Agnew attacks media in Dixie speech criticizes fat newspapers
Vice President Spiro Agnew denounces The New York Times and The Washington Post as fat and irresponsible while defending free press. He blasts concentrated editorial power and cites growing monopolization of public opinion as a concern, urging awareness without censorship. The Montgomery audience of about 1,000 applauded.
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Montgomery, Ala
UPI
Spiro T. Agnew
New York Times
Washington Post
Des Moines
Agnew
Nixon
Vietnam
Sulzberger
Washington
John Driggs certified mayor elect in Phoenix primary win
Phoenix voters chose John Driggs 50.1 percent to Mil ton Graham 40 percent in the Nov 11 primary. Council rejects challenge by Clarence Shumway while 12 candidates prepare for the Dec 9 general election. campaign spending ranged from 574 to 69,185 with several nominees filing expenses by 5 p.m.
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Phoenix
UPI
John Driggs
Donna Culbertson
Driggs
Charter Government
Milton Graham
Constitutional Ticket
Bob Burns
Algo
George Miller
Howard Kraft
Henry Brodersen
John Katsens
Armando de Leon
Karl Stewart
Graham
Ed Kerrick
Morrison Warren
Frank Benntes
James Barry
J. R. Williams
Gary Peter Klahr
Clarence Shumway
Charter Ticket
Klahr
Dorothy Theilkas
Agnew Attacks News Media Provokes Publisher Reactions
Vice President Spiro T. Agnew’s latest charge against the media drew responses from publishers and lawmakers. The New York Times and The Washington Post issued statements after his Montgomery Alabama speech. Katherine Graham, head of The Washington Post Co., disputed his claim that the Post Newsweek WTOP outlets share an editorial line.
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T. Agnew
New York Times
The
Washington Post
Agnew
Montgomery
Ala
Katherine Graham
Washington Post Co
Post
Newsweek Magazine
Wtop-Tv
Wtop Radio
Washington
High School Photo Contract Suit Triggers Probe
Atty. Gen. Gary Nelson was asked to investigate alleged overcharging for high school photographs. Separate letters from Sen. Bob Wilcox Nora Johnson Erna Bencic and John Winters raise issues tied to a civil suit on behalf of Markus Schlicht and unnamed seniors alleging Wilcox breached a yearbook photo contract granting exclusive rights.
Girl fatally shot at Phoenix motel
Linda Ann Mikula, 15, died at St Luke's Hospital four hours after a .38 revolver shot in the abdomen at an East Side Phoenix motel party. Suspects Paul Laing 21 and Tom Holder 20 were sought. witnesses say the shooting followed an argument sparked by Pattie Mikula 13.
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UPI
East Side
Linda Ann, Mikula
St.Luke’s Hospital
Paul Laing
Tom Holder
Redondo Beach
Calif
Miss Mikula
Pattie
Kathy Finneran
Arthur Richard Milardo
Laing
Holder
Linda
Copa Motel
Joyce Mikula
Sam Howe
Tahiti Inn
Fannin's reply on federal judge qualifications examined
UPI reporting that Senator Paul Fannin did not provide a full standards report for judging federal judges. Guy Stillman asked for Fannin's yardstick for justice qualifications and his view of Judge Haynsworth versus Justice Douglas, noting a Nixon aide's report was sent.
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UPI
Paul Fannin
R-Ariz
Democratic National
Stillman
Fannin
Clements Haynsworth
U. S. Supreme Court
William Douglas
Arizona
Douglas
Haynsworth
Nixon
Clark Mollenhilf
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the Times
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William Brock
R-Tenn
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R-Fla
Richard A. Stratmann
Crestwood Chiropractic Center
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Thunderbird Pharmacy
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