Grain deal undercuts voter interest in election year fallout
The grain sale to the Soviet Union fuels a complex partisan debate over subsidies, personal ties between Agriculture Department officials and exporters, and potential favoritism. Analysts say the issue may generate noise in Washington more than votes, with probes likely into who benefited from the $750 million deal as November nears.
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Soviet Union
Washington
Agriculture Department
Congress
Defense Establishment
Editorials On Dilemmas Of Car Size Safety And Environment
Editorial notes the safety advantage of large cars over small ones and how a dealer in Big Spring Texas stopped selling compacts. It discusses environmental benefits of small cars versus safety concerns, the rise of trucks, and the idea that crash-worthiness influences buyer choices while economy also plays a role.
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Dewey Ray
Big Spring
Tex
Metal Crisis Warned By Anaconda Leader
Place, president of Anaconda, warns in a speech that the United States faces a brewing metal crisis. He cites depletion of high grade domestic ores, rising mining costs, and environmental rules as factors, noting four zinc smelters closed last year despite growing demand. He urges policies to expand energy and ore development and reduce foreign dependence, warning prices will rise and consumers pay the bill.
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United States
BM. Place
Anaconda
Place
U.S
Polticians
Indians in Madras weigh Nixon McGovern impact on India
In Madras India a reader survey shows most of 550 million people know little of the U S election. Indians view Nixon unfavorably over Vietnam policy and the Bangladesh crisis This article notes McGovern could be welcomed if his approach reduces U S military aid while preserving possible economic aid.
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Madras
India
Nixon
McGovern
U.S
America
Pakistan
China
Asia
Karachi
Eisenhower
Dulles
Bangladesh
East Pakistan
East Bengal
7Th Fleet
Gandhi
Henry Kissinger
United States
On this day in history September 28, 1972 events and birthdays
Highlights include the 1924 Seattle round the world flight completion after 175 days, Yorktown siege starting in 1781, 1850 Navy flogging abolition, Dewey parade 1899, Poland partition plan 1939, kidnap murder case of Bobby Greenlease in 1953, and Thailand Dutch Guinea handover ten years earlier. Cardinal Mindszenty left asylum in 1971. Birthdays include Avery Brundage and William Paley. Thought for today by Giuseppe Garibaldi.
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Associated Press
U.S. Army
Seattle
Wash
Yorktown Heights
Virginia
Congress
Oregon
California
U.S. Navy
New York
Manila Bay
George Dewey
Germany
Soviet Union
Poland
Kansas City
Bobby Greenlease
Netherlands New Guinea
Indonesia
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Josef Mindszenty
U.S
Budapest
Hungary
Vienna
Austria
International Olympics Committee
Avery Brundage
William Paley
Giuseppe Garibaldi
Did You Do Less Than You Could This Year
HAL BOYLE notes that many people overrate their 12 months of work and lists humorous missed tasks from teaching Sophia Loren to eating spaghetti with chopsticks to writing something immortal underwater. The piece playfully contrasts what was done with what wasn’t and questions time spent.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Sophia Loren
Julie Andrews
National Brotherhood
Quick Quiz on Washington Monument and Naval Traditions
A reader quiz reveals Baltimore as the first city to erect a George Washington monument. It also notes baseball bats must be no longer than 42 inches with diameter restrictions. The blue blood reference points to the horseshoe crab and related crustaceans. Britain abolished the daily rum ration in 1970 after 239 years of naval tradition.
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George Washington
Baltimore
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Publication
The notice states that letters are welcome if they bear the writer’s signature and address, which may be withheld on request, must be no more than 500 words, should address general interest, and will exclude letters in poor taste. It outlines submission rules for readers.
U.S.-China talks show value of different negotiation styles
A 1945 U.S. mission report outlines the clash between American bargaining practice and Maoist insistence on principle, arguing that misaligned concepts hindered negotiations with Chiang Kai-shek. It links past failures to later Paris talks with Hanoi, noting fixed versus flexible stances.
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Washington
Nea
United States
Mao Tse-tung
China
Nixon
Peking
U.S
Mao
Yenan
Chou En-lai
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Paris
Hanoi
Chou
Chiang Kai-shek
Patrick Hurley
Hurley
Chiang
Vietnam
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
McGovern's antiwar drive colors his campaign
Sen. George McGovern's New York and Philadelphia appearances showcase a fervent antiwar stance that dominates his campaign, drawing mixed applause and risking a perception of single issue focus. Analysts note his steadfast Vietnam focus harms momentum on economy and domestic issues, while polls acknowledge Nixon's wartime moves boost broad public support for bombing and Taiwan measures.
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McGovern
NEA Sen
George McGovern
New York
Vietnam
Philadelphia
Nixon
U.S
Haiphong Harbor
South Dakota
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