Guest editorial on Pentagon procurement reforms and C-5A cost issues
The piece critiques McNamara era innovations and the C-5A jet program, noting costs rising above 3.7 billion with 30 of 120 planes delivered. It argues for separating development from production, using fixed price contracts with incentives to curb risk and protect taxpayers, while acknowledging challenges of sole-supplier risk.
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Pentagon
David Packard
Defense
House
Robert §. McNamara
McNamara
CIA
GSA
Lockheed
Packard
Mr. McNamara
Pocketbook issue dominates 1966 election outlook
Walter Trohan argues the pocketbook issue will decide the forthcoming congressional elections. Inflation and jobs top voters’ concerns, with local issues and personalities following. He notes Republican prospects in Senate and House races, mentions figures like Daley, Stevenson, Nixon, Rockefeller, Goldberg, Oltinger, Buckley, Murphy, Reagan, and Byrd, all amid a broader view of regional political dynamics and candidate standings.
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Washington
Nixon
I L
Congress
Minnis
Sen. Sith
New York
Charles E. Goodell
Agnew. Ie
Richard L. Oltinger
James Buckley
Nelson Rockefeller
Supreme Court
Arthur Goldberg
Congressional Representatives for South County Areas
Representatives in Washington and their mailing addresses include Senator Alan Cranston and Senator George Murphy. Also listed are Congressman George P. Miller of the 8th District including San Leandro and nearby areas, and Congressman Don Edwards of the 6th District covering south Hayward Union City Fremont Newark and parts of Santa Clara and San Mateo counties.
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South County
Alan Cranston
Senate
Washington, D.C
George Murphy
George P. Miller
Rayburn
Don Edwards
Cannon Building
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo Counties
Presidents vexed by own commissions
The piece critiques U S presidential commissions as buck passing that harms the president and divides the nation. It notes Kerner Scranton and Lockhart reports influence public views on race violence campus unrest and pornography while arguing commissions lack formal standing and threaten true presidential leadership by shifting responsibility away from the executive.
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Negra
Arsoyane
Johnson
Laller
Nxon
Gav
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Nowy
Nixon
Sentation
Kerner
Scranton
Lockhart
White House
Unusual hero or one more controversial Mall honoree
Washington's decision to memorialize Joe Hirshhorn with a 15 million dollar monument and museum on the Mall is scrutinized. Dillon Ripley defends the project as White House authorized, while critics question Hirshhorn's convictions and financial terms, including tax benefits and government upkeep.
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Washington
Lyndon B. Johmson
Joe Hirshhorn
Washington Mall
Joseph Hirschhorn
Sculpture Gardens
Dillon Ripley
Smithsonian Institution
Johnson
Hirshhorn
House
Canada
New York State
Ripley
Lincoln
Smithsonian
Hirshhorzi
White House
Nipley
Hirschhorn
Abe Fortas
Fortas
Joe Hirshiwra
Hirstharn
Tce
Gary Airshhorn
Thompso
Congress
Public Works Committee
Barry Goldwater
Thay
Air and Space Museum
Coldwater
Johnson Administration
Rouse
Reagan endorsed again by Examiner as governor
The San Francisco Examiner endorses Ronald Reagan for another term, praising his fiscal restraint, avoidance of higher taxes, and tough stance on campus disorder. It lauds his balanced budgets, program cuts, and insistence on responsible university governance, urging voters to reelect Reagan and support Gov. Reagan and Lt. Gov. Ed Reinecke.
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the Examiner
Ronald Reagan
California
Examiner
Reuben
Ed Reinecke
Reagan
Times
Teagan
Congress
Hey
Brown
University of California
Berkeley
Stanford University
University Automie My
Spock Right or Wrong Shapes Parental Fear At 2 A.M.
A reader recalls a late night involving Dr. Spock and the Agnew era, describing parental reliance and wartime anxieties. The piece mixes humor and concern about permissiveness, draft resistance, and a child’s temper with Dr. Spock’s influence and political tones.
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Agnew
Dr. Spock
Pablum
Bart
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Wallstreet
Ournas
Walter Trohan
Pocketbook
Adlai E. Stevenson
Daley
Chicago
Young Adal
Slinvis
Robert ‘Vatt Ur
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James 4. Rhodes
Tennessee
Albert Gere
Virginia
Marty Byrd Jr
Democratic Party
Sen
Geller
Nrat
San Leandro
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore-Amador Valley
North Hayward
Alameda
Hail Oakland
William S. White
Tne
Johanson
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Clark Mollenhols
The
San Francisco Examiner
Spiro
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