Kissinger visits Mexico City to mend Latin American ties
Editorial argues Kissinger's trip signals a needed shift toward a steady Alliance for Progress with Latin America. It warns Johnson and Nixon eras left relations strained, highlights trade, Panama Canal ownership, and the goal of an ongoing, mutually beneficial partnership.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
Mexico City
United States
John F. Kettifiedy
Latin America
Alliance For Progress
Lyndon
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Canada
Iso
Panama Canal
Kissinger
Franking Abuse in Congress Draws Fire Over Free Mail
A letter discusses how Kennedy and Conlan use franking to send official mail without stamps. Taxpayers funded $22 million in 1973 and $38 million budgeted for 1974, with election year pressures. Critics urge reforms to curb junk mail while preserving legitimate constituents notices.
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Kennedy
Conlan
Congress
Van Horne View Emotions Not Alter Abortion Stance
Harriet Van Horne argues that despite revulsion at pornography and antiabortion tactics, legal abortion remains humane and essential. She critiques Right to Life pressure, cites political battles and a 27th Amendment threat, and urges restraint against demagoguery while noting declines in maternal death and illegitimacy since legalization.
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Harriet. van Horne
Stanley Kauffmann
New Republic
Chicago
Gas rationing plea from reader Catherine Kury
A Scottsdale reader laments gas shortages and urges rationing and fair access. She recalls stamps for services long ago and calls for open stations, cost relief, and reduced driving while noting the public’s need for fuel and the impact on households.
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Catherine Kury
Scottsdale
Impeachment Debate Echoes Across Parties and Time
The note criticizes impeachment rhetoric, exposing selective outrage on big business and labor money, bias in judging impeachable conduct, and calls for evenhanded scrutiny of all branches. It cites Rep Don Edwards and Rep Henry Reuss, along with polling data, to argue political maneuvering overruns principle.
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Americans For Democratic Action
CADA
Shull
ADA
Les Aspin
D-Wis
Nixon
Aspin
the Nation Magazine
Big Labor
Peter Rodino Jr
Dn.j
House Judiciary Committee
House
Organized Labor
Bodino
Judiciary Committee
Big
Rodino
Don Edwards
D-Calif
The
Washington Post
Gallup
Harris
Edwards
Henry Reuss
Congress
Reuss
Oliphant
Question of priority and civic engagement remark
A speaker laments civic inefficiency noting it took 25 minutes to get gas but under five to vote. They urge voters to care about government management as much as car maintenance to improve the current situation.
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Voice of the ‘Unicorn
Christ
Cincinnati
J.C. Willke
America
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Washington
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