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Examines the factors causing the closure of the daily newspapers in the U.S. Conspiracy of the publishers for greater mutual profit; Role of the advertisers in the publications; Claim that 75 to 80 percent of the total cost of delivery of a newspaper is paid for by advertisers who purchase white space in the paper at rates based largely on circulation.

The article presents commentary on various international and domestic U.S. politics as of the week of April 24, 1971. U.S. foreign economic and political relations with China are discussed in detail. The forced closings of domestic paper mills due to Federal anti-pollution standards are reviewed. The State Department's foreign training programs for police methods and anti-communism is described.

Presents the problem of unemployment in the U.S. that has taken a form of a giant monster with the advent of the age of electricity. Dawn of the new environment of the Power age with the eclipse of the Machine age; Replacement of steam hoists run by the workers to the electric mine elevators because of the obvious advantages in safety, speed and better control; Eruption of problems in various industries like the paper industry as workers got maimed by the hot rolls and gnawing gears.

Cites several grounds, which clarify that gold can't be accepted as a standard medium of exchange in the modern world. Argument that a gold standard is an arbitrary, but completely effective, method of limiting the amount of currency in circulation; Gold policy of U.S. ex-President Franklin D. Roosevelt; Claim of the U.S. Congress that gold clauses in financial dealings were invalid as contrary to public policy and inconsistent with the new monetary system; Argument pertaining to the fixed supply of gold in the U.S.; Production of gold coins by several countries to tap the amateur market; Use of selling gold by the U.S. government as a way of narrowing the federal budget deficit.

Deals with the problem of Internet plagiarism faced by universities and colleges in the U.S. resulting from the increase in the number of term-paper Web sites. Examples of Web sites that enable students to purchase ready-made term papers on a wide variety of subjects; Implication of the increase in term-paper sites for the incidences of cheating; Charges filed by Boston University against several companies offering term-paper Web sites in October 2004; Claims of the proprietors of the sites on their term-paper services.

Focuses on the formation of monopolies in the newspaper industry in the U.S. Acquisition of the "Louisville Courier-Journal" and the journal "Times" by Gannett Newspapers Inc. for $305 million; Acquisition of newspaper "The Baltimore Sun" and two television stations by Times Mirror Co. for $600 million; Trend among U.S. capitalists to pursue monopoly; Improvement of the stock prices of newspaper publishers; Use of the profits from newspapers with small circulations to buy bigger papers by Gannett.

The article looks at the role of the U.S. Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) in the 2013 exposure of the U.S. government's clandestine electronic surveillance of corporations and citizens. Topics include how many of the OLC's opinions violate constitutional principles, the OLC's views toward the president's war powers and the treatment of those who reveal state secrets, and the need for the public to hold the government accountable for its unwarranted surveillance activities.

Provides an insight into the issue of whether the diaries or private writings of Unabomber suspect Ted Kaczynski can be considered as public property in the U.S. Conflict with the ten amendments in the U.S. Bill of Rights; Views on the issue of reasonableness in reading a man's diary; State of Kaczynski's constitutional case.

Focuses on the financial support provided by the Institute for Educational Affairs' (IEA) for operating university newspapers and periodicals in the U.S. Categories of student papers supported by the Institute; Philosophy behind the financial grants; Comments of IEA president Leslie Lenkowsky that the foundation will be emphasising improved journalism and making more of the papers self-sustaining; Influence of conservatives on articles published in these journals; Training programs organized for conservative journalists; Articles on conservative youth culture published in the journal "Observer"; Categories of student papers published in the journals.

This article reports on the U.S. presidential campaign of Arizona Governor Bill Richardson. Richardson's relying on his vast foreign policy and diplomatic experience to separate himself from the other Democratic candidates. However, the author wonders if his speaking style and lack of recognition can be overcome.

Discusses the U.S. bombings during the war in Vietnam. Views of critics on the Vietnam bombings; Factors responsible for the U.S. decision to bomb Vietnam; Views of Pentagon analysts; U.S. government's attitude regarding the future of South Vietnam.

