The Nuclear Threat Revisited in Public Debate
Don Graff argues the Rosenberg case resurfaces as nuclear anxiety rises. He notes no secret exists to halt proliferation and that economic incentives drive nuclear power and weapons access. He highlights international deals, uneven safeguards, and Ford’s shift to private enrichment amid rising export plans.
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Rosenberg
Julius and
Ethel Rosenberg
Soviet Union
India
Canada
U.S
France
Argentina
Pakistan
South Korea
Libya
Taiwan
China
Brazil
International Atomic Energy Agency
United States
London
Washington
Ford
Food prices and farmer wages in the 1960s and 70s
Editorial argues consumer spending rose 75 percent from 1960 to 1973 while food outlay stayed around 16 percent of income. It notes farmers earned far less than national averages, receiving about 46 percent of the food dollar in 1973 and 42 percent in 1974, despite rising farm productivity and a shrinking farm workforce.
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Department of Commerce
The
Conference Board
New York
F.L. Wooten
Kaiser Agricultural Chemicals
U.S
Wooten
America
Obstacles slow way along recovery road
AP analysis notes that while the economy shows some improvement the path ahead is blocked by high unemployment, weak capital, and cautious expansion. May jobless rate around 9.2 percent with projections near 9 percent into 1975, 7.8 to 8.2 percent by 1976. Weather and harvests, plus global factors, could alter surpluses and growth.
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John Cunniff
New York
Ford Administration
Congressional Budget Office
U.S
Today in History July 8 1975 Compendium
On this day in history numerous events are noted including Norway moving government to London in 1940 after 62 days of fighting, King Charles II’s Rhode Island charter in 1663, Percy Shelley’s drowning in 1882, Bryan’s Cross of Gold speech in 1898, Wilson’s Versailles peace return in 1919, Saipan victory in 1944, Paris 2000th anniversary in 1951, Lodge appointment in 1965, Nixon Indian programs push in 1970, Trudeau Liberal win in Canada in 1974, birthdays of Nelson Rockefeller and Steve Lawrence, and Aristotle’s thought for today.
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Associated Press
Norway
London
Charles II
England
Rhode Island
Percy Shelley
Gulf of
Spezzia
William Jennings Bryan
Chicago
Woodrow Wilson
New York
Versailles
Saipan
Paris
Lyndon Johnson
Henry Cabot Lodge
U.S
South Vietnam
Maxwell Taylor
Richard Nixon
Congress
Pierre Trudeau
Liberal Party
Canada
Nelson Rockefeller
Steve Lawrence
Aristotle
Congress proves Ford wrong with 94th term activity
Congress spent 422 hours in session in the first 24 weeks of the 94th Congress, with 258 record votes and action on 47 measures including Tax Reduction Act and Securities Reform Act. Many bills passed, while several key measures were vetoed by President Ford.
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Ford
Congress
House
Crime rise worries Texans Senator urges harsher penalties
Senator Lloyd Bentsen warns Texans about rising crime levels across the state. He cites a national 17 percent increase and 11 percent rise in violent crimes, calling for harsher penalties for repeat offenders, expanded gun crime laws, better police training, and reforms in federal laws and court procedures to curb crime and improve law enforcement.
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Houston
Dallas-Ft. Worth
Our
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Texas
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O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Cias
Ppmittanc
South Carolina
Charleston
By Gill Fox
Robert
Cong
Richard C. White
Sen
Lloyd Bentsen
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