Let them eat cake editorial critiques DES hiring
House Majority Leader Burton Barr faults William Mayo for hiring 56 DES workers without legislative approval. The piece argues the crisis was unanticipated and action was needed to prevent hunger, urging reduction of DES inefficiency and better fiscal foresight instead of political sniping.
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House
Burton Barr
William Mayo
Department of Economic Security
DES
Mayo
Sen
Boyd Tenney
Jack Williams
Mr. Barr
Barr
Arizona
Sugar profits soar as Amstar raises wholesale prices
The sugar sector posts strong gains with Amstar, the largest U.S. sugar firm, announcing a roughly 13 percent wholesale price increase. A House Agriculture Committee report notes raw sugar costs rising from 11.15 to 58.5 cents, prompting calls for consumer protections and possible windfall profit taxes to curb inflation.
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Amstar
House Agriculture Committee
Chicago sludge export plan risks waste of a key fertilizer source
Chicago's Metropolitan Sanitary District negotiates selling 8 million tons of surplus sewage sludge to Ghana at about 50 cents a ton, with $160 million transport costs. The plan, urged by Valentine Janecki, faces criticism over energy waste, soil value, and missed domestic use despite EPA obstacles and a 1.5 to 2 million ton fertilizer deficit projected for the United States.
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Jeff Stansbury
Edward Flattau
Chicago
Metropolitan Sanitary District
MSD
Ghana
Windy City
Fulton County
Valentine Janecki
Washington, D.C
Janecki
Mississippi
New Orleans
Exxon
Nigeria
United States
U.S. Agriculture Department
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Environmental Protection Agency
Georg Borgstrom
Michigan State University
Philadelphia
Bahamas
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater Remarks Sparks Memory Jabs
M Mitchell of Scottsdale cites Sir Harry Rosenzweig’s remarks about Barry Goldwater noting memory lapses and public versus private statements. The exchange questions consistency as Goldwater faced election night conditions and a fragile pedestal for the National Monument.
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Harry Rosenzweig
Barry Goldwater
Sen. Goldwater
National Monument
M. Mitchell
Scottsdale
New Villains Rise as Corporate Capitalism Faces Backlash
Observations on anxiety and consumption in tough times. The essay notes a shift in public anger from Nixon to big business, with critics like Karl Hess and Lawrence Krivit cited. It argues corporations and monopolies could become the era's chief adversaries and affect politics and policy.
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Free World
Dirty Dick
Cambodia
Kent State
Richard Nixon
Washington
Hanoi
Karl Hess
Barry Goldwater
Hess
America
Lawrence Krivit
At&t
Ford
Japan
Imperial Palace
Republican Party
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Progress
Audit Bureau of Circulation
National Pewspaper Association
Asloka Newsraters Association
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Sweet Tooth
Harriet van Horne
Bangladesh
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Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
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