Free inquiry may better solve energy crisis than crash programs
The author argues basic research, not centralized planning, drives major breakthroughs like rocketry and the atomic bomb. He cautions against funneling funds into narrowly defined programs such as a cancer cure, urging more freedom for individuals and private firms to explore energy solutions and prospect drilling without heavy government control.
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Nixon
National Cancer Institute
Stanford School of Medicine
Leonard Herzenberg
National Cancer Program
Herzenberg
Macmillan
John R. Baker
Grosser
Husler
University of Heidelberg
Washington
Christmas Letter from Children to Santa
A heartfelt plea from children to Santa Claus asking not for toys but for gifts of understanding charity humility and faith. They seek a warming cup of understanding a wreath of charity a sprig of humility and a lighted candle of faith to guide the community toward human kindness and Christian ethics.
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Santa Claus
Caspar
Balthazar
Melchior
Christ
Rickover rewarded with full admiral rank by Congress
Adm. Hyman Rickover earns four star rank in recognition of his work developing nuclear submarines and leading the Navy's nuclear program. His independent leadership, involvement in Trident advocacy, and continued service under President Nixon reflect a lifelong dedication at 73. The piece notes housing costs globally, a $150,000 Tokyo five room home, and a metaphorical frame worth more than the dollar earned.
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Adm
Hyman Rickover
U.S. News & World Report
Tokyo
Zurich
London
Rickover
Service
White House
Navy
Nixon
Sinatra aid in Agnew case hints at redemption
In a New York column Bob Cosidine reflects on Spiro Agnew, Frank Sinatra and political celebrity. He notes Sinatra’s financial help and friendship toward Agnew, contrasts public scrutiny of elites, and cites Ben Gurion on U S China relations and energy policy shaping future cars.
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New York
Spiro Agnew
Agnew
California
Frank Sinatra
Istanbul
Sinatra
Senate
N.Y. Times
Detroit
Agis Salpukas
Subscriptions Rates For The Middletown Journal
The Middletown Journal lists daily newsstand 15 cents and Sunday 25 cents. Home delivery by newspaper boy 80 cents weekly, motor route 3.47 per week in 12 installments or 3.20 in four weeks, plus a 15 cent service charge. Mail subscriptions 30 dollars per year in or outside trading area, 38 dollars outside the U.S. All payments in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Naders allies seek Nixon tape amid milk price doubts
William Buckley argues Ralph Nader uses court wins to demand access to a Nixon Oval Office tape. He notes Dobrovir’s party listening session failed to reveal directives to raise milk prices, but yielded jokes by Nixon. The piece also jokes about tax deduction gifts of presidential aides and Galbraith papers.
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Eleanor Roosevelt
Nader
Nixon
Ralph Nader
William Dobrovir
Dobrovic
Oval Room
Judge Sirica
Congressman Rodino
Letters to the Editor and Office Humor From 1973 Snippets
A reader urges a Letters to the Editor column as 500 letters printed in 1973. J. T. Lamb's Middletown court gains a chamber pot and corncobs sparking a mock modernization. A drunk Christmas tree fight ends with a totaled tree and a sleep it off advisory. A writer ponders correcting a story about federal funding.
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P.D
Lamb
Middletown
M.M
Elsah Illinois Preserved Town Sees No Growth Since 19th Century
In Elsah Illinois a river town frozen by natural limits and history remains uncluttered by modern worries about smog or energy scarcity. Historian Charles Hosmer notes Elsah was founded in 1853 by Senator James Semple and reached an economic peak in 1861 before a long decline.
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America
Elsah
Ill
Missispi
Bluffs
Eliah
Charles Hosmer
Principia College
U.S
James Semple
Hosmer
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