Taxpayer Bill Seeks To Bar Lame Duck Trips Abroad
Congressman David W. Dennis co signs a bill with Rep. Robert H. Michel to bar use of public funds for foreign travel by lame duck senators and representatives. The measure targets trips after retirement or during primary and general elections, urging oversight and citizen support to curb wasteful spending.
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David W. Dennis
House of Representatives
Robert H. Michel
R-Ill
Dennis
Congress
Congressional Committee
Cong
National Council of Churches Voted For Amnesty Stand
The NCC General Board in Dallas urged U S amnesty for Indochina War deserters and civil disobedients in a 91 to 16 vote with five abstentions. It called amnesty a blessed act of oblivion and questioned whether church affiliates share the stance.
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National Council of Churches
Dallas
Gallup
National Council of Churchs
NCC Board
U. S
General Board of
The
NCC
Phillips and Wallace Shape White House Strategy for 1970s
The piece argues the Nixon administration aims to consolidate Wallace voters through policy shifts. It highlights plans to slim HEW HUD agencies, curb tax-exempt and social foundation activity, and reform housing and busing. It notes Webster’s tax expertise and broad budget cuts as signs of Republican economic pivot.
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Wallace
Washington
KFL
John N. Mitchell
George
Cornelia Wallace
White House
Alabama
Potomac
HUD
YAF
Howard Phillips
Young Americans For Freedom
Phillips
OEO
Ford
Rockefeller
Carnegie
U.S
Nixon
Internal Revenue
George Webster
Webster
Warren
Michigan
George Romney
Samuel Lubell
South
U.S. Supreme Court
GOP
Republican Party
King Features Syndicate
Jewels in Dancing and Program Notes From New York City Ballet
Alice Widener reports on the New York City Ballet three act Jewels at Lincoln Center sold out. The program includes Colette Dowling article Russian Notebook with dancer comments on life in the USSR and reflections on shopping equality and training paths in ballet.
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New York City
New York City Ballet
New York State Theater
Lincoln Center
NYC Ballet
Colette Dowling
Soviet Union
Miss Dowling
Sara Leland
Christine Redpath
Russia
Dancer Meg
Christine
New York City Ballet Company
Nixon Says He Got a Message to Reform Government
President Nixon claims a message inspired reform as Congress moved in opposite direction. He envisions a streamlined White House with limited cabinet roles and expanded executive power, while Congress and the judiciary resist and raise questions of constitutional authority.
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Nixon
Washington, D. C
Joan of Arc
House
Senate
Washington
Congress
Walter Hickel
White House
Rogers Morton
Morton
John Whitaker
Richard Nixon
Whitaker
Executive
Pennsylvania Avenue
John Ehrlichman
Postal Service
Legislative Branch
Johnson
Judiciary
Capitol Hill
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Sweden the new totalitarian warning in Huntford critique
The piece reviews Roland Huntford’s The New Totalitarians arguing Sweden’s Social Democratic state curbs individual freedom under a six digit personal number and mass schooling while offering cradle to grave welfare. Palme defends policy but Huntford warns of conformity and centralized control.
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Steffens
Sweden
Washington
Soviet Union
Lincoln Steffens
Bernard Baruch
Moscow
Nikita Khrushchev
Politburo
Stalin
Beria
Hanoi
Vietnam
America
Roland Huntford
London
Observer
Stockholm
Huntford
Social Democratic
Tweedledum
Tweedledee
Olof Palme
Palme
Haiphong
Persecution of Buddhist Scholars in the Soviet Union
The article details trials and arrests of Buddhist scholars in the Soviet Union including Bidia Dandaron, accusing them of founding a sect. It argues Kremlin fear of Chinese power drives repression of Buddhist minorities in regions like Buriatia, noting past imprisonments and alleged absurd charges. It criticizes international bodies for limited action.
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Soviet Asia
Narakov
Bidia Dandaron
Soviet Union
Soviet Socialst Republic
Kremlin
Dandaron
United Nations
World Council of Churches
Portugese Africa
Ceylon
Soviet Empire
United States
U.S.S.R
Gen
Fea. Corp
Navy to axe hundreds in RIF layoffs at ships and bases
Federal Diary reports Navy planned reductions in force to trim overhead, with Philadelphia Shipyard cutting 263 workers and 272 more by attrition, plus cuts at Mare Island, Norfolk, Charleston, Boston, Puget Sound, Long Beach, Pearl Harbor and others. Several bases face smaller layoffs and some 9,000 layoff potential remains as Vietnam de-escalates. Army and Air Force also pursue attrition under a Nixon freeze aimed at lowering total Defense personnel below one million.
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Washington
Navy
RIFS
Pentagon
Army
Air Force
AIF
Philadelphia Naval
Bainbridge Training Center
Mare Island Shipyard
Calif
Norfolk Shipyard
Charleston Shipyard
Boston Shipyard
Puget Sound
Long
Naval Training Support Center
San Diego
Key West
Fla
Naval Station
Naval Postgraduate School
Monterey
Nixon
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Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
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Indiana
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Robert E. Jackson
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
Harriet W. Toner
Alice Widener
Gordon
Tbilisi
M&M’s
Ussr
U.S.A. Syndicate
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
United States of America
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Buriat Autonomous Republic
Lake Baikal
Siberia
China
Red China
Kirk
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