Republicans Voice Union Plan For Domestic and Global Policy
Republican leaders outline a broad program from the State of the Union, urging reduced non-essential spending, tax sharing with state and local governments, 8 percent Social Security increases, and job training initiatives. They call for strong law enforcement and a quick end to the Vietnam war, while advocating a Western Hemisphere trade framework and steadfast foreign policy.
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Congress
Gerald R. Ford
House
Russell B. Long
Senate Finance Committee
Ford
National Law Enforcement Institute
Sen
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Vietnam
Saigon
Singapore
Dirksen
Latin America
Africa
NATO
Europe
Middle East
Western Hemisphere
Britain
France
United States
Israel
East Europe
Southeast Asia
Overrated dieting debated by obesity experts
A New York symposium of the American College of Physicians heard four obesity experts say little is known about obesity causes. They urged that dieting is often overrated and that overweight people who are healthy may be left alone, favoring calorie reduction or balanced meals depending on health conditions.
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American College of Physicians
New York
Alvan Feinstein
Yale University
Jules Hirsch
Rockefeller University
Neville Chamberlain
House of Commons
Warren Harding
United States
McCarthy
Personal Income in 1966 Surges to Record Levels
The Commerce Department reports 1966 personal income rose by 45 billion dollars to 580.4 billion, with after tax income per person up 156 dollars to 2567. Wages and salaries increased 34 billion and 11 percent rise in interest payments marked the year. The report notes dividend declines but overall affluence remains, with December annual rate at 601.5 billion and a cautious 1967 outlook.
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Department of Commerce
President's easy money budget tests Fed independence
Washington insight analyzes the presidents budget push for easy money driven by lower interest rates. It notes a forthcoming 6 percent surtax as a show of resolve to keep deficits in check and sway the Federal Reserve toward looser policy. It questions wage rises, capital outflows, and the Fed chairman’s independence as relations with the White House tense.
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Budgt
White House
Federal Reserve Board
Fed
Congress
Britain
France
Germany
William McChesney Martin
Buckley Attacks Wilkins Defense of Powell Jr
Roy Wilkins defends Adam Clayton Powell Jr. amid liberal dismay at unity among Negro leaders. The piece mocks Wilkins for invoking McCarthy and four outs in baseball to justify unequal enforcement, argues Powell faces racial persecution, and concludes Negro leaders show irresponsibility under pressure.
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Roy Wilkins
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Martin Luther King
A. Philip Randolph
Powell
Wilkins
Sen
Joe McCarthy
Senate
House
Adam Powell
McCarthy
Congress
Parnell Thomas
Committee On Un-American Activities
Hoover and the Soviet consulate debate in 1965 Senate
Consuls in the United States and the Soviet Union were at the center of a fight over a 1965 treaty. FBI Director Hoover warned of increased spying risk, while Secretary of State Dean Rusk argued the treaty would ease U S Soviet relations. Senate hearings continued with mixed opinions as Fulbright supported the treaty and Mundt opposed it. The irony remains that American spying concerns in the Soviet Union got less attention.
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Washington
FBI
Hoover
United States
Soviet Union
Senate
Congress
Foreign Relations Committee
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Fulbright
Karl FE. Mundt
South Dakota
Mundt
Debate on etiquette highlights gentler tone for Communist Youth League
The newspaper notes a debate within the Communist Youth League about how a man should assist a woman crane operator with her coat after a theater. The piece contrasts this humane moment with the league's usual belligerent rhetoric while insisting the government will press on to crush capitalism by any means.
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Communist Youth League
Patriotism Over Prices Urged By Wickard In Wartime farming
The Messenger notes Secretary Wickard urged farmers to prioritize patriotism over prices as they join wartime food production. Sacrifice Day in Athens saw Red Cross solicitors visit homes and businesses. A Daylight Saving plan to shift clocks May through Sept faced convention debate in New York City. The Coleman and Kimes store in Guysville was burglarized via a second story window with stock missing. tramps on the railroad suspected.
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Wickard
Athens
Red Cross
U. S
New York City
Coleman and Kimes_ general
Guysville
The Athens Messenger Postal Rates Notice
The Athens Lilessenger lists daily and Sunday single copies and carrier rates, with mail delivery options by mall in Ohio and W Va and elsewhere in the US. It notes subscription prices for one week, three months, six months, and one year, and provides the publishing address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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Ohio
W.va
US & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Obie
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Senator McCarthy
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Brickman
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