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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 20, 1973
Page
2
The News Tribune Company presents a publisher William H. Weldon and president Robert Blosser quote from Thomas Jefferson on freedom of reason and pursuit of truth, signaling editorial stance.
Editorial argues Missouri legislators award themselves perks in a deemed successful session. It cites raises from 10 to 25 dollars daily, new hiring latitude for secretaries, travel- expense boosts, and a proposed pay raise. It notes Missouri ranks high in compensation and warns against overfunding lawmakers while voters see little gain.
Gulfport Mississippi Daily Herald reports that the House moved to cut funds for US air support to the Cambodian army. The piece argues air support is timely to prevent Cambodia’s fall and potential downstream losses in South Vietnam, while urging only a temporary restraint on B52 deployment until Paris talks clarify Cambodia agreements.
Washington writes that Nixon shifts to Phase Four after Phase Three fails to curb inflation. He faces political risk, with Big Labor pushing wage demands, and U.S. stance amid international demand and Soviet detente. The piece warns of missed opportunities and looming Phase Five.
Brezhnev strengthens control by expanding the Central Committee from 360 to 390, stacking it with loyalists and placing Dobrynin on the committee. He demotes rival Shelepin, elevates Andropov, and consolidates power over the KGB while sidelining Kosygin and limiting public participation in party affairs.
A viewpoint lament condemns the shift from sharp four letter insults to dull rhetoric. The writer recalls grand wartime and 19th century taunts and mocks current political discourse, noting McGovern and Nixon contrasts, and cites classic barbed lines like Blaine’s.
A lively survey of historic and literary insults from John Randolph to Dorothy Parker, tracing how political and theatrical barb aimed at public figures shaped discourse. It notes the waning of sharp invective, hints at modern obscenity concerns, and cites Wilkes as the greatest insult, ending with a tongue-in-cheek appeal for readers to admire the wit without four letter words.
National beat. Brezhnev and Nixon may jointly greet the Skylab astronauts on their return from space. Plans propose either meeting aboard the USS Ticonderoga off California or at San Clemente California with the White House, aiming for wide TV radio coverage to showcase U S Soviet space cooperation. The astronauts set a new 24 day endurance record.
In June 1963 the Police Wives' Auxiliary installed new officers led by president Mrs. Robert Roark and vice president Mrs. George Wagner. Tony Weber was elected commander of American Legion Roscoe Enloe No. 5, with Ed Lewis as senior vice commander and Francis Mertens as junior vice commander.
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