Presents information on a scandal in newsprint industry. Establishment of a Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee, comprising of publishers, managing editors and general managers of major papers all around the U.S.; Issuance of the Printing and Publishing General Limitation Order L-240, by the War Production Board (WPB); Order restricting newspapers to 100 percent of their newsprint use of 1941, which would have been a cut of about 10 percent of 1942 figures; Influence of the shortage of pulp on the newsprint cuts; Recommendation by the Newspaper Industry Advisory Committee for curtailments running upto five percent of 1941's consumption for the largest papers; Impact of these cuts on circulations of small and medium dailies; Opinion of Republicans and a few reactionary Democrats that the newsprint cut was an elaborate attempt to destroy press; Investigation into the newsprint curtailment; Allegations on WPB for deliberately imposing the curtailments for purposes of censorship; Suggestions of curtailing the advertisers space to reduce wastage of paper.

Discusses various aspects related to presidential papers in the U.S. and how former President Richard Nixon might benefit from it. Lawsuit filed by Nixon against the U.S. government in which he demanded that it pay him for the estimated 42 million pages of Nixon presidential papers it holds at the National Archives; Market value of Nixon's papers; Discussion on the legal status of presidential papers throughout the ages; Reasons why Nixon is exempt from the clause that all presidential papers, starting with Ronald Reagan, are the property of the government in the first place; Significance of the Watergate scandal in the control exercised by Nixon over his presidential papers and the Watergate tapes.

Presents information on the paper industry in the U.S. Benefit of paper industry by technological advances made by the Herty Laboratories and the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Forest Service; Suitability of the Southern pine for pulping; Importance of maintaining a continuous supply of wood for the proper functioning of the paper industry; Protection of Southern forests from fire; Demand for improving the fire protection and forest-management practices to protect the second-growth pine stands of the South; Information on the varieties of pines being grown in South; Role of pulpwood industries in the economic prosperity of the South.

Focuses on several newspapers published in the U.S. Comments on the people who have funded for the newspaper "Washington Times"; Discussion of Warren Adler, founder of the newspaper "Dossier"; Reasons for the popularity of the newspaper "Washington Times" in the U.S.; Circulation of the newspaper "The News World" in the U.S.; Comparison of the "Washington Times" with any other conservative newspaper in the U.S.

Discusses the revelation of duplicity and cynicism in the making of the economic policy of the United States government headed by President Ronald Reagan in the periodical "The Atlantic Monthly." Information on the policy makers' knowledge that supply-side economics would never work; Executive David Stockman's discovery that the Reagan program would produce the highest peacetime deficits in history; View that the magical aura that surrounded supply-side economics has been erased for good, but this does not necessarily mean that the Democratic Party automatically will profit; Statement that Democrats need a better economic program to undo the injustices Reagan has wrought, and the best Democratic program always has been one that is democratic.

Presents the investigation of taxes by U.S. President Richard M. Nixon. Overstatement made by the Nixon; Discussion of the donation of papers with former U.S. President Lyndon Johnson; Efforts of the Congress to close the tax loophole that allowed for the donating of deductible papers; Overview on the investigation; Estimation of the amount of possible deduction on tax returns of Nixon for four year, 1969 to 1972.

Presents information on criminal fraud committed by Ralph G. Newman, the appraiser of U.S. President Richard Nixon once tax-deductible gift of vice presidential papers. Change of statements by Newman; Investigation of the matter by the U.S. Internal Revenue Service; Reasons given by Newman for his earlier misstatements; Statement by Newman that he had reviewed his files and his activities pertaining to the Nixon gift.

The author discusses relationship and reported attacks made by U.S. President Donald Trump against news media outlets. Topics explored include the treatment received by news organizations particularly journalists from Trump, the violence against journalists at political rallies, and the significant increase in leak investigations by the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) during the administration of Trump.

Reports developments related to politics and government in the United States. Conflict between President Franklin Roosevelt and his Democratic enemies in the Senate; Allocation of new capital to the Southern paper industry; Dispute between executive Morris Llewellyn Cooke and the Rural Electrification Administration.

Analyzes documents on the existence of Iraqi nuclear, biological and chemical weapons during the 1991 Gulf War. Speculations about the nuclear and chemical weapons program of Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein; Factors considered by the U.S. military in its decision not to bomb major Iraqi arms plants; Impact of the release low-level biological weapons agents on U.S. service members.

Examines the relationship of the U.S. press controlled by whites with its African American readers in 1965. Roles played by the press in the race situation in the country; Ideas and values advanced by the press to its African American readers; Rights and privileges that has yet to be awarded to African Americans; Significance of the press in preparing the society for the social change brought by the changing socio-political conditions of African Americans.

