The Chosen Ones Editorial Explores Nuclear Catastrophe Plans
Washington readers learn from Barney Collier about a Harper’s Magazine piece on a lifesaving list of essential officials in a nuclear catastrophe. Senators Humphrey Byrd and O Neill express reluctance to discuss it. Chief Justice Warren’s secretary notes his private concern for family. The piece questions congressional involvement and the ethics of evacuation protocols for leaders.
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Washington
Barney Collier
Harper's Magazine
Collier
Hubert Humphrey
Congress
Senate
Sen
Harry Byrd
Virginia
Senator Byrd
House
John Rhodes
Thomas P
Tip’ O'Neill
Humphrey
Marie
Mama
Callier
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Warren
Daley press conference quotes contrasted with transcripts
A reflective piece argues wire service quotes strip the mayor of his rhetoric. It contrasts a sanitizedDaley response about a mob boss rumor with a fuller, garbled transcript showing his real cadence and content.
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Richard Daley
Daley
Chicago Daily News
Chicago
Wire Service
Chicago Sun-Times
Unemployment and crime link in New York era analysis
A New York Times survey and city crime figures tie rising unemployment to higher crime, noting violent crime doubled and street crime rose, with youth and minority unemployment fueling muggings and robberies. Economists warn the pattern may persist into the late 1970s, with a large underclass left behind by technological society.
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New York
P.E.I
Edward Levi
New York City
Michael Codd
Soma Golden
New York Times
York City
Golden
America
Editor letters urge aid and leash law repeal across issues
A batch of letters presses Congress to approve humanitarian and military aid for South Vietnam, urges private mail competition, and praises a Rockefeller Foundation study. Readers argue for stronger postal reform, criticise dog bite liability rules, and call for leash law repeal to curb crime and protect residents.
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Congress
South Vietnam
Ope
William E. Peters
Long Beach
Postal Solutions
Senator Cranston
Senate
Board of Governors
Postal Rute Commission
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Leonard Kriegel
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George L. Spriestersbach
Covina
Enforce Leash Law
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Denmark
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Heyitay
Patty Hearst
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