Editorial Views Push Mansfield Out After Seventy
From Where We Stand notes a movement to replace Senate Majority Leader Mike Mansfield as he nears seventy, amid a Democratic power struggle with President Nixon and questions over spending and Vietnam policy. The piece cites Byrd and Humphrey as current whips and notes Mansfield’s impending retirement in 1976 after 26 years in the Senate.
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Mike Mansfield
U.S. Senate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Texas
Mansfield
Senate
Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Vietnam
Senate Democrats
Nixon
California
Alan Cranston
Robert C. Byrd
West Virginia
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Appropriations Committee
Herman E. Talmadge
Georgia
Byrd
Humphrey
Women in New England Meat Boycott Bargain Hard for Food
During the 1973 meat boycott week New England women restrained in public, bargaining in smaller stores for meat with prepared arguments. The movement pushed price awareness, caused store reductions, and led to about 20,000 meat-industry layoffs while growers held back livestock. Congress and the administration were criticized for inaction on price relief.
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New England
Washington
Congress
Navy outlines 50 billion plan to build 271 ships
A study by DMS Inc forecasts a ten year program costing 50 billion dollars to construct and convert 271 ships, boosting US naval strength and allied fleets. Data drawn from World Warship Forecast and government sources indicate 1769 ships across 43 navies may join inventories amid rising naval rivalry.
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U.S. Navy
DMS Inc
Greenwich
Connecticut
Aerospace Defense Market
Rivalry in naval power with the Soviet Union heats up
The text compares Soviet and American naval buildup, noting 1970 ship spending at $3 billion and 565 major Soviet ships in 1972 versus 368 for the U S Navy. It forecasts parity or surpassing with ahead of disarmament talks and stresses reliance on advanced tech like nuclear powered submarines.
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Soviet Union
United States
Britain
Germany
U.S. Navy
The Gull Father Seagull Film Parody Premier Gossip
The spoof film The Gull Father based on Richard Bach’s Jonathan Livingston Seagull premieres in Los Angeles this week with Marlon Brando rumored to star as the Gull Father. The script parallels a crime plot where a Sicilian seagull uses protection rackets and targets the lobster market in Maine, while the Gull Mother plots her own underworld rise. Author Bach reportedly cannot attend due to an unspecified ailment.
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Richard Bach
Los Angeles
Marlon Brando
New York
Maine
Jim Fiebig
Medina County Public Notices Chronicle
Fragmentary text from a local publication describes county notices and general management details. Mentions Medina Ohio and a public notices outlet with a general manager and contact line.
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County Publicatio
No County Publications Inc
Medina
Auorere San, &Monine Co
Bowrgien
Stuart A. Borden
Lando challenges Herbert in Atlantic piece on wartime tales
In a May Atlantic Monthly article, Lando probes Lieutenant Colonel Anthony Herbert’s Vietnam era charges and the witnesses and documents he cites. He finds discrepancies, falsehoods, and a pattern of sensational storytelling that contradicts Herbert’s claimed battlefield exploits.
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Herbert
Vietnam
Lando
May Atlantic Monthly
John Bitterie
Bitterie
Ken Rosenblum
Islip
New York
General Barnes
Army
Barnes
Rosenblum
Middle East
Nixon Group Mentality and political insiders in Washington
Charles Bartlett analyzes the Nixon era insiders, detailing a faction driven by loyalty to Richard Nixon and a harsh drive for power. The piece cites mutual distrust among aides, insular loyalties, and a harmful neglect of public life as the group battles to protect influence and expose rivals.
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Washington
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Administration
Robert Haldeman
John Mitchell
Mitchell
Charles
Colson
Haldeman
Jeb Magruder
George Shultz
Elliot Richardson
George Bush
Don Rumsfeld
James Lynn
Watergate fallout and White House accountability debated
Washington columnist imagines Nixon aides avoiding responsibility while urging swift cleaning of the administration. The piece contrasts inner group dynamics with public trust and calls for a fresh top aide and reform to salvage leadership amid the Watergate crisis.
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Washington
UPI
White House
Nixon
Oval Office
Letter to editor argues against state lottery proposal
A reader contends that a state run lottery is a disguised tax that would drain funds with poor returns. They warn it may not aid schools or prisons, could fuel illegal gambling, invite fraud, and question its effect on public finances and crime.
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Ohio
Inflation and tax hikes undercuts in economic plan
Herbert Stein says a tax increase is being considered to curb inflation. The author argues no solution and that higher taxes will trigger wage demands, raise prices, and hurt those on fixed incomes. The piece laments deficit spending and urges the public to demand government spending cuts.
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Herbert Stein
Mr. Nixons Council of Economic Advisors
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Winston
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