Watergate hearing urged to end swiftly and honestly
A Senate Watergate committee member calls the 37 day public hearings a slow flurry of televised moments and dirty linen. He urges a fast decisive conclusion, an interim report, and a focus on Nixon's role and electoral reform.
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Senate Watergate Investigating Committee
Sam Ervin
Tucson Model Cities council unites East and West sides
Four years into Model Cities in Tucson the City Wide Council directs nearly $2 million to citywide issues. The convention this Saturday at the Tucson Community Center will elect delegates from all six wards to form task forces addressing drug abuse transportation and aging.
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Watergate parody gilds Middle America satire
In a 1973 parody, Art Buchwald recalls Watergate era phrases used by Middle America. A farcical scene follows Mintenburger at 2:20 am with lipstick on his collar, claiming conversations about Duane Thomas and the Redskins while citing orders from unnamed superiors.
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Mintenburger
Sam Carlsberg
Ed Tuborg
Charlie Schlitz
English satire on aristocracy and an offer to buy land
The piece mocks English upper class vanity and a Duke of Leinster pitch offering land at Anderita for sale while musing on modern morality. It cites Sir Arnold Lunn and Lord Jellicoe scandals, notes American republic enthusiasm, and ends with a wary welcome to an English zoologist seeking emigration. Copyright 1973.
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Sir Arnold Lunn
Arnold Lunn
Humbug
Duke of Leinster
Mafia meat racket taxes dining tables nationwide
A federal crackdown targets a beef black market described as a crime syndicate with mob and allied figures driving a 15 percent price hike. Probes by US Attorney Robert Morse and New York City investigator Nick Scoppetta reveal ghost deliveries forged stamps and extortion schemes that raise meat costs for retailers and consumers nationwide.
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New York
District of
Robert Morse
Nick Scoppetta
New York City
Weather blamed on television tubes in six inch limit idea
In a column response G L H Cooper of Sarasota argues weather woes stem from the rise of radio and television with large TV picture tubes. He suggests federal law to cap future tube sizes at six inches to preserve atmospheric balance.
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Cost of Living Council
G.L.H. Cooper
Sarasota, Fla
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