How Austin Looks From Outsider's View
James W. Clark, state director of Business and Industrial Development, assesses Austin's strengths and faults. He urges greater city county planning cooperation and notes needs such as a department store, a high rise professional building, and an agricultural park with living farm exhibits. He links future growth to Interstate Highway 90 and calls for citizens to invest two percent of time and money to improve the community.
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James W. Clark
Austin
Clark
Chicago
Twin Cities
Hoover Defended Amid Report Johnson Seeks Hoover Dismissal
THE WHITE HOUSE denied claims that President Johnson plans to drop FBI chief J Edgar Hoover. It cited Hoover’s record of 12 921 convictions in fiscal 1964 and $210 771 402 recovered, arguing one public misstep should not end a long, productive tenure.
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White House
Johnson
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Newsweek Magazine
Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Consumer buying mood signals strong business outlook
Department of Commerce surveys show October intentions to buy autos rising to 20.4 percent, homes 5.7 percent, major appliances 23.5 percent. With Christmas expected to reach an all time peak, consumer spending is expected to stay high after the holidays.
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Department of Commerce
Opinions of Others on the War on Poverty Funds
The article decries a $35 million spread across 32 states by the Office of Economic Opportunity. It notes a shotgun approach supporting Job Corps and community action with scattered aims for dropouts retraining, and college aid. It criticizes lack of firm standards to measure outcomes and warns against flashy short lived projects.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Sargent Shriver
D.E.O
Shriver
Quotation for Today and the Antipoverty Debate
The piece weighs political funding and program strategy in the antipoverty crusade. It argues against a shotgun approach and for targeted, evaluative spending to Ford or shrink entrenched poverty, favoring careful review and abandoning ineffective programs. It cites Mr. Shriver and references a New York Times analysis.
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Shriver
NEW York Times
Turn Back The Clock: Tri State Conference and Local Campaigns
A retrospective slice notes Paul Christenson attends a Tri State Telephone Co. managers conference in St. Paul. The Community Chest Campaign targets 6500 dollars for its drive and the Junior Chamber of Commerce dance funds share-your-clothes initiatives.
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Paul Christenson
Tri-State Telephone Co
St. Paul
Community Chest
Junior Chamber of Commerce
St. Augustine
Queen of Angels
St. Augustine Athletic Association
Margy Wood
Austin Junior College
Jay Hormel
George A. Hormel & Co
Committee For Economic Development
Campaign costs rise as voters demand big money
A survey shows statewide and national campaigns now require large funds. Keating spent three quarters of a million with failure. House races can reach six hundred thousand. The piece links finance to the 1964 election and notes other political spending trends.
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United States
Keating
New York
Congress
Howard Smith
House Rules Committee
Smith
National Association of Manufacturers
Longshoremen fear strike as BART closes
Victor Riesel reports that the Defense Dept shuts Brooklyn Army Terminal docks, risking 700 to 1,000 longshoremen losing work. The move heightens ILA and Shipping Assn. contract tensions over crew size and modernized practices, risking a nationwide port shutdown if workers walk out.
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New York
Pentagon
Defense Dept
BART
Brooklyn Army Terminal
McNamara
Greenland
New York Shipping Assn
International Longshoremen’s Assn
ILA
AFL - Cio
Shipping Assn
Union longshoremen seek shift in work rules on dock payroll
National union leaders clash with shipowners over replacing cashew nut and auto checkers with broader tasks while guarding pensions. The dispute follows McNamara directives and Defense Dept policy, threatening a wider shutdown from Main to Texas unless a compromise is found.
Has-Beens in a World of Fame and Fortune
A comic tale on recent books of fame and the fate of Has-Beens. Prince Charles’s notebook fetches 28000 dollars for publication rights as WARD CANNEL interviews Max Rosey about marketing past quotes. The Jay Gould Award idea is dismissed as a money-maker. The talk turns to celebrities labeled Has-Beens like Pola Negri and Basil Rathbone, with only George Metesky recalled as a rare exception.
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New York
NEA
Prince Charles
Times
Max Rosey
Mr. Rosey
Jay Gould
Queens
Jacks
Mary Astor
Buster Keaton
Fay Bainter
Edgar Bergen
Maurice Evans
Garbo
Sonny Tufts
Negri
Jean Peters
Howard Hughes
Basil Rathbone
Central Park West
George Metesky
Matthews, 77, Publisher of American Mercury, Dies
Jason Matthews, 77, publisher of the American Mercury magazine and a writer and composer, died Monday. He had led the literary digest established by H L Mencken for several years.
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Mission, Tex
Jason Matthews
American Mercury
H.L. Mencken
Monroe Doctrine highlights U S noninterference pledge
Today’s history notes mark 1823 policy statement by President Monroe to Congress warning European expansion in the Western Hemisphere and U S noninterference in European affairs. Also listed are Napoleons 1804 coronation and other 19th 20th century milestones.
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James Monroe
Congress
Western Hemisphere
United States
Napoleon I
France
Philadelphia
John Brown
Charlestown
Timely Quotes Reflect Caution on Money and Power
The collection features Harold Wilson urging focus on earning rather than spending. Rep. John Lindsay remarks on infighting within the GOP. Lord Cromer warns prestige must be earned not borrowed. Archbishop Beck defends citizens while governments must act. Sen. John Tower urges Republicans not to dump Dean Burch as National Chairman.
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John Tower
R-Tex
Dean Burch
GOP Faces Grim Dilemma Losing Is Habit Forming
Republican leaders warn defeat breeds further losses as 1960s stakes mount. House and Senate margins, governors and state legislatures show a long slide, shrinking base and candidate prospects. Critics say habit of losing undermines strategy and party prestige, with no easy cure without fresh leadership.
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Gop
Dean Burch
John Birch
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Tal
Mabel Olson
Willa Church
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F. H. Rosenthal
American Medical Association
Miami
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Austin Association For the Mentally Retarded
Ray Jorgenson
U.S. House of Representatives
Department of Agriculture
Kennedy
A. Kenneth Virniz
4Th Ave
Edgar Arthur Newman
Christopher Evans
Defense Dept.s
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Berry's
Thomas
Ted) Gleason
Local 1
Washington
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Main
Texas
Hall Syndicate, Inc
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Pola Negri
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