Is The Worm Turning A Continent Wide Budget Debate
Editorial discusses rising federal spending and bureaucratic growth over a decade. It notes increased civilian government employees, a growing debt, and expanding welfare programs while arguing for more local control and threatened public oversight. Congress retains power over appropriations, preserving people’s influence.
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Ted
United States
Noawer
Conx
Secretary of the Treasury
Congress
Bow amendment cuts five percent from most domestic programs
Republican congressmen praise the Bow amendment added to the federal appropriations bill. It would trim five percent from State Justice and Commerce Department funding for 1968, exempting the FBI. President Johnson sought 2.146 billion for three departments, while the House cut to about 2.0 billion, passing the five percent reduction 171 to -vote.
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vicoFyee
State, Justice and Commerce Departments
FBI
Ident Johnson
House
Comey
William H. Harrison
R-Wyc
Frank T. Bow
Ohio
House Appropriations Committee
Investment advice notes Litton Sperry and National Lead stocks
The message weighs Litton Industries Sperry and National Lead as potential buys with caveats. It suggests Litton for growth over income, notes Sperry and Litton offer little current yield, and references a growth stock Georgia Pacific as a recommended option for education savings.
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Tam
Sto. Litton Industries
Sperry
National
Weil
Neiter Litton
Litton Industrie
Cgril
Cenno
Georgia-Pacifie
Roger Spels
Vow
Rogee
Rowilk
Grand Central Stajlol
New York
Org
wGon
Fee Carp
Hutchins Conference Criticized by Pro American Protest
A Geneva conference organized by Robert Hutchins draws pro-American defense of U S Vietnam policy. Porter McKeever condemns US actions as savage and brutal while Linus Pauling calls the war cruel. European readers mock Hutchins zoo of critics and question the fairness of the panel.
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Geneva
Robert Hutchins
Hutchins
United States
Vietnam
Jong
New York
Porter McKeever
United Nations Association of the
Grant
McKeever
North Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Dr. Pauling
Pauling
Marya Mennes
America
Lyndon John
Soms
Mr. Hutchins
Lyndon Johnson
Sneaky Health Brochure Claims on Joint Disability
William Brady of South Benni, Georgia, promotes a pamphlet on chronic joint disability and nutrition, alleging Osler’s views on rheumatism and pneumonia were misrepresented. The letter praises nutrition, criticizes medical elites, and invites readers to request the booklet with a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Osler
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Joseph Lister
Lonis Pasteur
Denip
Nantes
John Sommer the real Santa Claus of industry
A reader extols John Sommer of Rockford Illinois as the hard working embodiment of the nation’s wealth, arguing top executives labor long hours while Uncle Sam prints no value. He urges support for large corporations, critiques public views on profits and wages, and promotes a booklet offer from Dr. Crane.
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Johan Sommer
Uncle Sam
Santa Claus
Uncle Saw
Congress
Washington
John Sommer
Add Management
Republic
Folklore and the Remembered Tune Across Learning
An essay notes educational rhymes can trap memory of melodies while factual content fades. It cites Walter Damrosch’s classroom tunes and a tale of Schubert and Beethoven melodies recalled with altered words, plus a humorous misheard lyric about a cat and a quip about fish and vacation timing.
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Walter Damrosch
New York
Gounold
Subversive Boy Scouts Exonerated in Czechoslovakia
Former Boy Scout leader Dr Miroslav Strizinek was cleared of treason after serving ten years for translating Boy Scout rules into Slovak. Others convicted in 1952 remain imprisoned or later had sentences reduced to subversion as duress and falsified charges were found. The piece critiques totalitarian control of youth and notes occasional gestures toward the Scouts by communist regimes.
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Communist
Czechoslovakia
Miroslav Strizinek
Strizinek
RIRE
Steameh
Taedin
Taedin Caechoslow ‘Akia and the Other Lands Behind the Ion Curtain
Hve
Spirit
Sonable
Boy Scouts
Amy
Boy Scouts of the Free Nations
Oy Senuts
Soviet Union
Russia
Frontier Police
Hohe Chew
Batie
How Sailors Measure Ship Speed in Yachts and Vessels
The log chip and log line measure speed by knot count as line pays out. Early methods used a half minute timing and a wooden chip, later replaced by the patent log with a spinner towed astern transmitting data to a recorder.
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Martin
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