Proxmire slams Zarb over fuel hungry travel
Wisconsin Senator William Proxmire labels Frank Zarb a winged wastrel of energy for flying on Air Force jets and charters that burned 19 000 gallons of fuel this year. Proxmire cites a May 9 trip to Little Rock costing 3 053 and over 2 500 gallons of jet fuel versus a direct commercial flight arrival time, urging Zarb to focus on duties in Washington and cut taxpayer fuel use.
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Frank G. Zarb
Zarb
Air Force
Proxmire
Washington
Little Rock
Ark
Washington National Airport
FEA
Time and tide in Angola
A stark call for decisive U S leadership as Angola veers toward Communist control amid MPLA and FNLA struggle. The piece warns of broader regional collapse, cites Kissinger remarks on Soviet weapon buildup, and criticizes detente and policy paralysis while urging action to contain Soviet influence in southern Africa.
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Washington
Africa
United States
Angola
Britain
France
Spain
Portugal
Soviet Union
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Senate
Kremlin
Pord- Kissinger
MPLA
Angostinho Neto
Luanda
FNLA
Holden Roberto
Nova Lisboa
Labito
Nova Lisbon
Roberta
Zaire
Zambia
Mozambique
Rhodesia
United Nations
South Africa
Neto
Southwest Africa
Malawi
Detroit
Kissinger
Helsinki
Brutus
Ford Administration
Prayer Reflects on Worth of Each Person Before God
A devotional prayer affirms that humans are not mere atoms but beloved children of the Creator. The speaker asks for humility and gratitude, pledging to remember the immense value granted by being made in God’s image. The prayer closes with Amen.
Bechtel Leads Bid for Nuclear Fuel Manufacturing Money
Washington’s race to secure federal backing for uranium enrichment grows as Bechtel, via Uranium Enrichment Associates, pushes for near monopoly on nuclear fuel. The plan, linked to Ford White House policy, seeks billions in guarantees to fund a major enrichment plant, drawing congressional concern over export share and weapons proliferation.
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Washington
Bechtel
Uranium Enrichment Associates
White House
George Shultz
Nixon
Treasury
Caspar Weinberger
Congress
U.S
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Ford
Elmer Staats
General Accounting Office
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
John Pastore
D-R
Rockefeller
Bechtel-Ford
Letter denouncing motorists who hit and left a dog
Mrs. Allan Freitag of Muscatine laments two drivers who struck a puppy near 8th and Cedar and left it. She thanks Muscatine police officers who assisted as the dog was fatally injured and destroyed. She urges accountability for animal and human casualties alike.
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8Th and
Cedar Street
Muscatine
Allan Freitag
Multiple-Years Ago Local Notices Chronicle Updates
A compact column recalls events from 100 to 10 years ago. Items include a lost cloth picture sack near Winns store and Kincaid farm, Battey the jeweler moving to West Second Street, Robert L. Roach traveling to West Palm Beach on business, Bert R. Jarrett’s death at a Des Moines veterans hospital, and 10 years past non conference basketball wins by Columbus L M Mediapolis girls and Wapella West Liberty boys.
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Winn's
Kincaid Farm
Robert L. Roach
Mulberry Ave
West Palm Beach
Fla
Bert R. Jarrett
Cedar Valley
Veterans’ Hospital
Des Moines
Jarrett
Columbus L M
Mediapolis
Wapella
West Liberty
Today in History December 2 1975 edition snapshot
On this date notable events span 1804 Napoleon crowned emperor of France 1805 Napoleonic victory at Austerlitz 1823 Monroe Doctrine outline 1956 Castro's Cuba landing 1960 Canterbury Archbishop meets Pope John XXIII 1969 deadly Notre Dame du Lac fire 1942 first nuclear chain reaction demonstration at University of Chicago NATO ministers discuss 1970s defense plans.
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Associated Press
University of Chicago
Napoleon Bonaparte
France
Napoleon
Austerlitz
Czechoslovakia
James Monroe
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Batista
Archbishop of
Canterbury
Pope John
Vatican
Notre Dame du Lac
Quebec
NATO
Brussels
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Braden
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LEE Newwspaper
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Max Christy
Gus Dietz
Harold Blake
Don Schweitzer
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