Hurting The Little Guys A Call To End Farm Subsidy Bureaucracy
An editorial criticizes the federal crop subsidy and price support system begun in 1943. It cites large payouts to big operators and corporations, compares totals with small farmers in Madison County, and urges dismantling the program to reduce tax waste and aid free enterprise. It notes examples from 1966 and advocates electing lawmakers to end the bureaucracy.
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Madison County
Reader's Digest
Paul Findley
Mllnois
Sue
USDA
Findley
Hawagiian Commercial & Sugar Co. Sfifonalulu
Cor
Corati
Calif
American Farm Bureau Federation
Bureau
Absolete Progem
Sugarland
Texas
United States Department of Agriculture
Congress
Republican leaders question Johnson policy and Vietnam war
Republican House Leader Gerald Ford and Senate GOP Leader Everett Dirksen pressed President Johnson at a Capitol Hill briefing citing domestic turmoil and a perceived foreign policy failure. They warned of rising crime costs and deficits while criticizing the administration for prolonging the Vietnam war and bungling domestic programs. Senator Fulbright also seeks a formal review of Vietnam policy.
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House
Gerald Ford
Senate Gop
Everett Dirksen
Dirksen
Vietnam
Ford
Johnson-Humphrey
Kennedy
LBJ
Fulbright
Investment Advice Letters from Roger Spear Column
Readers discuss investing in IBM and Boeing, with one urging a cautious single share purchase of IBM and a larger position in Boeing. A widow seeks guidance on a $10,000 insurance securities stake and plans for a secure future, with a recommendation to hold and consider converting part of savings into an annuity.
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Insurance & Securities, Inc
Roger Spear
Roger
Spear
Anderson Herald
Hox
Grand Central Station
New York
Tal
Gen
Fea, Corp
North Vietnam leaders forecast long costly victory road
The piece notes Hanoi and Washington share a view on the war's drawn out, bloody path. It also mentions Howard Hughes funding a Nevada future plan and political debates over Adlai Stevenson as a Senate candidate. A drug official argues jail fear could curb LSD use, and a constitutional preamble is quoted.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Washington
Thitais
Adlai Stevenson
Senate
LBJ
Vietnam
Peregrine Worsthorne shifts stance on Vietnam debate
The London press column notes Peregrine Worsthorne of The Sunday Telegraph abandons anti American arguments and suggests doubt about continuing the Vietnam war. It cites his reasons, contrasts with The Telegraph’s stance, and warns against full retreat from Southeast Asia.
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Worsthorne
Southeast Asia
Philip Drunk
Aq Asia
America
South Vietnam
Smte Hing
United States
Saigon
Peregrine Worslkome
U.S
Red Hina
Soviet Russia
Mr. Worsthorne
East Berlin
West Berlin
Asia
Vietnam
Sunday Telegraph
Coventry
Winston Churchim
Dunkirk
Guyope
Britain
Osler Denied Nutrition Link In Chronic Rheumatism Claim
A verbose critique argues no medicine proves effective for chronic rheumatism while promoting a nutrition based regimen sold for 35 cents. It claims arthritis lacks a medical definition and warns relief is temporary without continued adherence. The author dismisses vitamins and supplements as unnecessary, urging daily regimen intake.
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Uta
Arthritis ‘and
Osler
Fife
Weight loss advice and marriage romance in a curious clinic column
A reader asks about marital intimacy and obesity affecting romance. The columnist mocks dieting extremes, urging demeaning weight loss schemes and dehydration plans while portraying a doctor-promoted program and psychological charts for personal advice.
Scofflaw term traced from Prohibition to traffic violators
The piece traces scofflaw from late 1920s prohibition use to general lawbreaker and chronic traffic violator, noting a newspaper headline about the 2 percent of scofflaws monopolizing violations. It also discusses word variants Allegany Allegheny and places in New York and Pennsylvania and ends with an American Saying about thieves.
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Miter
Associated Press
Avriciotad Peon
Ob Welt
AP Nevi Distatelan
Scofflaw
Allegany
Alléghany
Allegheny
Allegany County
New York State
New York
Alleghany
Pennsylvania
Monongahela
Academics Seek Congress in California and Beyond
The article notes several educators and administrators, including Dr. Max Rafferty and Dr. William Teague, planning runs for Congress as Republicans. Rafferty, California state superintendent, seeks the U S Senate seat of incumbent Thomas Kuchel amid party tensions and educational reform credentials. Teague, Pepperdine College vice president, runs in California's 34th district, facing a close November race.
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Congress
Rafferty
U. S. Senate
Sen
Thomas Kochel
Parry
Kochel
I Mas Rafferty
Washingdon
Diuil
Federal Office of Education
Teague
Pepperdine College
Los Angeles
California
Harbor Freeway
Walls
Pepperdine
Mth
Dr. Teague
Johnson
Greenwich zero longitude and the Observatory history
Greenwich Observatory in London established to determine longitude by lunar tables. In 1675 the observatory began daily solar photographs, with key work on sunspots from 1873. Notable discoveries include Neptune and Uranus satellites via a 24 inch telescope and historic astronomers associated with the site.
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Hamilton
Indianapolis
Greenwich
Greenwich Observatory
Charles
London
England
Thames River
Martin the Observatory
Neptune
Obervatory
William Lassell
Emmand Hatley
Halley
S. Paul's Cathedral
Harstmonceaut Castle
East Sussex
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Clary Portage
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Comnieg
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de Merthy
Herald
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Rabe
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Mabel
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Folklore
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