Editorial views on FBI crime data use
The Commission on Federal Statistics criticizes the FBI for altering crime figures to portray success. It calls for transferring crime data collection to an independent body to ensure impartial reporting. The piece notes FBI sensitivity and cites Hans Zeisel’s statistics credentials.
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Commission On Federal Statistics
Federal Bureau of Investigation
FBI
Hans Zeisel
University of Chicago Law Faculty
Thomas E. Bishop
Bishop
Zeisel
Congress
U.N. Impotence Cited Amid India Pakistan Crisis Debate
Zulfikar Ali Bhutto denounced the U.N. at the United Nations for failing to halt fighting on the India Pakistan border. Associated Press’s William Ryan argues the episode shows the U.N.’s limited power and reliance on member states, while noting ongoing financing disputes and reform needs. The piece concludes the U.N. remains a valuable forum despite constraints.
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Zulfikar Ali Bhutto
Pakistan
United Nations
India
East Pakistan
U.N
Bhutto
India-Pakistan
Associated Press
William Ryan
Subcontinent
Vietnam
General Assembly
Security Council
Paring Off Holiday Blubber and Quick Weight Schemes
Nutritionist Dr. Fredrick J. Stare warns that quick easy weight loss plans are often illusory or fraudulent. He criticizes crash cures and effortless exercise methods and urges sustained effort, sensible choices, and a sound regimen of exercise and caloric reduction.
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Fredrick J. Stare
Stare
Smith proposes 60 percent voting rule for Congress
The article notes Sen. Margaret Chase Smith urges a constitutional amendment to require members to be present for at least 60 percent of roll call votes or face expulsion. It argues amendment route is wrong and favors self-regulation by both houses to curb absenteeism.
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Congress
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Smith
Who Do You Believe About the JFK Center
Jim Fiebig critiques Washington’s $70 million John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts. He argues critics deem its design monstrous and questions its impact on ordinary Americans while noting elites may benefit. He highlights taxpayer financing and the center’s perceived mismatch with everyday life.
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Hubert Humphrey
Washington
John F. Kennedy Center For the Performing Arts
J.F.K. Center
Center For Performing Arts
Smithsonian Institution
White House
Roger L. Stevens
National Book Committee
Medina County Gazette publication details and rates
Medina County Gazette is published daily except Sundays and holidays by Medina County Publications Inc. Rates include 10 cents for a single copy and 60 cents per week for home delivery. Subscriptions: 12 months 26.00, 6 months 13.00, serviceman and student 14.40 per year. Publisher Arthur D. Hudnutt. Managing Editor Mike Dungien. General Manager Stuart A. Borden. Phone numbers listed.
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Medina County Gazette
Medina County Publications Inc
West Liberty Street
Medina
Medina, O
Arthur D. Hudnutt
Mike Dungien
Stuart A. Borden
Telephone
Brunswick
New Left Revives Antiwar Plot Targeting US Armed Forces
Ralph de Toledano argues that a revived New Left movement, aided by groups like the Vietnam Veterans Against the War, aims to politicize servicemen. He cites Fort Bragg and Yokosuka as hotspots, detailing demands for officer elections, 40 hour work weeks, collective bargaining, and end to salutes. He warns these moves would demoralize the military and risk U.S. defeat.
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Soviet Union
United States
Europe
Yokosuka Naval Base
Japan
Camp Lejeune
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Wacs United
United Servicemen’s Union
Vietnam Veterans
Haymarket Square
USU
Pope Air Force Base
Lenin
Trotsky
USA
U.S
Army
Navy
Air Force
Diminishing Confidence in Nixon Kissinger Policy Outsiders
The Anderson leak reveals Nixon and Kissinger sidelining the bureaucracy in foreign policy. It notes ad hoc NSC use, limited outside input, and a White House centered trip to Peking. Critics warn detachment may erode trust and complicate Sino Soviet American diplomacy.
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Washington
Anderson
Nixon
Henry Kissinger
National Security Council
Kissinger
Peking
NSC
Pakistan
White House
India
West Pakistan
Asia
Subcontinent
John Connally
Peter
Peterson
Vietnam
Europe
Motion Sickness and Library News Read by Burley
Librarian John Burley discusses the nation’s chaotic transit system in Motion Sickness and previews library topics. Lois Babb expands Talking Books for the legally blind while Jack Mathews spoke at a Medina A AU W benefit. Irving Wallace’s new Word and Kanin’s Tracy and Hepburn are noted along with a Harcourt Brace March release.
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John Burley
Lois Babb
Jack Mathews
Medina
A.A.U.W
Ohio University
Harcourt Bruce Jovanovich
Ohio
Washington Medina officials to Congress and Statehouse
Medina Countians may contact their U S senators William Saxbe and Robert Taft at Washington offices and Rep Charles Mosher in Washington. state level reps Rep William Batchelder and Sen James Leedy in Columbus. Local Medina addresses include Batchelder PO Box 394 Medina 44256 and Leedy Spangler Building Wooster 44691.
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Washington
Medina County
William A. Saxbe
Senate
Robert Taft
Charles Mosher
Rayburn
William Batchelder
James Leedy
Ohio House of Representatives
Columbus
Batchelder
Professional
Medina
Dick West on Time Reform and New Hours
In Washington UPI opinion, Dick West notes the push for daylight savings extension into November to aid voters, and parodies a proposal for holdup savings time to keep daylight for workers. He cites Rep Michael J Harrington and comedian Rogers in a satirical exchange.
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Washington
UPI
Michael J. Harrington
Dmass
Rogers
Congress
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France
D.C
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Ralph de Toledano
New Left
Charles Bartlett
National Estimates Board
CIA
Nixon White House
Librarian’s Notebook
Irving Wallace
Chapman
Christ
James
Wallace
Tracy
Hepburn
Garson Kanin
Ann Mathews
Dick West
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