Reasonable curbs on executive privilege debated in Congress
Senate Foreign Relations Chairman Senator Fulbright argues for limits and guiding principles on executive privilege to curb White House advisory staff influence on foreign policy. He warns of a centralized elite behind a barricade, shielded from Congress and the public, at risk to constitutional checks.
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Bright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Fulbright
Strong Deterrent To Hijacking Treaty Ratified
The treaty unites the United States and other nations to impose severe penalties and either prosecute without exception or extradite hijackers. It requires efforts to restore aircraft to its lawful commander and aims to deter future air piracy, though it cannot prevent all crackpot attempts.
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Senate
United States
Civil rights and unrest shape Northern Ireland’s crisis
In a column on Northern Ireland, John Chamberlain argues the civil rights movement achieved universal franchise, but violence persists through indirect tactics. He cites Bernadette Devlin, Stormont tensions, and cross-border cooperation with Dublin as crucial factors in ending bloodshed and stabilizing the region.
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Londonderry
Bernadette Devlin
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Gooyear
Ulster
America
Bernadette Devin
United Ireland
Ireland
United Kingdom
Nixon
Washington
Deng Mane
Nheins
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and details
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists subscription options with pricing for newsstands copies, Sunday editions, home delivery by newspaper boy or motor route, and mail subscriptions for local and outside areas. Rates include monthly service charges and international pricing. Founding year noted as 1457.
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News Journal, Inc
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First Ave
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USA
Agnew Seen Likely to Be Renominated in 1972
California Governor Ronald Reagan and several governors at a San Juan conference endorse Vice President Spiro Agnew for the 1972 Republican ticket. Agnew’s intergovernmental work and White House staff role bolster expectations he will be renominated despite press criticism.
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California
Agnew
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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Maryland
White House
Spiro Agnew
TV Talk Show Hosts Compared In Behind The Scenes
The essay compares Dick Cavett Johnny Carson David Frost and Mike Douglas as talk show hosts. It notes Cavett’s focus and discipline Frost’s pursuit of quantity Douglas’s gentle biography approach Carson’s aging pace and public perception, urging viewers to judge hosts by backstage standards rather than on a single appearance.
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Alexander-Smith Academy
Dick Cavett
David Freat
Johnny Carson
Mike Douglas
David Frost
Douglas
Waste concerns and recycling drive spur local letters
A Middletown reader laments sanitation workers for not picking up old newspapers for recycling and urges community action. The letter promotes a youth paper drive on Oct 2–3, cites ecological benefits, and invites discussion to save trees. It also advocates opposing a Kissinger Nixon Panama Canal plan and urges letters supporting H.R. 540 to lawmakers.
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Panama Canal
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