Shakeup in the FDA Administration Plans Upgrade
A physician manager was named to replace the FDA commissioner as part of a broader plan to expand FDA duties. The move targets stronger action on pesticide residues, food sanitation, additives, contamination, drug safety, and other issues, with calls for more funding and staffing.
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Food and Drug Administration
FDA
Food and Drug Commissioner
Charles C. Edwards
Herbert L. Ley Jr
Tion
Zatopek the Magnificent Hero to Dismissed Officer
The famed Czech runner Emil Zatopek, celebrated as Zatopek the Magnificent for 1952 Olympic wins, is now dismissed after 22 years as a Czechoslovak army officer for backing democratic reforms. The move shifts his hero status from sports idol to political dissenter.
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Zatopek
Helsinski
Czechoslovakia
Col
Emil Zatopek
Pity the Poor Laotians in Saigon War Coverage
William F Buckley Jr reflects on Laos amid the Vietnam War, detailing poverty, illiteracy, and the Ho Chi Minh trail’s impact. He admires American aid, Laotian pilots, and their perilous sorties, while condemning the broader human cost and uncertainty of Laos’s fate.
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Saigon
United States
Laos
South Vietnam
Souvanna Phouma
Ho Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Mac Godley
Now is the time to aid the mail man this season
Readers are urged to ease the Christmas mail burden by using the corner mail box, placing a large container on the porch for cards, letters and packages, and mailing early to help the mail man handle heavy volumes and bad weather.
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Middletown
Congress tackles tax reform shows partisan gridlock
Washington analysis notes Congress burdens tax reform with separate House and Senate processes. It cites potential revenue losses from raising personal exemptions, Nixon's veto stance on Social Security, and a Democrat controlled Congress with a Republican White House creating shared responsibility but no clear path.
Senate tax bill struggle stalls on funding and reforms
The piece notes intense Senate debate over a tax bill with added Social Security benefits costing 6.5 billion and no offsetting tax intake planned. Amendments target loopholes for the rich yet expand expenditures, delaying passage as eight billion dollars in 1970 tax changes are offset by new benefits and education credits. President Nixon faces crafting a State of the Union budget amid a Democratic Congress.
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Washington
Congress of
United States
House of Representatives
House
Senate Finance Committee
Senate
Congress
Nixon
White House
U.S. Treasury
Oy Fr
Senate House Conference Committee
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists subscription rates for the Middletown paper. It details prices per copy, weekly delivery, and annual mail options for local and distant readers, including international rates. The note marks this 1857 founded publication.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Letters to the Editor on fluoridation and taxation
Readers debate fluoridation of Middletown city water with medical professional input and calls for civic action. The letter argues for continued fluoridation, critiques Rodale's stance, and urges voter information plus future referendums. The second segment questions taxation, property tax relief for retirees, and home improvement rights for residents.
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Middletown City
M. R. Swisher
S. Highview Rd
Real Property Tax Burden and School Funding Debate
A letter to the editor argues that over taxation on real estate cripples school finances and expansion. The writer questions current property tax reliance, calls for revenue diversification, and highlights fixed incomes and aging tax bases as key concerns.
Facts and figures from scattered trivia
The text lists varied facts from cinema history to geography and language. It notes The Jazz Singer as the first spoken dialogue film, English origins of Forcemasonry, a four year mouse lifespan, Asmat equality in soccer outcomes, Sofia as a Roman provincial city, Toledo’s coal shipments, an Ombudsman in Sweden, Reach-me-downs slang, Swiss mountain coverage, and land surveying distance units.
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Thailand
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Rachel Carson
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Rodale
Pure Water Committee
Timmon
England
America
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Nes Gélinea
National
Georgraphic Society
Sofia
Bulgaria
Toledo
Switzerland
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