AFL-CIO seeks 6 percent mortgage rate and new housing funds
New Jersey AFL-CIO delegates press a program to roll back mortgage interest from 9.5 to 6 percent and require one third of bank reserves for low-cost home loans. Proposals include an urban development bank, expanded pension funds mortgage access, and a state land-use policy for affordable housing. The plan warns of capital being forced to yields seen in the 1950s.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Jersey
Afl-Cio
Atlantic City
Organized Labor
Savings and Loan
Backlash and Incumbency Issues Stoke 1974 Races
Democratic leaders fear Watergate backlash and anti incumbent sentiment could cost gains in Congress. DNC executive director Robert J. Keefe seeks a two thirds Senate and near 300 House seats, while DSCC chair Lloyd Bentsen and DNC chair Wayne Hays pursue sizable nominal gains. Experts warn Republicans may benefit if Nixon’s woes fade. Meanwhile Stoessel appointed ambassador to the USSR and Nixon diplomatic moves touch foreign policy. The White House hosts unexpected visitors as auto industry shifts raise layoffs.
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Robert J. Keefe
Democratic National Committee
Lloyd Bentsen
Texas
Senate
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Democratic National Congressional Committee
Mark Shields
George Bush
National Republican Committee
World Energy Picture Far From Dark
John Chamberlain argues the Arab states seek a soft line post Yom Kippur, tying oil flow to Israel's borders. He notes past guarantees, currency risks, and the limits of Arab oil power, urging a Western buyers cartel to counter Arab sellers and diversify beyond Middle East oil.
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John Chamberlain
World Energy
Libya
Israel
Treasuries
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Middle East
U.S
Professor Frankel
Free Nations
Canada
South America
Free World
Frankel
Direction of R and D in U S defense policy faces shift
Washington commentary notes a decade of reduced basic research sponsorship by the Defense Department from 80 percent to 11 percent, amid Great Society programs and Vietnam fade. It cites Nixon decentralization, rising state advisory staffs, and tighter defense firm finances as signs of change, with concerns over arms exports to the USSR and a drift from leadership in basic research.
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Washington, P.c
Sur- Defense Department
Johnson
Great Society
Nixon
Scoop Jackson
Ussr
France
Japan
Germany
Russia
Washington
Federalia
Malcolm R. Currie
Thort
A Conservative Majority Taking Form in America
The article analyzes Nixon's damage to conservatism, argues public mood favors conservative ideas, and reviews Donald Zoll's theory of a possible future conservative majority. It notes three driving forces, the enduring appeal of Burkean conservatism, and potential movements like a "Young America" within existing parties, possibly by 1976.
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Nixon
Donald A. Zoll
Arizona State University
Beaumaris Books
Tempe
Arizona
Dr. Zoll
Yesteryear
Donald Zoll
America
Harris
Zoll
Edmund Burke
John Adams
New Left
Newsmen Are Slurred Under the First Amendment
A critique of licensing journalists and the push for public demographic disclosure of reporters. The piece defends free speech, argues editors’ and reporters’ personal backgrounds do not bias reporting, and cites Editor and Publisher on the profession. It notes Nixon's tax return as a media buzz item and previews a public ad tease.
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Florida
Farris Bryant
Topydesk
Beaumont
Tex
Watergate, CIA, and the hunt for truth in politics
Ralph de Toledano argues the Ervin Committee ignored broader Watergate leads and questions CIA complicity. He suggests CIA espionage on candidates and possible White House surveillance, urging subpoena power to probe Langley and the agency while noting political risk to national security.
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Ervin Committee
Nixon
E. Howard Hunt
CIA
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Hunt
Central Intelligence Agency
White House
Ervin
Daniel Elisberg
Intelligence
Alphonse-and- Gaston
Gordon Liddy
Liddy
Sirica
Justice Department
Senator Goldwater
Johnson
CTA
Washington
Howard Hunt
Senate
Langley
Virginia
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Policy
The Danville Register lists delivery rates of 50 cents a week for daily and Sunday by carrier, 10 cents for single copies, and 20 cents for Sunday only. Mail subscriptions: one year 20 dollars, six months 10.50, three months 5.25, one month 1.75. Notices mailed 10 days before expiration. renewals urged.
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Anatoly F. Dobrynin
Moscow
Dobrynin
Walter J. Stoessel, Jr
Jacob J. Beam
Stoessel
Beam
The
Senator Soaper
Nixons
Sinai
Egypt
Nasser
Iilat
Red Sea
Midas
Europe
Iraq
Venezuela
Indonesia
Ernst Frankel
M.I.T. Department of Oceanography
Halmes Alexander
National Security Industrial Association
IR & D
Russell Kirk
Gallup
Richard Nixon
Ralph de Toledano
Watergate
Danville
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