Governors' State of the State speaks set to test leadership
In Lansing Michigan Governor Romney warns he will block spending bills until taxes pass for a 1.2 billion budget covering education water pollution control law enforcement and civil rights. In Olympia Washington Governor Evans pushes an ambitious program to expand state duties and shift tasks toward federal government. Both governors loom large as potential 1968 Republican presidential contenders shaping the party’s path.
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Johnson
Lansing
Mich
George Romney
Romney
Olympia
Wash
Daniel J. Evans
Spo
Ken
Evans
House
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Albany
White House
Romneys
Evans’s
Economists Eye Crime Reduction Through Legal Goods
Harvard economist Dr. T. C. Schelling told the American Association for the Advancement of Science that much organized crime centers on selling illegal goods and services such as narcotics prostitution gambling pornography and stolen goods. He warned that legalizing or expanding the market for these items without eliminating racketeers would not stop crime and could worsen it.
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American Association For the Advancement of Science
T. C. Schelling
Harvard University
Roosevelt to Wilson split Commerce and Labor in history
The piece recalls Theodore Roosevelt creating a combined Commerce and Labor Department in 1903, its 1913 split under Woodrow Wilson into separate Commerce and Labor posts, and later calls by President Johnson to reunify. It notes figures like Herbert Hoover and Arthur J. Goldberg, and warns that a forced, lasting consensus between business and labor may fail again.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Department of Commerce and Labor
Woodrow Wilson
Congress
Department
Business and Labor
Herbert Hoover
Johnson
Tax Outlook in House Moves and Social Security
Joseph Alsop surveys the Ways and Means Committee led by Rep. Wilbur Mills as it faces the debt ceiling debate and a proposed rise in Social Security benefits. He notes Mills’ cautious stance, possible six percent surtax, and the economy’s trajectory through May shaping whether taxes rise or spending cuts prevail.
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Ways and Means
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Congress
Army
Navy
Air Force
Senate
Congressional
Rep
Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Lion Jamer Mills
Republican-Dixierat
Rep. Mills
Firearms bill stirs debate as Dodd reintroduces S.1
A conservative view notes President Johnson's push for strict gun sale controls and Connecticut Senator Thom as J. Dodd's reintroduced S.1. The piece contrasts past attempts, argues for targeted federal action, praises some provisions while criticizing onerous rifle and shotgun purchase rules, and urges prompt, less drastic measures amid rising crime.
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Johnson
Connecticut
Thomas J. Dodd
Senate
Dodd
Senate Judiciary Committee
Roman Hruska
Secretary of the Treasury
National Rifle Association
Liberal coalition grows as 90th Congress shifts
In James Marlow's World Today analysis the liberal impulse wanes in the 90th Congress. A Republican Southern Democrat coalition gains prominence, reducing liberal chances. Powell is removed from his seat pending investigation as Republicans and Dixiecrats curb the Rules Committee and oppose easy filibuster reforms.
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Harlem
Adam Clayton Powell
House Rules Committee
Senate
Congress
89Th
Johnson
House
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mansfield
New York
Emanuel Celler
Powell
South
Letter to the Editor welcomes readers' views and opinions
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Rogers Hornsby Hall of Fame honor noted by Messenger
The Messenger recalls Rogers Hornsby being named to the Hall of Fame as one of baseball’s great right handed hitters. Athens City Council approves uniform police salaries set at 200 dollars for the chief 150 for the captain and 140 for patrolmen. An Ohio House bill seeks to emancipate child laborers on onion and celery farms. Firemen suspenders sell for 25 cents at Isaac Wilson’s Big Store in Chauncey with regular suspenders at 19 cents a pair.
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Rogers Hornsby
Athens
Ohio
House of Representatives
Issac Wilson
Chauncey
Defense directive allows free birth control pills for military wives
The Defense Department issues a directive enabling Air Force hospitals and physicians to provide free birth control pills and devices to military wives. The measure follows long-standing withholding of such care at military hospitals amid debate over birth control as wartime policy.
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Air Force
Defense Department
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