Jim Bishop on the Tobacco Lobby and AMA Battle
Jim Bishop argues the lengthy, opaque clash between the Tobacco Institute and the American Medical Association over smoking safety. He questions government reluctance to label cigarettes as dangerous, cites flawed studies, and urges clear, decisive research results and quantified risk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Bishop
Tobacco Institute
American Medical Association
The
AMA
Surgeon General
Tobacco Industry
Washington
Inside Labor Anti Poverty Funds Lost By VICTOR RIESEL
New York columnist Victor Riesel decries the welfare poverty complex as a vast, mislaid and unvouchered flow of federal funds. He cites GAO findings of unaccounted millions across New York City programs, duplicated checks, missing records, and lax control, urging a Congressional probe into the anti poverty network.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victor Riesel
New York
General Accounting Office
GAO
John Murphy
Officer of Economic Opportunity
OEO
Washington
New York City Housing Authority
Bedford-Stuyvesant Youth In Action, Inc
Brownsville
U.S
Welfare Department
Harlem
Liberation
Army
Revolutionary Action Movement
Congressional Select Committee
Nixon Promises End Hunger But Cuts School Lunch Funds
In 1969 Nixon pledged to end hunger for nine million kids but budget moves by Assistant Budget Director Richard Nathan and USDA officials slash subsidies from 60 cents to 35 cents per meal. States face funding gaps, likely reducing meals as private meetings and telephones shaped the plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Lockheed
White House
Richard Nathan
Agriculture Department
Richard Lyg
Edward Hekman
School Lunch Funds Fight over Agriculture Budget
Washington Merry Go Round notes Rep Jamie Whitten uses his power as chair of the House Agriculture Appropriations subcommittee to control lunches funded from agriculture money. Critics fear 25 cents per meal cuts. officials deny final action, while advocates urge protection for hungry children. The piece also covers mercury in ducks, a White House intern apology over a liar remark, Donfeld’s promotion, and Nixon’s shift from economic passivism to activism urged by Arthur Burns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamie Whitten
D-Miss
House Agriculture Appropriations Subcommittee
Congress
Whitten
Agriculture Department
Memphis
John Freeman
D. G. Bussler
Pittsburgh
Carl A. Peterson
Nebraska
Urban League Welfare Task Force
George McGovern
D-S.d
Senate Nutrition Committee
Washington
Lake St. Clair
Great Lakes
Mobile Bay
Alabama
Fish and Wildlife Service
White House
Connecticut
Bob Steele
Brash
Jeff Donfeld
Nixon Law
Tricia Nixon
Steele
Vietnam
Donfeld
CIA
Crow
Special Action Office
Nixon
Arthur Burns
Eisenhower
Burns
Ike
Ihe
Federal Reserve Board
From Capitol Hill Agnew Or Connally
Bruce Biossat weighs Agnew and Connally as Nixon’s running mate in 1972. Connally’s Texas clout and appeal to the South are questioned while Agnew’s faction and money backing remain influential. Nixon’s cautious, private assessment hints at a tough, high risk choice with uncertain political futures.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Agnew
Nixon
Treasury
John Connally
Connally
Texas
Southern
U.S. Senate
White House
Hanrahan on Trial Tests Chicago Judicial System
Ralph Novak assesses the Chicago case against Edward V. Hanrahan and eight officers, tracing the 1969 Panther raid, federal findings, and the risk to black faith in justice. The trial could prove courts can be independent, with Hanrahan’s group advantaged by money and influence shaping scrutiny.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph Novak
Chicago
Richard J. Dailey
Daley
Cook County
Edward V. Hanrahan
Chicago Police Department
Hanrahan
Black Panther Party
Panthers
Ilinois
Fred Hampton
Mark Clark
Raiders
Chicago Bar Association
Grand Jury
Criminal Court
Joseph A. Power
Barnabas Sears
Sinois Supreme Court
Citizens weigh 8 million dollar school plan impact
In a readers letter, a Indiana area resident questions the need for an eight million dollar deluxe school while urging use of the existing junior high and costlier new construction. The writer asks for public hearings and greater citizen input on taxes amid widespread district finance concerns.
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Richard Jones
Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Area
Harold Walls
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Water St
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Amyve Taylor Ray
R. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnelly
William B. Hastings
Frank B. Hood
Aated Press
Associated Press
AP News
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Wesmoreland
Tociapa
Dail
Indiana Peans
Cliff Hardin
Hekman
Capitol Hill
Agnew Or
Special County
Q's
Florida
Medicare
Mr. Jones
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