Budget Clash Deepens as Deficit Tops 31 Billion
Washington grapples with a rising 1973 deficit as Congress and the Nixon White House trade blame. Taxpayer impact looms with proposals for a $250 billion ceiling, while leaders including Proxmire and Ehrlichman press for cuts and vetoes amid looming inflation and potential tax increases.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Thomas Arrandale
Congressional Quarterly
Federal Reserve Board
Arthur F. Burns
Republican
Democratic Congress
Executive Branch
America
John O. Ehrlichman
Department of Labor
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Walter W. Heller
Nixon White House
No Hope for the Satisfied Man Opinion Piece
A 1972 Decatur Daily column by Russell Priest questions youth entitlement and the failures of media, urging readers that change requires personal effort and work. The piece argues reality versus fantasy, noting robberies and violence as warnings to the unprepared.
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14Th Ave
Decatur
Ala
THE
Decatur Daily
Time
McDonalds Chief Ray Kroc Donates Big for Nixon Campaign
In 1968 Ray Kroc gave $1,000 to Nixon, later contributing $255,000 for reelection. He says the money is not to influence wage policy, yet McDonalds supports keeping the under 21 minimum wage at $1.60, saving labor costs as most employees are under 21.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
McDonald's Hamburger Chain
Ray Kroc
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Kroc
McDonald's
McDonald’s Chain
Nixon Administration
Senate
Hamburger Chain
Mark McIntyre
White House
Honor and Heal Forgiveness in Troubled Family Ties
A reader shares pain from an abusive father and a mother’s marriage. Counselors urge honoring the parental role, not the person, and propose apologizing, seeking forgiveness, and repairing the relationship. The piece emphasizes forgiveness as healing and cites Matthew 6:14.
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T. H
Jesus
House Panel Moves To Halt Visits To Hanoi
Viewpoint by David Lawrence notes the House Internal Security Committee approved a bill banning travel to nations at war with the United States unless authorized by the president. Violators face 10 years in prison, a $10,000 fine, or both. The measure targets antiwar activists and could affect relatives of prisoners of war visiting North Vietnam.
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Congress
United States
House Internal Security Committee
North Vietnam
Richard H. Ichord
Missouri
House
Internal Security Committee
International Red Cross
Hanoi
America
Paris
South Vietnam
Peking
Moscow
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Ricardo Sparks
Luz Maria Leonard
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Italy
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Viewpoint
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