Editorial Page: Payments balance a seesaw for U S
In final State of the Union President Johnson boasted a modest budget surplus and a payment balance turn to black due to overseas profits and inflows from rising stock prices. Yet the trade surplus shrank to a miserly 500 million, signaling a fragile, potentially fleeting gain that could reverse with any economic downturn. The piece warns urgent fixes are needed to address a chronic balance of payments problem and safeguard the dollar.
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Johnson
U.S
Treasury
Frederick L. Deming
United States
Eliza
Impressions of Inez Young hoodlums held no hope for good leadership
Inez Robb argues today’s activist youths are not avant garde but old fashioned and dangerous. She attacks Columbia spring rebels, nihilists, and anarchists as primitive, destructive, and driven by affluence. Media praise hides their past. She cites Harriman as example of true leadership.
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Inez Robb
Ancient
Genghis Khan
Nero
Rome
Columbia University
Confrere
America
Averell Harriman
High Cost Move Prompts Nationwide Rant
A commentator notes a $13 million push to relocate from New York into government housing in Washington. The piece hints at political figures like Nixon and Truman, referencing pay raises, piano keepsakes, and a nostalgic mix of boogaloo and classical tunes amid postwar recollections.
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New York
Washington
Nixon
Pat
Harry Truman
Packard's GAO Cost-Data Dispute Faces Congress
Washington column notes Deputy Defense Secretary David Packard finally agrees to allow GAO cost data review after court battles over Hewlett Packard contract profits. Sen. Margaret Chase Smith presses for full disclosure while Packard cites SEC rules and court rulings. Also notes early actions of Health Secretary Finch, and a slow start to the new 91st Congress amid planned vacation periods.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Defense
David Packard
Defense Department
General Accounting Office
GAO
Hewlett-Packard
Packard
Packard Company
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate Armed Services Committee
Sen. Smith
Senator Smith
Mrs. Smith
Commercie
Inaugural Night and Dining Woes in Washington
Don Maclean notes hotel dining closures and packed coffee shops during Inaugural week. He laments limited dinner hours, late openings, and a chaotic city scene with yippies, guests, and New Yorkers. He recalls the ball at a grand hotel and a parking garage extending hours to 3 a.m. amid the weather and crowds.
Evers Breaks Ground for Mississippi in Democratic Row
Washington note profiles Charles Evers, new Mississippi Democratic national committeeman, and contrasts his pragmatic, moderating approach with Black nationalist rhetoric. It traces the 1964 Atlantic City hearings and the Equal Rights Committee that paved balanced delegation rules, highlighting Evers as an accommodator seeking practical black advancement through unity with whites.
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NEA
Washington
Charles Evers
Mississippi
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Evers
Aaron Henry
Mercy in Death Penalty Debate by Russell Kirk
In 1968 no one was executed in the U S while nearly 500 sat on death rows, Kirk argues humanitarianism shorts society and invites harsher justice. He cites murders of Kennedy King and others, says life for life deterrence matters, mocks defenders of criminals, and values retribution over sentimentality. He recalls Britain’s abolition and laments declining order.
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United States
Agnew
Robert Kennedy
Martin Luther King
Britain
George Scott Moncrieff
Newcastle
Watts Manufacturing profits rise from illiterate hires gamble
Aerojet-General Corp built a Watts factory with a local Negro contractor supervising. Over 10 percent of 500 workers are illiterate and the average employee has three arrests. An attendance incentive and two week tent making course boosted output, yielding profits ahead of expectations. The piece notes social aims and quotes 1 Corinthians 12 26.
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Watts
Los Angeles
Aerojet - General Corp
Watts Manufacturing Company
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General Motors
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Robert Finch
Health, Education, and Welfare
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Medicare
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American Medical Association
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Health Insurance Association of America
91St
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Hubert
Washington News
By Bruce Biossat
Nathan ‘Hare
San Francisco State College
Pittsburgh
Hare
By Russell Kirk
Malcolm X
Medgar Evers
Eldridge Cleaver
Legion
Richard Speck
Supreme Court
James Keller
Jesus
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