Defense budgets could trim seven billion without weakening deterrence
An analysis by Melvin Laird’s successor James Schlesinger and observers argues Pentagon savings are possible without harming defense. Independent studies from Brookings and the Center for Defense Information suggest about seven billion could be cut for fiscal 1974 with no erosion of posture. Reforms include trimming brass to enlisted ratios and closing unnecessary bases while maintaining credibility and inflationary risk containment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fischer
United States
Breathing Free Refused in USSR Sparks Dissent
Editorial condemns Soviet oppression as dissidents like Pyotr Yakir Viktor Krasin Andrei Sakharov and Alexander Solzhenitsyn face jail and labor camps. It frames Stalinist tyranny as ongoing mass repression and warns readers to stay vigilant against expansion of Soviet power and the looming evil.
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Pyotr Yakir
Viktor Krasin
Ussr
Josef Stalin
Andrei Sakharov
Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Russia
Death toll rises as penalty falls in California debate
The piece argues for capital punishment after a string of mass murders in the United States, citing cases such as Herbert Vo Mullin in Santa Cruz and Juan Corona, urging execution to deter further crimes. It laments life imprisonment without parole as insufficient and asserts taxpayers deserve better.
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California
Deukmejian
Santa Cruz
Herbert Vo Mullin
Juan Corona
Houston
Manson Family
Sharon Tate
Sirhan Sirhan
Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Los Angeles
Richard Speck
Illinois
Ma Bell’s not so bad in new Moscow directory
The first Moscow telephone directory, priced at 12 rubles for a four-volume set since 1958, goes on sale first-come, first-served at city newsstands. It targets 700,000 private subscribers and 150 communal apartments, includes direct long distance dialing instructions, and notes the 18-digit number compared with 11 digits in the United States.
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Moscow
National Enquirer
Soviet Union
United States
Banks accused of siphoning business with automatic investment plans
AP by John Cunniffe reports brokers and market officials claim banks using automatic investment plans lure small investors by allowing monthly deductions to buy 25 blue chip stocks, with bank volume commissions and monthly service charges. Brokers and regulators worry of Glass Steagall violations and potential internal crossing to skim commissions.
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John Cunniffe
NEW York
New York Stock Exchange
James Needham
New York Exchange
Needham
James Smith
Investment Company Institute
Muual Fund
Courtship makes a courtier marriage changes him into a husband
A HAL BOYLE column traces how courtship romance fades after marriage. A wife recalls how her husband once wooed her with devotion and charm, but now he complains at small costs, avoids duties, and argues over politics and money. The piece ends with the adage that courtship makes a courtier while marriage makes a husband.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Courteship
Mar- Tiage
Today in History rundown for September 18, 1973
The brief lists major events on this date from 1793 Washington's cornerstone to the Capitol, 1759 Quebec surrender, 1816 Chile independence, 1856 fugitive slave act, 1931 Manchuria, 1956 Omar Bradley five star, 1961 Hammarskjold death, 1973 Jakarta embassy burning, 1981 Columbia campus violence, 1972 Nixon narcotics aid policy, plus Greta Garbo's 68th birthday and a Kennedy quote.
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Associated Press
George Washington
U.S. Capitol
Washington
Quebec
Chile
Spain
U.S
Japan
Manchuria
Omar Bradley
US. Army
U.N
Dag Hammarskjold
Rhodesia
Indonesia
Jakarta
Britain
Supe
Malaysia
Columbia University
Nixon
Greta Garbo
John Kennedy
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Nixon faces protracted Watergate fight and comeback bid
The piece recalls President Nixon's repeated public insistence he can weather Watergate amid ongoing Senate hearings and criminal probes. It notes Archibald Cox advancing indictments, former aides under investigation, and the public focus shifting to the economy and energy crisis while Nixon's reputation and presidency hang in the balance.
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Nixon
Archibald Cox
John Mitchell
Maurice Stans
New York
Robert Vesco
Administration
John Ehrlichman
California
Daniel Ellsberg
Senate
Hansen on public financing and campaign ethics from Capitol Hill
Lee Roderick cites former Idaho Congressman George V. Hansen warning against heavy government control of elections through public campaign financing. Hansen, now an Idaho insurance agent, argues the basic system should remain and criticizes concealed corporate and union contributions. He urges accountability for Nixon era funding and cautions against scapegoating individuals while stressing fairness and justice.
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Washington
Nixon
George V. Hansen
Capitol Hill
Hansen
Pocatello
Idaho
Congress
Ralph Harding
American Airlines
Gulf Oil Company
Flip Wilson
Archibald Cox
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O'Ferrall
PALLY
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Texas
Telephom
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Brooklyn
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Bad
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Watergate
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