Bugs and Budgets Amid Capitol Hill Rumors and Record Costs
Amid memorials for Hale Boggs the House Administration Committee offers to inspect phones for unauthorized tapping. The piece notes past wiretap accusations, the high cost of the Congressional Record, and a push to cut pages and reform printing. It also reflects on attitudes toward bugging and calls for accountable action.
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Hale Boggs
House Administration Committee
Boggs
House
Senate
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Capitol Hill
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Congressional Record
Rep
Thomas O’neill
Massachusetts
Hays
Public broadcasting budget fight over PBS control
John Roche argues against a government run public affairs news service. He questions aims of CPB funding, warns against government interference, and favors diverting funds to PBS with non interference guarantees while preserving independence.
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Public Broadcasting Service
PBS
Henry W. Loomis
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
CPB
Sander Vanocur
Walter Cronkite
Bill Moyers
William F. Buckley Jr
Loomis
Vanocur & Co
Vanocur, Moyers
Bill Buckley
United States
France
Charles de Gaulle
Sandy Vanocur
Congress
Middletown Diary Reviews Movie Music and Weekly Showings
The column notes movie theaters in Middletown rely on live music, discusses absence of sound in some films, and cites plans for future soundtracks. It lists weekly film offerings at Strand Sorg Gordon and previews Hollywood gossip, vaudeville acts, and stage plays in nearby cities Cincinnati and Dayton.
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Middletown
Strand
Conrad Nagel
Bebe Daniels
Kate Douglas Wiggins
Pittsburgh
Sorg Theater
Rajah
Valentino
Sorg
Gordon
Keith
Lewis Stone
Hoot Gibson
Mirage Island
Cox Theater
Cincinnati
Ernest Truex
Victory Theater
Dayton
New York
Johnson on punishment misread by Garry Wills
Essay argues Samuel Johnson justified the death penalty for murder but opposed excessive penalties for lesser crimes. It asserts Wills misinterprets Rambler 114 and highlights 18th century views on deterrence, proportionality, and practical jurisprudence.
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Garry Wills
Samuel Johnson
Johnson
Wills
Two Payments for One Billing Complaints to Editor
A reader criticizes the water department for applying a full month’s minimum charge even when not fully using the service. They details paying seven minimum charges for six months in a then tenant-occupied apartment and urge reform to avoid paying for unused water.
Journal Subscription Rates and Details for Middletown Ohio
The Journal published by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists prices for daily and Sunday editions. Home delivery by newspaper boy is 80 cents weekly, motor route three dollars and forty seven cents in twelve payments or three dollars and twenty in four weeks, plus a 5 cent service charge. Mail subscriptions are 30 dollars per year in and outside the trading area, 38 outside the U.S. All payments are in advance. Founded in 1857.
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News Journal, Inc
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Ohio
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