Editorial: Trust Fund Misuse by Washington Officials
The piece condemns diversion of federal gasoline tax revenue from the Highway Trust Fund to mass transit and urban projects. It cites Gov. Whitcomb criticizing federal plundering of road and street funds, arguing Indiana taxpayers deserve highways, not urban-centered reallocation. It likens misappropriation to private embezzlement and urges preservation of highway construction priorities.
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Washington
Highway Trust Fund
New York
Detroit
Chicago
Los Angeles
Edgar D. Whitcomb
International Bridge, Tunnel and Turnpike Association
San Francisco
United States
Indiana
Is Your Offspring Ready for Kindergarten
A personal essay argues against universal daycare and early schooling. It notes Monica, the author’s daughter, will enter kindergarten next September due to a nearby, well taught program. The piece defends home instruction, questions day care, and emphasizes nurturing, concentration, and reading at home over institutional schooling.
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Monica
Pal
Buckingham Palace Road
Grandmaison’s Alley
Clinton Wallace
Bayh Pushes Federal Institute for Juvenile Justice Control
Indiana senator Birch Bayh proposes a federal Institute for Continuing Studies of Juvenile Justice costing six million dollars over three years. The plan would collect and disseminate juvenile justice data and train personnel with an advisory commission. Critics say most cases fall under state and local courts, not federal authority.
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Indiana
Birch Bayh
House
Bayh
Wages And Dividends Contrast In Corporate Stakes
U.S. government figures show that most firms pay out more than ten times in wages salaries and employee benefits as they do in dividends to stockholders. If a company falters, stockholders may lose dividends, but employees may lose their jobs and their means of living.
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Little David
Susan
Mama
Gen
Fea. Corp
U.S
At Wits End With Old Cereal Boxes
A humorous 1972 Field Enterprises gag recalls a family’s cereal hoard. After years of half eaten boxes, a breakfast declaration ends purchases until opened cereal is eaten. The tale wryly traces costs, misadventures, and a drastic grocery trip.
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Field Enterprises, Inc
Order in the Senate Faces Washington Turmoil
Holmes Alexander analyzes rising tensions in the U S Senate as re election concerns split along party lines. He notes waning decorum, procedural wrangling, and the challenge of maintaining formality amid new members and floor fights.
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Senate
Washington, D.C
U.S. Senate
Congress
McGovern
South Dakota
Javits
N.Y
Baker
Tenn
Allen
Alabama
Dominick
Colorado
Kennedy
Massachusetts
Byrd
West Virginia
Pastore
Rhode Island
Sen
Elaine Edwards
D-La
Washington
Buckley
New York
Arizona
Barry Goldwater
Courtly Douglas
Illinois
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Court in Transition Weighs Nixon Court Balance and Fate
The National Review weighs President Nixon’s claim of a balanced court after 5 to 4 rulings and compares the potential impact of further Nixon appointees to FDR’s Court-packing era. It notes the risk of eroding legitimacy if the Court shifts too far from stability and discusses past Civil War and New Deal-era decisions.
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Nixon
Supreme Court
U.S
National Review
Burger Court
Burger
Blackmun
Powell
Rehnquist
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Tennessee Valley Authority
Roosevelt
Washington
Earl Warren
Charles Evans Hughes
Americans Abroad In Moscow On Cultural Exchange
The United States Information Agency runs a six city exhibit program in the USSR, pairing young American guides with Soviet visitors. The program aims to explain through demonstrations and dialogue, handling ideological questions with explanations rather than answers. Moscow’s cultural czar Madame Furtseva hints at Soviet control, joking that a novel could be published in Russia if it tells the truth.
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Moscow
United States Information Agency
Voice of America
U.S
Donetsk
Ukraine
Mao Tse-tung
Russia
George Wallace
United States
United
Angela Davis
America
Miss Davis
Czechoslovakia
Vietnam
London Daily Worker
Paris Herald Tribune
Sears & Roebuck
Madame Furtseva
Willmoor
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Kirk
United Feature Syndicate, Inc
U. S
Nixori
THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Indiane
Beth Tn
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
William F. Buckley
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