Nixon Reaches Out as President Visits Congress
Richard Nixon, after four years in the House and six in the Senate, meets lawmakers in a landmark bid to show cooperation. He spends hours in the House and Senate corridors, greets Rep Wilbur Mills and dozens of members, and pledges to listen to opposing views. Warns Democrats and Republicans to unite for the nation.
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Richard M. Nixon
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
House
White House
Wilbur D. Mills
Ways and Means
Harry S. Truman
Capitol
Mike Mansfield
Everett M. Dirksen
Edward M. Kennedy
Edmund S. Muskie
Lyndon Johnson
Economist backs free market farm pricing amid Nixon era debate
Dr. Hendrik S. Houthakker, named to the President’s Council of Economic Advisers, testified that prices should reach equilibrium through supply and demand. He suggested farm support prices are slightly above free market levels and that removing restrictions could let farmers self-market for parity.
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Hendrik S. Houthakker
Senate Banking Committee
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Congress
Farm Bureau Federation
Houthakker
Agriculture
Senate to review mounting costs of defense weapons
Senate Armed Services Committee chairman John C. Stennis announced a searching review of the spiraling costs of super weapons as five Nixon administration appointments were approved. He said hearings on defense authorization will begin soon, signaling a push to curb defense arms spending.
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Senate Armed Services Committee
Stennis
Nixon
Barry J. Shillito
Robert F. Froehlke
John H. Chase
Rhode Island
The
Navy
Robert C. Seamans Jr
Air Force
George A. Lincoln
Office of
Shillito
Senate
Executive
Ideological hustlers drive race clash in New York schools
Joseph Alsop argues that black extremists in New York push for ghetto school control and racist propaganda. He cites a 11 year old anti Semitic poem read on radio and urges white Americans to resist such demands while supporting effective MES programs and broader education funding to lift deprived minority students.
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New York
Mands
America
Bernard Donovan
Chuck
MES
Episcopalians
A Conservat ive View James Kilpatrick on Detroit Ghetto
Detroit shows that business solving social problems requires effective communication with the ghetto. The New Detroit Committee mixes white and black leaders, with Michigan Bell detailing pilot programs at Northern High School, job readiness training, and youth projects amid mixed results. The city notes police reform, seed funding for black enterprises, and substantial job creation alongside ongoing challenges.
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New Detroit Committee
Bill Day
Michigan Bell Telephone Company
Michigan Bell
Northern High School
Bell
Northern
Joahnnes Spreen
Urban League
Chamber of Commerce
Small Society Mailbag Offers Everyday Civic Thoughts
The column reflects on aging and voting habits with a 65 plus demographic edge, weather definitions of blizzards, waste disposal scales, and safety eyewear impact. It also quotes H. L. Mencken on love.
Letters Dictatorship Editor
Frank Merrick from Semans Route 4 Athens voices concern over a governor proposal to centralize higher education. He argues against replacing academic programs with vocational tracks and against eliminating branch colleges. He urges local groups to advocate with the state legislature to protect educational diversity.
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the Messenger
Frank Merrick Semans
Athens
Handicapped plea on mental health and employment in Athens
Rita E. Gillich recounts her experience as a patient at Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center seeking work. She describes a five month university project and subsequent unemployment while urging greater public focus on mental health and job opportunities for the mentally ill.
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Southeastern Ohio Mental Health Center
Athens
Rita E. Gillich
Illogical Dependents and Government Allowances
The writer questions dependent support rates across programs from illegitimate children to penitentiary inmates and Social Security, arguing current allowances decry fairness and urging a move toward solvency while criticizing rising taxes and outdated policies. The piece suggests illegitimate offspring could join job training in prisons as a path to self sustenance.
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the Messenger
Welfare Department
United States
Predictable Women Arrested Explain Routine Says Police Chief
Wayland Pil cher, Corpus Christi Director of Public Safety, claims certain women follow a fixed pattern when committing occasional violations. He describes a sequence from a sweet smile to a shocked reaction and eventual hysteria when plans fail.
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Wayland Pilcher
Public Safety
Corpus Christi
Tex
The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with Associated Press affiliation. Rates show single copies 10 or 15 cents, home delivery options, and various subscription plans including 1 week to 15 weeks and yearly rates, with mail delivery to U S and possessions.
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