Nixon taps William E Simon for Treasury post
President Nixon nominates William E Simon to be Secretary of the Treasury and plans to shift policy leadership as George P Schultz leaves the cabinet. Simon, like Schultz, favors conservative economics and opposes government controls, while Nixon expands his own role in coordinating economic policy.
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Nixon
William E. Simon
the Treasury
Senate
George P. Schultz
Treasury
Simon
Schultz
Office of Management and Budget
Treasury Department
Henry Kissinger
White House
Cost of Living Council
Council On International Economic Policy
George Schultz
Poole Free After Flimsy Evidence Sends Man to Death Row
Samuel A Poole spent eight months on death row after a burglary conviction in North Carolina. The state Supreme Court overturned the case, ruling the evidence insubstantial and insufficient for a capital sentence. Poole returns home to Moore County and resumes life with his wife and three children, raising questions about capital punishment and justice.
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Samuel A. Poole
North Carolina
Central Prison
Poole
State Supreme Court
Supreme Court
Trail
Moore County
A Woman Candidate Could Be Colombia's Next President
In Colombia a three way race ends with Maria Eugenia Rojas de Moreno leading the field against Alfonso Lopez Michelsen and Alvaro Gomez. The inflation crisis and high unemployment frame a campaign where a daughter of Gustavo Rojas Pinilla seeks history as the first Western Hemisphere female president. The piece notes shifts in Latin American gender roles and the broader rise of women in politics and society.
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Latin America
United States
Colombia
Maria Eugenia Rojas de Moreno
Argentina
Juan Peron
Isabel
Maria Eugenia
Hemisphere
Samuel Johnson
Malinche
Hernan Cortes
Sor Juana de la Cruz
Gabriela Mistral
Chile
Victoria Ocampo
Bolivar
Manuela
Peron
Evita
Alianza Nacional Popular
ANAPO
Gustavo Rojas Pinilla
Alfonso Lopez Michelsen
Liberal Party
Alvaro Gomez
Students under scrutiny by a Romanian professor behind the Iron Curtain
Dimitri Pop, a Clay University literature professor in Romania, argues that students are intelligent yet prone to temptations. He warns that excessive leisure could create a class of professional students resembling prewar elites, shaping views in the region behind the Iron Curtain.
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Dimitri Pop
Clay University
Romania
Letter to the Editor on Tarzan films and TV morality
Grace Burton protests Tarzan films on WGHP and "Rosemary's Baby" on TV, arguing broadcasters favor ratings over morality while criticizing perceived youth corruption. She urges Christians to consider spiritual consequences and places fault on stations for airing controversial programs.
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Wghp-Tv
Rosemary
Wfmy-Tv
Grace Burton
Stratford Rd
French Candidates Fake Play Politics in May Election
A crowded field for the French presidency unfolds with contenders including Francois Mitterrand backed by Georges Marchais PCF while Jean Royer Carter sees a Danish Syndrome anti political vote. Gaullists and independents dominate chatter as a May 12 run-off looms.
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Georges Pompidou
Georges Marchias
Parti Communiste
PCF
Francois Mitterrand
Mitterrand
Marchais
Pompidou
Alan Poker
Jean Royer
Royer
Chaban
J.J
Parti Radical
France
Danist
Western
Europe
Great Britain
Roger
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Patty Hearst
Patty
FBI
Donald DeFreeze
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Watergate
Richard Allison
Lehigh Valley Cooperative Farmers
Allentown
Allison
LeHigh
Frank Carroll
Carroll
Earl Butz
J. Curtis Herge
John Mitchell
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Jeb Magruder
Lowyer
Herge
New York
Kaiser
Reynolds
Southwire
Alcoa
Consumer Product Safety Commission
Los Angeles
Tin Gods of Aluminum
Aluminum
de Gaulle
Jacques Chaban-Delmas
Valery Giscard d’Estaing
Jean-Jacques Servan- Schreiber
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