Reform of election financing amid probes and calls for public funding
The piece surveys FBI and other probes into campaign finance and the push for reform. It notes a $100,000 leftover 1968 fund transfer to Kentucky Governor Nunn, criticisms of figures like Dan Walker and Spiro Agnew, and Watergate tied money issues. It discusses Senate hearings and a proposed $25 000 per contributor cap, plus distinctions between reform and public financing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
Louie B. Nunn
Kentucky
Dan Walker
Illinois
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Nixon
Mexico
New York
John Lindsay
Hubert Humphrey
Agnew
Wayne Hayes
Dohio
House
Senate
Ani
International law proposal aims to curb state seizure risk
A U S proposal to the U N in Geneva seeks an international law to deter host government seizures of investment. The move follows concerns over opportunistic actions eroding contract protections for projects from hotels to mines and plants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
U. N. Committee
Geneva
U. S. Proposal Aims to Shield Undersea Mining Deals
The plan seeks to protect underwater exploration from seizures seen in the Arab oil world. It would establish a stability of investment law allowing nations to sign or reject contracts, but once terms are set they must be honored or face international sanctions. This framework could spark a new era of resource recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Nixon
Defense
Laird
Wheeler
Abrams
Captain Moses
Batte
Colin Simpson
America
Doctors Strike in Israel Reduces Visits and Deaths
Waiting Room Social protests against Israel's no charge health plan led doctors to strike. Patient visits dropped by 88 percent and deaths fell 20 percent, highlighting that free care drew crowds and limited time for genuine medical treatment. The health plan chief proposes nominal fees to deter social visits while preserving access.
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Israel
National Health Plan
Health Plan
Perons Face Tight Race After Isabel Nomination
Argentina's election outlook shifts as Isabel Peron is named for vice president alongside Juan Peron. A bipartisan ticket previously included Ricardo Balbin of the Radical Civic Union, once an opponent of Peron, raising questions about the race dynamics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juan Peron
Argentina
Isabel Peron
Perons
Ricardo Balbin
Radical Civic Union
Balbin
Peron
Isabel Peron Faces Doubts as VP Prospects Sink In
Backup for accomplishment to gain his acceptance of the ticket collapses as Balbin plans a separate bid. Isabel Peron, at 77 and lacking political experience, is seen as unsuitable to help reunify Argentina and is not viewed as Eva Peron by followers.
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Balbin
Peron
Isabel
Eva Peron
Isabel Peron
Why Is Services Panel Probing War
In Washington the Senate Armed Services Committee questions former junior officers about Indochina to challenge White House and Defense Department claims of neutrality in Cambodia. The debate features Sen. Hughes and Sen. Thurmond over targets, bombings, and the moral framing of war, with reflections on leadership and truth.
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Services
Washington, D. C
Senate Armed Services Committee
Indochina
White House
Defense Department
Cambodia
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Sen
Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Air Force
George Moses
Hughes
North Vietnam
Thurmond
Hanoi
Korea
Battle Over Young Democrats Chairman Shapes 1976 Race
Washington coverage of a Louisville clash over the Young Democrats chairmanship. Old politics factions sought a majority on the Democratic National Committee while Morrison, backed by new politics, secured the post amid tactics and factional maneuvering. The outcome signals party power balance ahead of the 1976 nomination.
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Washington
Louisville
Democratic Party
Young Democrats
Democrats
Democratic National Committee
Mayor Daley
George Meany
George McGo
McGovern
Howard Carroll
Chicago
Daley
Joseph Farmer
Carroll
Farmer
Morrison
McGovern Commission
Chic Prose and Moral Crisis in New Journalism
A critical essay compares writers like Mary McCarthy Murray Kempton and Norman Mailer with the chic intelligentsia of New Journalism. It notes McCarthy’s Watergate diary portraits, Kempton’s Panthers defense, and Wills critique of Pat and Richard Nixon’s Mission Inn wedding as examples of aesthetic taste shaping moral judgment.
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Aphra Behn
Ossian
McCarthy
Kempton
Hemingway
Nixons
Norman Mailer
Garry Wills
Wills
Mission Inn
Pat
Richard Nixon
Wuthering Heights
Mission
St. Francis Chapel
UN to probe multinationals amid global corporate shift
The UN faces a year long inquiry into multinational corporations spurred by Allende era concerns. The piece notes rapid foreign investment in the U S by Japanese, European, and German firms, including Sony Mitsui Mazda Saint Gobain Nestle and BASF expanding plants and acquisitions. It argues foreign presence helps jobs and steadies major U S brands. It also cites investors like Ito Grove Manufacturing expanding in Britain and West Germany, and comments on currency trends shaping global production.
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Allende
Chile
Ruritania
ITT
Kentucky
New York State
Saratoga Springs
Sony
Mitsui
Mazda
U. S
Wall Street
American Iron and Steel Institute
Auburn
N. Y
America
Saint Gobain
Paris
Valley Forge
Switzerland
Nestle Alimentana
Stouffer Foods
Litton Industries
Great Britain
Imperial Chemical
Atlas Chemicals
Slater
Walker Securities
Franklin Stores
U.S
West Germany
BASF
Wyandotte Chemicals
Axel
Enka
Michele Sindona
New York
Franklin National Bank
Volkswagen
General Motors
Ford
Exxon
IBM
West
Fred Sullivan
Walter Kidde and Company
Kidde
Grove Manufacturing Company
Grove
General Moto
Monroe News-Star Directory and Masthead Snapshot
The Monroe News-Star issued from Monroe Louisiana lists publishers from 1938 to 1977 and editorial leadership, officers, and directors, including John D. Ewing Jr and Paula Wraywins. It notes a 71201 ZIP code, telephone number 322 5161, and multiple Associated Press and Branham Moloney representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing II
Patricia King Hendrick
Esther Ewing Lane
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Wins
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Harrison Elly Wynne
Monroe la
Jack C. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company
National Advertising Representatives
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
He Monroe News-Star
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Brickman
Enator
Brickmeew
Jeffrey Hart
Mary McCarthy
John J. Wilson
John Ehrlichman
H. R. Haldeman
London Observer
Wilson
Sam Ervin
Daniel Inouye
Inouye
Ehrlichman
John Chamberlain
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