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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Dec 15, 1969
Page
3
The editorial argues Congress should renounce outside earned income to restore public trust. It cites hefty raises, opaque expense accounting, and outside interests in law, trucking, media, banks, and gas, urging lawmakers to relinquish certain incomes and align with executive standards.
Hearing details a thriving Saigon currency black market and alleged U S bank involvement with an estimated annual take of 150 million to over 1 billion dollars. Sen Ribicoff warns of economic peril, inflation hindrance, and burden on U S taxpayers as Americans linked to Defense Department work top the list of big buyers. A New York bank reportedly handled over 1.5 million dollars a month via a code name system, raising ethics concerns and potential need for self policing or regulatory legislation.
A presidential commission urges income payments to aid the poor and asserts that the poor cannot rise without government help, while the rich cannot rise without aid. De Gaulle says he will never return to power, but a national poll indicates 62 percent agree he should not. Now, with events unfolding, support shifts in his favor.
Sen J W Fulbright committee delayed reopening its Vietnam policy probe while aiming to keep leverage over the Nixon administration as Democrats seek credit for a likely next year phase-out. The piece recalls Eisenhower and Nixon mentors and notes Nixon’s Camp David prep before his policy speech.
The piece argues that Communist expansion faces failures worldwide from Africa to Europe and Southeast Asia. It urges the Senate Foreign Relations Committee to re evaluate U.S. foreign policy, claiming youth insist on consistent, honest stances rather than sending soldiers to die abroad while tolerating issues at home.
Russell Kirk critiques the idea that admitting every mother’s son and daughter guarantees happiness and affluence. He argues high risk admissions ignore foundational schooling and warn that placing underprepared students into higher education harms individuals and institutions alike, urging a focus on improving elementary and secondary education first.
President Nixon cites Council of Economic Advisers figures showing over a third of national income is taxed. He argues the drift toward socialist planning parallels England, Sweden, and Russia, opposing new social programs and insisting growth funding come from economic expansion rather than higher taxes. Dr Burns backs spending controls over tax cuts.
Dr. David H. Elliot reports from Antarctica a Lystrosaurus skull indicating continents once joined and drifted. The discovery supports Africa South America Australia and Antarctica linkage and continental movement, reshaping views on antiquity and planetary formation.
A look back to 1791 when the first ten amendments to the U.S. Constitution known as the Bill of Rights went into effect after ratification by Virginia. Also recalls 1957 western Tran earthquakes killing about 1400 people and 1967 Pont Plessan bridge collapse in West Virginia with 46 deaths. Polybius quote closes.
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