Labor Farm Leaders Challenge Ford On Grain Policy
Washington reports a rising farmers revolt over Ford administration grain andPoland policies. Farm leaders accuse the White House and State Department of snubbing rural spokesmen and cutting Poland’s grain purchases, risking votes in key Midwest states.
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Washington
Jerry Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
George Meany
Nelson
George
Ford
Midwest
Soviets
Poland
State Department
Agriculture
Commerce
Warsaw
Kissinger
Helmut Sonnenfeldt
Mr. Ford
Europe
East Bloc
White House
State Kissinger
Editorial urges tighter state controls on security guard licensing
The piece argues for stringent rules governing qualifications, backgrounds, and morals of private guards. It cites Nevada reliance on security personnel by resorts and banks, warns of potential overreach, and notes California’s proposed regulations including firearms training, annual tests, and permit requirements. It urges Nevada to review qualifications to keep dangerous individuals from wearing uniforms and carrying weapons.
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Nevada
California
Almanac items for October 7 including births and history
On October 7 1849 American poet James Whitcomb Riley was born. Historical notes include 1916 Georgia Tech defeated 222 to 0 over Cumberland, 1961 a British airliner crash in the Pyrenees killed 37, 1963 Bobby Baker resigned after civil suit charges, and 1971 Nixon announced a wage price control plan.
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United Press International
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
Mercury
James Whitcomb Riley
Georgia Tech
French Pyrenees
Bobby Baker
Senate
Democratic
Nixon
Flaws in the Common Purpose After Ford Threats
James Reston argues the recent presidential threats expose a deeper crisis in U S national life. He cites Moore Fromme and Hearst as personal failures but warns against labeling violence as mere aberration or insanity. The piece links media culture, family breakdown, and public sensationalism to broader political turmoil.
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Edmund Burke
House of Commons
America
Sara Jane Moore
San Francisco
Lynette Fromme
Sacramento
Patty Hearst
Time
Newsweek
CIA
Kennedy
Warren Commission
United States
Ford
Herbert Hendlin
Columbia University
Fromme
Sara Moore
Manson
Symbionese Liberation Group
Marilyn Monroe
Burke
Capital Fare Derby Anniversary celebrates a forgotten American icon
A reflective column traces the bowler hat's history from English reverence to American fashion, noting its invention as a crash helmet by William Coke and its peak from the early 1900s to the Twenties. It recalls famous wearers from Al Smith to JFK, and ends with a quip about funerals and derbies in fading memory.
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Washington
Guinness
London
Derby
America
British Isles
William Coke
Prince Albert
King George V
al Smith
Atlantic
Hollywood
New York
Jimmy Walker
Elan
Dean Acheson
John Kennedy
Jackie
Massachusetts
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Chuck) Robinson
Agriculture Department
No Butz
Scoop Jackson
Sen
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Sen. McGovern
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Bureau of Collection and Investigative Services
the Almanac
James Reston
New York Times News Service
Republic
Chicago
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Bay of Pigs
Teddy Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Capital
U.S
South Norwalk, Conn
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Andrew Tully
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