Ridder Family at the News Desk 1952 to 1969
Danial H Ridder serves as editor and publisher from 1952 to 1969 while Herman H Ridder holds the top editorial post Samuel C Cameron acts as general manager outlining key leadership roles at the paper during the period
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Herman H. Ridder
Danial H. Ridder
Consumer groups clash over plastic bottles in test market
The piece argues that after an organization forms it often justifies itself by creating demand or standards. It describes Coca-Cola testing plastic bottles in Providence with recycling payback, and Monsanto backing the bottles while the Environmental Defense Fund accuses spreading chemicals and energy use. FDA findings deny chemical migration and energy claims, but charges risk public distrust if exaggerated.
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Coca-Cola
Providence
Monsanto Company
Environmental Defense Fund
Monsanto
Airline fuel costs loom over Florida travel
What others say holds air fares down. Floridians are indebted to the airline industry for leading the battle against an element of the Ford administration's energy policy. Overnight decontrol of domestic crude oil prices would raise gasoline prices and add about $1 billion a year to airlines' fuel bills. Delta estimates an eight per cent fare rise, risking tourism reliant Florida's economy.
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Ford Administration
Congress
Delta
Miami
Florida
White House
FEA
Federal Energy Administration
Department of Justice
Letters to the editor Praise from afar
A Long Beach reader shares praise for the local paper citing better editorial quality and broader world news than rival outlets. Subsequent letters discuss oil spill cleanup concerns, a correction to park cleanup costs, admiration for civic figures, and a truck driver’s call for personal armament for road safety.
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Long Beach
Dorothy Spewart
Pittsburgh
Press-Telegram
Independent, Press- Telegram
C. Frederic McKinney
Way
Focal
Freddie
Philadelphia
Ford says no congressional energy plan yet
Washington interview with President Ford shows his veto power but no legislative package on energy. He cites parochial, ideologically split Congress and ongoing talks via energy czar Frank Zarb. Ford denies ownership by oil interests while noting divisions over a Wheat-oil charter with Russia amid global diplomacy and rising oil imports.
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William Broom
Washington
Ford
America
Congress
Frank Zarb
Administration
Nixon era CIA bid to oust Chile’s Allende exposed
Horrocks recounts a 1970 secret meeting with Nixon Kissinger Mitchell and Helms that authorized 10 million dollars to thwart Allende. CIA plots to topple the Chilean government led to failed coups and the killing of General Schneider. Helms later denied overt attempts, raising potential perjury questions amidst a broader record of covert activity.
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Nicholaes M. Horrock
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Salvador Allende Gossens
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
John Mitchell
Richard Helms
Central Intelligence Agency
Helms
Horrock
CLA
Allende
CIA
Rene Schneider Chereau
Foreign Relations Committee
Senate
Sen
Frank Church
Idaho
Congress of
Church
Dte
Iran
Stuart Symington
UNO
Justice Department
Saletary
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