Editorial on Accuracy in Media and the Chicago Panthers case
The piece, reflecting on the Hanrahan indictment and the Chicago Panthers raid, argues against claims of biased reporting by calling out Accuracy in Media. It asserts that AP and UPI covered the story responsibly and denounces allegations of news suppression as unfounded and offensive.
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Hanrahan
Chicago
Black Panther
Chicago Tribune
Panthers
Hanrahan and Company
Associated Press
UPI
Letters on schizophrenia and evolution in school science
Readers debate Ben Zinser’s column on schizophrenia and mega vitamin therapy, defending families and calling for careful reporting. A letter by JACOBS praises Dr. Hoffer’s work while criticizing past blame, and a second letter by HERON defends Darwinian evolution, stressing empirical verification and the Bible’s role in literature and education.
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Edi'lorr
Ben Zinser
U S and India Move Toward Closer Ties
New Delhi signals conciliation with Washington as both nations seek to mend strains from the Bangladesh crisis. Indira Gandhi sent best wishes to Nixon after his reelection and named B K Nehra and Tarfik Nath Kaul in high diplomatic roles, while officials say broader ties hinge on Nixon and a shift away from nonalignment.
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New Delhi
India
United States
Bangladesh
Washington
Nixon
Indira Gandhi
America
Henry A. Kissinger
Nehru
Tarfik Nath Kaul
Gandhi
China
Soviet Union
Gladesh
West Pakistan
Pakistan
U.S
Commissioner retirement clash tests county red tape
Los Angeles County Supervisors weigh a pension break for five county commissioners under a 1971 bill. The plan would let eight workers buy up to 11 years of service for a pension, potentially granting about 3100 dollars yearly to Capen and 2800 to Mahoney, with others to follow. Debs and Dorn are expected to vote. Hayes and Schabarum undecided amid a tangle of state law and past salaries.
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Pony Express
U.S. Postal Service
Boren
Supervisors
Los Angeles
Sacramento
Act
Los Angeles County
County Civil Service and Regional Planning
L.A
Vincent Thomas
San Pedro
Owen Lewis
Howard Martin
Regional Managing Commission
Civil Service Commission
O. Richard Capen
Thelma Mahoney
Emmet Sullivan
E.p-T
Capen
Debs
Sullivan
Debs and
Dorn
Jim Hayes
Long Beach
Pete Schabarum
Coca Cola fights FTC suit on franchises
Coca Cola faces a Federal Trade Commission antitrust suit over its bottling franchise system. The FTC says exclusive territories enable price control and reduce competition, inflating consumer costs. Bottlers have organized a Franchise Defense Fund to fight the FTC, with funds from major bottlers and supporters lining up lawmakers to exempt soft drink bottlers from antitrust laws.
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Coca Cola
Washington
Federal Trade Commission
FTC
Cola Cola Bottlers’ Association
Congress
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Klan
Edward Hanrahan
Abram Hoffer
Saskatoon
Canada
Docetor Holfer
Bible
G. M. Heron
Darwin
Seal Beach
Washington Star-News
Middle East
Kate
James Boren
National Association of Professional Bureaucrats
Tom Willman
Coke
Westinghouse Electric
General Tire and Rubber
General Cinema
Ilinois Central Industries
Senate Antitrust
Phil Hart
D-Mich
Treasury Departent
U.S. Conference of Mayors
US Conference
TIE
Jack Anderson
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