Montezuma County Faces Welfare Funding Clash and National Debate
Montezuma County Colorado with Cortez as county seat faces a welfare funding clash as the state seeks to expand staff and the federal government threatens to withhold 80 percent of Colorado welfare payments. Local voters and independent business people show mixed views on a revenue-sharing plan amid tax limits and a dispute over added welfare costs.
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Montezuma County
Colorado
National Federation of Independent Business
Colorado Department of Social Services
State of
Weld County
Board of Supervisors
Cortez
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Is there a U S policy for Africa in Nixon report
The author argues Nixon’s February Report to Congress on U S Foreign Policy for the Seventies offers only a scant, general policy toward Africa. He says American views are shaped by outdated images from National Geographic and Tarzan and ignore Africa’s rising concerns under white regimes and nationalist movements.
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U.S
Africa
Dakar
Senegal
Congress
Nixon
Yesteryear
Zambia
Rhodesia
Britain
France
George
Gegraphic
Geographic
The
Tarzan
Black Africa
Republic of South Africa
King Features Syndicate
Improvements Since Henry VIII in British Governance
Holmes Alexander argues that the British system was arbitrary and cruel in its past, drawing parallels with modern revolutions and Cold War tensions. He notes the evolution through public opinion, the role of communication, and the moral impact of empire on American presence, urging a balanced view of disarmament and power.
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Washington, D.C
Russia
China
Adam Smith
Cuba
Henry the Eighth
Elizabeth
Prince Philip
South
Vietnam
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Population growth and America’s future fate debated
In a reflective column Anthony Harrigan argues demographic shifts shape world events from settlement to modern migrations. Garrett Hardin warns America risks decline if it pursues zero growth or surrenders territory through a one world concept, urging a strategy balancing population limits with aid to the hungry and restraint on global ambitions.
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North America
Atlantic Seaboard
California
Afro-Asia
Latin America
United States
Garrett Hardin
University of California At Santa Barbara
Science
American Association For the Advancement of Science
America
Hardin
Red China
Judicial Restraint in Courts and Interspousal Immunity Ruling
A reflection on whether courts should interpret law or shape it, sparked by Indiana Brooks vs Robinson and Michigan’s stance on interspousal immunity. Chief Justice Hoffman warns that ignoring precedent for social change risks undermining the rule of law and separation of powers. The piece urges restraint and adherence to statutes and precedents.
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Felix Frankfurter
United States Supreme Court
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Brooks Vs. Robinson
Michigan
Supreme Court
Indianapolis
George B. Hoffman Jr
Hoffman
Brooks
My Brother and Buckley on Nixon and the Senate
A columnist muses on Conservative support for Nixon amid foreign policy debates. The piece discusses Buckley and his brother William F Buckley Jr and includes a reader letter from Buffalo criticizing a Laugh-In appearance. The exchange ends with a wink at family responsibility in the Senate.
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National Review
Buckley
Lockheed
Rome
Daily American
James F. Buckley Jr
Buffalo
New York
Senate
William F. Buckley Jr
Tax on polluters or shared cleanup burden
Congress returns to hear a White House push for a tax on polluters but experts warn simple fixes fail to address the bulk of pollution. Industry claims most funds already go to cleanup while municipalities farming and natural sources drive 80 percent of water pollution, requiring long range planning and measured action.
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Congress
White House
Four Corners
New Mexico
Washington
Gen. Fea. Corp
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Phillips
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
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Anderson
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
Hussy
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Anthony Harrigan
United States of America
By Russell Kirk
Richard Nixon
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
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