Highway Trust Fund should share for fast rail transit
An editorial argues that the Highway Trust Fund should not be sacrosanct and urges allocating a reasonable portion to rapid rail transit to ease urban congestion. It asserts cities need relief from traffic and pollution and cites the city population share and broad public interest, urging earmarked funds rather than total diversion.
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Highway Trust
American Automobile Association
American Road Builders Association
America
Highway Trust Fund
Petitions Ask Fee Reform In Probate Transfers
Letters to the Editor urge reform of probate fees arguing lawyers and appraisers reap profits from estates. Signatures exceed six hundred as readers push for forms from auditor offices and simpler transfers to survivors. Citizens call for action by lawmakers and collective citizen letters to congressmen.
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Dorothy Tolle
Augspurger Road
Hamilton
Watergate impasse and Gray at FBI leadership
The piece argues Patrick Gray’s Watergate handling shows he is not J Edgar Hoover, warns Nixon’s approach risks masking White House involvement, and urges Democrats to demand an independent investigation before confirming Gray as FBI chief. It contrasts Hoover’s authority with Gray’s cautious stance and discusses Dean, subpoenas, and judicial limits.
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Patrick Gray
J. Edgar Hoover
Richard Nixon
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
Nixon
Hoover
Cleveland
White House
Ohio
Senate Committee
Gray
John Dean
FBI
Hoovers
Calvin Coolidge
United States
Judiciary Committee
Dean
Repeal 22nd Amendment Nixon Third Term Rumor Surfaces
A humorous yet dubious plot to amend the Constitution to allow a Nixon reelection surfaces in sources like the Wall Street Journal and National Review. A Citizens for Nixon ’76 group allegedly hires Projects for Peace to raise four million dollars, but sponsors remain unnamed. The piece questions feasibility, origins, and possible motives behind such chatter and warns to scrutinize funding sources and the role of CREEP.
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Wall Street Journal
National Review
Kevin P. Phillips
Citizens’ Committee
Nixon
Journal
New York
Projects For Peace
St. Patrick’s
Stanley Cohen
Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
Nixon and Rockefeller push harsh crime proposals
The piece analyzes Nixon and Rockefeller crime proposals including death penalties for certain offenses and strict, two phase sentencing to satisfy Supreme Court concerns. It argues the proposals aim to shift focus to victims and societal values, not deterrence, and defends bold leadership in addressing crime.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
Rockefeller
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates 1857
The Journal outlines daily and Sunday prices with home delivery and motor route options. Rates include 15 cent per copy on weekdays, 25 cent Sunday, 80 cents for seven days, and annual mail subscriptions of 30 dollars in the trading area and 38 dollars outside the U.S. A 15 cent monthly service charge applies for motor route tube placement. Founded in 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Onlo
Ice
U.S.A
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Pat) Banks
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John Roche
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Switzerland
Jeffrey Hart
Nelson Rockefeller
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Dennis the Menace
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