Editorial on Spiro Agnew’s blunt diplomacy and press ethics
Rhode Island Senator Pell criticizes Agnew for urging more prisoner releases amid delicate peace talks. The vice president defends his blunt style, recounting a newsroom anecdote about editors hiding favorable coverage. Agnew rejects unnamed industry quotes and stresses candid, plain speech as his political strength.
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Claiborne Pell
Rhode Island
Agnew
Spiro Agnew
Honolulu
Otl
Courtney R. Sheldon
Washington
The
Christian Science Monitor
Sheldon
Pell
Red cars prompt quicker responses in German car study
The Federal Institute for Materials Testing in West Berlin tested two cars, one grayish blue and one bright orange, each with two synchronized cameras. Drivers reacted faster to the orange car approaching to pass, especially at dusk when visibility drops. The piece jokes about the idea of all cars painted bright colors and suggests a CHP orange fleet as a playful possibility.
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Germany
Federal Institute For Materials ‘Testing
West
Bertin
Spiher
Post Office Withdraws Stamps Over Hebrew God Image
Orthodox Jews protest a postal stamp showing the Hebrew name of God beside a Tunis Great Synagogue. Israel’s post office recalls thousands of stamps, fearing blasphemy while officials consider vaulting them. Winton Blount faces scrutiny but avoids sacrilege by featuring Roosevelt and Washington rather than religious imagery.
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Israel
God
Tunis
Winton Blount
Franklin Roosevelt
George Washington
Books Notices Review Space Ship Earth and Irish Wit
A Books page highlights Buckminster Fuller’s Operating Manual for Space Ship Earth from Pocket Books at 95 cents, praising its automation and universal needs discussion. Also featured is The Wit of the Irish by Sean McCann at 4.50, collecting Irish quips and a Curran quip about a banker with iron legs.
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Spaceship Earth
R. Buckminster Fuller
Pocket Books
Sean McCann
Aurora
Oscar Wilde
Ile
John Philpot Curran
Truce in Congress Ends Over Hanoi Prisoner Rescue
Tensions flare on the House floor as Representative Rivers scolds John Tunney over Hanoi prisoners. The incident shatters a wartime truce, fueling hawk and dove clashes over the rescue plan and renewed bombing. Critics challenge Melvin Laird’sDefense stance amid a widening rift with Democrats in what may end lame duck efforts.
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Washington
Mandel Rivers
South Carolina
John Tunney
House of Representatives
North Vietnam
Rivers
Armed Services Committee
Tunney
Hanoi
Capitol
Pirch Bayh
John Wayne
Congress
Nixon
Defense
Melvin Laird
Administration secrecy fuels war peace debate in Congress
William Broom reports rising anger over presidents acting on war and peace without Congress. Critics say such moves risk security and betray trust, while the Administration defends it as necessary. The piece notes frustration over prelaunch briefings and questions Congress leaks versus allies.
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Congress
Congressional
South Vietnam
Death penalty debate echoes in Oregon across nation
Citizens weigh compulsion against compassion as the Supreme Court reviews California and Ohio death penalty cases. The piece notes Oregon’s repeal and reinstatement history, public division, and questions about deterrence, due process, and jury imposed punishment amid a divided court.
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U.S. Supreme Court
California
Oho
Oregon
Supreme Court
Oregon faces death penalty debate in legislative reform
The article notes Oregon may revisit capital punishment with a 1969 rise in murder rate cited, proposing to remove the 10 year parole minimum in the new criminal code. It contrasts abolition in several states with retention in many others, highlighting legal debates on cruel and unusual punishment.
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Oregon
Alaska
Hawaii
Iowa
Maine
Michigan
Minnesota
West Virginia
Wisconsin
New Mexico
New York
North Dakota
Rhode Island
Vermont
Readers question drug brand quality and tetracycline ethics
A letter raises concerns about Barbara Fryer's drug cost article and asks who she spoke with and whether she specified a tetracycline brand. It cites a 1960s USP test debate, notes pharmacists favor familiar brands, and questions quality versus price, ending with broader political and policing remarks from Long Beach.
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Barbara Fryer
San Francisco
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