Press as watchdog faces Nixonism wave and press suppression
The piece argues the press must resist government efforts to muzzle reporting after Watergate. It cites jail threats, subpoenas, courtroom bans, book burnings, and proposed laws punishing disclosures while praising Justice Stewart and the First Amendment. It warns officials seek to control information, framing it as a sixth column targeting press freedom.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Potter Stewart
Supreme Court
Eisenhower
Congress
Senate moves to abolish the idle mine appeals board
The Senate unanimously approves a bill to discontinue the four year old federal mine appeals board which has had no business. The acting administrator admits no work done and critics urge broader scrutiny of useless federal boards and possible consolidations to cut costs. Congress should probe the entire bureaucracy for efficiency and savings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate
Federal Mine Appeals Board
House
Congress
Beethoven
Halstead church hosts class of ten graduation exercises
In Halstead the Presbyterian Church held graduation for a class of ten with County Superintendent J. C. Mack as master of ceremonies. Also noted are birth of a son to Mr. and Mrs. Ford Lagree, Fourth of July parade planning, committee chairs named, Harvey County Bar Association weekend at Lake Tahoe, fishing licenses going out, women now needing fishing licenses in Kansas, two Newton men cited for 40 years in railroading, Mrs. Lee Fent and children returning to Newton, and Capt. Fent resuming medical practice there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Presbyterian
Halstead
J. C. Mack
Ford Lagree
Harvey County Bar Assoc
Lake Tahoe
Cedar Point
Kansas
Newton
C. C., Garr
J. A. Alley
S. Pine
Lee Fent
Ft. Leavenworth
Azores have a quiet protest against Lisbon amid NATO ties
In San Miguel Azores a June 6 demonstration paralyzed traffic and seized a radio station over discriminatory economic policies and milk prices. The crowd, restless for change, called for stronger Lisbon promotion of Azores tourism while noting the islands’ remote, primitive yet stable character and lack of higher education locally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris Tribune
Time Magazine
New York Times
Washington Post
Ponta Delgada
Azores
Bahamas
Portugal
Lisbon
Salazar
Interisland
United States
NATO
Europe
Lenin
WWV
Washington
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Ford grows in presidency amid staff and image shifts
Washington reports that President Ford has matured in office with a larger, capable staff and steadier handling of Congress and veto strategy. Public opinion shows rising trust as he curbs gaffes, while aides defend a human, unimposing style. Johns Hopkins doctors rethink appendicitis with more check before cutting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tom Tiede
Washington
NEA
Jerry Ford
Richard Nixon
America
Japan
University of Michigan
Nelson Rockefeller
Ford
Emmett Kelly
White House
Henry Kissinger
Texas
Leonor Sullivan
Missouri
House
Congress
Michigan
Mayaguez
James David Barber
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Indianapolis
Birmingham
Laconia
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N. Y
Tucson
Baltimore
Land of the Free
CIA
Victor Marchetti
John Marks
Phillip Agee
Great Britaan
Ford Administration
Hawaii
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
Kmansan
C. A. Kinnear
J. J. Graybill
Fred Heffelbower
C. R. Gray
J. J. Brunner
Ira Burgener
Bert Frits
William F. Buckley, Jr
San Miguel
England
New York City
Senate Committee
Jesse James
Iberian Peninsula
Gerald Ford
Robert Hartman
Johns Hopkins
New York
Johns Hopkins Hospital
Medical World News
Bho
Smada
Smada Decorating Center
North Main Newton
Newton Kansan
Newton Publishing Company, Inc
Jack Lander
Harvey
Walton
Associated Press
Ass'n
North Newton
Goessel
Hesston
Moundridge
Peabody
Sedgwick
Alco
Anderson Axtell Christian Hospital
E. Edwy
Bethel Deaconess Hospital
S.E. Second
Beese Market
South Kansas Carter Pharmacy
Cedar Village
Dillons
North Main
Gibson’‘s
Meridian Grampy’s
First & Spencer
J& B Sundries
Pic Quik Foods
West Fourth Quik Mart
West Broadway
Ramada Inn
Manchester Reese Drug Store
Santa Fe Depot
Std & Main
Halstead Hospital
Halstead Hesston Record
First National Bank
E. Bowy Emember
FDIC
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