Editorial Page In Our Opinion Federal budgeting is fantastic
The piece critiques federal budgeting for 1969, noting a $6 billion reduction amid rising actual spending. It cites shifting spending estimates, defense cuts, space program reductions, deferrals, offshore oil revenues, and welfare offsets, arguing that Congress uses accounting tricks rather than genuine reform. The author mocks the idea that budgeting is a logical process.
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Congress
Chin
Interior Dept
Departments of Agriculture and Health, Education and Welfare
Muskie deftly handles hecklers in Washington
In Washington Pennsylvania last week Senator Muskie faced student hecklers and used a 10 minute uninterrupted talk to steer dialogue. He exposed the activists lack of constructive policy and urged voters to participate. He urged McCarthy to join the fight against Wallaceism and racism returning home to lead youth.
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Chicago
Edmund S. Muskie
Washington
Muskie
Maine
Richard Brody
McCarthy
Brody
U.S.A
Audi
Navy flaws in submarine plate tests raise risk of loss
Washington columnist details confidential notes alleging Navy lax in testing steel plates for submarines. Independent tests found 20 percent of plates for Electric Boat below standards, while several yards showed low rejection rates. Penn Galvanizing urged stricter testing. Navy resisted, even after the Scorpion disaster and Thresher prior loss.
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Washington
Navy
Bureau of Ships
Scorpion
Penn Galvanizing Company
Electric Boat Company
U.S. Naval Shipyard
Portsmouth
N. H
Mare Island
Calif
Newport News
Ingalls Shipbuilding Company
Pascagoula
Miss
Raymond Perelman
Penn Galvanizing
Ing
Perelman
Mills
Lukens Steel
Armco Steel
U.S. Steel
ARMCO
Penn
Maurice Devine
Thresher
Defense Industrial Supply Center
F. C. Jones
Admiral Jones
Armed Services
Norfolk
Devine
McNamara costs and the arms race debate
Washington column weighs McNamara cost driving defense choices and Admiral Rickover to argue for essential weapons. It compares submarines to missiles, cites Rep. Edwards and Rep. Anderson, and notes WWI bureaucracy as a caution. Also cheekily references Esso Tiger votes and Agnew Jap remark apology.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Joint Chiefs of Staff
M.ake
Defense
Robert McNamara
Hyman Rickover
Russia
Jack Edwards
Ala
Washington News HHH bears in stigma and resignations
Vice President Humphrey faces pressure from aides to separate himself from President Johnson on Vietnam yet advisers fear resignation would hurt him more than help his 1968 race against Nixon and Wallace. The public links chaos to Johnson’s administration, complicating Humphrey’s effort to gain voters while Wallace’s presence reshapes the race.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Cleveland
Humphrey
Johnson
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
U.S
Hubert Humphrey
U. S
Alabama
Nixon
Wallace
To The Point Prospects ghastly for a Hubert Humphrey victory
Russell Kirk assesses a troubled path for Hubert Humphrey in 1968, arguing Nixon could win despite risks. He warns of Democratic splits, third party pressure from The New Party and Wallace, and the danger of a Wallace electoral surge. The piece weighs state by state prospects and party dynamics.
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Richard Nixon
Dewey
Pennsylvania
New York
Nixon
Miami Beach
The Nixon Humphrey Campaign Tech Thrift Eyeing TV Style
Speechless swarms of campaign aides monitor every wrinkle and lip sweat as Nixon and Humphrey face television glare. Observers note Nixon’s lip perspiration and five o clock shadow while Humphrey faces polling pressure and wardrobe quirks amid a harsh media cycle.
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Inez
House of Representatives
Wisconsin
Richard Brodys
By Jack Anderson
Mac's
Itos
Rickover
McNamara
John B. Anderson
Ill
Field Artillery
Germany
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Esso Tiger
Spiro Agnew
Hubert
Washington News
Decat
By Russell Kirk
Senator Goldwater
Alf Landon
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Michigan
Minnesota
Harry Truman
New Party
Thomas Dewey
Truman
Humphreys
Lyndon Johnson
Reagan
California
Romney
Agnew
Upper South
District of Columbia
Harold Coffin
Hubert Humph
Rey
Richard
Lyndon
Biddeford
Lace Journal
Adams Street
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
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