Comments on the content and ideals of newspapers in the U.S. Advantage of a technical training in the weighing of the kind of evidence which does not pass current in the courts; Discussion of the violation of moral law; Accounts on the duties and obligation of the journalists.

Focuses on the headlines and editorials of several newspapers in the United States. Report that fifty-five counties and scores of cities and towns may have to close shop unless special session of legislature can find new sources of tax revenue in West Virginia; Hope that federal mediation board will end coal strike in Pennsylvania; News from Ohio includes the state's desperation to seek additional revenue to save public schools; Socio-economic conditions in New York and other states.

Presents letters to the editor referencing various articles and topics published in previous issues. Fascist groups in the U.S. and the approach adopted by the two major political parties of the nation to appease these groups; Comments on Beardsley Ruml's postwar fiscal program for the prosperity of the U.S.; Criticism against journalist Richard Rovere for ignoring the importance of the "Farm Journal" in his article on American wartime magazines; Description of an American battle dress; Appreciation for the review of Robert Fitzgerald's new book of poems done by Rolfe Humphries; Ways in which kraft paper has been used for military purposes.

Discusses the case of scientist David Baltimore which is considered the one of the most remarkable cases of scientific misconduct in the U.S. Publication of a Baltimore research paper on gene expression in the periodical "Cell"; Involvement of co-author Dr. Thereza Imanishi-Kari in the fabrication of evidence; Admission by Imanishi-Kari about some of the work cited in the paper; Investigation by the U.S. National Institutes of Health.

Focuses on the efforts of Indiana Congressman Dan Burton to procure internal memos related to the administration of former U.S. President Bill Clinton. Invocation of executive privilege by the administration of President George W. Bush in order to protect documents related to the U.S. Department of Justice; Reluctance shown by Bush administration to release the memos related to the Boston Federal Bureau of Investigation fiasco, in which a corrupt relationship between federal agents and mobsters, resulted in the framing of an innocent man, Joseph Salvati; Opinion that Bush's secrecy edicts could ultimately lead to a showdown with Burton and other erstwhile allies in the Congressional Republicans.

Presents a supposed text of a ship's log written in archaic English. Metaphor for the political condition of the United States; Retirement of the Captain to the stern and subsequent take over of the steering wheel by diverse persons; Mate who pretended not to see miserable persons drifting on a raft; Trader balancing budget on the ship's sails for want of paper; Ship's general lack of alacrity and direction.

Focuses on a conflict between the St. Louis Post-Dispatch newspaper and the Missouri House of Representatives. Editorial in the Post Dispatch that criticised the representatives for using state-funded health insurance while voting for cuts in the state's Medicaid budget; Bill passed soon afterward that eliminates tax breaks for newspapers; Claim by the House that the bill was not an act of retribution, but an attempt to close corporate tax loopholes; Battle with Democratic Governor Bob Holden to protect other tax loopholes.

The article presents news briefs for the week of March 13, 1965. Particular attention is given to the domestic and foreign policies of the U.S. Article topics include the U.S. State Department's White Paper on the Vietnam War, the United States dedication to fighting Communism, as well as discussion on a U.S. housing program which would provide jobs for Americans and aid those in need of home.

Presents information on political and social developments in the world with emphasis on political and social developments in the U.S. Information on decision of writer and artist Eugene Victor Thaw to join the editorial staff of the periodical; Scarcity of toothpaste and toilet papers in Nicaragua; Statement that the depoliticization of toilet paper, making its use obsolete and superfluous, would strongly contribute to the relaxation of national tensions; Elimination of toilet paper from the national struggle would be a great step toward the reconciliation of the Nicaraguan family; Reference to the article "What a Meese!" that was published in the January 21 issue of the periodical; Discussion of the article "Washington Wire" related to taxation in the U.S. that was published in the January 30, 1950 issue of the periodical.

Presents information on various articles related to socio-economic issues in the U.S. that were published in several periodicals. Comment on the article "Action Now!" that was published in the June 16 issue of the periodical; Discussion of the article "Russia and the War of Ideas," by L.J. Eddy that was published in July 7 issue of the periodical; Feedback on the article "Create a Second Front!" that was published in July 7 issue of the periodical; View of William Makins, business manager of the British literary monthly Horizon, that only help from the U.S. will sustain the magazine in the face of a very serious situation in the U.S. paper supply; Criticism of the United States Post Office Department's recent practice of destroying tons of foreign literature on the theory that every publisher abroad desiring to use the United States mails must register with the State Department by the American Civil Liberties Union.

