Douglas urges youth to shape policy amid climate and power fears
The piece cites Justice William C. Douglas urging students at Fairleigh Dickinson University to press for participatory democracy, warning of government overreach, nuclear energy risks, and the need for abundant power. It cites Teller on foolproof reactors and questions about solar energy funding and international youth collaboration against nuclear disaster.
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Supreme Court
William C. Douglas
Douglas
Fairleigh Dickinson University
Congress
Edward Teller
Justice Douglas
California
Soviet Union
Reds
Plan to form core rail system may cut 40000 jobs
Secretary Brinegar testified before Congress that combining the six bankrupt Northeast railroads into a quasi public core system would eliminate about 40,000 jobs. Of these, 15000 are over 60, 15000 in their 20s with under three years service, and 5000 to 10000 by attrition, with less than 80 percent of Penn Central likely to survive.
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Claude S. Brinegar
Senate Commerce Committee
Brinegar
Penn Central
Congress
Northeast
Allies Won’t Contribute To Own Defense In NATO Crisis
In Brussels Gen Andrew Goodpaster seeks more European financial help to reduce US balance of payments strain from NATO costs. Western Europe resists deeper spending, with only West Germany contributing currently. NATO leaders fear a possible US troop withdrawal as Soviet forces bolster Central Europe, including 1,500 new T-62 tanks in the region.
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Brussels
NATO
Andrew J. Goodpaster
U. S
Europe
Goodpaster
U. S. Senate
Nixon
West Germany
Soviet Union
Russia
Hungary
Moscow
Vienna
U.S
White House
Donald Rumsfeld
Henry Kissinger
Kissinger
Monopsony risks for government buyers rising
A study funded by the Aerospace Industries Assn warns the federal government increasingly acts as a monopsony in buying goods and services, spanning defense to transit, education, health, and environment. Purchases now approach 10 percent of GNP with rising inflation-adjusted growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aerospace Industries Assn
Congress
Justice Department
Antitrust Division
Association
Prejudice and Discrimination in Modern Thought
Russell Kirk discusses healthy and unhealthy prejudice and discrimination, praising a school manual by the Educational Research Council of America that teaches students to distinguish harmful from harmless biases. He lists example prejudices, labels some as healthy or harmful, and argues that discrimination can be justified in employment and daily judgment while condemning color-based favoritism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Social Science Program
Educational Research Council of America
Allyn and Bacon
Middle States Council For the Social Studies
Educational Research Council
ERC
Sloan testifies over Watergate cash distribution details
Former Watergate treasurer Hugh W Sloan describes to Senate investigators how he disbursed about 900000 in cash and 199000 to Liddy, with payments to Magruder LaRue Porter Kalmbach and Strachan. He recounts pressure to lie and avoid perjury while officials urged truth.
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Washington
Hugh W. Sloan, Jr
Senate
White House
John Ehrlichman
Ehrlichman
Sloan
Dwight Chapin
Chapin
Watergate
G. Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Jeb Magruder
Magruder
Finance
Maurice Stans
Stans
John Mitchell
LaRue
Grand Jury
U. S
Earl Silbert
Grand
Ilbert
Silbert
Margruder
Herb Kalmbach
Gordon Strachan
Herbert Porter
Humorous Bits From Washington and TV Summers
A visitor from Washington jokes about power shifts and Watergate language. TV summer replacements are seen as short lived except Sam Ervin Show. Household shorthand mocks leftovers as recycled protein and boasts about high security becoming low. Bonnie and Clyde’s car with bullet holes is for sale.
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Sam Ervin
Bonnie and Clyde
Myth of Nixon Mitchell closeness undermined by Watergate analysis
The piece argues that the widely held view of a intimate Nixon Mitchell friendship is a myth. It traces Nixon’s political use of Mitchell from 1968, noting Mitchell’s limited cabinet role, lack of direct access, and later indictment in the Vesco fund case, challenging the supposed personal bond.
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Nixon
John Mitchell
Mitchell
California
Gaylord Parkinson
Wall Street
Washington
New York
Vesco Campaign Fund
Useless But Interesting Governments Form to Protect Citizens
A satirical note on governments being created to shield citizens from danger even if the state must devise new hazards, illustrating skepticism toward bureaucratic safety mechanisms and policy redundancy.
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Richard Wesley
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Sydney Smith
Mercer County
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Robert Novak
Don Oakley
Monopsony
Western Europe
Kremlin
Denmark
Belgium
Canada
Rollet Tobs
Russell Kirk
Jack Anderson
Soaper
Power Ince
Bruce Blosset
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