H E E C Encephalomyelitis Toll and Political Sniping
The column reports that deadly Venezuelan equine encephalomyelitis has been brought under control with vaccination and federal help. It notes tolls in a five state area, praise for vaccine work, and criticism of Sen George McGovern and AFL-CIO tactics amid 1972 election concerns.
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U. S
Department of Agriculture
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
House Agriculture
Washington
USDA
Mexico
Jesse L. Steinfeld
George McGovern
South Dakota
Daniel Elisberg
Pentagon
McGovern
The
South Dakotan
United States
Phew
Hubert Humphrey
Organized Labor
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Nixon
Capitol
House
Senate
Taxes Keep Up Through The Ages In Petty Quote
Using Sir William Petty's 1676 remark on taxes and public levies, the piece notes that England, Scotland, and Ireland saw rising levies while wealth and strength grew. It contrasts this with the modern United States’ wealth and strength gains in recent decades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir William Petty
Sir William
England
Scotland
Ireland
U.S
Government must restrain union power to aid recovery
A national policy view argues unions’ wage demands are disrupting production and raising costs across railroads telephone steel and postal sectors. It urges government regulation to curb collective bargaining power and prevent price inflation, calling for a system to supervise labor and corporate cost setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
America
United States
United States Treasury
Nixon
U.S. Pressured by Greece Junta Conflict and Cold War Rivalry
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that the Nixon administration told the U.S. Embassy in Athens to avoid actions that could antagonize Prime Minister George Papadopoulos. The piece notes long delays in engaging ex-parliamentary leaders ousted in 1967 while the Soviet ambassador courts them, risking future U.S. interests and potential upheaval.
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Athens
Nixon
U.S
George Papadopoulos
Henry Tasca
Soviet Union
Tosca
Communist Party
Moscow
Papadopoulos
Acropolis
Junta
Tasca
Porto Ercole
Rome
Constantine
Washington
Greece
U S
NATO
Campaign debt shadows haunt 1972 race leaders
Senate leaders urge curbs on campaign borrowing as debts from 1968 campaigns surface. Bobby Kennedy and Nixon campaigns owe millions to airlines and telephone firms, with Humphrey Muskie and McCarthy also in arrears. Financial strain seen shaping political maneuvers and travel plans amid Greek political tremors.
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Washington
Senate
Hugh Scott
R.-Pa
Scott
American Airlines
American Express
Bobby Kennedy
American
Democratic Party
Eastern Airlines
Airlines
Nixon
United Airlines
Hubert Humphrey
Ed Muskie
United
Gene McCarthy
McCarthy
TWA
Northwestern
Bell Telephone
Richard Nixon
Air Force One
White House
Walla Walla
Atline
Acheson vows firm stand as Korea armistice stalls
Washington officials report Secretary Acheson will press for cooperation while armistice talks stall at Kaesong. In New York a government probe investigates a substitute Communist movement in Mexico amid a broader anti communism push.
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Lubbock
New York
U.S
Mexico
Swiss Independence Lessons From The Swiss Example
Henry J. Taylor notes Switzerland blends rugged independence with high industrial status. He highlights cantonal governance, minimal federal taxes, strong property rights, and direct democracy. He contrasts Swiss self reliance with European turmoil and draws lessons for the United States amid political upheaval.
Pass It On and a Wigged Romance in a Riverside Script
LM. BOYD notes a beard soaking hack and a chin cap gadget for shaves. An elderly crowd buys little. a California woman claims wigs ruin romance after six years, writing she hid them and soon married, arguing wigs unsettle a nervous suitor.
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California
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Pari
Prouty
Seanve
Dallas
Teas Timber
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Aovy
Spelen
Meee
Texas
George
Cuba
H. Q. Sibley
Animal Health Commissioner
David Lawrence
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Wvak
Andrew Tully
Western Airlines
Ted Kennedy
Kennedy
Burke
Gene
Farflung
Radical Union
Center-Union
Papadopouloe
Henry J. Taylor
Zurich
Geneve
Switzerland
France
Italy
Austria
Germany
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Lombardy
Bern
Bundesrat
Europe
North Africa
Hassan
LM. Boyd
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