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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1973
Page
2
Statement by publisher William H. Weldon and president Robert Bloser in Tribune Company motto quoted from Thomas Jefferson. They affirm commitment to free reason in journalism and tolerance of error while pursuing truth. The piece frames editorial philosophy and corporate ethos.
Editorial notes that Iceland ignored a 12 mile limit, British trawlers faced harassment 50 miles out, and the Royal Navy protected fishers. It argues legal principles endure beyond economics and warns the United States about Latin American actions near 200 miles from shore and the cost of paying high seas fines.
The San Francisco Examiner summarizes AMA charges of bias and errors in NBC News documentary What Price Health from last December. NBC refused equal time in a five page letter from VP Richard C. Waid, while critics point to selective statistics and a case like Kristy Knapp to argue the program misleads on U.S. health care quality.
A St. Louis gathering led by Phyllis Schlafly formed a national coalition of women to press Congress and the Nixon Administration for a thorough review of U.S. farm and food policy. They urge no more food shipments to Moscow and Peking until a nationwide assessment determines American needs and foreign policy goals, arguing food could be a tool for peace or a risk if mishandled. The group includes representatives from Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers, the National Association of Pro America, Veterans of Foreign Wars Auxiliary chapters, and various state groups. They call for urgent public study and Congressional action amid rising domestic food prices and debates over agriculture in socialist and communist countries.
A reader cites an out-of-town story about a Massachusetts man who razed his house after tax increases. The note argues reform should target city hall instead of personal destruction, implying lawful remedies are preferable to drastic actions.
Washington observers condemn the Ervin Select Committee hearings as a partisan circus. Senators seek TV time while key questions on Nixon era complicity go unpursued. The public focus remains on spectacle as real action appears delayed, with an expected outcome not before June 1984.
Gov Ronald Reagan pushes a 20 percent tax rebate funded by a constitutional cap on state taxes. The plan would cut the take from 9 percent to 7.15 by 1989 and could save California $118 billion for residents while grounding future spending growth. Critics fear underfunding. Reagan argues the rebate and cap boost taxpayer control and total revenues by 41.5 billion over 15 years.
Capital City notes record a Tuesday evening ceremony conferring the Order of the Rose Degree on five Beta Sigma Phi members at Mrs. Alvin Maurer home on Wardsville Road. Recipients were Mrs. Richard Heck Mrs. Lowell Barrett Miss Helen Cooper Miss Ola Fogleman and Mrs. J George Robinson.
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