Federal blackmail and the rent subsidy program
The Alameda County Board of Supervisors and Fremont City Council quickly approved a federal rent subsidy, fearing loss of other aid. The piece blames Washington incentives for welfare expansion, notes taxpayer resentment, and questions local officials’ courage to resist federal dictates. It argues for self-reliance and warns of rising socialism if subsidies continue.
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Alameda County Board of Supervisors
Fremont
Washington
Gene Rhodes
Washington, D. C
Johnson
Congress
LBJ
White House
Youny
Washington Township
Mecca
Alameda County
Bay Area
Defense Dept Eyes Armed Marines On Airlines
The Defense Department weighs placing armed Marines on passenger planes to deter hijackings. The move would protect takeoffs and landings and reflects officials worry that domestic gun manufacture fuels more dangerous, public conversations.
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Defense Department
Paving the Highway to 1984 and the Prayer Peril
Russell Kirk argues that the Bureau of Public Roads bans roadside chapels on public highways claiming separation of church and state. He contrasts airport chapels funded by public money with the Corsica South Dakota case and questions the handling of religious spaces near travel routes. He warns against eroding religious presence in public life.
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Bureau of Public Roads
Christian Reformed Church of
Corsica
Houses of God
St. John the Divine
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Manhattan
Laughs From Europe on Religion and Highway Policy
The author derides the Bureau of Public Roads for barring churches on highways and public lands as sacred sites. He argues Supreme Court decisions and US War ren Court have not prohibited religious buildings, noting chapels at universities and military posts. The piece accuses the bureau of destroying historic quarters and prioritizing concrete contracts and roadbuilder profits.
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Supreme Court of the United States
Warren Court
Bureau of Public Roads
Philadelphia
Bureau
Problems Remain If Blacks Were White, Paul Harvey Says
Paul Harvey argues that even if every black person turned white, many U S problems would persist. He cites crime, unemployment, welfare, and social unrest, warning against scapegoating and noting parallel issues across races. He asserts black white strife is not the sole cause of America’s troubles.
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United States
Britain
Don MacLean Repeaters and the Bail Dilemma
Washington columnist argues bail reforms risk public safety while protecting civil rights. He cites fear of crime and the burden on innocent victims, noting many crimes leave victims in hospitals or graves. He questions whether justice is truly blind when repeat offenders roam free.
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Washington
Bleeding Heart
Red Prague Gambit Exposed in U S Gold and Aid Deal
The piece accuses the Soviet aligned Czech government of pressuring the United States for gold and aid while flooding North Vietnam with military and economic support. It describes Prague’s secret police, a fortified training compound, and a Skoda armament complex supplying weapons to the North Vietnamese effort.
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Czechoslovakia
Jacob D. Beam
Soviet Union
Red
U.S
United States
Prague
Washington
F Unds
Frantisek Hornouz
North Vietnam
Red Czechoslovakia
Ivan I. Yakubovsky
Warsaw Pact
Sam
STB
Statin Bezpecnost
Ruzyne
Vladimir Kazan- Komarek
Paris
Red Commissars
Uncle Sam
Hitler
Matvei Zakharov
Cairo
Hanoi
Vietnam
Ho Chi Minh
Castro
Cuba
Joaquin Ordoqui
Castto
Havana
Skoda
Pilsen
Alamo falls after 13 day siege in 1836
On this day in history the Mexican army captured the Alamo at San Antonio after a 13 day siege, killing the last of 187 defending Americans including Davy Crockett. Other events note the 1857 Dred Scott decision and the 1964 death of King Paul of Greece with Prince Constantine as heir.
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Alamo
San Antonio
Davy Crockett
Supreme Court
Scott
King Paul
Prince Constantine
Greece
Joseph Martin
House
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