Valeo India trip fuels propaganda claims and doubt
Washington notes Frances Valeo’s India trip yields a 1-page pamphlet arguing Emergency measures gain acceptance while critics call the report biased. The piece accuses Valeo of spreading Gandhi propaganda under Senate auspices and questions his expertise and impartiality as a private citizen and official observer.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Frances R. Valeo
Senate
India
Bangladesh
Pakistan
Rites Valeo
UPT
New Delhi
Valeo
United States
Gandhi
Mussolini
Mel
DISC program sparks debate on exports and jobs in 1970s
The DISC scheme allows U S firms to defer taxes on profits from overseas sales if reinvested in export activity. Critics say it costs the Treasury while supporters cite $1.6 billion in export sales and job growth. A downgrade could reduce U S exports and layoffs, industry officials warn.
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Don Oakley
Congress
U.S
U.S. Treasury
DISC
Treasury Department
May 4 1925 McClelland ordained Elderton group
A series of notes records events from 1925 to 1971 in Indiana County. It covers the ordination of Rev. M D McClelland with the Elderton group of Presbyterian churches, presbytery participants, and contemporaneous civic and legal milestones including appointments, FFA regional contest winner Ted Kuckuck, tax and budget actions by Indiana Borough Council, and Judy Monaco becoming the first female member of the Indiana County Bar Association at the new courthouse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M.D. McClelland
Elderton
Presbyterian
Presbytery
R.M. Offutt
O.S. Bartz
H.R. Crumrine
John B. Lowry
Indiana County
Waldo C. McKee
Blairsville
Elders Ridge
Future Farmers of America
Ted Kuckuck
Connellsville High School
Indiana Borough Council
Judy Monaco
Edwin M. Clark
Indiana County Bar Association
Ford on marijuana decriminalization and solar power debate
Washington notes Jack Ford reports his father may back decriminalization of marijuana as more states drop penalties while the president favors detention for traffickers and opposes nationwide moves. The Solar Slowdown section questions ERDA funding and a push by utilities for nuclear power, with internal budget skirmishes and a note on Shapp corruption coverage.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Jack Ford
Dave Lamber
National Organization For the Reform of Marijuana Laws
NORML
Chicago
Tremont
Ford
White House
America
Lamber
ERDA
Donald Beatty
Congress
Nile
Glen
Schleede
Budget Office
Hugh Loweth
Beatty
Capitol Hill
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Shapp
Turnpike
Edgario Gene" Cerilli
U.S
Pittsburgh
Blair Griffith
Cerilli
United Feature Syndicate
Dog Feud NASA Barbara Walters Style Barbs On Alpo TV
Liberal View by Art Buchwald satirically imagines NBC losing Barbara Walters to ABC and a dog on the Today show demanding higher pay and a switch to Walters-Reasoner Evening News. The mock scene unfolds with the producer negotiating over Alpo feeds plus a million-dollar request and ambitions to cohost news with John Chancellor.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
NBC
Barbara Walters
ABC
Gene Shalit
Jim Hartz
Barbara
Alpo
Betty Furness
Betty
Alpa
Candice Bergen
Walters-Reasoner Evening News
William Morris Agency
John Chancellor
Tiede Column Perpetual Motion By TOM TIEDE WASHINGTON
The column critiques the Federal Energy Administration created in 1973 and its expansion, arguing it grew beyond necessity. It notes staff growth to 3,400, high salaries, extensive publicity, and criticism from Rep. Pat Schroeder and others, while acknowledging Ford’s odd support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tiede
Washington
Federal Energy Administration
Pakistan
Congress
FEA
Energy Office
Wall Street Journal
Gucci
Pat Schroeder
D-Cole
Republic
Painted Post
Alaska
Energy Ant
Treasury
John Connally
Lloyd Fithian
Jerry Ford
Ford
Newspaper Enterprise Axsn
Benjamin Franklin credited with first swimming fins invention
The article cites Benjamin Franklin as the inventor of the first wooden swimming fins worn on hands and feet. It also notes the US maximum intercity distance of 5,850 miles between Elliot Key Florida and Kure Island Hawaii, and mentions the Gulf of California's rich fish diversity of over 800 species and golden eagles diving speeds audible wind passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Benjamin Franklin
United States
Elliot Key
Fla
Hawaii
Kure Island
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Sally Jr. Naylon
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William
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Energy Research and Development Administration
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