Fremont Mayor Urges Review of City Subsidies
Fremont's Mayor Hugh Block calls for a wide review of city subsidies to sports leagues and recreation programs. He cites the Joe DiMaggio League grant of 1500 as an example and argues taxes should back only essentials, urging leagues to become self supporting or risk losing public funds and facing a broader cost-cutting response.
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Fremont
Hugh Block
Blair
Joe DiMaggio
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Mayor Block
Jor DiMaggio League
Black
Alameda County
Countless Pennies and Payroll Puzzles Stir Headlines
The piece notes the Jets faced a pricey Namath return due to dressing room gaps and mentions the Mint reporting record penny circulation. It also cites the House Ways and Means Committee approving a cut to depletion allowances, framed as needed lubrication for the economic pump.
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House
Ways and Means
Housing or War Here: Instant Homes as Nation’s Big Test
Washington digest argues for rapid reform of housing policy and labor rules to enable mass produced instant housing. It cites a Morgan Guaranty Trust survey noting prefab units, from Akron to Detroit to Austin, could cut costs to about 5 000 to 17 000 dollars per home.
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Pew
Oneheim
Mars
Romney
Tar
Romhey
Europe
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Morgan
Akron
Ohio
Hone Manufacturers Association
National Carpenters Union
New York
Journeymeni
Harry Someawner
Posed Defense of Vietnam War Withdrawal Speech
The text portrays a debate on U S troop withdrawals from Vietnam with calls for peace talks in Paris. It cites William Rogers asserting continued front withdrawal despite attacks, while criticizes Communist negotiators stalling to humiliate the United States and questions the war's outcome.
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Vietnam
William Rogers
America
Eneimy
Don MacLean Helpful Hints For Students
A column argues Hanoi uses guerrilla tactics to force concessions while the United States plans disengagement. It envisions future South Vietnamese upheaval aided by liberation committees, critiques student demands, and mocks campus debates on dating dorm visits and grading. The piece blends war strategy with campus satire.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Asia
South Vietnam
Busing Plan Not An Answer For Schools
Grand Rapids faces a nationwide clash over school bus desegregation policies. The piece argues against compulsory congregation, warns of court-ordered busing, and urges preserving neighborhood schools while improving them. It calls for moderate HRW actions and Supreme Court clarity, favoring voluntary integration and local control.
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Nixon
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Michigan
Grand Rapids
Ku Klux Klan
Grand Rapids Board of Education
HRW
Supreme Court
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Burger
On This Day In History: Shawmut to Boston and More
Key events from 1680 Shawmut renamed Boston after the Massachusetts village. In 1893 the Cherokee Strip opening in Oklahoma drew over 190000 homesteaders. In 1920 a Wall Street blast killed 30 and injured at least 10. In 1963 Malaysia was formed. Mark Twain quip on cowardice ends.
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Shawmut
Boston
Oklahoma
New York City
Wall Street
Malaysia
Mark Twain
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