Rail job cuts under plan to form core system for six Northeast lines
Transportation Secretary Brinegar told the Senate Commerce Committee that an administration plan to merge six bankrupt railroads into a core service system would cut about 40,000 jobs from 108,000. Of the reductions 15,000 would be early retirees, 15,000 younger workers could be discharged with severance, and 5,000 to 10,000 by normal attrition.
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Claude S. Brinegar
Senate Commerce Committee
Brinegar
Executive immunity questioned amid Watergate probe
A Vallejo lawyer argues against presidential immunity from subpoenas and probes. He cites Marshall in Burr and Branzburg v Hayes, calling for adherence to constitutional duties and noting absence of immunity in the Constitution. He critiques Nixon aides’ claims of unconstitutional interrogation.
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Hamilton
Supreme Court
John Marshall
U. S
Burr
Thomas Jefferson
Justice White
Reflections on Sports, Power, and Watergate
James Kilpatrick contends sports reveal honest hierarchies amid Watergate’s corruption. He parallels baseball averages to moral order, laments power's drift, and notes a blacksnake preying on cowbirds as a harsh natural lesson. The piece links national ethics to enduring sports values and agrarian longing.
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Scrabble
Red Smith
Norman Podhoretz
Thomas G. Bergin
Intellectual Digest
Podhoretz
Smith
America
Watergate
L. Patrick Gray
Jeb Stuart Magruder
Sen
Howard Baker
Magruder
Cowbird
Ohio Perspective Road Study Pessimistic
The Road Information program warns Ohio drivers will log 92 billion miles in 1990 on a road system only 12 percent larger, with 8.8 million vehicles. Ohio spends about 200 million yearly on roads but needs 1.4 billion. 60 percent should go to local roads and transit priorities rise as private transit firms near bankruptcy. Virginia experiments busways. others follow to cut congestion and save gasoline.
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Columbus, Ohio
Washington D.C
Ohio
Ars
Virginia
Washington D. C
Nixon price freeze flaws threaten inflation battle
Washington Insight argues the 60-day price freeze announced by President Nixon is broad and weak. It notes Watergate links, criticizes nonselective controls, and warns wages could rise while prices stay fixed, undermining profits and market stability.
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Nixon
Treasury
George Shultz
Herb Stein
Council of Economic Advisers
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Economic policy debate calls for Phase IV actions
The piece argues for wage guidelines and selective price controls to curb inflation. It recommends introducing general wage rise guidelines, Phase IV tax tweaks, and a horsepower tax on engines to curb demand. It notes political resistance but urges honest explanation and swift implementation before the 60-day wage freeze expires.
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Nixon
Treasury
Shultz
NixonPopularity Holds At 44 Percent In Latest Gallup
Gallup poll shows Nixon's approval at 44 percent in early May, unchanged from mid May after talks with Pompidou. Analysts anticipate public reaction to John Dean III testimony before the Senate Watergate panel next week as voters weigh the scandal's impact.
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Princeton
N. J
Nixon
Georges Pompidou
John Dean III
Senate
APP
Mem
Bradley wins Los Angeles mayoral race amid racial tensions
Thomas Bradley, a 55 year old city councilman with mixed heritage, defeats three-time mayor Sam Yorty in Los Angeles. Success came despite a white vote minority as Mexican Americans shift support, ending Yorty’s race appeal after Watts era fears. Bradley is from a sharecropper family and police background.
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Los Angeles
Thomas Bradley
Sam Yorty
Yorty
Bradley
Watts
Messenger publishing rates and post office details
The notice lists pricing for daily and Sunday editions, carrier and tube delivery options, and mail rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. It notes The Messenger Publishing Co. address in Athens Ohio and that the paper is entered as Second Class Matter under the 1918 act.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
Johnson Road
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