Fremont council campaigns subdue debate on spending and housing
An unsigned editorial accuses Fremont City Council of masking a housing policy battle as campaign finance reform. It argues a council majority fears losing control of future planning, urges candor on reasons for a spending ceiling, and cites housing interests and public awareness as crucial factors for next year’s votes.
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Fremont
Camil
Northern Plain
South County
California
Brown faces welfare cost dilemma under shrinking growth
Freelance writer Peter Schrag, in a Los Angeles Times opinion piece, argues Governor Brown confronts a core conflict of liberalism as growth slows. He notes social welfare costs rise while assumptions of expanding wealth no longer apply, challenging traditional funding arguments.
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Brown
Peter Schrag
Los Angeles Times
Ford Sees 100 Year Challenge in Individual Independence
President Ford frames the next century around advancing individual independence and asserts his veto power saved 81 million taxpayers six billion dollars. He cites Harry Truman’s “the buck stops here” as a guiding line while defending constitutional authority.
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Ford
Harry Truman
Airships revive hope but money stalls progress
James Kilpatrick surveys the airship revival led by J Gordon Vaeth, noting government funding, NASA studies, and industry interest. He cites practical limits from engineering education, outlines potential freight and passenger uses, and envisions humanitarian roles for dirigibles, urging public support and private funding.
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LTA
Shell Oi
England
Vaeth
HOPE
Ship of Mercy
Women of
America
Mit
Howard Hughes
Public belief on profits and government limits in industry
Ralph de Toledano cites a Princeton Opinion Research poll showing the public misestimates corporate profits and questions government profit ceilings. He argues high skepticism toward consumer movements and warns against profit controls, linking them to reduced jobs and slower innovation.
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Public Service Commission
Soviet Union
Washington Becomes Haven for New Brand of Lobbyist
Barry Goldwater warns that Washington now hosts a rise of new lobbyists who target government agencies and regulators rather than pushing new laws. Corporations universities and foundations expand offices in the capital to chase contracts grants and federal money as trade groups surge ahead. The private legal community, often staffed by former regulators, grows in influence despite attempts to curb agency power.
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Washington
Department of Justice
Metropolitan Board of Trade
New York City
Association
Federal Treasury
The
Washington Star
Ford Administration
Congress
Schlesinger urges first use option for nuclear strategy
The defense secretary argues the United States must have options short of nuclear holocaust, distinguishing first strike from first use. He favors defensive, not offensive, nuclear deployment to deter Moscow, citing NATO defense and Warsaw Pact adaptations, with lessons from Vietnam and Korea.
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James R. Schlesinger
Pentagon
United States
Congress
Russia
NATO
Europe
Kremlin
Brezhnev and Company
Vietnam
U.S
Saigon
Southeast Asia
South Korea
Israel
Schlesinger
Morrie Ryskin on Founding Fathers and Army Equality
The piece vouches for early American leaders like Franklin and Washington era common sense, while criticizing modern reforms such as Womens Lib and a generals panel on Equal Opportunity in the Army. It mocks the notion of race and language matters in staffing and jokes about Wentworth Went.
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General Officers’ Steering Committee
U.S
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