Editorial Profit vs. Power, Prestige Haig as Secretary of State
The piece reports Ronald Reagan weighing General Alexander Haig for Secretary of State, noting Haig as a controversial figure due to Watergate ties. It criticizes Haig’s explanations, questions his civilian-only tradition for the post, and argues Haig’s confirmation would trigger a partisan fight.
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Ronald Reagan
Alexander Haig
NATO
Reagan
Haig
White House
Richard Nixon
Leon Jaworski
George C. Marshall
Truman
Senate
Iowa Beef opens Finney County plant near Holcomb
Private enterprise Iowa Beef started operations 15 months after announcing a 60 million beef packing plant in Finney County. The first cattle were killed Thursday and the daily kill is expected to reach 4,000 in 18 months. In just over a year the company built the plant and hired 200 workers, illustrating rapid private development versus lengthy government projects.
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Iowa
Iowa Beef
Beating the Christmas rush by dolores hope
A humorous column recalls cooking a turkey far ahead of the holiday rush. The author shares chaotic prep from thawing to roasting and freezing, mentions unmade shopping and a bare tree, and ends with a playful note about lost pets and festive hopes.
Radio fools and brandy in 1930s Columbia game fiasco
A longpiece recounts two WHN announcers Mark Hellinger and Perry Charles in 1930 staging a drunken, chaotic on air prank at Baker Field. They mocked rivals, altered player names mid game, caused NBC and listeners to panic, and left fans laughing at the fiasco despite the mess.
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Howard Cosell
Cosell
WHN
New York
Mark Hellinger
Perry Charles
Columbia
Ted Husing
Baker Field
Graham McNamee
NBC
McNamee
Hellinger
Charles
Mark
Perry
Cornell
New Jersey
Connecticut
McNamme
Warning system defects threaten US defense network
Washington columnist Jack Anderson reveals Pentagon warning system flaws that could stall or misdirect responses to Soviet missile threats. He cites Senate findings of 147 false alarms in 18 months and criticizes reliance on commercial power lines for critical National Command Center computers, risking loss of vital defense data during outages.
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Washington
Pentagon
United States
U.S
NCA
National Command Authority
Senate
National Command Center
Ron McRae
Dale van Atta
Air Force
Navy
Defense Intelligence Agency
Carter White House
Carter
Georgia
Jimmy
Community Theater in Garden City Seeks Better Facilities
The Garden City Arts Council reflects on the fourth annual Community Theater production Wonderful Town with 250 participants, 14 500 hours of work, and over 10 000 dollars in expenses. Attendees total 2 500 across seven shows sold out in advance, prompting calls for a Century 3 Center with offices, studios, galleries, a large stage, and proper dressing and prep spaces.
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Garden City
Town
Dhaw
Area
Skip Mancini
Skip
Century 3
Rhea Foster
Finney County
Arts Council
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