Crisis of planning cripples Fremont Unified School District
The piece argues national and local governments lack foresight and objective financial analysis, citing Fremont Unified School District turmoil as proof. It calls for a national goals program, annual restudy and costed objectives, and better implementation mechanisms, referencing IBM’s Thomas J. Watson Jr and Nixon era efforts.
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Wall Street. Journal
Fedral
Californic
Fremont Unified
Nixon
IBM
Thomas J. Watson, Jr
Eisenhower
Commission On National Goals
Watson
FUSD
Nader to urge employees to blow whistle on waste
Ralph Nader leads a campaign pressuring workers to report unethical practices at their firms while the Senate Foreign Relations staff drafts a report backing a hawkish Nixon stance on Cambodia. The interwoven political pressures create a tangled situation.
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Ralph Nader
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Cambodia
Welfare reform call to aid the crippled and aged in need
A reader from Michigan laments the failure of mass welfare to help the disabled and elderly. He argues Medicare and Medicaid are insufficient for long term care, noting the burdens of loneliness and immobility. He urges reforms to mobilize able-bodied unemployed to assist the crippled and isolated seniors.
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America
Sara Orne Jewett
Write to South County lawmakers and state legislators
Letters to South County senators and congressmen outline mailing addresses for Cranston Tunney Miller Edwards and local districts. The piece lists station addresses in Washington and a Sacramento address for state legislators Perut Holmdahl Bradley Bee Crown Fong and others, noting district areas covering Alameda County. It emphasizes directing correspondence to the State Capitol and includes a 96814 zip code reference.
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South County
Alan Cranston
Senate
Washington, D.C
John V. Tunney
Cannon House
George P. Miller
Rayborh
San Leandro
Castry Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore-Amador Valley
North Hayward
Alameda
Oakland
Don Edwards
Cannon
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Alameda County
Nicholas C. Perut
John W. Holmdahl
Clark L. Bradley
Castro Valley
Carlos Bee
Maynard
Robert W. Crown
March K. Fong
Ashland
State Capitol
Sacramento
Solons May Back SST for Jobs in Congress Debate
Holmes Alexander surveys congressional sentiment on the Supersonic Transport program. He notes lawmakers weigh job creation in the plane building industry against environmental and aviation concerns. Magruder argues two prototypes and Treasury-backed financing could yield 59,000 direct jobs and 100,000 indirect jobs if the SST succeeds.
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Washington, D. C
William Magruder
Bill Magruder
Congress
House
DOD
Defense Department
DOT
Transportation Department
Environmental Protection Agency
Council On Environmental Quality
Treasury
Appropriations Committees
Senate
Nixon and Soviet file shape Indochina war risk
The article argues Nixon and Thieu keep the North Vietnam invasion idea alive to pressure Hanoi toward negotiations. It notes Soviet judging of Indochina war shifts with Cambodia and Laos campaigns, and suggests Moscow’s stance could push a easing if North Vietnam loses dividends from its war effort. The piece questions Chinese intervention and emphasizes military capability of South Vietnam.
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Washington, D.C
Nixon
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Thien
South Vietnam
Soviet Union
Indochina
Cambodia
Laos
Russia
North Vietna
Nixoi
Kremlin
Manni
Metas
Jim
Ounders
Hangi
Russ'a
Chix Fe
Moscow
Mao Tse Tung
Army intelligence duty tied to executive orders in 1967
The San Diego Union reports that U S Army officers secretly gathered information on civilian groups by order of the executive branch during 1967 civil unrest. The piece notes the Army acted under National Security Council directives, raising questions about governance and discretion while stressing the Army was carrying out orders.
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U.S. Army
Johnson
National Security Council
Senate Judiciary Committee
SAN Diego Union
Credibility gaps in North Vietnamese messaging
The Glendale News-Press notes a wide gap between Paris talks where North Vietnamese negotiators deny soldiers in Laos and Hanoi announcements claiming great Laos victories, suggesting a communications breakdown in the Communist bureaucracy.
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Paris
Hanoi
Laos
Glendale News-Press
Postage Hike Promises Changes For Letter Rates
The Illinois State Journal Register reports potential postage increases as new Postal Rate Commission rules may raise first class rates from 6 to 8 cents, or 16 cents for letters over one ounce. The piece discusses a 1 ounce limit and suggests efficiency aims by a self-supporting postal service.
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Postal Rate Commission
Wes Postal Corporation
Rure
Illinois Stwie Journal Register
Racial Snoop Probe Questions DC Officials Survey
Sen Sam E win questions District of Columbia survey on race in employment at the federal city. He argues equal opportunity must ignore color and ethnicity and that loyalty and ability should be the only hiring criteria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Senate Judiciary Subcommittee
Congress
District of Columbia
Sam Ewin
Elgin
Tll
Daily Courier-News
Taxes and Take-Home Pay Burbank Insight
The Tax Foundation notes Americans work more than a quarter of their time to pay taxes, with take-home pay overshadowed by tax burdens. Last year U S taxpayers paid about 202 billion to federal state and real collectors, six billion more than the prior year, yet deficits persist.
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Uncle Sam
The
Tax Foundation
U.S
Anan
Burbank Daily Review
First Girls Scout Troop Founded in Savannah GA
In 1912 Mrs Juliette Gordon Low organized the first girls Scout troop in Savannah Georgia. In 1933 President Franklin D Roosevelt opened eight days after taking office gave the first Fireside chat. In 1963 the house voted to grant Sir Winston Churchill honorary US citizenship. A thought for today quotes John Marquand on fathers and sons across years.
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Juliete Gordon Law
Girls Scouts of America
Savanna
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Germany
Austria
House
Sir Winston Churchill
United States
Weiler John Marquand
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Dh Dedd
Paul Harvey
Korea
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