent path to peace.
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Bob Aldridge
North Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
South
DeWitt County Historical Notes Update on Josiah Taylor Files
DeWitt County Historical Survey Committee will add more data on Josiah Taylor to the County Archives. His widow Hepsibeth Taylor received a league of land. he had died before the grant. Lester Giese Rev Rogers McLane and the committee chair worked in the museum Monday afternoon. Slides from Cuero Centennial and Turkey Trot are catalogued and ready to show on request to civic groups. Ralph Spinks offered material on Jack Helms, early DeWitt County Sheriff after the Civil War.
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DeWitt County
Lester Giese
C. Rogers McLane
Ralph Spinks
Jack Helms
Milton’s Thought on Peace’s Quiet Victories
A quotation attributes to John Milton the view that peace has victories no less renowned than war. The line highlights moral triumphs achieved without conflict and lends reflective weight to pacific aims.
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John Milton
Worry Clinic: Brother Fell Prey to Goose-Stepper Doctors
Case V-566 recounts Jerry Z 39 blaming his brother 44 for early death from cancer after reliance on doctors. He argues rigid obedience to medical authority caused the fatal outcome and laments Americans trained to worship physicians as infallible.
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Jerry
Jerry Z
Crane
No ne wind no ne wind. Independent medical thinking urged
Dr George W. Crane argues readers should distrust blind authority in medicine. He says oxygen is lifesaving during coronary events, God heals, and many surgeries are unnecessary. He warns against hospital culture and urges readers to seek practical, self-reliant health actions while contacting him for booklets.
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Jerry
Dr. Kildare
Ben Casey
America
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