New York Firefighters Strike Leaders Fined Under Probation Pact
Justice Burton B. Roberts imposed a three year no strike pledge on Richard J. Vizzini John O Sullivan and Dominic Gentiluomo after guilty pleas to reckless endangerment. They faced potential one year jail and up to a $1000 fine for any future strike advocacy. The ruling assigns Fire Commissioner O Haggen to reinstate them if they comply.
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New York Supreme Court
Burton B. Roberts
New York
Richard J. Vizzini
John O’sullivan
Dominic Gentiluomo
Roberts
John C. O’hagen
Food for Longevity in Senate Hearings on Nutrition
Senate hearings feature nutrition experts and researchers analyzing world food supplies and the push for nutrition education. Harvard's Dr Jean Mayer urges a mass education effort to prevent illness and reduce health costs, noting rising medical expenses from 1950 to the present and inadequate diet choices among many Americans.
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Senate
Jean Mayer
Harvard
Mayer
America
Democrats Name Brain Trust for Next Election
The Democratic National Committee formed an eighteen member brain trust for domestic and foreign policy led by veterans from the Johnson era. Dean Rusk Wilbur Cohen and Sol M. Linowitz figure among the group with W Averill Harriman offering strategy on Nixon’s Moscow trip. Cohen notes social programs now ending could add 45 billion dollars to the federal budget, urging careful rhetoric and deliverable promises.
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Democratic National Committee
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Wilbur Cohen
Health, Education, and Welfare
Sol M. Linowitz
W. Averill Harriman
Commerce
Nixon
Harriman
Moscow
Cohen
HEV
Congress
Parting Shots Point to Global Smiles and Policy
A reflection on cross cultural interpretation of the Mona Lisa as she travels from Japan to Moscow and on government agencies ready to study crises before action. The Tiny Tigers cancel a 10cent soda night after recent major incidents amid partisan image, as candidates are treated like soap without clear labeling.
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Moscow
Japan
Tiny Tigers
Jackson Amendment Stirs Emigration Rights Bargain
The piece tracks a high-stakes clash as 78 senators link emigration rights to MFN status for Russia amid Nixon veto threats. It notes Soviet brinkmanship, U.S. domestic pressure, and the dynamic of detente tested by the dispute over Jewish emigration and foreign policy leverage.
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Russia
America
Nixon
Senate
Soviet Union
Gromyko
Kissinger
Jackson
United Nations
Syria
Egypt
Israel
Mideast
Henry Jackson
Weasels in the Hen House of Leaks and Ethics
James J. Kilpatrick laments a flood of leaks from the House Judiciary Committee and allied bodies. He contends editors bear responsibility for printing confidential memoranda by Dixon, argues leaks threaten press integrity, and compares past disclosures like the Pentagon Papers. The piece critiques Goldwater Buchanan and political actors, urging accountability and warning of diminished press credibility.
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Barry Goldwater
Patrick Buchanan
Ken Clawson
Arizona
White House Communications
House Judiciary Committee
Goldwater
Washington Post
Buchanan
Judiciary Committee
Senate
Watergate Committee
FBI
Senator Goldwater
William P. Dixon
Dixon
Charles Dickens
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Reading editorials and the decline of journalism education
Russell Kirk attacks a publisher’s textbook of 200 editorials from 37 states as evidence of declining standards in journalism education. He argues students lack broad reading, calling for self-education, citing Quiller-Couch works and The Wall Street Journal as models, and notes editors seek solid knowledge over vague opinion.
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America
Arthur Quiller-Couch
Quiller-Couch
Wall Street Journal
A Year of Decision and Dandelion Politics Jumble
A satirical block of quotes riffs on sun energy nostalgia hometown visits tooth fairy payments joke punchlines and class income contrasts. It comments on lobbies inflation Watergate and civic apathy amid 1974 discussions with witty aos and everyday observations.
Multinationalism and U S diplomacy explored in Geneva
Holmes Alexander profiles Ambassador Francis Dale and Senator Frank Church, contrasting diplomatized Multinational Corporations with Washington's liberal skeptic. Dale argues private enterprise advances world trade, spreads prosperity, and drives peace, while noting friction from host nations and labor.
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Geneva
United States
Francis Dale
Dale
U.S
Frank Church
Idaho
Foreign Relations Committee
Church
Washington
Mid East
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Peter Rodine
Russell Kirk
School of Journalism
Troy State University
Alabama
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Tooth Fairy
Holmes Alexander
Danville
Mes
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