Path to open hearings in Nixon Watergate probe
The article urges speeding public access to impeachment inquiries into President Nixon. It notes Nixon will provide grand jury evidence, possibly the March 21 Haldeman tape, and a Sirica report for public review. It stresses sworn written answers, potential interviews, and timely progress to inform a public weighing impeachment.
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Nixon
House Judiciary Committee
H. R. Haldeman
John J. Sirica
Haldeman
Mr. Nixon
John Dean
America
Hearst Kidnapping Crisis Spurs Copycat Crimes
The ongoing Patricia Hearst kidnapping case appears to embolden criminals as other abductions occur nationwide. Reports note an Atlanta editor survived a ransom plot, a California widow was killed after a $50,000 demand, and extortion attempts target publishers in Ohio and other states.
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Randolph Hearst
Patricia
Hearst
Atlanta
California
Santa Ana
Akron Beacon Journal
Florida
Virginia
New York
Minnesota
Mark My Words Plastic world
Jim Fiebig recalls a 7 year old's question about the origin of frozen fish dinner asking if it was real or made from sugar and water. The piece reflects on how modern consumption shapes a child's view of nature and prompts a larger worry about the world we are making.
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Jim Fiebig
Rubber trees threaten real shade in growing market
A local landscaper markets full-size rubber and plastic trees and shrubs claiming 10-foot palm trees stay pristine without roots, watering, pruning or insects. He insists demand is high, selling faster than production. A cryptic reflection ends with the line that perhaps a child is a prophet.
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Info
The Middletown Journal lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions, home delivery, motor route options, mail subscriptions, and payment terms. Rates include 15c per weekday, 25c Sunday, 80c weekly, and annual mail/subscription options with regional variations. Founded in 1865-7.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Mindszenty and Solzhenitsyn as Kremlin critics and martyrs
A column credits Cardinal Mindszenty and Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn as bold challengers to the Kremlin, notes their imprisonments and exile, and argues Pope John Paul II and Henry Kissinger mishandled their cases, urging stronger Western backing for dissidents. The piece cites Mindszenty’s long jail and U.S. Embassy asylum and Solzhenitsyn’s Gulag writings as symbols that resisted coercion.
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Angary
Jozsef Minzenty
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Brezhnev
Russia
Solzhenitsyn
Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Truckle
Gulag
Paul VI
Madro Sexto
Rome
Henry Kissinger
Esztergom
Hungary
U.S. Senate
Kissinger
Moscow
Capitol Hill
Are Kids In School Too Long In Suburban Districts
Jeffrey Hart argues that the 8 to 3 school day is excessively long with little time for core subjects. He notes private schools teach academics in 3-4 hours and allow focus on music and skiing, predicting public schools face pressure to offer more flexible, shorter schedules while parents push for specialized cultural activities.
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Innercity
New England
Moynihan Defends Policy amid Indian Ocean Move
The piece portrays American ambassador Pat Moynihan defending U S policy toward India while expanding facilities on Diego Garcia in the Indian Ocean. It notes Indian journalists questioning the move and Moynihan’s assertion that the ocean could be called the Madagascar Sea while urging Indians to mind their own business. The account references John Kenneth Galbraith, V K Krishna Menon, and Moynihan’s Irish American background with Liz Brennan.
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KGB
United States
India
Hermitage
Moscow
John Kenneth Galbraith
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Pat Moynihan
Liz
Brennan
Pat
New Delhi
Andrew Greeley
University of
Chicago
Indian Ocean
Diego Garcia
Moynihan
U.S
Madagascar Sea
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