Fremont council faces tax cut vs city service clash
Fremont councilmen wrestle with whether taxpayers want lower taxes or expanded services as the City Manager proposes a 70 000 budget cut. The piece urges residents to act now through petitions and meetings to express clear votes on tax relief or service increases.
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Fremont
Fremont Recreation Commission
Newark
Larry 8
Lewis
League of Women Voters
Washington Township
John Q
Tax talk and a shoe leather tax tale
The Argus notes an UPI report on waste in military procurement and a Wall Street Journal example about surplus shoe leather preservative. The column questions tax levels and cites a gas tax rise to eight cents, urging readers to consider tax costs and government spending.
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Argus
UPI
Washington
Louis Cassela
Congressional Inquiry
The
Wall Street Journal
Congress
Voice
Loch Ness mobster hunt sparks clan protest
A Scottish clan chief opposes a plan to hunt a Loch Ness mobster with a yellow submarine and strip its hide. The commentary frames it as a show of hidebound protest against unconventional methods.
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Loch Ness
Douglas Should Quit Over Writing Furor
A critical column questions Justice William O Douglas's ties to pornographic publishers and his role in public life. It notes his payments from Ralph Ginzberg, his Playboy contributions, and his resignation as Parvin Foundation president amid connections to gambling interests. It argues the finances threaten judicial integrity and hints at impeachment.
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William ©. Douglas
Supreme Court
Douglas
Ralph Ginzberg
Ginzberg
Playboy
Hugh Hefner
Ginnberg
Earl Warren
William Brennan
William C. Douglas
Brennan
Justice Douglas
Parvin Foundation
Las
Vegas
Albert Parvin
Louis Wolfson
Cash McCall
Willie Wayde
Abe Fortas
Supreme Bench
Lewis Carroll
Alice
Parvin
Equivocal Foundation
Foundation
Olympic
Seattle
Dieting Not Needed by Beautiful Women
A column argues dieting for women is unnecessary and harmful, celebrating ample, rounded female form over slender ideals. The narrator recalls a Seattle hotel scene of a confident woman enjoying lavish seafood, Chateaubriand, and wine, concluding with admiration for a woman who embodies abundance.
Army Navy gas project sparks cross agency satire
Don MacLean mocks interagency bickering by proposing to dump 4000 tons of mustard gas and 2500 tons of nerve gas into the ocean and sink 10 obsolete nuclear submarines, then hints at space program justification while downplaying ecological risks.
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Navy
Army
Pacific
Paiic Inti
Latin Woes Big Headache For President
Washington observers flag a harsh critique of Nixon era Latin American policy with Cuba at the center. They cite 1.3 million refugee applications and the Cuban economy in distress under a shifting alliance, while Latin American leaders push for trade and aid demands. The piece notes press coverage, Rockefeller criticism, and Cuba's drift from prosperity toward Soviet alignment.
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Washington
1.C
Nixon
Cuba
State Department
United States
Castro
Russia
Organization of American States
OAS
Trinidad
Gabriel Valdez
Chile
Latin Secretariat
Congress
Fidel
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Standard Oil Company
Alliance For Progress
Mexico
Batista
Macleans Microscoops on Peace Talks and Tuna Boats
Editorial quips on Hanoi Saigon peace talks memory and ROTC ban on campuses may reduce junior officers. A light note argues Peru’s tuna boat capture lifts spirits, hinting tuna fish in a salad sandwich.
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Peru
This Day In History: Snow, D Day, RFK Death
On this date 1816 saw 10 inches of snow in New England the start of a year with no summer. In 1933 a Camden drive in theater opened. D Day marked the Allied invasion of France. In 1968 Senator Kennedy died in Los Angeles. A thought from Eisenhower about duty and freedom ends this note.
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Camden
Dwight D, Eisenhower
English Channel
France
D-Day
Robert F. Kennedy
Los Angeles
United States
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