Treaty clash delays Panama Canal settlement
The United States and Panama clash over revising the 1903 treaty governing the canal and Zone with Torrijos demanding removal of U S forces within two decades and control over the Zone within five years. Talks persist as energy needs push for faster resolution.
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Panama City
Latin America
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Arithmetic not rationed shows budget arithmetic concerns
The piece critiques a proposed gasoline rationing plan funded by a $1 monthly charge per licensed driver over 18, estimating $118 million monthly revenue and $1.4 billion yearly, comparing to the Department of Commerce’s payroll of 34,000 and a $600 million manpower program costing $120,000 per job. It questions efficiency and urges plain budgeting.
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Congress
MARK MY WORDS What shortages
Column by Jim Fiebig lists a wide array of societal ills and irritations as examples of alleged shortages of everything from booze and cigarettes to bribery and bigotry. The piece mocks the idea that abundance exists in modern America.
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Jim Fiebig
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily in Middletown Ohio lists home delivery options at 80 cents for seven days with 10 and 20 cent per copy charges, motor route payments of 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 in four weeks, plus a 15 cent monthly service charge. Mail subscriptions are 30 dollars per year in and outside the trading area, 38 dollars outside the U.S. All motor route and subscriptions payable in full at once.
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There are several Nixons and their paths to resignation
Buckley catalogs four Nixon personas from the hardliner to the vulnerable human. Nixon One resists quitting, Nixon Two weighs political realities toward 1968 nomination, Nixon Three endures personal suffering and may seek resignation, Nixon Four portrays the human, nearly humble man. The fusion of Nixon Three and Four could force a resignation with honor.
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St. Stephen
Galbraith Strategy Drives Partisan Impeachment Delay
The piece argues Harvard economist Galbraith urges delaying Nixon impeachment to sap Republican support, while Democrats reap gains by not rushing to remove him. It questions patriotism and warns of consequences if Nixon resigns or if Democrats profit from the crisis. The author faulting both Galbraith and Democratic tactics as self-serving amid national energy and foreign policy concerns.
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Ken Galbraith
Newsweek
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George McGovern
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Ulysses S. Grant
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Letters to the Editor on Dakin sentence and ERA support
The letter by Jim Shumate questions the 120 year sentence for Norman Dakin in the John Duhamel case while Mary Eisele defends longer sentences for Ballard and Saylor as second offenders. Readers urge justice, note witnesses, and discuss court choices. The editor also prompts support for the ERA and urges civic engagement. The writer urges the newspaper to back the ERA and notes Middletown political relevance.
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Norman Dakin
John Duhamel
Middletown
Jim Shumate
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Mary Eisele
Christel Ave
Roger Ballard
Paul Saylor
Jim) Shumate
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