Rolling back the mail snoop era and Ford's Saigon aid clash
The piece reports on long standing Pentagon counterintelligence mail openings known as flap and seal and rolling methods used abroad and at home to monitor servicemen. It also covers Ford’s April 29 meeting where he resisted stripping military aid to South Vietnam, risking congressional conflict and a final Saigon surrender with $5 billion in hardware transferred.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Pentagon
Senate Committee
CIA
FBI
Central Intelligence Agency
United States
Army Security Agency
Army
Prague
West Germany
Defense Department
IRS
U.S
Ford
Saigon
Congressional
House
Tip O'Neill
John Rhodes
O’neill
Tip
Carl Albert
India
Gandhi
Nixon
H. R. Haldeman
John Erlichman
Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Ronald Regan
Ted Kennedy
Thieu
South Vietnam
Newton downtown redevelopment plan moves to counsel review
The Downtown Task Force reports an alternate Main Street plan with underground utilities, no meters, beautification, and a loop traffic setup. It claims 61 percent owner support and has been sent to city counsel for legal review as Newton’s downtown future looks brighter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newton
City Commission
Unemployed Investors Shift Into Stock Market
AP Business Analyst notes a surge of unemployed Americans entering stocks amid a fragile economy. Sindlinger cites a 409 percent rise in unemployed stockholders from February to May and warns of a looming market correction as confidence remains low and housing and auto sectors lag.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
Business Analayst
New York
Albert Sindlinger
Sindlinger
Sin
School Board Sets Employee Salaries in Brief Meeting
The board of education approved salaries with J. W. Cooper as superintendent and first ward principal at 130, E. P. Lupier second ward principal at 55, and H. H. Tangeman third ward principal at 65. Regular weekly band concerts will begin soon. The dedication date for the municipal swimming pool is set for Friday evening, June 14.
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Board of Education
J. W. Cooper
First Ward
Second Ward
E. P. Lupier
Third Ward
H. H. Tangeman
Newton Milling Company
New London
Ohio
Franklin Roosevelt
St. Louis
Kansas City
Imogene Simpson
Frank Calvin Trouslet
Emporia
Junior Chamber of Commerce
Where does USIA future lie
William Buckley weighs shifts in United States Information Agency policy after testimony by Dr. Frank Stanton and opposition from James Keogh. He questions VOA coverage standards for international audiences, urging a clear goal for US information strategy and how VOA should report events like Vietnam, Attica, Kent State.
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William Buckley
Frank Stanton
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Citizens Panel
United States Information Agency
USIA
James Keogh
Stanton
State Department
Voice of America
Keogh
Pentagon
Danang
VOA
Justice Holmes
Saigon
Percy
Holmes
Ford
Tulane University
America
Tulane
Attica
CBS News
Kent State
United States
Voice of Americ
Yugoslavia
Sweden
Indonesia
India
News of America
U.S
Press Bias Creates Strange Alliance
By Ray Cromley Washington liberals and conservatives unite in a lawsuit against an election reform law. The piece critiques press bias and fear of prejudicial coverage, arguing reporters ignore facts in favor of perceived political biases.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
NEA
Liberal Civil Liberties Union
Eugene McCarthy
James Buckley
Human _ Events
Congress
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Newton Publishing Company, Inc
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Harvey
Walton
Associated Press Inland Daily
North Newton
Halstead
Hesston
Moundridge
Ingpedy
Sedgwick
Newton & No. Newton P.O
Kansas
Alco
Anderson Axtell Christian Hospital
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
S.E. Second Beese Market
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Cedar Village
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North Main
Gibson’s
Meridian Grampy’s
First & Spencer
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West Broadway Ramadavin
Manchester Reese Drug Store
Santa Fe
5Th & Main
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