Pollution should be tackled at federal level, writer argues
A columnist argues that pollution is a national crisis best addressed by federal action. The piece cites President Nixon's Environmental Quality Council, estimates for cleaning streams and lakes, solid waste disposal, and air quality costs, urging strong regulatory leadership and shared responsibility among industries, states, and cities.
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Nixon
Environmental Quality Council
Henry M. Jackson
Washington
U.S
Criticism of the Pentagon and military waste urged
A congressional subcommittee report cites billions wasted on contracts and ineffective weapons. The piece argues for a formal inquiry to curb costs while strengthening defense. It also defends the military from sole blame for Cuba and Vietnam, attributing decisions to civilian leaders Kennedy and Johnson.
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Pentagon
Congress
Cuba
Vietnam
Kennedy
Johnson
Berkeley Tragedy Shows Radicalize Polarize in Campus Clash
The Berkeley confrontation becomes a prototype of how stalled campus debates turn into radicalization and polarization. A vacant park’s reclamation, student protests, police action, and a fatal shooting marked a national warning about ad hoc authority and mass emotion on university grounds.
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University of California At Berkeley
University
Uversity
Berkeley Barb
Reagan
National Guard
Vietnam
Brutal police letter sparks debate in Texas city
A wife of a Texas minister submits a pointed letter to police urging brutal handling of her two underage sons and others to prevent worse harm. The piece contrasts brutal enforcement with the brutal consequences of crime, highlighting community fears and calls for tough policing.
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Police Department
Texas
Austin Chronology: Licenses, Miss Austin, and City Actions
A review of local actions shows the Austin City Council approving beer liquor and pinball licenses while voting against a blanket ban on pinball machines and moving to restrict off sale beer from hard liquor dealers. Marion Stoike wins Miss Austin at the Paramount Theatre.
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Austin
Marion Stoike
E. J. Stoike
Paramount Theatre
Blooming Prairie
James Olsen
Roger Catherwood
Minnesota State Bar Assa
Nixon orders aid to 3 million Viet vets already back in U.S.
President Nixon orders a comprehensive postwar study through a new cabinet level committee led by Robert Finch to track the 3 million Vietnam veterans now back in the United States. The task includes evaluating education and training enrollment, pay structures, and how to assist veterans returning to urban slums and lower income areas.
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Nixon
U.S
Victor Riesel
Washington, D.C
White House
Secretary of Defense
Secretary of Labor
Vietnam
George Shultz
Melvin Laird
Robert Finch
Korea
Messrs. Shultz
Laird
Veterans’ Administration
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
Pentagon
Defense Dept
Mr. Nixon
Donated clothes boost tax deductions guide
A guide explains how to value donated clothing for deductions. It covers using fair market value, documentation like receipts or memos, and tables from the National Institute of Drycleaning to calculate value by age and condition, with examples such as a 10 month old shirt at 60 percent of replacement cost and a suede jacket at 31 to 46 months ranging from 40 to 30 percent.
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Junior
Suzy
Dad
National Institute of Drycleaning
Institute
Internal Revenue Service
Dry-Cleaners
Textile Trade Relations Department
Burlington Ave
Silver Spring
Today in History flashback June 11 highlights
On June 11 in history notable events include 1942 lend lease pact between the United States and the Soviet Union to aid the Soviet war effort, 1727 death of King George I, and other milestones such as the Comstock Lode discovery container with $300 million value, and political moments from 1963 Alabama segregation protests to 1959 Nevada prospecting.
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United States
Soviet Union
George I
England
Six Mile Canyon
Nevada
Comstock Lode
Russia
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Benito Mussolini
Alabama
George Wallace
National Guard
Education of gifted fuels elite disdain for democracy
Dr Samuel I Hayakawa, acting president of San Francisco State College, warned a congressional committee that elite education risks producing a nihilistic view toward democracy among gifted youth. He cited college graduates who feel superior, disrespect authorities, and favor hedonism, risking broader social and political disengagement as they enter government and business. He compared this with Mandarins and Plato and urged examination of whether schools or homes shapes such attitudes.
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Washington
NEA
Samuel I. Hayakawa
San Francisco State College
Hayakawa
Plato
Hitler
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Rochester
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American Legion
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Bureau of the Budget
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Harvard
NEA, Inc
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South America
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Richard Putnam Pratt
THE
Associated Press
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Grover Cleveland
Ray Cromley
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