Presents information on the political conditions in the United States. Comments on attributes of U.S. President Ronald Reagan's administration; Reference to the budget produced by the budget director, David Stockman; Comment on the hearings held by the Joint Economic Committee of Congress regarding the impact of Reagan programs on the poor; Statement of the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities regarding income and unemployment; Information regarding Reagan's tax changes.

Focuses on the Social Security reform bill of United States President George W. Bush. Report that House Ways and Means Committee Chairman Bill Thomas criticized the Social Security reforms; Praise for former House Ways and Means Committee chairmen Wilbur Mills and Dan Rostenkowski; Report that Thomas won the award for "brainiest" as well as "meanest" in "Washingtonian" magazine's 2004 "Best and Worst of Congress" awards; Reaction of Thomas to Bush's 2001 tax cut; Role of Thomas in the passing of a Medicare prescription-drug bill in 2003.

Comments on the state of labor force in the U.S. Contribution of the changing workforce to the increasing trade deficit; Discrepancy between what the Americans really want and what is being produced in the market; Impact of the decrease in the number of people choosing jobs that require skill and manual labor, such as health care jobs; Implications of shutting down vocational training programs in high schools.

Offers a look at the extent of air pollution in Lewiston, Idaho and Clarkston, Washington caused by the operation of the pulp mills of Potlatch Forest Industries. Information on a report from the U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare based on environmental survey of the towns; Reaction of state agencies to the efforts of the federal government to address the problem; Health problems suffered by the population because of pollution.

Reports that the United States has won its third paper battle at the United Nations. Approval of a modified "Little Assembly"; Opposition of the Soviet bloc to the plan and promise to boycott the assembly; Design of the "Little Assembly" to by-pass the Security Council veto; Dealing with political situations referred to it by the Assembly; Subjects under consideration by the Security Council; Need for the consent of the states involved.

Presents news items published in several periodicals. Tendency of Germans that they do not want to be hung; Information that the U.S. government is sure it can find enough to print the needed next batch of 665 million income-tax blanks despite the paper shortage; Statement that in Chicago, Illinois, the new catalogue of Turtox Products Inc. offers grasshopper eggs at 75 cents a dozen and other dainties at reasonable prices.

The article focuses on several issues related to national debt in the United States. Toward the close of the second session of the 79th Congress in 1946, a group of economy-minded Republicans joined by conservative Democrats succeeded in reducing the statutory limit on the national debt from $300 billion to $275 billion. No one seriously believed that ceilings on the debt would be a major factor in ending deficit financing. The Republicans wanted to place the Democratic President in the position of having to ask Congress for a higher limitation, thus giving them an opportunity to charge the Administration with inept debt management, bankrupting the nation by wild spending, and other fiscal and monetary sins. In the closing days of the first session of the 83rd Congress, with a Republican President in the White House, one of this same GOP economy group. Republican Daniel Reed stood before the House and pled for an increase of the debt limitation to $290 billion. The Republican Administration has reluctantly concluded that paper ceilings on the national debt can thwart the entire operations of a modern government. Economy-minded Senators, when they return either in the fall or in January, will have to face this distasteful fact, too.

Presents information on an advertisement by William Randolph Hearst, U.S. newspaper and magazine publisher, that was printed in several newspapers. Report on the headline of the advertisement being "The Hearst Papers Stand for Americanism and Genuine Democracy"; Announcement of Hearst's publishing principles and his philosophy in the advertisement; Comments of the author on the part of the advertisement saying that the Hearst papers support the American style of government; Information on patriotic approach of Hearst in all conditions; Criticism of Hearst to force his readers into Mexico war through his newspapers; Information on interest of Hearst in writing about the U.S. entering war with Mexico; Report on defensive behavior of Hearst of freedom to assemble; Information on the editorial "Keep the Faith of Our Fathers," published in the journal "The Los Angeles Examiner," on February 24, 1935; Report on disguised reporters as students who went to interview some of the professors at Columbia and Syracuse universities, with instructions to get them to say they were Communists; Comments on the headline of an article "Drive the Reds From the Campus"; Information on Hearst being a great capitalist and owning lots of property; Report on large industries and agricultural land owned by Hearst; Focus on claptrap, triviality, sob stuff and tripe in Hearst's newspapers; Comments on Russian famine, mentioned in newspapers in the U.S.; Information on no mention of a food shortage in the Soviet Union in his articles.

