Hot dog sales slump amid critics and fat water worries
The opinion page weighs causes of declining hot dog sales. Critics like Bess Myerson and Consumer Reports are cited, arguing high fat and watered content weigh on demand. Oscar Mayer counters with marketing while noting price and composition may deter buyers.
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Frankfurter
Bess Myerson
Consumer Reports Magazine
Wall Street Journal
Oscar Mayer and Co
Oscar Mayer
Rockefeller's National Commission Aims to Elevate Rockefeller Power
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller unveils a one man controlled commission to study Americas future with a global tour and private hearings. He seeks to shape party roles and national policy while courting bipartisan support for a 1976 presidential bid.
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Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
New
National Commission On the Future of America
New York
White House
Rockefeller
Nixon
Commission
Braintrust
U.S
Republican Party
Rockefeller Commission
Dean Rusk
National Commission
Democratic Party
Rockefeller Foundation
Rusk
Picture Rusk
Historian's role in Pentagon Papers saga revealed
In a confession the historian recalls aiding the McNamara History project and Pentagon Papers leak chain. He reports meeting Paul Nitze and Leslie Gelb in Washington after learning DoD ran the historical study from the secretary’s office during Johnson’s era.
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Daniel Ellsberg
United States
Lyndon Johnson
McNamara
Pentagon
Ellsberg
Saigon
Humphrey
Nguyen van Thieu
Johnson
Vietnam
Washington
Department of Defense
Secretary of Defense
Paul Nitze
Nitze
Leslie Gelb
Gelb
Kennedy
White House
Robert McNamara
Clark Clifford
Martin Luther King Jr
Robert Kennedy
Readers comment on Nader suit to shut 20 nuclear plants
Tribune readers weigh in on Ralph Nader's request for a federal court to close 20 nuclear reactors for safety gaps in emergency cooling systems. Letters discuss potential deaths, injuries, and wide area contamination, with additional debate on fluoridation and wartime history leaks.
Nader Sues to Shut 20 Nuclear Plants Across 12 States
Ralph Nader and Friends of the Earth filed a suit targeting 20 nuclear generation systems in 12 states including Wisconsin. They argue emergency cooling needs stronger safety against core meltdown and radiation release, a claim contested by some experts. Public concern rises as August heat tests plant reliability.
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Wisconsin
Minnesota
Max Ginns
Leo Spira
Nader
Friends of the Earth
David Brower
Sierra Club
Atomic Energy Commission
Indy 500 race blamed for high risk and deaths
The piece questions the value of the Indianapolis 500 noting a start pileup rain delays and two deaths with a driver in critical condition. It argues the event’s draw of up to 300 000 spectators at high ticket prices cannot justify the danger and criticizes lack of modern safety features like roll bars.
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Indy
Oil tanker collision in Delaware Bay lights up 82 sailors
Tribune files recount twenty years ago in 1953: an oil tanker split in two after a collision in Delaware Bay. Eighty two crewmen from both ships leapt to safety while the Rev. Arthur M. Ferce faced a stalled tenure as pastor of St. Pauls Lutheran Church. Republican leaders in Congress delayed Taft-Hartley revision until next year. John F. Cance, banker, to be speaker as Galesville marks Founders Day commemorating Judge George Gale.
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Arthur M. Ferce
St. Paul's Lutheran Church
Congress
John F. Cance
Galesville Marks
George Gale
Wisconsin Debate Over Longer Double Bottom Trucks
Madison reports a moderated statehouse mood on allowing 65 foot double bottom trailers. A two year pilot with temporary permits may sidestep full legislation, backing by Wisconsin Manufacturers Association and trucking groups amid safety debates.
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Madison
Wisconsin Motor Carriers Association
Pontine
Wisconsin
Wisconsin Manufacturers Association
State Highway Division
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AEC
Nader and Co
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Theodore Roosevelt
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Harry Spence
Harry G. Hayden
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Katherine Gallagher
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Ida P. Johnson
Grace Ogden
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Weather Bureau
George Alvilden
S. 6Th St
Gladys Prinzing
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Walter Seboldt
Rose St
Thomas Maloney
Andrew Hayes
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