Spending Critics Push Broad Welfare Plans After Deficit Era
The piece critiques outgoing officials pushing wider Social Security benefits for the disabled, expanded food aid, and a large public service job program. It argues such proposals surpass voters' mandate to cut taxes and urges restraint, noting the electorate chose to retire Santa Claus for four years.
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Nixon
Wilbur J. Cohen
Treasury
Orville L. Freeman
America
Americans For Democratic Action
Congress
Jack Conway
Executive Committee
Santa Claus
New York Courts Add 31 Justices Amid Unrest Tide
New York City welcomed 31 new justices to the State Supreme Court to ease clogged civil and criminal dockets. Governor Rockefeller urged stability despite protests, noting unrest stems from racial and economic frustrations while courts seek to curb violence and crime.
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New York State Supreme Court
New York City
Saul Streit
U. S. Supreme Civil Court
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Nixon aims for a bold Apollo 11 moon landing plan
Three space veterans armstrong Collins and aldrin will lead Apollo 11 with armstrong as commander and aldrin as lunar module pilot. Apollo 9 launches February 28 to test the lunar module in Earth orbit and Apollo 10 may skip to an early June moon landing if tests succeed.
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Nixon
Kennedy
The
Space Administration
Soviet Union
America
Neil A. Armstrong
Air Force
Michael Collins
Edwin A. Aldrin
Armstrong
Aldrin
Packard Conflict Sparks Washington Debate on Interests
Joseph Alsop argues the Packard case highlights a broader issue of personal gain versus public duty in high office. The piece contrasts Eisenhower era appointees like Wilson and Kyes with Nixon selections Hickel and Packard, noting how stock and business ties shape judgments and the importance of character over formal disclosures.
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Ford Company
McNamara
Ford
Packard
Defense Department
Melvin Laird
Lost Friend Carl Bender Missing and Presumed Dead
A narrator recalls a high school friend Carl Bender who joined the Navy after graduation. Carl served on the East and West Coasts and in the Caribbean, advancing from able bodied seaman to chief. A later inquiry reveals Carl is missing and presumed dead on July 12, 1945.
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Nebraska
U.S. Navy
Annapolis
Carl Bender
Carl
Miss Jury
University of Nebraska
Omaha
Navy
Caribbean
Car
Bureau of Naval Personnel
Washington
Alaska Governor Hickel Faces Senate Scrutiny For Interior Post
Walter J. Hickel, outgoing Alaska governor, heads to Capitol Hill where the Senate will quiz him before likely confirmation as secretary of the interior. He drew criticism for talking against broad conservation policies during a Dec 18 press conference. He insists vast lands should not be locked away without reason.
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Kyes
General Motors
Nixon
Walter J. Hickey
Alaska
Hickel
Arctic
Defense
Robert McNamara
Ford Motor Co
Senate
McNamara
Ford
Walter J. Hickel
Capitol Hill
Interior
Congress
Drew Pearson
Interior Committee
Bureau of Land Management
The
Forest Service
Bureau of Service
Park Service
Bureau of Reclamation
Nevada
Utah
Idaho
Wyoming
California
Arizona
Hickel’s balanced path amid conservation and resource use
An editorial defends James A. Hickel’s Alaska nomination, arguing critics overstate hazards of oil and grazing. It says federal ownership is vast, urges a rational balance between jobs and preservation, and praises Land and Water Conservation efforts while urging prudent, open-minded stewardship.
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Johnson Administration
Land and Water Conservation Fund
Stewart Udall
Redwood Park
California
Hickel
Record Job Market Boosts U S Employment to 75.9 Million
The final monthly report shows total employment rising by 1.5 million to 75.9 million and unemployment falling to 2.8 million. Farm employment remains at 5.9 million with no drop for a decade. Unemployment rates drop across married men and all adult males, with nonwhite jobless rate reaching 6.0 percent, signaling broad economic improvement.
Youth's Drawback Becomes ACLU Leader In Pittsburgh
Attorney Gil Venable, age 26, leads the Pittsburgh Chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union. He argues older patrols in troubled neighborhoods would benefit from experience, claiming experience should inform work in slums and ghettos.
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Gil Venable
Pittsburgh
American Civil Liberties Union
Nixon Chooses Dual Holidays Between California and Florida
Richard M. Nixon plans summer getaways in California and winter holidays in Florida after buying a Bay Biscayne home, aiming to ease resort-state competition. California is his birthplace and Florida is his favorite vacation spot.
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Richard M. Nixon
California
Floria
Bay Biscayne
Florida
College Football Cleaned Up Says NCAA President
Marcus L Plant president of the National Collegiate Athletic Association says abuses in college football are largely folklore and on the way out. He notes for the first time in memory no complaints of under the table payments or devious recruiting as strict enforcement cleans up the sport.
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Marcus L. Plant
National Collegiate Athletic Association
Uninsurable Nixon Inauguration Cited By Insurance Chairman
G Dewey Arnold Jr, head of the inaugural insurance committee, says the current climate makes the event uninsurable against riots. He notes past inaugurals had broad coverage, but this one faces unprecedented risk and cost.
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G. Dewey Arnold Jr
World Jewish Congress on racism and prejudice echo
The World Jewish Congress said it is equally wrong to be a black racist as a white racist. The statement noted anti-Semitism among Negroes and warned that prejudice harms all, likening it to those in glass houses casting stones.
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World Jewish Congress
Athens Messenger Publishing details and mail rates
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday newspaper prices and delivery options. It notes weekday and Sunday single-copy prices, carrier and mail delivery rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and other U S locations, plus postal address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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von Ribbentrop
Ohio State University
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Brikkman
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
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