Editorial urges halt to waste newsprint exports
An editorial argues that exporting waste newspapers harms the U S balance of payments and worsens inflation by depleting domestic raw materials. It cites West Coast exports, potential new mills, and plant shutdowns, urging Commerce to use Export Control Act powers to restrict exports where domestic shortages exist.
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America
Secretary of Commerce
Frederick B. Dent
Richard B. Scudder
Garden State Paper Ca
West Coast
California
Scudder
Department of Commerce
Japan
Korea
Taiwan
Michigan
Pennsylvania
New England
Pay raises and restraint echo in a cost of living note
The piece critiques broad pay hikes amid inflating prices and cites Ford executives Henry Ford II and Lee Iacocca as examples of restraint. It notes their base salary of 275000 and bonus of 51000 in 1972 and 1973, totaling 865000 each, with no overtime. It questions widespread demands for higher pay and urges personal sacrifice.
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Ford Motor Co
Henry Ford I
Ford
Lee A. Iacocca
Letters to the editor on censorship and sexuality
A citizen criticizes the IPT for defending First Amendment rights yet not fully opposing censorship of sexual publications. The writer argues that banning sexually themed papers on sidewalks threatens free speech, urging consistent protection of ideas including those about sexuality.
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IPT
Long Beach
Supreme Court
Greek Athletes in the Nude Across History
A Palm Springs observer recalls ancient Greece in 475 B.C. as nude competition inspired pride in fitness and public celebration of winners. He notes only charioteers wore clothes at the Pentathlon and muses on a possible return to naked athletic contests.
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Angels
Palm Springs
Greece
B.C
Trumph
Medicine for a feverish economy in Washington
The piece analyzes how to balance full employment with price stability in the United States. It notes inflation pressures, a fragile Phillips curve, and political choices shaping policy, arguing strong leadership from the President and Congress is essential to curb inflation without crippling growth.
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New York
Washington
United States
Scone
Johnson
Columbia University
Phillip Cagen
Nixon
Cagen
National Bureau of Economic Research
Vietnam
Congress
McClendon’s alpha questions spark VA protest and action
Washington reporters debated the value of Sarah MacClendon’s confrontational style after she pressed Nixon on Vietnam veteran affairs. The veteran anger grew as lawmakers and groups urged Johnson’s firing and VA reforms, while MacClendon organized information for veterans and local papers, winning attention for pressing issues.
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End
Nixon
Donald Jason
Veterans Administration
Ms. McClendon
Washington Press Corps
McClendon
Johnson
House Judiciary Committee
Washington
United States Army
Alan Cranston
D-Calif
Senate
Olin Teague
D-Tex
Ries
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