Editorial on Foreign Aid and Its Conditions
The editorial notes U S foreign aid from 1945 to 1974 totaling 163.7 billion to 117 countries with about 150 billion in military aid. South Vietnam received the largest sums, followed by South Korea India the United Kingdom and France. It argues military aid rarely builds friendship and calls for reducing military aid while demanding political support in return.
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Foreign Affairs
South Vietnam
South Korea
India
United Kingdom
France
Europe
United States
Two Vote Margin Creates Bitter New Hampshire Senate Bid
In New Hampshire the Senate race between Louis C. Wyman and John A. Durkin flips from Durkin leading by ten to Wyman winning by two votes. The narrow margin sparks calls for a new election, with both candidates facing questions about missed votes and opportunities.
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New Hampshire
Louis C. Wyman
United States Senate
Wyman
John A. Durkin
Durkin
Senate
Ford weighs oil import tax over national energy controls
President Ford appears set to back a flat import tax on foreign oil, potentially $3 a barrel, to fund broad income tax cuts and curb inflation. A rival plan for a tougher national fuel-allocation system faces White House resistance as aides debate political costs and regional impacts.
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Washington
Ford
Vail
Rogers Morton
Frank Zarb
White House
Camp David
Congress
Treasury
William Simon
Alan Greenspan
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Simon
Greenspan
Morton
Zarb
Conservative Side Our Ford's ski equipped
Jerry Ford is hailed as the best athlete ever in the White House but warned that his skiing passion could be risky for his presidency. The piece recalls presidents from Roosevelt to Eisenhower and Truman, noting their private amusements and athletic quirks before turning to Ford’s 9,000 foot slopes and growing ski habit.
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Bob Considine
New York
Jerry Ford
White House
Vail
Colo
Theodore Roosevelt
Mike Donovan
New York Athletic Club
William Howard Taft
Chevy Chase
Woodrow Wilson
Warren Harding
Ed Mclean
The
Washington Post
McLean
Friendship
Washington
Harding
Leo Diegal
George Voight
Ring Lardner
Grantland Rice
Lardner
Ring
King
India
Fdr
Joe Patterson
New York Daily News
Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Harry
Dwight David Eisenhower
West Point
Ike
Oval Office
John F. Kennedy
JFK
LBJ
Congress
Richard Nixon
Executive
Ford
Michigan
New Year’s pledge urged to drive sober and safe
A reader urges a New Year’s pledge to avoid drinking and driving. The rhyme reminds drivers to refrain from imbibing and to use a taxi to keep themselves and others safe on New Year’s Eve.
Smokers defend taxes in Arizona mailbag
In a reply to Boye de Monte, a smoker argues Arizona spends, with $30 million in luxury tobacco taxes this year, to support state services. The letter contends quitting would cost jobs in tobacco and increase unemployment and welfare burdens.
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Boye de Monte
Arizona
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