Kissinger To Trade Aid for Detente With Soviet Trade Push
Washington insights debate Henry Kissinger linking detente with a $300 million South Vietnam aid package and lingering emigration policy tensions. Lawmakers Jackson Stevenson III and Bentsen weigh pressure tactics as Congress may back a trade bill to extend credits and reset policy.
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Washington
Henry Kissinger
South Vietnam
Thieu
Kissinger
Russia
Congress
United States
Henry M. Jackson
D-Wash
Adlai Stevenson III
D-Ill
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Short enlistments in the armed forces faced limited use
Two year enlistments served to supplement the draft during an unpopular war but have no place in the military structure. The text argues enlistment policy should be reconsidered and aligned with overall defense needs.
Postal postmark change sparks local pride debate
Residents argue against restoring town names on postmarks due to extra costs and processing delays. The discussion appears alongside Defense Secretary Schlesinger’s push for a three year military enlistment to ensure readiness and national security. A biblical quote from Galatians is appended.
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U.S
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
Dean recollections reveal Nixon era tensions at White House
John Dean recounts a tense Oval Office moment when budget discussion with Nixon was handed to him for a crowd of college editors. He recalls calling Haldeman about being put on the spot and notes Nixon called him hippie. Dean also discusses prison rehab humor from his Watergate days.
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White House
John Dean
Miami University
Dean
Oval Office
Nixon
Miami
Oxford
H. R. Haldeman
John
Haldeman
Watergate
C.J.B
Publication subscription rates for Middletown newspaper
The Journal details subscription costs for daily and Sunday editions. Home delivery options include carrier, motor route, and mail with varying per-copy and weekly rates. Prices cover in-state and out-of-state or international mail, all payable in advance.
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The
News Journal, Inc., Sr
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Us.a
U.S.A
J. Edgar Hoover Files Marked Johnson Era Politics
The memoir recounts how FBI name checks screened elites for the Bicentennial Commission under President Johnson. It reveals Hoover protected by private files used to influence appointments, with Kelley and Levi now steering away from such intrusions.
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Hoover
J. Edgar
LBJ
FBI
Clarence Kelley
Edwar Levi
Letters on mentoring and justice from community readers
A pair of letters discuss Big Brothers volunteering for fatherless boys and a harsh critique of a crime defendant. The first urges men over 19 to volunteer and notes a fundraiser in Middletown. The second letter condemns a former convict, praising punitive views and referencing state costs.
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Walter) Geckeler
Big Brothers
The
Big Brothers of
Greater Middletown
Energy debate frames 1976 White House bid by Morris Udall
Rep. Morris Udall advocates a law limited energy growth proposing a two percent annual rise and a U S energy conservation R D corps. The column surveys past and present experiments in dual power cars nuclear power trends in Florida Connecticut and France with breeder reactor plans at Marcoule and Phenix safety safeguards noted.
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Morris Udall
New Hampshire
White House
America
Energy Conservation Research & Development Corp
OPEC
Connecticut
Lelan Sillin Jr
Northeast Utilities Co
Millstone
New London
Naders
Marcoule
Rhone River
France
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Hippie
Pottstown
Mercury
P.D
the Journal
John Roche
J. Edgar and His
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Federal Bureau of Investigation
Castro
Khrushchev
Karl Marx
Harry McPherson
Carlisle Humelsine
Colonial Williamsburg
Johnson
IRS
Richard B. Morris
Columbia
Morris
McPherson
Alger Hiss
Hollywood
J. Edgar Hoover
Americans For Democratic Action
Sherman School
Jack Witherspoon
Raney
Wayne Raney
Mr. Raney
U.S. Supreme Court
Indianapolis
Miamisburg
John Chamberlain
Woods Motor Vehicle Co
Chicago
Lee Bernhardt
Buffalo
N.Y
Chicago Area
William Lawle Jr
Paul Shimotake
Paul Cunningham
Florida
Florida Power & Light Co
Nader
England
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