Editorial Page In Our Opinion on U S Bureaucracy Growth
The piece cites C Northcote Parkinson and Council of State Chambers of Commerce data to argue that U S Department of Agriculture employment has surged 62 percent since 1954 while farms and farm populations fell sharply. It notes a rise in federal employees per farm and questions payroll waste, while acknowledging a contradiction with the law that spending grows to meet tax revenue.
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C. Northcote Parkinson
Admiralty
Colonial Office
Council of State Chambers of Commerce
Council
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Giant Bell Signals Mental Health Progress
Paul Harvey discusses the National Mental Health Association and the shift from confinement to treatment of mental illness. The piece notes improved therapy, rising discharge rates, and the symbolic 300 pound bell rung at Mental Health Month events, with Immy Piersall's Boston return echoing the message of hope and progress.
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Paul Harvey
National Mental Health Assa
Bell
United States
Snake Pit
Mental Health Assn
Brewer Grant
Chicago Area
MHA
Fenway Park
Boston
Immy Piersall
Red Sox
Harold Coffin Public Library Week Commentary Spin
A brief flagged remark on National Library Week features Harold Coffin. The speaker suggests a conspiratorial tone about media influence and likens a free public library to a venue where a cheapskate visits after perusing magazines at a drugstore. The librarian is described with a curt phrase.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Library Week
Monkey style columnists spark daily newspaper chatter
An old quip about apes typing and writing books is used to joke that some writers churn out newspaper columns faster than books can be read. The playful line suggests the endless stream of new publications keeps readers busy and distracted.
Three Minutes A Day By Future Doctors And Nuclear Physics
Dean Parks of George Washington University School of Medicine predicts that future doctors will learn nuclear physics and higher mathematics to apply rocket era tech to medicine. He says medical practice will rely on teamwork, mutual trust, and dedication to truth as science becomes more specialized and collaborative. The sermon urges living a life worthy of the calling and reminds that society depends on each other.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dean Parks
George Washington University School of Medicine
Christ
Thurmond Spurs Park Service Elm Row View War
Washington senator Strom Thurmond protested elm trees planted along the Potomac approach to his Southwest Washington residence. Park Service crews replaced 18 trees near his windows with bushes to restore his view. The piece notes broader clashes over seniority and leadership in Congress, highlighting tensions between old and young members and stubborn stance of senior committees.
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Washington
Joyce Kilmer
Strom Thurmond
R S.C
Thurmond
Harbour Square
Potomac
National Park Service
Sen. Thurmond
House
Congress
Democratic Study Group
Mike Kirwan
Youngstown
Ohio
Capitol
Banner Year for Crime In The Lawbreakers Note
Washington columnist reviews The Lawbreakers by Evans and Moore noting rising crime stats since 1964 and critiquing Safe Streets and the Crime Commission. The piece contrasts national fear with President Johnson era rhetoric and mocks official complacency in crime reporting.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Arlington House
M. Stanton Evans
Indianapolis News
Margaret Moore
Johnson
North Vietside defector tells of harsh communist rule
Washington News reports Ray Cromley interviews a North Vietnamese captain who became disillusioned with Ho Chi Minh’s regime. He describes party control over even everyday choices from markets to village leadership, food shortages, and fear of bombing, as he seeks to study medicine after years as a political commissar in Laos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ray Cromley
Washington
Vientiane
Laos
Ho Chi Minh
Communist Party
North Vietnam
Jin
South Vietnam
Editor's Outlook on Panama Canal Giveaway Debate
An Opinion piece argues against ceding canal control to Panama, recalling history from Roosevelt to Johnson, warning of long term US influence loss, and noting prominent figures forming an American Emergency Committee on the Panama Canal. It frames the issue as a test of power versus abdication.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Republic of Panama
Marco Robles
National Assembly
America
U.S
Panama Canal
United States
Archer
Jimson Weed
Teddy Roosevelt
Colombia
Panama
Republic of
Republic
Canal Zone
Uncle Sam
Canal
Mediterranean
Suez
Egypt
Spain
Gibraltar
Spruille Braden
Navy
Charles Edison
Strom Thurmond
Daniel Flood
H. R. Gross
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Oklahoma
House Ways and Means
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Arkansas
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President's Crime Commission
New York
Gov. Nelson A. Rockefeller
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
J. Edgar Hoover
Bobby Kennedy
Vicious Circle Department
Washington News
North Vietside
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