Huston plan publicized defends dissenters surveillance fears
The 1970 Huston domestic intelligence plan, released publicly, is defended as sound and professional. Nixon reportedly resisted Hoover’s opposition and did not implement the plan fully, while critics warn it proposed surreptitious entry and broad surveillance of dissenting groups, including students.
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White House
Tom Huston
Ervin
Huston
Nixon
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Weathermen
Black Panthers
SDS
FBI
Mr. Hoover
Minimum wage debate tests youth pay and jobs
A roving reporter visits a campus to ask students about the Watergate scandal and youth employment. The piece notes that many black students focus on personal concerns like finding work as Congress and the Nixon administration push a $2 an hour federal wage, with youth rates sparking debate over fairness and inflation. Labor leaders and the White House square off over a possible veto, shaping the political clash over wage levels and youth exemptions.
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Nixon
House
Senate
Two Professors Debate Teaching Rigor And Creativity
Two college professors urge balance in university teaching. One warns strict loads may turn students into mechanical robots while imagination withers. The other advocates Salter style writing to curb sterile, overcorrected prose and protect originality amid grammar demands.
Double No No: Proxmire Seeks CIA Internal Ban
Column argues lawmakers waste effort by proposing extra bans already covered by existing laws. It cites Watergate as illustration and notes CIA internal operations within the United States are already prohibited since the 1947 formation of the agency. Reproposed restrictions won’t fix the issue.
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Central Intelligence Agency
United States
CIA
Congress
France Faces Traffic Toll and New Speed Limits
France moves to curb highway deaths after a harsh winter with a 60 mile per hour limit on most roads except superhighways. Officials report more accidents in the first four months of this year than in all of 1972, as Premier Pierre Messmer calls serious crashes the scourge of France.
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France
Italy
United States
Pierre Messmer
Chickens Home To Roost In Greek Dictatorship Policy
Washington’s support for Greece’s Papadopoulos regime has weakened NATO ties and harmed U S influence. The monarchy and pre-Papadopoulos leaders were ignored, driving dissension across the armed forces as the Nixon administration faces a lost opportunity with Constantine and Karamanlis.
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Washington
Nixon
George Papadopoulos
Greece
NATO
Western Alliance
Papadopoulos
Navy
Constantine
U.S
Jaite Pvcs Gees
Constantine Caramanlis
Paris
Caramanilis
Holland
Norway
Copenhagen
Choice Of Laird Signals Realignment
Washington notes Melvin Laird’s White House arrival as domestic policy chief may reshape Nixon administration power. His multiple roles and method of placement hint at a new executive legislative bond, with Congress aiding his rise and Cabinet meetings signaling widened GOP influence.
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Laird
National Security Council
Richard Nixon
White House
Harry Hopkins
Sherman Adams
Haldeman - Ehrlichman
Congress
House
Senate
Gerald Ford
Ultimate Watergate judgment calls for defining presidential power
Washington argues the Watergate affair tests presidential authority and its limits with a need to examine the actions of those who believed they acted on the President's orders. The piece notes the moral and legal complexities, highlighting the broad reach of executive power and its implications for accountability.
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Washington
John Sirica
Howard Baker
R-Tenn
Congress
CIA
Richard Helms
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Monroe News-Star history and staff listing appears
The item lists publishers from 1938 to 1972 and staff roles at the Monroe News-Star including John D Ewins Wilson Ewing Robert Ewing Jr William H Bronson Mildred Hunt Swine Edmund Graves Green Jr Robert Ewing Patricia Ewing Hendricks Esther Ewing Wynne and others, plus advertising reps Branham Moloney and AP affiliated notes.
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John D. Ewins
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Swine
Edmund Graves Green, Jr
Robert Ewing
Patricia Ewing Hendricks
Esther Ewing Wynn
William _C
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