Penn Central faces end of the line as bailout talks loom
Editorial assesses the Penn Central bankruptcy three years after collapse began. Court set a Monday deadline to secure federal aid or face liquidation on October 31, with payroll fears and potential November shutdowns looming. Congress potential options range from subsidies to nationalization opposed by the administration.
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Penn Central Railroad
Penn Central
Congress
Albert Fink
Nixon
Department of Transportation
Transportation
Claude S. Brinegar
Interstate Commerce Commission
Vance Hartke
Dind
Senate
Business Week
Dispatch
Agnew Should Resign Says Phillips Survey
Phillips Survey argues Vice President Spiro Agnew is essentially incapable of fulfilling his duties and that White House infighting over his fate harms the nation. It calls for Agnew to resign and notes GOP leaders and Democrats weigh a successor, with urgency to act. The piece also critiques Nixon White House weaknesses highlighted by Watergate.
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Washington
KFS
Spiro Agnew
White House
Agnew
Express
Victor Gold
Republican Party
Nixon White House
John Connelly
Nelson Rockefeller
Mel Laird
Connally
King Features Syndicate
Boston Streets A Chinese Puzzle To The Native Driver
Lowell Ponte compares Boston streets to a Chinese puzzle with one way streets detours and few signs. He notes flashing green signals confusing natives and visitors, double parking, and a ghost town south of town amid a Cape Cod bumper sticker scene.
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Boston
Mass
Beantown
Salem
Massachusetts
Harvard
Cape Cod
Atlantic
Europe
Nixon
Springfield
New York
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Senators push October federal pay raise against White House plan
Sens Gale McGee and Hiram Fong introduce a resolution seeking a multi million dollar federal military pay raise in October rather than December. The move tests Nixon’s two thirds vote hurdle and its impact on annuities and pensions for retirees tied to CPI data. Retirees expect minimum increases around 4.4 percent with August CPI at 135.1, potentially triggering automatic boosts.
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Washington
Gale McGee
Dwho
Hiram Fong
Hawaii
Senate
Nixon
Bureau of Labor Statistics
McGee
Fong
White House
Wyoming
Pentagon
Write Your Legislators Addresses In Washington
Listing of congressional offices with room numbers in the Senate and House buildings. Mentions Sen Birch Bayle Jr Rep David Dennis Rep Elwood Hillis Rep William Bray and districts including Medison Delaware Henry Tipton Hamilton Hancock and Great Tipton. Includes addresses in Washington DC 20510 and 20515 for district representation.
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Sen
Birch E. Bayle Jr
Senate
Washington, D.C
David W. Dennis
Wwon
D.C
Medison
Delaware
Henry
Elwood A. Hillis
Longworth
Great Tipton
Hamilton
William G. Bray
Rayburn
Hencock
BEING YOUNG NOT FUN ANY MORE IN 18 AGE RIGHTS
Politicians courted young voters with 18 rights promises while noting new burdens. Emancipated18-year-olds face lawsuits liability, property ownership limits, and high insurance costs. Juries, child support, and credit access shift. Mental health needs among youth rise as affluence grows.
Common Market Comecon currency idea eyed in Europe
Alice Widener notes a hidden discussion of a Common Market Comecon currency backed by gold. She cites EEC Comecon talks, dollar convertibility limits, and possible shifts in global power as Western banks and governments weigh detente and a new monetary system.
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New York City
International Monetary Fund
Nairobi
Kenya
Europe
Washington, D. C
Comecon
United States
European Economic Community
EEC
Soviet Union
East Europe
Czechoslovakia
Kredietbank of
Brussels
Common Market Executive Commission
U.S
Russia
France
de Gaulle
Atlantic
Urals
Africa
Latin America
Asia
U.S.A
Troubled career of Elliott Richardson as Attorney General
Holmes Alexander reflects on Elliott Richardson’s turbulent path from Health, Education and Welfare to Defense and Justice. He notes Richardson’s aging prospects for a national nomination, the pressure from Democrats during confirmation, and Cox’s ascent as Special Prosecutor while Richardson became a diminished figure in the Nixon era.
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United States
United States of America
Washington, D.C
Elliot Richardson
Department of Sickness, Ignorance
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Harvard
Mitchell and Kleindienst
Richardson
Senate Judiciary Committee
Hart
Tunney
Archibald Cox
D-Mass
Cox
Marbles
K Street
Agnew
Justice Department
Nixon- Agnew
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
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John Connally
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THE
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Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
India
George D. Crittenserger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert &. Jackson
Meneger
4Ane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Peld Et Andersen
Indiene
Indiana
Associated Press
York
Lowell Ponte
By Mike Causey
Paul Harvey News
Tom Sawyer
Harvey Polly
Tom and Tuck
States
American Medical Assn
Huck Finn
Waltons
Gen. Fea. Corp
Alice Widener
Holmes Alexander
Department of
Defense Department
Melvin Laird
Rogers
State Department
Henry Kissinger
GOP
Alexander
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