Vivian Kellems Still In There Pitching Tax Fight
Still active in public debate Vivian Kellems, famed for a 25 year IRS tax withholding battle, presses Congress for a tax relief bill for the unmarried while other notes mention a car emission device lasting for the vehicle’s life. The column cites her first triumph over the IRS and reflects on take home pay versus gross pay.
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Connecticut
IRS
Congress
Sunday TV topless scene triggers two complaints
Jim Fiebig recalls a Phoenix Sunday afternoon showing of a topless scene in The Last Safari. He asks who bears responsibility for pornography and notes only two viewers complained to a network station executive.
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Jim Fiebig
Stewart Granger
Phoenix
Spreading safety gospel and boxing danger from cars
A column notes Doug Storer promotes stark road-safety displays to deter speed and alcohol use after traffic tolls. It recalls early speed limits, the first U S car fatality, and compares US car deaths to wars, plus reactions to Brezhnev and baseball star Hank Aaron.
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New York
Doug Storer
St. Douglas
Montgomery Ward
U.S
Watergate fever cools off and poll findings cited
William F Buckley Jr notes Gallup data showing 71 percent believe Nixon knew about Watergate while only 18 percent want removal. He argues impeachment serves removal, not punishment, and that public interest wanes as intrigue fades. He recalls Dean testimony shifting public fever but notes ongoing ambiguity.
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Gallup
Nixon
Year of Europe Fades as Decoupling Fears Grow
The piece weighs the risks of decoupling NATO from the U S nuclear deterrent as Brezhnev and Nixon pursue detente. It notes Warsaw Pact advantages in tanks and airfields, rising Soviet divisions, and questions Kissinger stance on NATO planning. Watergate shadows prospects for 1973 becoming the year of Europe.
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Western Europe
Russia
NATO
Leonid Brezhnev
Richard Nixon
U.S
Wynfred Joshua
Atlantic Alliance
National Strategy Information Center
New York City
Brezhnev
Nixon
Europe
Warsaw Pact
Joshua
Washington
Kennedy
Johnson
Kissinger
Sen
Henry Jackson
Jackson
U.S. Senate
Too Much Interference Suppresses Food Prices
A reader argues Nixon Phase 3 price controls threaten food supply. They claim government meddling raises meat costs via subsidized grain sales to Russia and higher feed prices, noting rising soybean and grain costs and urging free markets to reduce shortages.
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Nixon
Russia
United States
Earl Butz
President Lincoln Pardons Army Deserter in 1863
Congressman Bill Scherle from Iowa cites a White House pardon decision by Abraham Lincoln in which an Army deserter in Canada was ordered returned to his regiment with no penalty, but to serve prison time equal to his days absent after his enlistment ends. The deserter would remain under military restraint until term completion.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
John Dean
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Jeb Magruder
Bill Scherle
Iowa
Canada
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Abraham Lincoln
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal published daily by News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options including weekday newsstand price 15 cents, Sunday 25 cents, home delivery 80 cents weekly, motor route 3.47 local or 3.20 four-week periods with a 15-cent monthly service charge, and mail rates 30 dollars per year within and outside the trading area 38 dollars outside USA. All motor route and mail subscriptions are payable in advance. Founded in 1657.
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News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Wome
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