Opportunity and Public Affairs in the Budget
The piece questions government spending on publications like Opportunity from the Office of Economic Opportunity and cites broader waste concerns. It highlights training films used by the Air National Guard, drug industry blame for narcotics, May Day cleanup costs, and the Nixon administration’s budget choices as examples of cost and policy debates.
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Office of Public Affairs of
Washington
OEO
Vietnam
John Birch Society
Air National Guard
Alaska
John Wayne
Birch Leader
R. Lewis
Paul Harkins
George McGovern
U.S. Air Force
Pinka
McGovern
Defense
Mel Laird
Air Force
Nixon cuts funding spark controversy across multiple programs
A collage of 1960s era items shows budget battles. Birch film airmen program reports 30 percent rat reduction in 25 pilot cities. Elliott Richardson praises it while the White House vetoes funding. Nixon fights Congress by scouring Washington papers for precedent, cites Jefferson’s rejected $50,000 gunboat appropriation. VAT proposal and Kremlin politics noted, plus campus double standards and a printing crisis.
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Elliott Richardson
White House
Nixon
Congress
George Washington
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Grass roots opinion from Independence Kans on voting
A Kansas opinion piece urges voters to take election day seriously. It emphasizes the American right to vote, the duty of candidates to present records, and the God-given privilege of representative government earned by past freedoms.
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Independence
Kans
America
Representative Govern
Resentment of Welfare Taxes in Pennsylvania Letter
A writer laments state income tax deductions directing funds to welfare recipients in Corry and nearby areas. He condemns welfare for young single women while praising aid for the aged and disabled, claiming higher taxes burden his family and urging a hard line in Harrisburg against welfare. The missive attacks legislators and Governor Shapp and describes taxpayers as victims of a system that distorts family finances.
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Pennsylvania
Shapp
Harrisburg
Airlines circle globe selling surplus aircraft
United Air Lines executive Jay Dettman says carriers often sell or lease unused planes when seats fail to fill. He notes 388 craft in service with many held as surplus and says a 747 outright sale is unlikely though leasing may occur to weather market cycles.
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New York
Jay Dettman
United Air Lines
Dettman
Opening of the Corry Memorial Hospital
The Corry area marks a major civic milestone with the completion and in service opening of the new hospital on West Smith Street. The event reflects local pride in improved public services and the community’s growth.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
West Smith Street
Libs Can Be Tamed by Hal Boyle
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle argues women face lingering subordination in travel and legal contexts. He cites airline ticketing and customs practices that default to husbands, leaving wives as carryons, plus a look at guardianship duties for indigent or mentally retarded relatives under Pennsylvania law and potential state wards if parents die.
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New York
McSorley’s
London
Husband
Customs Bureau
Europe
Pennsylvania
Corry Evening Journal header and masthead noise
The Corry Evening Journal masthead lists staff and contact lines with Associated Press notice. The text shows pricing and mailing details as a cluttered publication header from a historic issue.
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