Ford Connally as possible No 2 on GOP ticket reshapes convention race
The Monroe News-Sar notes Ford weighs a No 2 candidate acceptable to Texas and the South, with John Connally as a leading possibility despite his indictment. It discusses a Ford Reagan ticket as a potential necessity and the impact on delegate support as convention balloting tightens.
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Jimmy Carter
West
Wald Ford
California
Ford
Carter
South
Democratic Party
Reagan
Texas
John Connally
Florida
Old
Confederacy
Connally
Freshmen push ethics reforms amid congressional backlash
In 1974 wave politics freshmen press to curb perks including unused stationery funds and to end the cozy ties with Washington police over arrests. They also target nepotism as they call for broader changes to improve Congress image amid debates about Wayne Hays and related governance issues.
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Congress
Washington, D. C
Nepotism Debate Probes Capitol Hill Staffing
Washington reporter Peter Stuart argues nepotism and lax standards plague House offices as staffing swells into a $200 million-a-year bureaucracy. He notes four aides in the 1960s rose to 260, with 470 officials able to hire and over 2,000 pay scales, urging reform.
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Peter Stuart
Capitol Hill
Stuart
House of Representatives
Congressional
House Administration Committee
Elizabeth Ray
House
New Right Notes Shape 1976 U S Politics and CSFC Rise
Washington report on the Committee for the Survival of a Free Congress as a key New Right force. CSFC rallies conservatives, draws controversy from AFL CIO COPE and NCEC, and influences races in Texas 22nd, Pennsylvania 18th, and Altoona.
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Washington
KFS
Capitol
Committee
CSFC
U.S
Europe
Potomac River
Aflcio Committee On
COPE
Liberal National Committee For An Effective Congress
NCEC
Texas
22Nd
Pennsylvania
Pittsburgh
Robert Casey
Pete Flaherty
Bud Shuster
Csfc Board
Altoona
GOP
Our Transient Follies: Sex Scandals Across Politics Reach Public Eye
A column surveys the wave of public disclosures about sexual conduct of prominent figures from Kennedy to Kelley. It notes editors' reactions, the culture of gossip, and historical attitudes on sex, citing federal cases and media coverage while predicting shifting norms.
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Benjamin C. Bradlee
Washington Post
Jack Anderson
Capitol Hill
Republic
United States
St. Paul
The
Corinthians
St. John Chrysostom
St. Augustine
Benjamin Franklin
Dr. Franklin
Samuel Johnson
Boswell
Congress
Core Staples of Global Diets Highlight Rice and Wheat
The text notes that fewer than a dozen crops feed most of humanity with rice and wheat as the universal staples. It explains geographic concentration, with corn potatoes and cassava as major but regional sources, and points out vast diversity in advanced economies versus reliance on grains in other regions.
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Asia
Africa
South America
United States
Canada
A Viewpoint on Bribery in Market Economies
The piece argues against tolerating business government bribery and extortion. It challenges excuses that only weak firms pay bribes and rejects comparing bribery to systemic capitalist corruption. It warns against applying double standards in judging victims in Japan or Italy.
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Church
Lockheed Et al
Yoshia
Obama
Japan
Italy
Wall Street Journal
Expert helps curb cotton hopper in Monroe region
June 29 1926 report notes Dr W E Hinds entomologist from Louisiana State University will visit Monroe to aid farmers fighting the cotton hopper. E R Strahan, parish farm agent, says his stay through Thursday will bolster the hopper campaign. The June 29 1936 item reports sheriff raid on nine Monroe establishments confiscating about 15 gambling machines with no formal charges yet filed.
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Monroe
W. E. Hinds
Louisiana State University
E. R. Strahan
Parish
Hinds
Sheriff’s Department
Moments of unrest in Palestine and LSU’s Mike the Tiger
June 29 1946 reports British lifting an 18 hour curfew as Palestine’s Jewish population faced house arrest amid an end to unrest. June 29 1956 notes the death of LSU mascot Mike the Tiger after two decades of campus spectacle and cheerleading history.
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Palestine
Holy Land
Tel Aviv
Jerusalem
Teamsters Chief Fitzsimmons Boasts, Dismisses Critics
The Las Vegas convention saw Chief Frank Fitzsimmons defend union practices amid accusations of lavish spending and mafia ties. He refused to answer critics, while the vote lifted his pay to 156000 annually and expanded appointment power. Fringe benefits and dues increases were approved with little stated transparency.
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New York City
America
Washington
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Las Vegas
Teamster
Fitzsimmons
Teamsters Union
Teamsters
Miami
Germany
Hitler
Munich
New York Times
Detroit
Chicago
New York
San Francisco
Boston
New Orleans
Phoenix
Juneau
Alaska
Monroe News-Star World Publisher List and Details
Obscure OCR fragment lists Monroe News-Star World Publishing Corp officers and directors including Joan A Hatter Jackson Jr and David J Garrett Jr. with addresses and duties. It notes publishing schedule and second class postage with Monroe La. imprint and several city affiliates.
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Joan D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Sean Winne
Ja Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewingsen
Kenneth C. Serrenen
Hunter Brown
John D
Joan A
Hatter Jackson, Jr
David J. Garrett, Jr
Dez Ray Mill
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Hays
Americans For Constitutional Action
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Purple
By Nick Thimmesch
Elizabeth Rayayne Hays
Attorneyeneral
Michigan
Frank Kelley
Kelley
Lois Herman
Traci Cole
John Dingell
Camelot
Ralph Nader
People's Bicentennial Commission
Small Society
Mikeé the Tiger
Briag
By Alice Widener
Victor Gotbaum
Municipal
Monroeews-Star
Chio
Atlanta
Lampbert Sef
Jack C. Gates
Charles Bever Oland Sitk Neattortal
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