Grain deal questions prompt GAO inquiry over USDA feed grain sales
Sen. Harold Hughes urges a GAO inquiry into USDA sales of government held feed grain reserves. He questions terms that benefited grain buyers and calls for transparency and policy review amid flooding risks and potential future shortages.
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Agriculture Department
General Accounting Office
Sen
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Hughes
USDA
GAO Comptroller
Midwest
Watergate Fallout Shifts U.S. Political Ground
The piece analyzes how Watergate keeps boiling in political circles as Democrats and press allies seek to leverage the scandal to influence policy and public opinion. It notes Europe’s diplomacy, Brezhnev’s strengthened stance, and the White House leverage amid a domestic political storm.
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Barry Goldwater
Vermont Royster
Wall Street Journal
Democratic Party
Plo
Washington Post
BBC
Czechoslovakia
Brezhnev
White House
Western
Europe
Soviet Union
Watergate
Letter to the Editor on mail service inefficiency
A reader laments slow postal delivery harming credit ratings and questions the government monopoly. They note a past due record club bill for an item just received and urge privatizing mail to improve efficiency and choice.
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Record Club
Outer Mongolia
Terre Haute
Ind
Sam
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal Pub by News Journal Inc lists daily and Sunday price options. Home delivery and motor route plans show varying weekly and monthly costs with installment options and a 15 cent service charge, plus per year mail rates inside and outside the trading area and for outside the U.S.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Watergate echoes and Nixon gravitas on the world stage
John Roche argues the nation will endure Watergate despite fierce debate among intellectuals. He warns Brezhnev and the Soviet Union could pressure the U S, questions Nixon's gravitas, and suggests resignation as a possible honorable option if credibility cannot be restored.
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George Wallace
Mr. Nixon
Wiretapping ethics and a proposed Clean Tap policy
William Ruckelshaus acknowledged a dozen or so reporter and White House phones tapped since 1969. The piece argues for a focused bonded eavesdropper to extract only information related to authorized investigations, balancing order with individual privacy rights. It cites Solzhenitsyn parallels and calls for restraint beyond blanket condemnation of taps.
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FBI
William Ruckelshaus
White House
Nixon
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Justice Department
Bangladesh
Tom Wicker
Shortage chatter over fig newtons and imagination
In this column Jim Fiebig argues the fig Newton shortage is a myth born from poor planning rather than real supply issues. He notes the vendor did not order fig newtons and attacks the broader use of shortage as an excuse for complacent national planning.
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Jim Fiebig
California
Mr. Nixon
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