Secrecy in government taints two administrations
The piece argues secrecy and hidden crimes in Johnson Nixon and Carter eras erode public trust. It focuses on former CIA chief Richard Helms and Operation Chaos domestic spying, noting attempts to gag the press, withheld court documents, and a perjury plea deal, suggesting DOJ policy limits public knowledge of official wrongdoing.
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Johnson
Carter
CIA
Richard Helms
Justice Department
Helms
Justice Apartment
Senate
Chile
Griffin Bell
HEW halts Medicaid fraud search project Integrity
The U S Department of Health Education and Welfare suspended the Project Integrity computer sweep that identified 1 400 doctors and 1 100 druggists as flagrant Medicaid cheaters among 47 000 suspect claims from last year. Officials say it’s a prosecutable subset. the rest may receive the message. Pittsburgh Press.
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U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Project Integrity
HEW
Justice Department
Pittsburgh Press
Pittsburgh
Van Horne Sees New Woman Shifting Male Ego in Modern Era
Harriet Van Horne argues the New Woman alters male identity as nearly half of women over 16 work outside the home and more than half with school-age children hold jobs. She cautions men’s backlash while praising female emancipation and the evolving social order. She cites Eli Ginzberg calling it a revolution in women’s roles and notes admiration for women “lifting steel” at work.
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Harriet van Horne
New York City
Ibsen
Nora
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Hughes Tool Co
Our Man Hoppe Box craze explodes
ARTHUR HOPPE lampoons 1970s America turning inward under social upheaval. The Security Box fad spreads from Los Angeles to every home as people swap boxes with changing status, culminating in a satirical tale of George R. Stigg and an absurd life in a vehicle like box. The tale ends with a widow’s wry punchline about a coffee table.
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Arthur Hoppe
United States
Vietman
Los Angeles
George R. Stigg
George
Mildred
Alaska wilderness debate stirs Editor Edward W. Borgen Sr comments
Edward W. Borgen Sr challenges Edward Flattan on Alaska wilderness proposals. He argues federal land designations should foster industry and employment, notes public hearings in Sitka Ketchikan and other places, cites unemployment and seasonal work, and questions Flattan's sources and representation.
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Edward Flattan
Alaska
Congress
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
Don Young
Flattan
Fairbanks
Anchorage
Juneau
Ketchikan
Sitka
End liquor license racket referral hinted by broker letter
A real estate broker argues that liquor licenses should be canceled when a business changes hands so new owners must obtain fresh licenses. He suspects lawmakers who own licenses block reform to maintain the racket, urging newspapers to publicize the issue to force action.
Penney Noted for Faces Despite Crowd in Effingham
The Effingham Daily News recalls that Penney met thousands yet seldom forgot a face or a dame, illustrating his keen memory and social presence during his era.
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