Pay raise blitz for Congress prompts runaway Senate action
Editorial argues Congress and federal officials face automatic pay hikes after a 1967 advisory commission proposal. Details include pay jumps for members, leaders, justices, cabinet members, and federal aides. Rep. H R Gross fights to force debate and a recorded vote, challenging the process and mobilizing public scrutiny.
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Congress
Senate
Federal Judiciary
House
Chambers
Supreme Court
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
H. R. Gross
Iowa
Rep. Gross
Gross
Thaddeus Dulski
Dn.y
Dulski
Symms Grills Free Trade Flag on Capitol Floor
Rep Steve Symms Idaho argued that US trade with communist nations is not truly free as Moscow often does not pay its bills. He proposed restricting Commodity Credit Corporation funds to finance sales to the Soviet Union and China, but the amendment failed 139 to 24 in the House, highlighting the subsidy driven nature of government backed trade with the communists.
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Steve Symms
Idaho
Congress
U.S
Moscow
Symms
Commodity Credit Corporation
Soviet Union
China
It Can Be Done ABC Tony and Lena Show
Alice Widener lauds ABC for a one hour Tony and Lena musical special starring Tony Bennett and Lena Horne. She praises tasteful production, simple attire, and high quality entertainment free of vulgarity, urging more such quality programming.
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New York City
ABC
Tony
Lena
Tony Bennett
Lena Horne
Miss Horne
Mr. Bennett
Friedrich Nietzwise
Gary Smith
Dwight Hemion
Sentry Insurance Company
Gray Advertising
Edwin T. Vane
ABC Entertainment
Mr. Vane
America
U.S.A
Longevity and the World’s Oldest Men in Remote Mountains
A Phillips Survey piece surveys Shahiri Mislimov’s reported 168 year life in Barzava near the Caspian and reviews Dr. Alexander Leaf’s National Geographic findings on why certain highland populations Hunza Vilcabamba and the Caucasus yield many centenarians. It notes diet activity heredity marriage sex status and cultural respect for elders as longevity factors.
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Washington
KFS
Shirali Mislimov
Barzava
Caspian Sea
Tass
Mislimov
National Geographic
Alexander Leaf
Leaf
Shiral
Soviet Caucasus
Caucasus
Abkhazian
S.S.R
Pakistan
Hunza
China
U.S.S.R
Vilcabamba
Ecuador
Andes
United States
Russia
G. E. Pitzkhelauri
Pitzkhelaard
Himalayas
Pitzkhelauri
Itaian Roseta
America
Roseta
King Features Syndicate
Lights Coming On The Agnew Case And Corruption Rumors
Paul Harvey notes a wave of political scandal as Vice President Agnew faces accusations of hidden income and kickbacks. He links broader bribery and payoffs in local and national government to public distrust, urging accountability while praising the Constitution’s safeguards.
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Agnew
Maryland
Watergate
Baltimore Boondoggle
Hayakawa Speaks on Active Learning and Noisy Classrooms
S L Hayakawa argues learning is an active process not solely from teaching, citing a teen son learning auto mechanics by self-directed exploration. He critiques the quiet classroom ideal, praises productive noise, and praises self driven inquiry over rote exam preparation, with echoes from the University of Chicago Lab School and Dewey influence.
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Alan
Pearl Harbor
George Herbert Mead
University of Chicago Laboratory School
Olga Adams
John Dewey
Miss Adams
Unions Target Virginia In Comeback for 1970s Politics
The piece argues big unionism aims to govern Virginia by pushing to repeal right to work laws and backing governors aligned with labor interests. It cites Broder on labor's influence in November elections and lauds Virginia leadership, referencing Dabney on Mills Godwin and Virginia's tradition of conservatism and prudent state governance.
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David S. Broder
Washington Post
Virginia
New Jersey
U.S
John L. McClellan
Arkansas
Broder
Commonwealth
National Union
Dignity
Virginius Dabney
New Dominion
At Wits End Mustard or Catsup and Morning Talk
A humorous reminiscence from a daily columnist about morning lethargy and family banter. The narrator, slow to speak until after lunch, debates breakfast routines, clothes hampers, and a lunch with Wilma Whiplash who claims the columnist’s wit will shine at their noon meeting at the House of Chicken.
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Wilma Whiplash
House of Chicken
Field Enterprises, Inc
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Robert EB. Jackson
4Ane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Andersen
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Associated Press
Phillips Survey
International Gerontology
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Baltimore
London
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Gen. Fea. Corp
United States of America
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Mills Godwin
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