Big Five in U N tango stalls peacekeeping efforts
The U N charter’s military staff committee of the United States Britain France Russia and China has met 740 times in 28 years without creating a standing peacekeeping force. The Big Five deadlock over a unified force leaves most operations improvised and unpaid, risking debt and ineffective action in conflicts from Korea to the Middle East.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Nations Charter
Security Council
U.S
U.N
Korea
Cyprus
Congo
Middle East
Old Ironsides and the Loch Ness Monster in a bygone debate
Citizens in Boston and Scotland object to a Japanese scientists quest to film the Loch Ness monster via a small submarine. The piece contrasts public resolve to preserve the Constitution with fears of overzealous scientific search and recalls the ship’s wartime history and reverence for Old Ironsides. It closes with a biblical verse on enduring glory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pentagon
Lib jokes turn gender words into person forms
In a humorous riff on women's liberation, Harry Reasoner lampoons replacing gendered terms with person forms. He imagines chairperson and statesperson, then extends the gag to policeperson and person hunt and other phrase twists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Harry Reasoner
ABC Radio
Statesman
Libs
Harry
Mark My Words Gotta Have a Law
Jim Fiebig argues that without federal action Americans will not cut fuel use or conserve energy. He cites disbelief in shortages and spite toward authorities as causes for inaction, warning of looming gas rationing and a credibility gap between public and government.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Fiebig
Wisconsin
Les Aspin
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Middletown Journal lists mail and motor route options with yearly, weekly, and installment pricing. Rates include 15 cent service charge for tube placement, 80 cents weekly totals, 30 dollars per year for trading area mail, 38 dollars outside U.S.A., and 45 seven day home delivery options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Planet of the Tapes sparks New York labor tensions
William F Buckley Jr critiques a Globe Democrat piece and laments New York strikes by firemen and hospital workers. He notes hospital picketing at Lenox Hill, racial tension, and federal price controls constraining raises, arguing the crisis tests American society and democratic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Globe Democrat
New York Times
New York
Lenox Hill Hospital
Cost of Living Council
Battle over two way radio control and licensing
John Chamberlain discusses the fight over mobile two way radio markets, pitting AT T and common carriers against manufacturers like Motorola and RCA. He questions FCC channel allocation, potential standardization pressures, and antitrust implications in a bid to expand private access to wavelengths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Tracy
Motorola
RCA
Enter
At&t
FCC
Letters to the Editor Urge Action on Social Security and Medicare
A reader presses readers to write Congress on two items: a bill to raise Social Security by 7 percent starting Jan 1 1974, potentially superseding a 5.9 percent July 1974 rise, and Medicare changes raising the hospital stay costs. The piece links Hew secretary Weinberger figures to cuts for elderly and disabled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
HEW
Weinberger
Also Mentioned on This Page
Boston Naval Shipyard
Bob Considine
White House
Havana
Dr. Fu Personcha
River
Benny Goodperson
Thomas Paine
the Journal
William F. Buckley JR
Lenox Hill
New York City
America
John Chamberlain
American Telephone & Telegraph Co
Federal Communications Commission
Bell Laboratories
Western Electric
Department of Justice
Smallies
Air Force
Army
Dennis the Menace
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!