Saigon Prison Abuses Scrutinized by Vietnam Delegation
A congressional fact finding team in Vietnam exposed “tiger cage” abuse of political prisoners on Con Son island. Critics say the majority report downplays the cruelty, noting prior U S civil liberties groups had issued harsh reports. The public deserves full disclosure of such oppression.
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Vietnam
Saigon
Con Son
American Civil Liberties Union
Federal seat belt rule eyed for interstate truck and bus drivers
The government plans a nationwide requirement that all interstate bus and truck drivers wear seat belts starting next year. Supporters say it would cut injuries and deaths. critics argue it singles out truckers and raises fairness questions.
The Ghost of Joe McCarthy in The New Yorker Critique
Buckley argues that The New Yorker misreads McCarthyism and mocks McCarthy era excess. He contrasts Nixon era fearmongering with Smith and Pusey critiques while defending McCarthy’s cautions on Communist influence. The piece links historical fear to media narrative and warns against overstated Democrat leftist threats.
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Margaret Chase Smith
Nathan Pusey
New Yorker
John F. Kennedy
43Rd Street
Nixon
Cambodia
America
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Harvard
New Left
The
China
Spiro Agnew
Berkeley
Rebecca West
England
United States
Senator McCarthy
Joe
Youth and drugs: individual responsibility over peer pressure
The piece argues that while information about drug dangers is widespread, action rests with youths themselves. It contends most use stems from thrill seeking and fear of being labeled. urges individuals to resist group pressure and accept personal responsibility to avoid ruin.
FCC power clash over equal time and content rules
A discussion of whether the FCC can regulate broadcast content and compel equal time, contrasting network practices with newspaper rights. It notes Supreme Court limits, proposed fairness doctrine ideas, and worries that expanded FCC authority could curb press freedom and threaten newspaper autonomy.
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Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Kenneth A. Cox
American Bar Association
Congress
United States
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists subscription prices for various delivery options. Rates include 10 cents per weekday copy, 20 cents for Sunday, 21 dollars per year by mail in the trading area, and 30 to 38 dollars outside trading areas, with all subscriptions payable in advance.
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Did Wallace Voters Build a New Political Realignment
Kevin Phillips argues the 1968 election revealed a potential long term GOP realignment driven by Wallace supporters. The piece analyzes Wallace’s base as white, skilled workers driven by civil rights and law and order concerns, and questions whether Northern and Western Wallace voters will shift to Nixon in 1972 amid economic strains and riots.
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Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
District of Columbia
Wallace
Nixon
New York
Texas
Pennsylvania
Michigan
North
University of Michigan
Vietnam
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Democratic Party
Agnew
Senate
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Ilinois
New Jersey
Ohio
Tennessee
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