Assembly line safety reforms urged as recalls surge
The piece argues for stronger design and testing in auto manufacturing to ensure road safety. It notes 36.8 million vehicles recalled since 1966 under the Safety Act, with 12 million recalls in the prior year and 9.4 million in 1971, urging legislation to require manufacturers to pay for corrective work and to reform design and quality control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Detroit
Henry Ford
Department of Transportation
Buckley on First Amendment rights and television unions
William Buckley critiques TV union limits on press access and notes the New York court ruling in Buckley and Evans v AFTRA. He argues television deserves press freedom protection, questions union power, and calls for greater journalistic defense of rights, noting ACLU shifts and industry inaction.
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Frank Stanton
District Court
New York
Buckley and Evans
Nat Hentoff
Evans
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
New York Times
CBS
NBC
ABC
Dan Elisberg
Congressional
Pentagon
Congress
National
Right To Work Defense Committee
Nixon
Walter Cronkite
The
Door Opens in Small Plane Over Arizona
Four men fly at 8 000 feet when a passenger door pops open. Stan holds the door while the pilot activates a maneuver to land safely. The Air Force crew member jokes about his past as a dental cleaner as the group recovers from the scare.
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Jim Fiebig
Arizona
Stan
Bete
Jack
Air Force
Nixon's Whalen and the White House Power Shift
The piece recalls Richard Whalen's clash with Ehrlichman and Haldeman at Mission Bay after the 1968 convention. It argues Watergate exposed how Nixon's inner circle cut off other intellectuals, widening the gap between direct access and a controlled, scripted presidency.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Whalen
Mission Bay
San Diego
Bob Haldeman
John Ehrlichman
Idea
Richard Nixon
Whalen
Nixon
Ehrlichman
Miami Beach
New
Henry Kissinger
White House
Nixon’s Nixon era and the Watergate crisis contrasted
Jeffrey Hart analyzes the Watergate saga focusing on the White House structure, Nixon’s temperament, and the chain of command. He argues top level involvement may exist, reports may be laundered, and Nixon’s isolation shapes how the crisis unfolds and his political resilience emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Anderson
William Gavin
John Sears
Jeffrey Bell
Roger Freeman
Daniel Moynihan
White House
Pat Buchanan
Watergate
Nixon
Dean
Oval Office
Magruder
Mitchell
H.R. Haldeman
Eisenhower
Truman
Kennedy
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Fees
The Middletown Journal outlines delivery options including daily newsstand 15 cents and Sunday 25 cents, home delivery 80 cents weekly, motor route payments of 3.47 or 3.20, and mail subscriptions at 30 dollars in the tracing area and 38 dollars outside the USA. Established 1657.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Journal Tube
USA
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William Buckley
Columbia
South Carolina
T.V
Dallas
United
John Chamberlain
Haldeman
Madison Avenue
John Mitchell
Dick Whalen
Daily News
Jeffrey Hart
Jeb Magruder
John Dean
Washington Post
Kenneth O'Donnell
JFK
the Journal
Dennis the Menace
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