Rockefeller Vice Presidency debated after four months of inquiry
The article notes Nelson Rockefeller’s controversial appointment as vice president after extensive congressional scrutiny. It questions the use of wealth in public life, discusses the 25th Amendment, and contrasts appointment with direct election while evaluating the political implications of the Rockefeller and Ford cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson Aldrich Rockefeller
Senate
House
Rockefeller
United States
Ford
Nelson Rockefeller
Gerald Ford
Eagleton
Boondoggle blame versus research value in federal funding
Editorial argues that public skepticism toward university research ignores context and outcomes. It cites NIH work on body fluid balance for servicemen, an Air Force seagull study to prevent bird collisions, and Purdue dry chilling of poultry to meet European Union rules, urging readers to evaluate results before condemning funding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Air Force
Andrews University
Berrien Springs
Mich
Purdue University
Mideast oil profits fueling US aircraft sales surge
U S aircraft makers benefit as more than 700 million dollars of commercial jets are sold to Middle East carriers in 1974 with ongoing shipments seen for years. Transactions include Boeing 747SPs 727-200s and Lockheed L1011 models for Syrian Arab Gulf Air and others totaling hundreds of millions, aiding the U S trade balance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
Anaflyst New York
Mideast
U.S
Saudi Arabia
Northrup Corp
Mideast Markets
Chase Manhattan Bank
Amer Sherif
Sherif
Arab Transport Organization
Mideast Airlines
Syrian Arab Airlines
Gulf Air
Bahrain
Qatar
United Arab Emirates
Oman
Lockheed Aircraft Corp
Egypair
McDonnell Douglas Corp
Trans Mediterranean Airways
Today in history January 14 1975 events and birthdays
Today in history highlights include the 1784 peace treaty ending the American Revolution with England, 1809 alliances against Napoleon, 1814 Norway cession to Sweden, the 1907 Jamaica earthquake, Ford’s 1914 assembly line, Tito in Yugoslavia 1953, and Ireland and Northern Ireland leaders meeting in 1965. Also notes on Jeanette MacDonald, Biafra aid delay, Agnew disbarment talk, and birthdays for Cecil Beaton and Faye Dunaway. Also report on speaking and reading lessons in Bath and Wells diocese.
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Associated Press
United States
England
Spain
Denmark
Norway
Sweden
Kiel
Jamaica
Kingston
Henry Ford
Yugoslavia
Tito
Ireland
Northern Ireland
Jeanette MacDonald
Houston
Biafra
Nigeria
Maryland
Spiro Agnew
Cecil Beaton
Faye Dunaway
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Sunday Election Shift in 1845 United States Law
An 1845 act ordered U S elections to be held in the first week of November to avoid harvest and winter travel. It designated Tuesday instead of Monday since many voters journeyed a day to polling places and objected to Sunday travel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pecos Youths Dinner and Quail Hunt Reported
A Tuesday night at the Mint Cafe featured a quail dinner for a group of young people. Afterward they gathered at a guest’s home to play games. Roy Wilcox and Louis Roberson had earlier in the week gone quail hunting.
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Mint Cafe
Roy Wilcox
Louis Roberson
Ervin’s Reform Act of 1974 Draws Fire in Last Session
A retrospective critique of Senator Sam J. Ervin Jr. as he retires, arguing his Watergate Reorganization and Reform Act of 1974 would fail constitutional scrutiny. The piece condemns selective public disclosure, a supposed independent public attorney, and a ban on grant recipients from political giving, claiming they infringe separation of powers and constitutional bounds. It notes potential unconstitutional broadness and practical political drawbacks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
D-N.c
Congress
Ervin
Supreme Court
United States
Senate
White House
Executive
Euthanasia Trends Stir Debate Among Medical Leaders
Washington observers discuss the growing push toward euthanasia and the removal of infants with deformities, a Florida bill for mercy killing of disabled people, and hospital bed eviction cases. Dr Darrell Crain and Dr Robert Veach warn the move could become widespread and dangerous.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Frichard McCormack
Georgetown University
Florida
Walter Sackett
Coral Gables
Fla
Darrell C. Crain
D.C
Robert Veach
Institute of Social Ethics and the Life Sciences
American Medical Association
National Institute of Health
AMA
Veach
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Don Oakley
National Institutes of Health
Equator
Purdue
Pecos Enterprise
Texas Press Association
Wells
Bath and Wells
Brigid Somerset
Helen Harvey
John Tower
Austin
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E. 11Th St
Ben R. Howell
el Paso
Ray Cromley
Senator Sam
Tom Tiede
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