Debate over Congress seniority reform stirs editorial debate
The editorial surveys liberal concern about trimming seniority power and House chairmen selection. It notes House restiveness under long-serving committee heads, few agree on replacements, and cites Sisk and Carl Albert as examples of persistence and ascent within the system.
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Comnttee
Congress
Tre Flow
William L. Dawson
L. Mendel Pivers
Armed Services
Emanuel Cellier
Sisk
California
Carl Albert
Oklahoma
John McCormack
Bethlehem Steel Faces Price Rise Skirmish With Nixon Pressure
Bethlehem Steel has set a March 1 price hike of about 12 percent on major products, drawing President Nixon's public disapproval and hints that imports may be limited. Bethlehem says no change to its schedule. The dispute signals potential impacts on inflation, employment, and steel demand amid wage talks and industry reactions.
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Bethlehem Steel
Nixon
Bethlehem
Bethleheim
Iow
UAW
Mison
U.S. Steel
Russians Misread U S Freedom Riots In Moscow and Washington
Soviet view of Western unrest contrasts with American openness as Moscow cites embassy bombings and UN demonstrations to claim Western agitators exploit freedoms. The piece notes Feb 1968 embassy bombing in Washington and Soviet responses amid the Leningrad airliner hijack case backdrop.
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Soviet Union
United States
U.S
Moscow
Washington
New York
Aeroflot
Intourist
Leningrad
Sosvets
Boyles Column highlights billionaires and trivia
HAL BOYLE notes why billionaires are rare, compares earning to government spending, and jokes about wigs in history. He cites medical killers heart disease cancer and strokes, quips on divorce rates, literacy, and a Stevenson quote, all in brisk miscellany typical of the column.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
George Washington
Julius Caesar
Chile
America
Rufus M. Jones
Earth
Siberia
United States
Robert Louis Stevenson
Denver pastry chef serves ice cream swan dessert
Alfred Jenny of Denver describes a dessert for children built from a split cream puff shell. One half becomes the body with ice cream piled inside, while the other half forms wings. A pastry tube shapes the neck and beak with dough.
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Denver
Alfred Jenny
Plight of PhDs by Ann Blackman
The article reports bleak prospects for PhD holders as job markets tighten across fields. It notes rising PhD numbers, reduced college funding, and more PhDs taking roles at junior colleges while geographic shifts spread talent nationwide.
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Ann Blackman
Associated Press
Washington
Robert L. Farrell
Smithsonian Institution
Nancy Clancy
American Historical Association
Europe
United States
Clancy
U.S. Office of Education Statistics
Cooperative College Registry
Ruth A. Armstrong
Yale Graduate School
Three Towns Claim Apollo 14 Astronauts
Artesia New Mexico, East Derry New Hampshire, and Durango Colorado claim Apollo 14 crew members Mitchell Roosa and Shepard. The three are all former test pilots with thousands of flight hours and hold advanced degrees.
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Washington
Artesia
Durango
East Derry
U.S
Cape Kennedy
New Hampshire
Alan B. Shepard
New Mexico
Edgar Dean Mitchell
Mitchell
Hereford
Texas
Shepard
Roosa
Quotes on Sesame Street and McCarthy retirement
Mrs. Richard Nixon praises Sesame Street as a daily joy despite work. Senator John Stennis commends the retiring Senator Eugene McCarthy, wishing him further contributions to American life.
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Richard M. Nixon
John Stennis
D-Miss
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
D-Minn
Muskie Surges Toward 1972 Nomination With Money Momentum
The Newspaper Enterprise Association reports Muskie gains broad support and strong fundraising in 15 states. His Europe and Middle East tour follows by a first European venture with future plans for Southeast Asia and Africa. Big donors back his pace as rivals lag, and Democrats aim to avoid 1968 bloodshed while Nixon’s vulnerability shapes early backing.
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NEA Sen
Edmund Muskie
Muskie
Sen
George McGovern
Henry M. Jackson
Harold Hughes
Iowa
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Ramsey Clark
McGovern
South Dakota
New York
California
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Middle East
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Africa
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San Francisco
Los Angeles
Washee
Mans
Chicago
Minnesota
Nixon
GOP
John Lindsay
Oregon
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Massachusetts
New Hampshire
Hoover critiques courts in FBI bulletin citing mistreatment of witnesses
J Edgar Hoover argues in the FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin that witnesses and victims face callousness and intimidation in courts. He notes jurists allowing browbeating, delays that keep officers waiting to testify, and cases where the defendant’s rights or society’s safety are affected by procedural flaws.
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FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Ambu
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