Editorial Crisis in Energy and Prices
The piece argues gasoline and energy costs will rise as demand grows and supply tightens. It cites California data showing a possible dip in oil production by 1985 and rising domestic demand, urging public reeducation to conserve energy and shift to buses, trains, and efficient appliances while weighing environmental limits on drilling.
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California
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Darrell M. Trent
OEP
Trent
U.S
Middle East
Darrell Trent
McGovern aides drew salaries while on campaign
The article notes seven of Senator McGovern's aides received government salaries while working on his presidential campaign. An aide says there is nothing unusual about it, but the piece suggests the practice contradicts McGovern's past moral stance. Public reaction shifts as perceptions of honesty change.
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Senator McGovern
Scorn for mistletoe in Sacramento Bee editorial
Readers note the Sacramento Bee editorial on mistletoe branding it a parasitic menace to shade trees and urging property owners to cut it out. The letter-writers challenge the editorial to run again next Christmas.
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Sacramento Bee
Letters on street lanes and gas policy in Long Beach
Readers discuss traffic on 6th Street with narrow four lane sections and suggest three through lanes with turning lanes. They also weigh Buckley``s gas rationing proposal, proposing higher taxes to fund free or low cost public transit and referencing Yosemite as a precedent.
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Long Beach
Wilmington
Tunney
Los Angeles
Environmental Protection Agency
William Buckelshaus
Tis
Yosemite
Ruckelshans
Wil
Khartoum Murders Highlight Regional Terrorism Ties
U S officials link the Khartoum killings of three diplomats, including two Americans, to Libyan, Saudi and Kuwaiti support for Palestinian violence. The article argues diplomacy cannot halt global terrorism and urges Arab leaders to act, with Sadat pressuring Qaddafi to curb attacks.
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Washington
Tripoli
Khartoum
I Irael
Sadat
Qaddafi
Nixon
Sii
Israel
Real kick leads to Milton Friedman Playboy interview
Chicago traveler finds Milton Friedman in Playboy, where the economist defends free enterprise and criticizes minimum wage laws as hurting low skilled workers. He argues high unemployment among teens blacks and women results from such mandates and attacks subsidized higher education as a tax on the poor.
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Smith Hempstone
James Kilpatrick
Chicago
Nekkid
Wimmen
Milton Friedman
Uncle Miltie
Professor Friedman
Bernadette
Friedman
Playboy
U.S
Old Country
Poland
Hungary
California
Watts
Beverly Hills
Nixon shifts stance on housing programs and reform plans
President Nixon declares federal housing efforts a costly failure and suspends new commitments while promising a substitute plan. He argues to end a federal role as a "nationwide slumlord" and emphasizes targeted aid, local control, and a new revenue sharing concept as potential solutions, noting some progress since 1960 despite earlier criticisms.
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Norman Kempsier
United Press International
Washington
Nixon
State of the Union
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