Editorial on Butz as new U.S. farm secretary and farming’s challenges
The piece argues Earl Butz’s Senate confirmation was narrow and will test his aim to aid family farmers via price supports and surplus purchases. It notes agricultural shifts toward corporate farming, the limits of subsidies, and warns bipartisan action is needed to improve farm problems for farmers and consumers alike.
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Earl L. Butz
U.S
Butz
Capitol Hill
Senate Agriculture Committee
America
White House
Department of Agriculture
Clifford Hardin
Hardin
Ralson Purina Co
Earl Butz
Richardson
Bring back the Model A
Ford compares the Mustang and Pinto to a new Model A while editors urge return of a modern Model A with running boards and rumble seat. The piece notes Ford’s slogan and a photo linking to the original, but favors a true revival of the classic design.
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Ford Motor Co
Ford
Dearborn, Mich
Speculation on Agnew stepping down echoed by Reagan
Governor Reagan recalled talk of Vice President Agnew leaving office next year for a cabinet post or judgeship. The piece notes past speculation, including Eisenhower’s flirtation with Nixon’s cabinet move in 1956, and frames the current chatter as a speculative balloon that may rise or fall with no fixed outcome.
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Reagan
Agnew
Richard Nixon
Eisenhower
Nixon
Don McDonagh
Mentor
Critic McDonagh
U.S
Isadora Duncan
Loie Fuller
Ruth St. Denis
McDonagh
Parlor Talk On Politics and Path to Power
A Washington columnist recalls Dewey era figures who shaped policy and future leaders. Warren Burger is highlighted as an example of how behind the scenes workers rise to influence. The piece notes Dewey era aides, Nixon appointees, and hopefuls across parties, arguing politics builds a nursery for future leaders.
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Washington
Albany
Thomas E. Dewey
U.S. House of Representatives
Dewey
Nixon
Supreme Court
Edward T. Folliard
John Foster Dulles
Truman
United States
Herbert Brownell
McCarthy
Stevenson
George Ball
Willard Wirtz
Arthur Goldberg
Hubert’.H. Humphrey
Sanchez Memo Elevates Congressional Mail over Poverty Work
On November 17, 198?, Philip Sanchez, confirmed as anti-poverty czar, issued a memo to senior staff declaring that responses to congressional mail take precedence over all other agency business, signaling mail handling as the top priority of the poverty corps.
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Washington
Philip Sanchez
Senate
Sanchez
Congressional
Greece Faces New Golden Age Amid Industrial Surge
In 1950s Salamis era spirit returns as Greece builds shipyards at Stavros Niarchos and steel works at Halyvourgiki. Goodyear plant near Salonika adds 200 jobs while Esso Pappas refineries expand to 3.5 million tons yearly. Wages at $4–$10 a day reflect cost of living, not affluence. workers excel in productivity and pride. Government pushes industrial growth via incentives and the Hellenic Industrial Development Bank, amid concerns over limited long term global competition and domestic political gains. Capitol Hill correspondence flood underscores bureaucratic inefficiency, with Nixon-era style memos and mandated prompt replies.
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Stavros Niarchos
Greece
Onassis
Niarchos
Gary
Pittsburgh
Cleveland
Birmingham
Salonika
Goodyear
Akron
Thessaly
Esso Pappas
United States
Homer Lackey
Hellenic Steel Company
Tie
States
Hellenic Industrial Development Bank
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Harold Hughes
Fred Harris
George McGovern
Birch Bayh
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Warren Burger
Harold Stassen
Minnesota
Burger
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Stassen
Soldier Statesman
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Robert A. Taft
Department of Justice
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Richard
Wilson
Congress
Athens
Batile
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Herodotus
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Hellenic Shipyards
Mediterranean
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Halyvourgiki Steel
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