Congress Yields to the Temptation
A 1968 column recalls that two proposed amendments from 1789 were rejected by the states, one capping House size and the other banning pay raises. It notes a current push toward a 50 percent salary hike for Congress and federal officials via a presidential commission by 1970, with debate and quotes from Sen. Lausche and Sen. Young contrasting public service pay and private profits.
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Congress
House of‘Representatives
Supreme Court
Frank Lausche
Ohio
Cleveland Plain Daler
Wilson Hirschfeld
Lausche
House of Representatives
Stephen M. Young
Young
Why's It Secret A test case against government secrecy
Consumers Union sues the Veterans Administration under the 1967 Freedom of Information Act seeking access to performance data on hearing aids prepared for the VA by the National Bureau of Standards. The suit could affect disclosure of government tests on many consumer products and raise broader questions about government secrecy versus public information.
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Consumers
Consumers Union
The
Veterans Administration
National Bureau of Standards
Colston E. Warne
Brooklyn I Ills a Minority Shot in Town Election
A 60 year old Brooklyn Illinois town with a 1900 population saw a minority of 50 people move in uninvited yet face no riots and limited political power. A minority councilman was once elected when a majority member lost, and minority children attended their own segregated school. A majority member was shot by a minority individual who received a fair trial. The piece ends noting the town’s past dynamics.
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Brooklyn
NEW Ulm Journal
Quotation for Today and Subscriptions Notice
quotation of a Bible verse from Matthew 6 25 followed by a publisher note and long subscription price list for Austin Minnesota. the page lists A Richard Gross publisher and general manager and provides mailing options with zones and rates for home delivery and mail orders.
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Austin Daily Herald -Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Austin
Minnesota
Richard Gross
Deliery General Delivery
Minn
U.S
United States
A.P.O
F.P.O
Izaak Walton booth adds four permanent concrete tanks
County Fair officials rushed plans for a conservation exhibit as four permanent concrete tanks near the Izaak Walton booth were completed. A farm south of Grand Meadow reported storm damage including three hogs killed and a porch damaged.
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Izaak Walton
Oscar Bustad
Grand Meadow
Austin News Roundup Notes Local Events and Personalities
A weekly Austin scene covers a Birch Society orientation with no media clash, local editor moves at the Nemitz shop, and two Clarence Smiths as nearby mayors. County fair preparations, Fantasia Night rain worries, Summerset season reflections, a wedding scene with a humorous screen gag, and Austin Utilities unveils a large new water tank echo a lively town before summer winds.
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Birch Society
Austin
Herald
Clarence
Black White Bigots Share Arms Philosophy
Authorities see extremists as dangerous with guns and hear that some groups arm for protection and violence. The piece profiles The White Party The Black Panther Party for Self-Defense and other far right and neo Nazi cells with aims of armed action.
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U.S
Ku Klux Klan
Klan
Newark
Black Panther Party
FBI
Anti-Defamation League
Huey Newton
Blind teens explore nature on National Arboretum trail
An 18 year old girl and a blind companion experience the Touch and See Nature Trail at the National Arboretum in Washington. A Braille labeled guide path helps them feel soil leaves and plant life as they learn about organic matter and tree growth.
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Noel Grove
Washington
NEA
Jeanette
Percy
National Arboretum
Jeanette Gerrard
Takoma Park
Willie Mincey
Percy Johnson
Ukrainian-born defector ends 11 year hiding in Melbourne
Nina Paranyuk now Mrs Wasyl Kuzyk, 46, emerges from hiding in Melbourne after fleeing Soviet ship during 1956 Olympics. She spent 11 years and six months evading agents, living in Ukrainian society homes, then sought asylum. She says she is no longer frightened.
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John Fitzgerald
Melbourne
Australia
Nina Paranyuk
Nina
Wasyl Kuzyk
Fawkner
Zoological Gardens
Commonwealth Police and Immigration Department
Defector Nina Finds Freedom in Australia After 1954 Separation
Nina, a Ukrainian-born defector now an Australian citizen, recalls hiding from Soviet agents and learning English with help from her 10-year-old son Wally. She passed the naturalization test on her 27 November naturalization day, while expressing ongoing hatred for Stalin and concern for her 83-year-old mother and other relatives in Ukraine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nina
Wally
Stalin
Soviet Union
Ukraine
Trail helps the blind explore forest paths at Arboretum
The Arboretum staff with Columbia Lighthouse for the Blind created a half mile trail for visually impaired visitors. Jeanette Gerrard, who is blind, walked with guides and described the living trees, pine needles, and laurel markers as she learned by touch, sound, and scent.
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Agricultural Department
Columbia
Jeanette Gerrard
Virginia Music Conservatory
Mountain Laurel
Today in History August 6 1968 AP digest
On this date in 1945 the atomic bomb was used for the first time in warfare when U S forces bombed Hiroshima Japan. Other events include Napoleon dissolving the Holy Roman Empire in 1806 Bolivia gaining independence from Peru in 1825 U S troops moving into Denver in 1920 and the start of the World War II North Africa campaign in 1940. Ten years ago John Foster Dulles met in Brazil with Juscelino Kubitshek five years ago France rejected a bid for greater military cooperation to push the nuclear test ban treaty one year ago Michigan Governor Romney lifted a siege in Detroit after rioting.
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Associated Press
U.S
Hiroshima
Japan
Napoleon Bonaparte
Holy Roman Empire
Bolivia
Peru
United States
Denver
Distur
Somaliland
John Foster Dulles
Brazil
Juscelino Kubitschek
France
George Romney
Michigan
Detroit
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Vidal
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Smith
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Michener
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