Feds Push Newspaper Printing Amid Subsidy Controversy
The Miami Herald reports on a Department of Commerce plan to fund daily and weekly newspapers in a $3 million NYC plant to employ minority workers. The piece critiques government subsidized media as unconstitutional, noting 1967 funds restrictions and concerns over censorship and First Amendment impact. It cites the U S Information Agency and the Agriculture Department’s New Market News Wire Service with low client reach and taxpayer cost.
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Department of Commerce
New York City
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
U. S. Information Agency
Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
UNCG
Randy Ball
Jerzy Grotowsky
Krakow
Poland
Bohr Institute
Ball
Paramount
City Hall
Moliere
Executives Club
Norman Vincent Peale
Mart
Irvin Black
Joe Brown
Roscoe Adams
Doak Finch
R. T. Amos Jr
Fred W. Alexander
Roy E. Watts
Frank H. Wood
Conservative book cites 50 safe cities led by Salmon Idaho
The Charlotte Observer reviews Safe Places a Conservative Book Club selection listing Salmon Idaho as a crime light city. It notes Salmon’s population about 3,000 and says every household owns a gun. It highlights Flagstaff Az as criticized for a Fourth of July Pow Wow and praises Salmon for low crime.
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Fun City
New York
New Orleans
Salmon
Idaho
David
Holly Franke
Conservative Book Club
Jacket
Flagstaff
Aziz
Conservative
Book Club
Florida House votes for sex discrimination ban bill
The Florida House passed a bill prohibiting discrimination based on sex with Rep. Dave Smith the lone opponent. Smith defended his stance calling himself a male chauvinist and praising traditional chivalry while Rep. Bella Abzug of New York would object to such views.
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Florida House of Representatives
Dave Smith
Rep. Smith
Bella Abzug
New York
Rep
Smith
Origins and uses of the term stool pigeon in crime lore
An excerpt traces the phrase stool pigeon from 1830 origin tied to hunters to later usage for plainclothesmen and private eyes. It notes Allan Pinkerton’s private police network and 1952 Supreme Court language distinguishing underworld agents from stool pigeons in nar cotics law.
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James M. Cain
Damon Runyon
Johnny
Allan Pinkerton
U.S. Supreme Court
Lee
United States
Chin Poy
Bureau of Narcotics
Where Did It Go The Air Force C5A Saga
The Winston Salem Journal notes the Air Force relief at discovering Lockheed C5A lifespans shrinking from 30000 to 7000 flying hours. It contrasts wartime cost waste with older transports like Ford Trimotors and DC-3s. The piece mocks MBT program failures and jokes the service may be safer grounded with 81 costly aircraft.
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House
Defense Appropriations Subcommittee
Lockheed
Air Force
Howard Hughes
Santa Monica Bay
Paraguay Dictator Stroessner Linked to Smuggling in CIA Memo
A CIA intelligence memorandum accuses Alfredo Stroessner of tolerating smuggling to keep his 18 year rule intact while his generals and aides conspire with narcotics traffickers. The report says Paraguay serves as a heroin crossroads with shipments passing through 200 private strips to Asuncion International Airport.
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Washington
CIA
America
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
Stroessner
South America
United States
Turkey
France
Western Hemisphere
Presidente Stroessner
Asuncion
U. S
Secret Police
The
Auguste Ricord
CIA Report Links Stroessner to Drug Trafficking Concerns
The CIA notes Stroessner admires hardline rulers and has asked for hard evidence to convict generals of drug trafficking. He vows action to persuade himself, while seeking to avoid clashes with his drug-smuggling inner circle.
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CIA
Stroessner
U. S
North Carolina voters face primaries amid apathy and campaign push
Voters in North Carolina approach May 6 primaries as candidates intensify outreach while concerns about public interest linger. The piece notes a lingering electorate apathy, the role of media in informing voters, and mentions spring floral displays and community events alongside political timelines.
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North Carolina
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Wrrie
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U.S
King Hussein of
Jordan
Florida
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Merry
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Westwood
Montlieu
Rockford Road
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A. Pat Brown
High Point College
Patton
Mobil Center
North Main
Rowell Apartments
Adams- Millis
Westchester
Perpetual
Smithdeal
Hylton
Big Ben
Nickelodeon
Bob Culp
R. G. Culp Associates Inc
Logan St
Julian White
R. G. Culpril
Howard Dunn
Frances Elliott
International Management Council
High Point
Bob Lyndon
Jiffy Mfg. Co
Quentin Anderson
Silver Knit
Lyndon
Guy Kinney
YMCA
IMC
Wayne Crockett
Atlantic City
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Belmont
Thomasville
Max Cooke
Southeastern Region
Fred Morrison
Bob Scott
Raleigh Jaycees
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Holt McPherson Enterprise
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