Focuses on the codes adopted by newspapers in the United States regarding what types of medical advertising they will allow in the publication. Definition of medical advertising according to A. J. Cramp, director of the Bureau of Investigation of the American Medical Association; Newspapers which were considered for a survey presented in this article; Rating of newspapers for the amount of pernicious medical advertising; Dominance of cure-all medicines in medical advertising; Allegations made against newspapers that they themselves have created the appetite for sensational news; Ethical behavior of tabloids where medical advertising is concerned; Position of medical advertising in newspapers targeted at African Americans.

Presents information on bias editorials in the presentation of news by several U.S. newspapers, as shown by their handling and reporting in headlines and text of news events. Description of controversial matters such as the Cruiser Bill controversy in Congress and tariff debates; Measurement of the discrepancy between objective facts and news facts; Analysis of 400 issues of seven Pittsburgh newspaper during the steel strike; Development of a project by Carola Woerishoffer Department at Bryn Mawr College to give reliable results from newspaper analysis; Comment that to advocate a policy editorially has been regarded as a proper function of the press; Information on public controversies on which indexes of bias are based.

Presents information on features of the Freedom of Information Act. Statement that the foreign governments fear the undermining of privileged communications; Reference to changes proposed by Federal Bureau of Investigation director, William Webster in the Freedom of Information Act; Information that the Federal Communications Commission had been monitoring Temple communications between Guyana and San Francisco; Argument that under the Freedom of Information Act, the government was required to segregate specific documents relating to a specific criminal charge and release all other materials.

Focuses on the conflict between U.S. President George Bush administration and the Congress regarding the defense budget. Recommendation of the Bush administration to reduce the nation's military budget over five years; Proposal of Representative Les Aspin, chairman of the House Armed Services Committee regarding reduction in the military budget; Criticism of Aspin's threat-based analysis; Information on General Colin Powell's National Military Strategy report.

The article focuses on the Republican Party's influence on the American press. The American press today is pre-dominantly Republican. Democrats and independents have not only the right but the responsibility to point out to the public the bias in the source of their news. Ownership influence upon newspaper content and performance can be very large. Or this influence may be of a much lesser degree, as found by one study of "Midcity Daily," the pseudonym given a real-life paper. Some members of the editing-writing group shared in every decision on printing or not printing the news about "Midcity Daily."

Presents information on several socio-political issues in the U.S. Failure to find the solution of housing problems after the World War II at a conference. Information on the renewal notice from the Curtis Publishing Co.; Objectives of the Fourth Filipino Inter-Community convention that took place in New City Hall; Existence of English-speaking, adaptable and intelligent workers in the small towns of Georgia; Concern shown by the Philadelphia Orchestra Association on the shortage of paper during wartime.

This article presents information on different newspapers, read by the people of the U.S. The article also presents an account of headlines and statements, published in these newspapers, regarding a controversy surrounding the students of Yale University in New Haven, Connecticut. One of the newspaper "San Francisco Chronicle," said that presidential candidate Adlai Stevenson quelled a pushing, pulling mob of Yale students by appealing to their pride as Yale men and Americans." As reader, Francis J. Carr, of Palo Alto, California observes: "The upshot of the whole affair was that apparently the Yale students were in a rather festive mood."

Focuses on the Disarmament Conference which was held in Geneva, Switzerland. Information that the conference gives Germany the theoretical equality of armament with the other Great Powers; View that the conference aim to impress the United States that Europe really is setting its house in order and is therefore entitled to drastic reduction or cancellation of the war debts; Claim that despite the seeming evidence to the contrary, the statesmen assembled at Geneva are not a pack of simpletons.

Focuses on the two new picture magazines, "Life" and "Look." Increase in the demand of both the magazines; View that the U.S. has suddenly gone candid-camera crazy; Enhancement of the attractiveness of such periodicals by adding pictures that are sensational, faintly salacious or gruesome; Description of the April issue of the magazine "Look."

Focuses on the ousting of Seth Lipsky, editor of the newspaper "Jewish Daily Forward," by the board of the Forward Association which owns half of the newspaper. Accusation made by the Forward Association that Lipsky was too conservative; Objectives of the newspaper to give a voice to Jewish immigrants who were streaming into the U.S. from Eastern Europe; Role of the paper in fighting for the working class and associating itself with the labor movement; Endorsement made by Lipsky to the candidacy of U.S. President Bill Clinton.