Nader group links water pollutions to government failure
A 21 month study by Ralph Nader’s group charges the U S government as the largest single polluter and says federal agencies have been ineffective at stopping industrial dumping. It urges uniform enforcement, penalties for officials who tolerate pollution, whistleblower protections, and private rights to sue polluters to compel compliance.
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Ralph Nader
Nader
Federal Environmental Protection Agency
Office of Water Quality Administration
Middletown two papers debated led to local editorial clash
Middletown prepares for two weekly papers. Editor Lou J Beauchamps debuts the Middletown Leader, claiming strong home news coverage while contrasting with the Middletown Journal rail-printed from Chicago. Notices of deaths, temperance tensions, and local commerce fill the issue, with shops, hotels, carriages, and banks listed.
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Middletown
Lou J. Beauchamps
James Sypher
Leader
Butler County
Chicago
Journal
Middletown Journal mail and motor route subscription rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc plans home delivery by newspaper boy or motor route with options for seven day weekly, monthly, and yearly payments. Rates include 80c for seven days, 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 in four weeks for motor routes, 15c service charge, and 30 per year for mail subscriptions. Outside U.S. 38 per year. Founded 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S A
Wage-Price Crisis Nearing as Inflation Alert Expands
President Nixon's inflation alerts cite the can industry as blocking progress toward price stability and warn of wage and price pressures spreading to steel aluminum and copper. Negotiations loom for steel in August aluminum in June copper in June and steelworkers seek gains similar to the can contract. The administration contemplates wage and price controls or jawboning to curb inflation as negotiations set the economic pace for 1971 and 1972.
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Washington
Nixon
Steelworkers’ Union
I.W. Abel
Japan
White House
Congress
Admin
Construction Industry Stabilization Committee
Paul W. McCracken
Council of Economic Advisers
Rogers Plan Falls Apart as US Signals Threaten Peace Plan
The Rogers plan for Middle East peace falters as a State Department signal linked to arms in the region sends Russian and Egyptian actors toward greater involvement. Critics warn the approach risks provoking more Soviet jets and a stronger Egyptian presence, undermining Israel's buy-in and the broader security balance.
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William Rogers
Rogers
Middle East
Elihu Root
Frank
Israel
Egypt
Russia
United States
Britain
France
Sen. J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
State Department
Jordan
Soviet Union
Sixth Fleet
Syria
Nasser
John Foster Dulles
Rusk
Johnson
Dulles
Letter reflects on My Lai atrocity and Calley backlash
Readers condemn Lt. Calley and My Lai murders, arguing against glorifying the actions. The letter recalls Malmedy and Hue, urges accountability, and defends military justice while criticizing critics and political figures.
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