Pact with Cuba Does Not Signal Broad US Cuba Breakthrough
Agreement with Havana Secretary of State William P. Rogers stresses that the anti hijacking pact does not imply major progress in US Cuba relations. The piece notes cautious optimism that cooperation could spark gradual normalization while detailing the piracy curb pact and aviation fare cut plan from Trans World Airlines and the CAB testing a three month advance-booking system with strict deposits. A humorous aside highlights gender bias in House committee appointments, ending with a biblical quote.
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William P. Rogers
Cuba
Washington
Havana
Trans World Airlines
Civil Aeronautics Board
Los Angeles
New York
TWA
UN omits 15 million Taiwan population in Yearbook
A letter from Taiwan’s information chief criticizes the United Nations Demographic Yearbook for excluding 15 million Chinese residents of Taiwan Quemoy and Matsu from its figures under pressure from Beijing. The missive lauds Taiwan’s 1972 achievements and calls for accurate representation in the Yearbook.
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New York
United Nations
Atlantis
Republic of China
U.N
Taiwan
Quemoy
Matsu
Security Council
People’s Republic of China
PRC
U.S
Shanghai
Nixon
China
Chiang Kai-shek
General Assembly
Peking
Picture letter argues photo slows drivers on icy University Blvd
In a letter, Mrs. Robert Glass supports Sam Brixner’s view that a controversial accident photo was taken to slow traffic. She recalls the 8:30 a.m. crash near Fenwick High School on University Boulevard and urges witnesses to stay. A second letter from Kevin Reynolds complains about adult pricing at The Studio for 12 year olds and asks for a lower age limit.
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Sam Brixner
University Boulevard
Fenwick
High School
Kevin Reynolds
Glen Lane
Zoning sacred cow shot down by Chicago scholar
A Chicago attorney Bernard Siegan argues that zoning fails to solve land use problems. He compares Houston with no zoning to Dallas with zoning, finding no esthetic or value benefits from zoning and noting higher rents in zoned Dallas. The study, in Land Use Without Zoning, challenges long held public policy.
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Chicago
Bernard Siegan
University of Chicago Law School
Siegan
Houston
Texas
Dallas
D. C. Heath Co
Institute For Humane Studies, Inc
Menlo Park
Calif
Reid proposes a congressional budget oversight agency
William F Buckley Jr argues Congressman Reid’s bill aims to curb executive power by creating an Office of Budget and Expenditure Oversight with powers to supervise funding and compel information. Buckley notes conservatives supported similar ideas in the past and criticizes balancing power as a bipartisan concern deserving sincere reform rather than factional opportunism.
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New York
Reid
Office of Budget and Expenditure Oversight
Congress
General Accounting Office
Executive
National Review
James Burnham
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Supreme Court
FDR
Johnson
Nixon
Founding Fathers
Supreme
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists daily pricing for newsstands at 15 cents and Sunday at 25 cents. Home delivery options include newspaper boy, motor route installments, and mail, with yearly rates for domestic and international circulation, plus a 15 cent monthly motor route service charge. Founded in 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
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