How to Squander Millions and the AP Special Assignment Team
A detailed profile of the AP Special Assignment Team led by Gaylord Shaw, noting hundreds of investigative stories across Washington and beyond. It cites landmark reports on government waste and corruption, awards like the Worth Bingham, and the team’s impact on policy and public accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gaylord Shaw
Associated Press
Washington
U.S
Douglas
Speci
Worth Bingham
Time Magazine
Daily Press
Dick Barnes
Frank Carey
Ken Hartnett
Jean Heller
John S. Lang
James R. Polk
Donald M. Rothberg
G. David Wallace
Agriculture Department
Secretary of Agriculture
Farmers’ Home Administration
Mississippi
FHA
One
Navy
Techfab
Tor
St. Louis
Jean
California Department of Fish and Game
Associated Press Washington
Fair day reflections on crowds and curiosities
A writer recalls a community fair outing filled with bus rides and a mix of sights. He notes courteous behavior from families and chaperones, visits to the cow barn and exhibits, and imagines returning to explore the Women's Building and more. The piece praises creative reuse, antique dishes, and the joy of observing people.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Hart
Museum of Natural History
Ron
Graveside Rites For Cox Infant
Graveside rites for John Wayne Cox Jr infant son of Mr and Mrs John Cox of Gilmer were held Monday at 3 pm in Friendship Cemetery The Rev Clifton Jones and Rev Wayne McKay officiated The baby born Friday night in a Gladewater hospital weighed 8 lbs 5 oz died Saturday afternoon in Good Shepherd Hospital Longview Survived by parents two brothers Kenneth W Cox and David M Hanson grandparents Mrs and Mrs C F Meadows and Mrs Johnnie M Cox plus the late Mr Cox and many aunts and uncles
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John Wayne Cox, Jr
John Cox
Gilmer
Friendship Cemetery
Clifton Jones
Friendship Baptist Church
Wayne McKay
Glade Creek Baptist Church
Gladewater
Good Shepherd Hospital
Longview
Kenneth W. Cox
David M. Hanson
Arlington
C. F. Meadows
City
Johnnie M. Cox
Mr. Cox
Agnew and Alliteration Stir Political Debate
The piece extols Spiro Agnew as a fierce alliteration artist in public life. It notes his outré prose provokes both critics and supporters and imagines a future debate with a Democratic opponent backed by a fictional National Union of Thought.
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Spiro Agnew
Agnew
Agenew
Mr. Ag
National Union of Thought
NUT
Consolidated with The Gladewater Times-Tribune
The item notes a consolidation with The Gladewater Times-Tribune dated November 28, 1949, indicating a merger or cooperative publication effort referenced in the archive.
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The
Gladewater Times-Tribune
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AP Investigative Reporters
By Gaylord Shaw
In Scott
William J. Waugh
Defense Department
New England
Associated Press Special Assignment ‘Team
Asi
New World
Broadway School
Jack Newman
Jack
Santa Maria
Columbus
Cap- Haitie
Haiti
Bert Newman
Olie Mae Phillips
Donald Rothberg
James R. Poth
Kenneth Hartnett
Austin Scott
William Waugh
AP Education
KEDA
East
Texas
Cox
Jimmy Brown
Glade Avenue
Dean Street
Gregg County
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