Buckley Critics Arab Oil Blackmail in Italy Fiat
William F Buckley Jr argues Arabs use oil as blackmail and urges Europe to lead a boycott. He cites La Stampa satire on Muammar Qaddafi and notes Italy’s reliance on Libyan oil, urging Fiat and others to resist oil coercion and suspend Arab dealings.
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Levi
Fiat Motor Co
Libya
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Art Buchwald
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Italy
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Ainst
Beirut
Ahmed Takadar
Medici
Dante
New York Times
Princeton
George Kennan
Kennan
Marie Antoinette
Europe
Commission reviews five years of wiretap use in crime probes
In the wake of Watergate and the Pentagon Papers, a new national commission will assess five years of electronic surveillance under the Crime and Safe Streets Act of 1968. The piece argues for safeguards and accountability while noting fears in US and France about eavesdropping powers and foreign aid politics amid oil power plays.
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Congress
Nixon
Pentagon
Canard Enchaine
National Commission
America
Quip on yacht workers and political echoes in New York
The piece jokes about yacht owners halting sea activity due to fuel shortages, predicting more marina parties and benefits for bartenders while skippers face unemployment. It juxtaposes Kissinger and Nixon era quips, noting Butterfield's dismay over Nixon travel and White House bugs.
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New York
God Bless
America
Butterfield
Watergate
Nixon
White House
Well that's the breaks readers praise help during storm
In Middletown Ohio on December 30 motorists stranded by a heavy snowstorm received aid from local residents along Route 122 near West Middletown. While one service station worker kept pumps open for warmth and calls, he reportedly said that's the breaks. The letter urges more human compassion from service staff in bad weather.
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Ohio 122
Interstate 75
Middletown
Franklin
Rt. 122
West Middletown
Mrs. V. Purdum
Grand Ave
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists prices for home delivery by newspaper boy at 80 cents weekly, motor route payments of 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 in four weeks, a 1.5 cent monthly service charge for motor tube placement, and 30 dollars per year by mail in or outside the trading area, 38 dollars outside the U.S. All motor route and mail subscriptions are payable in advance.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Dogged tribalism fades in the United States
John Roche argues that US ethnic fusion thwarts nationalist and communist drives. He credits the melting pot era and Americanization campaigns for integrating diverse groups into a common civic culture, leaving ethnicity expressed mainly in parades and shared national identity.
Arabs and Israelis back Nixon in looming election
The Arabs and Israelis tilt toward Nixon as his 1972 victory was aided by Western support, with Arabs wary of Ford’s pro Israel stance while Israelis praise Nixon's realism and military aid. Nixon seeks a diplomatic win in the Middle East amid oil embargo pressures and winter energy concerns. Brezhnev also urges caution with Arab leaders.
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Soviet Union
House
Saudi Arabia
Senate
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Richard Nixon
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Albania
Nixon
Cave Americ
Gerald Ford
Ford
Israel
Jerusalem
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Faisal
Yitzhak Rabin
Golda Meir
Nixon Haseen
Leonid Brezhnev
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