Tax Money and Poverty Funds Fund Brooklyn Grocery Claim
Editorial argues federal poverty funds finance a nonprofit Brooklyn grocery under the Office of Economic Opportunity. It cites Barron’s on the store and quotes Congressman Roudebush denouncing subsidized competition with private business and calling for scrutiny of poverty programs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard L. Roudebush
U.S. Office of Economic Opportunity
New York
Barron’s
Cong
Roudebush
Sargent Shriver
Pri
Brooklyn
Tax Increase Debate and Spending Skepticism
The article outlines White House push for a large income tax hike after the debt limit rise and criticizes ongoing spending. It cites NSF grants of 41 700 for lizard behavior research and 14 000 for fruit fly studies in Thailand and the Philippines as examples of taxpayer funded expenditures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
White House
Panama Canal Sovereignty Deal Sparks Uproar
Danger signals rise as negotiations reportedly yield Panama control over the canal to Panama. Critics call it a sell out of the Western Hemisphere trade and defense keystone and warn of imperialism and increased vulnerability to communism. Premier Kosygin and Castro's Havana talks are cited as context for the strategic stakes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Canal
Panama
Kosygin
Russia
Castro
Havana
Quote of the Week on Soviet arms shipments to Cuba
Carl T. Rowan cites exclusive claim that Russia has sharply increased arms shipments to Cuba with more than 20 000 tons delivered in recent months. The piece questions Kosygin’s remarks and asks why Moscow does not free captive nations and renounce world domination in pursuit of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carl T. Rowan
The
Washington Star
Cuba
Free Cuba News
Kosygin
Europe
State Department
SWITCH STOCKS TO FIT YOUR NEEDS
A reader asks how to rebalance a portfolio containing American Can Tenneco General Motors and others. Roger Spear recommends holding American Can and Tenneco while selling weaker performers and buying Walgreens American Home Products and Union Oil of California.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roger
Spear
American Can
Bethlehen Steel
National Tea
Tennece
Lone Star Cement
General Motors
Pacific Petroleum
Walgreen
Amrican Home Products
Union Oil
California
Tracor
Varo
R.L
Texas
Tracer
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
Grand Central Station
New York
N.Y
Fea. Corp
Left shifts as crisis tests Jewish role in Middle East
A Spectator piece argues the English left, historically pro Jewish emancipation, shifts toward sympathy for Arab states amid the Arab Israeli war. It notes Jewry’s minority status under democracy and criticizes pro totalitarian and anti Western stances while naming figures like Nyerere Gandhi Thorpe and parties in debate.
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London
Prestigis Spectator
Tiber Seamutly
Reading University
England
Szamuely
Szarauely
Buckley
New Left
Israel
Nyerere
Gandhi
New Statesman
Nasser
Jeremy Thorpe
Jerusalem
Bowling Greens and Recreation Advice From Br Brady
A reader asks about Bowling Green and bowling options in Wisconsin and abroad. Dr Brady promotes lawn bowling as a healthful hobby and urges communities to provide bowling greens alongside other public facilities. He also notes constitutional precepts and comments on postwar UN work and social attitudes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tere
United States
Canada
100 More Days Vision With Dr Crane Case
A 98 year old bank executive known as Dr Crane recounts a near death experience during tumor surgery that shifts his view to beauty and sound. He urges families to discuss imagined extra days and to broaden moral perspective, promoting religious renewal and imagination at dinner.
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Terry L
Dr. Crane
Crane
Terry
Folklore and the Press Stringing Beginnings in Wartime
An editor recalls a quirky misspelling and a junior journalist dreamer seeking Mideast work. A WADE association official recounts a young graduate’s bid for field assignment and the tough bar of experience versus enthusiasm in wartime journalism. A government-printed speech is noted as a public domain item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Asea- Wade Ciation
Mideast
Middle East
Tel Aviv
Salt Lake City
London
Bush bill would halt aid to Arab states cutting ties with U S
Rep George Bush of Texas proposes a House measure blocking military or economic aid to any country that severed relations with Washington since January 1. The piece argues such action would affect Algeria Sudan Iraq Yemen Egypt Mauritania and Syria and favors increasing aid to Jordan as a practical alternative.
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George Bush
Texas
House of Representatives
United States
Washington
Algeria
Sudan
Iraq
Yemen
Egypt
Mauritania
Syria
State Department
America
Gerald Ford
House
Nasser
Israel
Jordan
Tmussein
Palestine Liberation
Strait of Tiran
Atlantic Crossing Records For Steamers and Modern Ships
James B Martin notes there were few official Atlantic crossing records before 1900 and asks if any still stand. He cites the James Baines 1831 as the long held sailing circumnavigation record at 132 days, the Baltic 1852 as the fastest steam cross at 14 knots, and the SS United States 1952 over three days six hours at 35 knots.
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Martin
Cunard Line
Panama Canal
Tiye
James Baines
Columbus
United States
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Anderson Herald
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George D. Chittenbenger
Marruet W. Tower
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner
Scott Provident
Charis WF. Laughlin
Raymond A. Eid
Treequr
Indiana
Kerala
Harald
Brady's Health Service
William Brady
Wisconsin
Paradise
Milwaukee
Racine
Wawatose
Durban
Natal
South Africa
United States of America
Dr. Brady
el Camino
South
Drerry Hills
United Nations
Essa
Scrooge
Folklore
William Wede
By Russell Kirk
Palestine
King Hussein
Gen
Fea, Corp
James B. Martin
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