Powell and Congress face a moral test over seating him
The editorial questions whether Congress should bar Adam Clayton Powell from his seat while noting other morally questionable members. It argues Powell deserves consequences but suggests many others sin in public trust with few penalties, and asks if conduct should hinge on race or quietness.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Congress
Harlem
Powell
Supréme Court
White Congress
Southern Committee
Air Force
Urges De Gaulle Stand On NATO Commitments
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana urges Charles de Gaulle to restore full NATO ties only after France meets explicit guarantees. He lists Britain's entry to the Common Market, NATO withdrawal pledges, fair share of NATO costs, WW debts, and release of seized Israeli bomber planes as key conditions.
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France
de Gaulle
Reachis Cole T Wi Sranes
Vance Hartke
Finance Committee
Britain
Hartke
NATO
Eranes Simiarly
Plantaumerois
Mmatter
U.S
Israél
Israel
Johnson
Apollo 8 Mission Sparks British Spaceflight Debate
Sir Bernard Lovell, head of Jodrell Bank, calls the Apollo 8 orbit mission silly and dangerous while NASA and astronauts defend it as necessary. He warns of solar radiation, return engine failure, and reentry angle risks, and questions why an unmanned mission wasn’t tried first. The dialogue highlights concerns about safety and what science can gain from manned lunar orbits.
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United States
England
Bernard Lovell
Britain
Jodrell Bank Observatory
Bernard
NASA
Outer Space
Nixon faces choice on public funding for Radio Free Europe
Washington faces a Cabinet dilemma as President elect Nixon weighs whether to keep or reveal the CIA financed subsidy for Radio Free Europe. The 18 year secrecy has shaped credibility with U.S. taxpayers funding most costs, while CIA subsidies also support Radio Liberty. The transition delays any decision as the issue tests the new administration.
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Washington
Jame Duck Johnson
Nixon
Radio—Free—Europe
U.S
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Radio Free Europe
Europe
United States
Mrain
Munich
Lisbon
Heidelberg
Bulgaria
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Poland
Romania
Radio Liberty
Soviet Union
Voice of America
Althougt Kat-zenbach
Radio Free “Europe
Classified Type Slips and Sale Notation in Northern California
Classified column notes an ad for a sale linked to Elsie Smith and a 18 inch carriage typewriter. The document recalls Radio Free Europe funding and U.S. government scrutiny, detailing CIA subsidies and proposals to end or modify support amid Cold War tensions and media oversight.
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Elsie Smith
Santa, Barbara
Calif
News Press
Free ‘Europe
Katzenbach
Radio” Free Europe
Radio Free Europe
Simple Wheelbarrow Sale as Basic Contract Example
A man named Ted offers to buy Ned's wheelbarrow for 50 and Ned accepts. The instance illustrates five contract elements including competence mutual agreement legality consideration and form with a verbal agreement being enforceable for a simple sale.
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Ned
Ted
Too good for her neighbors on East Turney Ave
A reader from 6015 Joshua Tree Lane Scottsdale writes in with disbelief at a front page story about Mrs Gene Heathcock. He asserts neighbors in the 8300 block are in the right and that she does not belong there. The letter ends with illness and signs off as S Parker Jones.
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Gene Heathcock
Turney
S.parker Jones
Joshua Tree Lane
Scottsdale
Upton Sinclair Deemed Greatest Muckraker in Memoriam
Ralph McGill lauds Upton Sinclair at his 90th birthday tribute. He notes Sinclair’s The Jungle as a cornerstone that spurred reform and earned praise from President Theodore Roosevelt. The piece recalls key muckrakers like Ida Tarbell and Lincoln Steffens and outlines reforms spurred by investigative journalism.
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Sinclair
Annta Guenont
Sinclai
Teds
Lincoln Steffens
Ida. M. ‘Tarbell
David
Senate
Phillips
Congress
Upton Sinclair
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Ahway
Mississippi ‘ ‘River
St. Louis st-Dispatch
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Evans Are
Robert Novak
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