Congress Prepares Short Wartime Session Amid Inflation Pressure
In a wartime electoral year Congress contemplates a brief six month session to minimize domestic legislation. Senators push hearings on Vietnam while guarding victory efforts, curbing spending, and addressing inflation. Tax cuts clash with Great Society costs as crime policy and police staffing rise as priorities. President Johnson faces limited campaign time with conventions looming.
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Wilbur Mills
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Ways and Means
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Miami
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Food Stamp Program Expands to 1,200 Counties by Midyear
The Federal Food Stamp program will operate in 1,200 counties across 43 states and the District of Columbia. It boosts purchasing power for low income families by up to 50 percent, with stamps bought at reduced rates and exchanged for food at local stores. The government covers the difference to face value. Congress raised funding from 140 million to 185 million for the fiscal year ending June 30. Some cities oppose replacing surplus foods while others welcome the variety and access. Adding counties in an election year is seen as politically charged. The needy may remember the hands that feed them more than the taxpayers who supply the funds.
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Vietnam
J. W. Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
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District of Columbia
New York City
Collegiate America and the Rise of Community Colleges
The article notes 5 million Americans in higher education and about 27.5 million graduates nationwide, with one in seven having attended college. It highlights the rapid spread of two year community colleges and their growing role alongside high schools, suggesting America will become predominantly college educated.
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America
Washington Insight: Kraft on the Vietnam War’s Cost and Lukewarm Union
Joseph Kraft argues the Vietnam war exposes a tired administration and rising costs abroad and at home. He notes Soviet hardening, Britain shrinking postures, and German retrenchment, while US influence wanes and domestic dissent grows. The piece suggests a fragile year ahead with war concerns unresolved.
Social Security maximum rises with age and years ahead
The text notes that men retiring at 65 will not receive the full monthly Social Security maximum of 218 until age 103 due to a law tied to 2006. It cites past values: 135.90 in 1967, rising to 156 in March, then 189.90 in 1985, and comments that Congress has 38 years to act.
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Buckley critiques a presidential State of the Union speech
Columnist William F Buckley Jr argues the State of the Union address is awful in concept and style. He lambasts the speech’s lack of imagination and criticizes its syntax and shifting voices while noting it fails to tie Vietnam to policy and its other stated promises.
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James Buchanan
Edgar Guest
California
Arthur Schlesinger
Presidential Afterthoughts on Nation and Government Power
In a critique of presidential rhetoric the author argues the nation is its people not the government. The piece contends government spending to reach the moon diverts funds from housing and shows the police power behind such goals. It contrasts US and Russia, and asserts private enterprise built more homes than government actions between 1950 and 1960. The author ends by saying the government should “go away” and notes the union’s state is better than the president’s mind.
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James Marlow on the Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam
The Citizens Committee for Peace with Freedom in Vietnam emerged from Paul Douglas ideas. It gathers notable backers including Truman Eisenhower Bradley Acheson Byrnes and other leaders. Douglas championed freedom and opposed aggressive communism while seeking centrist public support for a nuanced Vietnam stance.
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Vietnam
Paul Douglas
U. S. Senate
Charles H. Percy
Harry S.S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Omar Bradley
Dean Acheson
James F. Byrnes
Douglas
Rome
Benito Mussolini
Ethiopia
Africa
Butter and cheese rationing eyed by Office of Price Administration
The Messenger notes the OPA expects rationing to start in spring for butter and cheese. S. R. Kelch of Nelsonville, a 59 year old veteran switchman for Hocking Valley and Chesapeake and Ohio, was killed in a train accident. Director General McAdoo urged drastic steps to ease railroad congestion from winter storms. W. W. Ackley, financial officer at Athens State Hospital, was chosen by the Ohio Good Roads Federation as Athens County representative and advisory council member.
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Phil) Kelch
Nelsonville
Hocking Valley
Chesapeake and Ohio
McAdoo
W. W. Ackley
Athens State Hospital
Ohio Good Roads Federation
Athens County
Surcharge debate shifts as costs level off
Cost containment in Vietnam era pressures reshaping fiscal policy. Some former supporters of the 10 percent surcharge favor downsizing to 6 or 8 percent. Treasury Secretary Henry Fowler has reserved decision on any reduction.
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Treasury
Henry Fowler
Tshombe Held Illegally in Algeria, ICJ Declares
The International Commission of Jurists declared in Geneva that former Congolese Premier Moise Tshombe was kidnapped and held illegally in Algeria. The ICJ argued Algeria has the right to free him despite Congo's government objections.
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Algeria
International Commission of Jurists
Geneva
Congo
The Athens Messenger Publication and Delivery Rates
The Athens Messenger, a daily paper except Saturdays and a member of the Associated Press, lists single copy prices of 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Carrier delivery and mail rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and nationwide are detailed, with subscriptions ranging from one week to one year. Mail address is The Messenger Publishing Co., 43 W Union St. Athens 45701.
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