Young governors push efficiency in state government
Survey highlights efforts by Lucey Dukakis Brown Evans to cut costs and reform agencies. Lucey moves toward shared expenses, Dukakis trims fat and fringes, Brown halves growth, Evans advances environmental, fiscal, and open government reforms while resettling Vietnamese refugees. Leaders at many levels show potential to restore efficiency.
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Wisconsin
Patrick J. Lucey
Massachusetts
Michael
Dukakis
Washington
Daniel J. Evans
Power Of Prayer In Portugal Amid Political Turmoil
News from foreign correspondents notes the deep devotion of Portuguese people amid violence against the new communist regime in Portugal. In 1917 Fatima visionaries urged daily prayer for Russia and warned of wars to come. The children faced peril but remained steadfast, contributing to popular sentiment against communism and fears of religious repression.
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Portugal
Fatima
Russia
Housing Starts Rise and Inflation Debate
Carla Hills, secretary of HUD, welcomed rising housing starts led by a 51 percent jump in multifamily units. July single family starts hit 927,000, with total starts at an annual 1,238,000, the strongest in over a year though high interest rates and prices constrain money flow and trade as inflation concerns grow.
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Carla Hills
Federal Housing and Urban Development
Food stamps criticized by Simon and Borlaug
Treasury Secretary Simon decries the food stamp program as a giant rip off and a subsidy to the needy with wasteful spending. Nobel laureate Dr. Borlaug argues aid to hungry nations entrenches underdevelopment and urges self sufficiency through farming improvements. The piece links welfare to dependency and notes a Michigan inmate pleading for readmission as welfare analogies echo.
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Simon
Treasury
William Simon
Ford
Congress
Norman Borlaug
United States
U.S
Dr. Borlaug
Souther Michigan
Roman Olejniczak
Korea defense hinges on Park reforms and free democracy
Ray Cromley argues for strict preconditions before U S military aid to South Korea. Park Chung hee must restore free speech open elections and curb corruption. Cromley warns that democratic suppression could unite Koreans against Communism and weaken resolve to fight. He contrasts Taiwan and Korea noting Korea’s recent progress but Park’s clampdown risks unity and support in Congress wanes.
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Washingtn
NEA
South Korea
Park
United States
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Korea
South
Kim
Sung
Taiwan
Chiang Kaishek
U.S
Tremeher
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Congress
Conrail Critique Highlights Free Market Rail Plan
Anthony Harrigan argues government subsidies and union power cripple U S railroads led by Penn Central and Rock Island. He praises Thurmond Taft sponsored S 1801 for controlled liquidation and private buyouts to restore service while ending costly labor rules and subsidies. He warns nationalization breeds waste and ratholes.
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U.S
Northeast
Midwest
Penn Central Railroad
Rock Island
Jines
Penn Central
Congress
Conrail
Sen
Strom Thurmond
Rs.c
Sen.Thurmond
Sen. Thurmond
Robert Tait Jr
Rohio
Thurmond-Taft
Interstate Commerce Commission
Elevating Israel to Sacred Cow Status Debate in Washington
A long analysis of the Israeli lobby's influence in U.S. politics and media, detailing how supporters and critics discuss its reach. Figures like Senator Culver and writers Alfred Lilienthal and Carl Marey are cited as illustrating pressure, fear, and calls for balanced debate amid a charged public climate.
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Washington
Mead
Israel
Senate
John Culver
Iowa
Middle East
Culver
Joh Culver
Hey
U.S
Carl Marey
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Foreign Affairs
Marcy
Alfred Lilienthal
New York
Evan
Wall Street Journal
America
Lilienthal
Hitler
Abdel-Mawgoud Hassan
Arab Information Center
Hassan
National Geographic Crops Replacing Hoofbeats On Hungary Open Plain
National Geographic notes Hungary's puszta transformed by irrigation, yielding grapes apricots rice and wheat. Apricots produce famed brandy. csikos horsemen and horse-drawn markets persist as Pan American flights begin linking Budapest and Washington. The record highlights Kincsem the undefeated 1876 79 racehorse and rural life amid restored pasture.
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Hungary
Washington
Puszta
Tisza
National Geographic Society
Oklahoma
Gyula Tilves
World Airways
United States
Csikos
Washington, D.C
Kincsem
Kinesem
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