Democrats Changing Budget Figures Draw Fire in Congress
The piece cites the Joint Committee on Reduction of Federal Expenditures showing increases in the President's budget requests by the House 7.5 billion and the Senate 3.11 billion, with enacted bills adding 2.76 billion. It notes GOP claims of foot-dragging and cites Sen. Hartke proposing a bill with a lifetime cost exceeding 22 billion.
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Carl Albert
Democrat House
White House
U.S. News & World Report
Congress
Albert
Joint Committee On
House
Tive
Senate
GOP House
John B. Anderson
Vance Hartke
Quote of the Week by Rep Ed Foreman
A quotation from Rep Ed Foreman asserts individuals must earn wealth through personal effort not rely on government. It argues that government relies on taxpayers and cannot create wealth, urging recognition of the system’s limits.
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Ed Foreman
R-N.m
Policemen Targeted as Uplift Voice Warns of Rising Killings
A public statement blames officials and citizens for escalating violence against police. It cites two New York officers killed in one week and a recent flurry of police killings, urging stronger support for peace-keeping officers to maintain national stability.
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New York
America
Yale’s Confederate money collection valued at about $100000
Yale University gains a large stash of Confederate currency. about 9,000 notes and related paper form a major collection now worth roughly $100,000 in today’s market. The irony is clear as inflation makes the historic notes comparatively valuable.
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Yale University
Yale
Watch and see a bird come out a pretty little show
Folklore recounts a photo scene with a child at a candy counter and a nickel purchase of the world. A clerk questions hygiene and a boy answers with a wry joke about a fence around it. An older visitor asks about future plans and the reply is diet. American Saying: Locks cost less than regrets.
New York City Welfare Debate and Fiscal Strains
Alice Widener reports on June 1970 NYC relief figures showing 1 077 989 residents on welfare, dominated by AFDC related categories, with the city facing tax and service pressure. The piece attacks Mayor Lindsay and Liberal Party critics, linking population decline to welfare roles and condemning perceived policy failures across city departments.
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New York City
U.S
John V. Lindsay
Washington, D.C
Liberal Party
Lindsay
Ferment in American Society Drives Hard Questioning
In postwar America the public sovereignty is questioned as bureaucracies grow and citizens push for control. The piece analyzes rebellions from Wallaceites, the new left, Black activists, and student movements, noting reforms pressure on corporations, churches, schools, and universities.
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Richard Harwood Washington
Walter Lippman
Bismarck
Napoleon III
Vietnam
America
General Motors
Discrimination at Fort Pierce Burial Denies Negro Vet
The Hillcrest Memorial Gardens refused Specialist 4 Pondexter E. Williams, 20, a Vietnam casualty, burial in his mother's chosen cemetery due to white-only plot restrictions. Army chaplain noted the service would have included full military honors at her chosen site. Civil rights tensions remain amid lingering segregation attitudes.
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Fort Pierce
Fla
Hillcrest Memorial Gardens
Pondexter E. Williams
Williams
Vietnam
Pondexter Williams
Army
Weldon Wright
Kokoma Tribune
Senate faces clash over 18 billion Independent Offices bill
Washington observes a looming Senate confrontation as the vetoed 18 billion dollar Independent Offices and Housing bill must be rewritten in the House and trimmed by about 500 million before Senate revision. Debates center on shifting funds to NASA and urban renewal, housing, and hospitals, with notable figures weighing future space research against current social needs.
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Senate
Department of Housing and Urban Affairs
House
NASA
HUD
Gordon Allen
Goodell
Church
Cooper
Eagleton
Fulbright
Gore
Hart
Hartke
Hughes
Percy
Harrison Williams
Peaceniks
Bleeding
Hearts
Softies
Joe Evins
Tennessee
United States
Lyndon Johnson
FDR
Great Society
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Blue Collar Workers Switch Political Affection in 1970
A Nixon era shift appears as blue-collar workers show signs of moving toward the Republicans. May New York construction protests and a White House meeting with 23 unions, plus a Shultz-led study, highlight worries over wage plateau, job competition, and declining status for labor. The piece notes the working class’ conservative tendencies and the GOP’s challenge to reassure labor gains.
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Washington
New York
Vietnam
Nixon
White House
Nixon White House
George P. Shultz
Secretary of Labor
Office of Managements and Budget
Shultz
Democratic Party
At Wits End Refutes Mouthwash Claims and Social Fears
A 1970 field piece satirically imagines a world warped by overbearing health warnings. It riffs on pollution crime and looming social decay while mocking FDA allegations against mouthwash makers. The narrator imagines absurd societal shifts from eradicating bad breath to garlic ghettos.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
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