Teaching A Boy To Cheat In Derby Scandal In Boulder
District Attorney Alex Hunter of Boulder charges Robert Lange Sr. with contributing to the delinquency of a minor after Lange helped his nephew James Gronen install an electro magnet in a car to win the Akron National Soap Box Derby. Gronen lost the prize and scholarship, while Lange faces potential $1000 fine and a year in jail. authorities call for broader derby reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Akron
Lange
Young Gronen
Hunter
China Expels Lin Piao and Chen Po-ta From Party
China announces the expulsion of Defense Minister Lin Piao and ex Politburo member Chen Po-ta from the Communist Party after the secretive 10th Party Congress. The move follows Lin Piao’s reported 1971 death after an alleged Mao assassination attempt and signals a hardening stance toward the Soviet Union amid frontier tensions and fears of a socialist imperialist war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Communist Party
Lin Piao
Mao Tsetung
Chen Po-ta
Mao
Soviet Union
Party
People of China
Food Costs Up Everywhere But U S Still Spends Less
A worldwide look at rising food prices shows Americans spend a smaller share of income on food than other industrialized nations. The Bureau of Labor Statistics cites 17.6 percent in the United States versus 21.9 in West Germany and 26.5 in France. The piece notes coping strategies abroad include substitutes and altered meals, with Japan shifting to more chicken and West Germany facing high beef and bread costs. In all regions, shoppers seek bargains while maintaining dinner traditions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
West Germany
Britain
France
Japan
India
Tom Curtis
The
Milwaukee Sentinel
Latvia
Vishinsky
United Nations
Soviet Union
Russia
How Much Disorder Can We Stand
A 1749 surveyor, George Washington, laid out the town that would become the county seat of Rappahannock County. The piece critiques the Federal Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act, arguing it could enable federal coercion over local zoning through crossover sanctions and undermine private property and federalism, urging local action instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Washington
Virginia
Rappahannock County
Court House
Henry Jackson
Washington
Senate
House Interior Committee
House
County
Scoop Jackson
Hubert Humphrey
Jackson
Rome
Plato
Washington, Va
Washington, D.C
Washington Horror Weather And Politics
Washington endures a heat wave with 95 plus degrees and high humidity as August buries the city in heat and pollution. Ralph de Toledano critiques the media political nexus amid Watergate talk, noting Archibald Cox pursuit of White House tapes and Nixon’s stance on executive privilege.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Mercury
Progress
Congress
Washington Post
Archibald Cox
Cox
White House
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Senate Select Committee
Senate Committee
Kissinger's Realpolitik Path To Guide State Dept
Washington column portrays Henry Kissinger as a hard edged Realpolitik operator aimed at reshaping Foggy Bottom and taming the Senate Foreign Relations Committee led by Fulbright. It argues his mission to enforce foreign pacts, limit purely philanthropic foreign aid, and push presidential war power while challenging bureaucratic inertia and morale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D.C
Henry Kissinger
Bismarck
Realpolitick
Cordell Hull
Dean Acheson
John Foster Dulles
Dean Rusk
William Rogers
Kissinger
State Department
Defense
Health, Education, and Welfare
Housing and Urban Development
White House
Senate
Federalia
Department
Foreign Relations Committee
America
Media and Politics Challenge Watergate Legacies
A host of writers weigh Watergate's significance, offering varied interpretations that are often ingenious yet unsettled. The piece surveys how media, politics, and public trust may be reshaped by the scandal's lasting impact on governance and journalism.
Buckley Miscellany on Latvia and Watergate Views
Three items survey foreign and domestic currents. A Latvian refugee story contrasts Soviet rule with a hunger strike by an organist denied emigration. A West Coast Teamsters note complains wages and benefits as Congress debates a national minimum. A Phoenix lawyer reflects on Watergate, McCarthy, and diverse theories linking politics, history, and culture.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Rappahannock
Ralph de Toledano
Holmes Alexander
Fulbright
Jeffrey Hart
U.S
William F. Buckley, Jr
Riga
Daniel Bruvers
Heidelberg
Germany
Young Bruvers
West Coast
Council No. 7
Teamsters
Arizona
Joe McCarthy
Kirkpatrick Sale
New York Review of Books
California
Irving Howe
Watergate
Southern California
Joseph Bensman
Dissent Magazine
Madison Avenue
Danville
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!