Nixon faces tax reform push ahead of Tuesday deadline
President Nixon prepares to address Congress with tax reform ideas aimed at closing loopholes and boosting revenue. The move follows scrutiny of high earners paying lower effective rates, while industry and fiscal policymakers warn on inflation and domestic program funding.
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Potomac pollution blamed as disgrace by Hickel
Interior Secretary Walter Hickel denounces the Potomac River pollution as a disgrace. He links cleanup in Washington to a political battle while patronage remains the only thing addressed. A Soviet party paper laments that many babies are not baptized, noting such sprinkling may influence growth directions.
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Potomac River
Washington
Let The People Speak Job Corps Boys Feel Cheated
A Fremont reader recounts a Monday afternoon gathering at the Camp Parks Job Corps Center in Pleasanton where corpsmen protest rumors of a possible closure. The group demands honesty about human dignity and community value and expresses anger at being told it costs too much.
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Camp Parks Job Corps Center
Pleasanton State
Michelle Stringham Fremont
Maclean's Microscoops and World War Tech Notes
Maclean's Microscoops marks its 100th anniversary while critics say the game drags on. A Georgetown study finds the rhythm method unreliable for birth control. A robot type walking machine is developed for the Army but soldiers question its ability to pick up cigarette butts and peel potatoes.
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Georgetown University
Hate as a force in love by T N A Alexakos
The piece argues for embracing a strong form of hate as a counterbalance to love, contending hate can heighten vitality and meaning. It likens love and hate to essential pairings, warns against universal abhorrence, and discusses how both emotions shape character and society.
Pollard interview falls flat as critics curl up with elephant
Michael J. Pollard sits for a long interview with drama critics in a hotel lobby. He offers few insights while the scene hints at his film Bonnie and Clyde past and an antiwar, elephant themed project. The room ends with a reporter joking he’d rather interview the elephant.
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Michael J. Pollard
Pollard
C. W. Moss
Oliver Reed
Munich
Reed
Harvard Yard Protesters Labeled Arrogant in Critique
A Chicago Tribune opinion piece denounces Harvard protesters as self serving and immature. It criticizes their anarchic stance and actions against authority, blaming both students and faculty for failing to cultivate real thinking and excellence.
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Harvard Yard
This Day In History Highlights and Tragedies
This day marks Paul Revere's famous midnight ride in 1775 calling The British are coming. It notes the 1906 San Francisco earthquake with 500 dead, Doolittle's 1942 air raid on Japan, and a 1964 Ohio plane collision killing 17 servicemen. A thought from John Selden closes the item.
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