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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 19, 1973
Page
3
The piece surveys how TV shows rely on eavesdropping as a plot device and contrasts this with real scandals like Watergate. It notes widespread electronic spying in varying regimes, condemns intrusions on private conversations, and urges government use only for national security with lawful limits. It argues such practices corrode democracy and could be curbed by civil suits.
Washington reports John B. Connally will not delay a 60 day private world trip with Nellie as his White House consultant role collapses. He is cut off from decision makers, lacking staff and data, and fears a return to administration turmoil after Watergate.
Analysis of Watergate hearings highlights two opposing forces after 1969. An insurgent, civil libertarian movement demanded immediate Vietnam withdrawal and broad reform. The other side, led by the Nixon administration and centrist Democrats, favored ending the war with measured steps.
The piece describes a cautious force skeptical of civil liberties advocates and loyal to American institutions. It notes leaders from Strom Thurmond to Henry Kissinger and Walter Lippmann, plus holdovers in the Nixon administration who leaked documents and feared security breaches. Jeb Stuart Magruder’s testimony reflects disillusionment with moral leaders.
The article describes Senator Buckley's speech proposing a constitutional Human Life Amendment to restrict abortion. He is joined by six Senators Hatfield Hughes Bennett Bartlett Curtis and Young from various party backgrounds. It quotes Dr A W Liley on fetal development to highlight the reality of early life and argues for careful discussion of abortion policy amid broader political tensions from the Nixon era. The piece also references public votes in Michigan and South Dakota and notes reactions to Nixon era disloyalty and Watergate.
The article warns vacationers about water dangers in summer, urging close supervision of preschoolers, proper use of inflatables, and staying with boats after a capsize. It emphasizes keeping to safety rules and remaining with a vessel until help arrives or shore is reached.
Canada ranks as a landmass giant with vast water reserves. Estimates place fresh water at one sixth to one third of world supply, while huge basins feed Arctic outflows and oceans of fresh water flow yearly, dwarfing other basins like the Mississippi.
The piece notes vast water resources in Canada with hundreds of rivers and lakes and large portions of the Great Lakes basin under water. It highlights U S interest in diversions to tap Arctic waters and frames water as a globally valuable resource under growing demand.
At a two day NATO foreign ministers meeting in Copenhagen the group endorsed a revamped European partnership despite lukewarm initial enthusiasm from members including France. They launched steps to initiate high level talks with the Warsaw Pact to reduce military confrontation and set the stage for possible troop reductions.
A Washington editorial notes growing sympathy for Watergate figures as Magruder testifies, while others like Dean Mitchell Ehrlichman and Haldeman face tough questions. The piece argues the hearings reveal ugly truth but also charm those who speak.
The Monroe News-Star is an independent newspaper published daily except Saturdays and Sundays by News-Star-World Publishing Corporation. It lists its leadership, editors, and advertising representatives and states it prints news impartially while supporting what it believes to be right and opposing what it believes to be wrong regardless of party politics.
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