Editorials Trickery in Congress
The piece condemns Congress for tying an irrelevant provision about business questionnaires to the trans Alaska pipeline bill. It argues this tactic undermines public trust, inflates regulatory paperwork costs, and harms both business and the public. It urges lawmakers to separate merits from politics.
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House
Senate
Office of Management and Budget
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Chamber
Congress
Health protecting bill faces House Senate clash
Congress again considers a bill to regulate toxic substances in consumer goods industry chemicals and agricultural products except pesticides. Major disputes persist between Senate stronger pre market testing and EPA safety proofs and House stance allowing marketing before testing. The Nixon administration backs the Senate, urging swift joint conference committee agreement.
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Congress
House
Senate
Environmental Protection Agency
EPA
Nixon
Joint Conference Committee
Letters and opinions on tickets and national politics
A Long Beach editor laments repeated parking and license plate tickets near Long Beach City College and questions fairness toward veterans. Letters from Mabel Ornelas and others argue on land use planning authority, with a Palm Desert reader urging Americans to do better in 1976 and Spokane readers weighing in on federalism and governance.
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Long Beach City College
California Highway Patrol
Long Beach
America
Mabel Ornelas
Federal Land Use Policy and Planning Assistance Act
Secretary of the Interior
Craig Hosmer
Beach
Interior Committee
Spokane
Wash
Palm Desert
Nixon Faces Demand to Fight for Cleared Name
Washington editorial argues Nixon must fight to clear his name amid accusations of illegal acts, Watergate cover up, and corruption. It warns resignation would imply guilt, compares to Agnew, and notes potential chaos if he steps down. The piece says impeachment could aid national health and stresses ongoing governance and policy actions.
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Nixon
Carl Albert
Ford
Lakewood
Kenneth Woolley
Washington
Ilegal
Agnew
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Middle East
Soviet Union
Resigning Nixon would threaten American constitutional order
The editorial argues that pushing Nixon to resign would upend two centuries of U.S. governance by replacing a presidency elected for fixed terms with a parliamentary instability. It warns that resignation sets a dangerous precedent, turning public opinion polls into a veto over the presidency and risking a constitutional drift toward Parliamentarianism.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Great Britain
United States
Senate
Warren G. Barding
Nixon
Soviet naval might a growing Middle East threat
Soviet naval power expands reach in the Mediterranean and Indian Ocean with 95 vessels to the US 80, missiles used against Israeli forces, and naval infantry aboard ships. The Hancock patrols the Persian Gulf via the Malacca Strait as oil routes through Suez and Cape of Good Hope centralize Western reliance on Middle East supplies.
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Middle East
Mediterranean
United States
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Wash
U.S
Jackson
Indian Ocean
Suez Canal
Cape of Good Hope
Strait of Malacca
Japan
Persian Gulf
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ISRA
Vispas
Coonskin
Lord Macauley
William Safire
New Tory
Hows
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