Prayer Amendment Lockup Upends House Rules Tactics
The proposal to amend the Constitution to allow school prayer if routed through Rep. Emanuel Celler’s rules committee is criticized as meritless and limited in effect. It risks elevating a single committee chair over democratic debate, with advocates using a discharge petition to force a vote amid broad resistance.
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Emanuel Celler
House Rules Committee
Supreme Court
Rep
Celler
Breakthrough Housing Push Aims to Cut Costs and Codes
HUD's Operation Breakthrough backs industrialized and modular housing with a 45 million annual budget to ease building code changes and transport rates. States have begun adopting industrialized housing codes, trucking rate rulings are in place, and nine sites are under construction as 15 producers sign site contracts, though resistance remains in various areas.
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Stich-Ly
Apuy
Department of Housing and Urban Development
HUD
Uncle Sam
Breakthrough
George Romney
Tarkenton’s loan demand tops Giants contract squabble
The article recalls Fran Tarkenton’s brief contract stand with the New York Giants, where he sought loans in lieu of higher salary, framing it as a tax boon to boost investment. It compares the episode to Frank Howard’s Dodgers era grievance about funds for family needs, noting lasting effects as Howard’s earnings rise.
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Tarkenson
New York Giants
Tarkenton
Giants
Big Frank Howard
Los Angeles Dodgers
Howard
Mort
Washington
People speak against highway plans in Amanas
A reader urges residents of the Amanas to oppose a new highway crossing farmland. He argues it would ruin the area's atmosphere, destroy habitats and timber, and worsen wildlife loss. The letter criticizes politicians and calls for leaders who prioritize nature over development to protect river bottoms and rural landscapes.
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Tighway
Ida
Waterloo
Ike Nist
Mother Nature
Rome
River City
Upgrade Highways To the Editor
A reader urges the Iowa state highway commission to reconsider freeway 349 through the Amanas. They argue upgrading existing highways and bridges may better serve ecological and cultural interests while improving road conditions with prudent spending and collaborative local input.
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Oy Auc
Iowa State Highway Commission
Towa
Smanas
Highway Commission
Howaver
The
Amanas
Credibility of Presidents: Public Doubt After Pentagon Papers
Louis Harris surveys show 78 percent rate Lyndon Johnson negatively on Vietnam handling after the papers. Only 18 percent disagree on Johnson’s truthfulness about U.S. involvement. Nixon’s figures rise to 61 percent negative post publication, with trust in truth dropping from 48 to 33 percent. Survey conducted July 10 to 16 with 8 percent following the papers.
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Louis Harris
Morrie
Pentagon
Vietnam
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
U.S
Nixon
Nisan
United States
Moscow
Idaho
Conemander
Public Doubt Deepens Over Presidents Credibility From Pentagon Papers
A survey of 1,493 households shows 47 percent think Johnson was frank about the Vietnam war while 38 percent doubt. Nixon’s credibility also declines, with a persistent belief that both leaders hid facts. Teens show strong distrust but favor recognizing mainland China. The study notes broader erosion of trust as a lasting impact of the Pentagon papers.
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Chris
Johson
Nixon
Pentagon
White House
Joliet
Hellertown
Texas
Harper Woods
Mich
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
U.S
Shaker Heights
Ohio
Laos
Cambodia
Venice
Calif
Coal City
Ind
Nixon's World Tour Plans Spark Mocking Skepticism
Russell Baker notes President Nixon plans a nationwide trip to study America but puzzle, humor, and doubt cloud the plan. White House vets a "new old American hands" panel while preparations raise questions about real conditions versus facades.
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Russell Baker Waser
Nixon
America
White House
Washington
Kissinger
John Mitchell
Hoboken
New Jersey
Bucharest
New York
Lindsay
Central Park
North American
Washington, D.C
Anacostia
Eong
President’s world tour plans draw skeptical responses
A snide critique questions the value of presidential travel and media manipulation. The piece mocks Agnew’s role and suggests constitutional changes to force a traveling leader to endure routine commutes, arguing such trips rarely aid a sitting president. New York Times Service.
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Agnew
White House
America
New York Times
Ripping Off The Poor A Counterculture View
Article discusses a subculture justifying theft from stores and welfare as moral redistribution, citing radicals like Abbie Hoffman and voices from New Left. It contrasts this with Robin Hood myth, noting youths justify taking from the wealthy and from the poor to fund revolution.
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Drosnin
Robin Hood
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