Editorial asks support for Amtrak funding and daylight schedules
The piece argues taxpayers fund Amtrak and should back its $800 million upgrade including new cars tracks and locomotives. It notes Arizona travel limits and praises daylight routes, calls for better schedules and a push to maintain Amtrak despite potential cuts under Transportation Secretary Claude Brinegar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Amtrak
Phoenix
Monay
San Diego
Los Angeles
Congress
Arizona
California
Claude Brinegar
Union Oil Co
Secretary of Transportation
East Coast
Seaboard
Washington
Rights and the Kremlin in Soviet Emigration Stance
The Kremlin touts humanitarian rights while seeking greater U S aid and credits and proposes raising the Jewish emigration quota from 35 000 to 45 000 annually Secretary Kissinger told senators opposing trade concessions. Meanwhile Jewish activists were rounded up ahead of Nixons visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kremlin
Brezhnev and Company
Kissinger
Soviet Union
Nixon
Loopholes in animal laws threaten wildlife, says Progress
The Progress argues that federal officials bend the Endangered Species and Marine Mammal Protection Acts to aid commercial aims. It cites Great Adventure Inc in New Jersey seeking tiger imports and Fouke Fur Co seeking baby seal skins, while agencies struggle with enforcement and scientific debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Adventure Inc
Jackson Township
N.J
Commerce Department
Fouke Fur Co
Fouke
Interior Department
Great Adventure
Safari
Canada
Europe
New Jersey
Office of Endangered Species
Washington
Lou Regenstein
Fund For Animals
Letter about gun violence and editorial call for broader registration
A reader mails two clippings: a July 5 UP I New York release detailing six deaths and one wounding, with five deaths and one wounding from knives or sharp instruments, and a July 10 1974 editorial proposing broader registration including knives and pens. The writer urges consistency beyond gun control and suggests registering edged tools and writing instruments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
United Press International
Van Horne View Sinatra falls from grace
Harriet Van Horne laments Frank Sinatra's fall from grace noting his swinish behavior in Australia, entourage with security forces, and contempt for lawmakers. The column contrasts Nixon era scandals with Sinatra's public image and questions American perception of morality and leadership.
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Harriet van Horne
Frank Sinatra
Australia
Sinatra
Frank
Chicago
Caligula
Watergate
Nixon
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Ron Ziegler
Judiciary Committee
Nixon White House
Sherman Adams
Eisenhower
Ike
Philip Roth
Mr. Nixon
The Lighter Side: Dress Choices Stir Anti-freeze Shortage
Washington humor column notes ethylene glycol used in polyester fabric and antifreeze, argues consumer demand drives supply. A jokey exchange describes choosing clothing over radiator coolant, with a buyer ultimately opting for slacks and a wool blanket for his car.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Beau Brummell
Herbert Stein
Nixon
Chemical Corporation
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E Progress
Jonathan Marshall
United States Senate
J.M
Stansbury
Flattau
Scottsdale
Jonathan Marshal
Doc’ Wright
Willis Brown
Jerry McElfresh
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earls Dr
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
Ens
Nanewspapers Association
Register Typewriters
van Horne
Grace
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