New Veterans Benefit Law Expands GI Bill Provisions
Editorial notes the Veterans Readjustment Benefits Act of 1966 implements educational aid with eight year limits for many veterans and lower monthly cash grants than earlier programs. It expects 251,009 beneficiaries monthly, rising to 413,000 by 1970, and cites cost projections and the wartime education impact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Johnson
Viet Nam
America
Veterans Administration
One Man Picket Lines Against Ugly Federal Courthouse
John Haysman led a solitary protest in Berkeley against the planned San Francisco federal courthouse calling the building ugly. He argued public facilities should combine beauty with utility, citing Washington’s costly but plain House Office Building as a пример of poor architectural imagination.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Haysman
San Francisco
Berkeley
New House
Washington
Houseman
San Francisco Federal
Hausman
Successful Investing Questions and Stock Advice
Roger Spear discusses Anglo-Lautaro nitrate stock and First National Stores in responses to readers. He cautions high yield stocks carry risk, notes Chilean production by Anglo-Lautaro and potential nationalization risk, and recommends income focus for First National Stores while signaling Jewel Tea as a growth option.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anglo-Lautaro
Chile
Guggenheim
First National
New England
New York
Jewel Tea
Roger Spear
Hoger & Spear
Grand Central Station
N.Y
Fea, Corp
Colleges, Draft, and National Policy Clash
The dean calls recent college protests against the Viet Nam war and draft procedures phony. Universities must cooperate with Selective Service for exemptions, testing standards, and information sharing to implement national policy despite campus criticisms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Selective Service Boards
John
College A
College B
City College of New York
Viet Nam
C.C.N.Y
University of Michigan
Central Intelligence Agency
National Defense Education
National Defense
Robert Hutchins
Washington Star Syndicate, Inc
Deafness Blessings and a Tiny Hearing Aid Tale
A reader recalls experimenting with a miniature hearing aid and the impact of deafness on daily life. He describes visiting a distant doctor, the gadget’s brief usefulness, and a humorous old physiology anecdote about pork and beans. Dr Brady invites brief letters on health questions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo Medical School
Los Angeles
Buck Passing Origin Story From Adam And Eve
The columnist links the phrase the buck stops here to Adam and Eve in Eden arguing that Eve persuaded Adam into tasting the forbidden fruit. It argues buck passing is an ancient habit, with examples from biblical dialogue and modern behavior including mothers, fathers, and even drivers. The note ends with a request for a stamped self addressed envelope and 25 cents for Dr Crane’s psychological charts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brady
Willam Brady
Camino
Beverly Hills
California
Truman
Homer M. Cole
Adam
Eve
Adams
John Barleycorn
Crane
Mellor. Ind
Debate Over Vietnam Spelling and Word Usage
The United Press International notes DoD favors Viet Nam spelling while AP accepts the Pentagon stance. A Middlesboro editor asks if Nam should be pronounced Jam or Nam Like Tom. A California pilot urges avoiding the word bomb and suggests substitutes to reduce harm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Press International News Service
Department of Defense
Vietnam
DOD
Viet Nam
Rex Bailey
Middlesboro
Daily News
Nam
Robert C. Bleson
Sant Mateo
Calif
Airling
Commencement address urges duty over diversions for Molloy College grads
A commencement speaker at Molloy College Long Island urges graduates to seek vocation and duty rather than pursuing mere careers or rights. He cites John Henry Newman and warns that emancipation without duty leads to a lonely unsatisfying life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Molloy Catholic College For
Long Island
Molloy
John Henry Newman
Zion
Gen
Fea, Corp
Constitution Preamble Improper Text Summary
The passage presents the United States Constitution preamble asserting aims of union justice tranquility defense welfare and liberty for current and future generations. It introduces the foundational purpose of governance and national goals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States of America
Three French Fleets Aided Washington in Revolutionary War
The text outlines three French fleets aiding Gen. Washington. d Estaing under Hood and Rochambeau led expeditions against Britain, with De Grasse entering Chesapeake Bay to lure British ships away from Yorktown. Cornwallis surrendered later, and De Grasse defeated Hood's squadron off Dominica in 1782.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
d'Estaing
Rochambeau
America
Thomas Graves
Andre
Benedict Arnold
Arnold
Fae Martin
Admiral de Grasse
Chesapeake
Bay
Hood
Yorktown
Waterloo
Cornwallis
Rodney
de Grasse
Dominica
France
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THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers
Ins
George C. Crittenberger
Frasident
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner
Scott Charles W. Laughain
Rowan A. Bailey
Crow Pavsage
Andaran
Indiena
Madison
Indiana
Associated Press
Aveciotad
Ose
Newipg
Harald
Shane
INCKE
Buckley
Brady's Health Service
William Wade
Pentagon
Opt Viet
Voetilke McNamara
Namagin Tom
Wade
By Russell Kirk
By James B. Martin
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