Senate Bills Expand Energy Warily Amid Shortage
The Senate approved a bill granting Nixon power to curb energy use by business and individuals while the House is on vacation. Provisions include a $1000 annual tax deduction for weatherproofing, unemployment benefits for workers laid off due to conservation actions, and limited federal official car use. The piece notes potential gas rationing, broader executive powers, and the administration’s aim to shield jobs and industries from recession. In New York City, firemen's strike votes led to arbitration as leaders faced questions about honesty during the process, with mixed reactions among members and officials.
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Senate
Nixon
House
Congress
Henry M. Jackson
Gold Trading Reopens As U S Considers Lifting Ban
Secretary of the Treasury George Shultz told the Senate committee that the Nixon era move to allow private buying and selling of gold is imminent. The official gold price remains 42.22 or 35 at Fort Knox, while market prices surged to around 90 to 125 an ounce in recent trading. London remains the main market, with New York set to join once authorized. A separate note reports a southern university canceling its voodoo course, a quip about football team sizes.
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United States
Secretary of the Treasury
George P. Shultz
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Nixon
Fort Knox
Monetary Consortium
Shultz
London
New York
Southern University
Blacks Open Path To Industry Says John Chamberlain
John Chamberlain argues in a GE paper that US industry will polarize with service and fashion sectors hiring most minority workers while engineering and tech stay with white Protestants. He notes major firms already seek black technicians and women in fields like electrical engineering, amid college co op programs advancing minority students in chemical, electrical, and computer sciences. Pratt Institute example shows nine classroom semesters and five six-month industry placements for 180 minority students.
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General Electric Company
America
Cor
Union Carbide
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
General Motors
Ford
Pratt Institute
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York
Pratt
Pontiac
Mich
General Motors Corporation
Floyd Carter
Mobile
Ala
Fordham University
Brooklyn Polytechnic
Kentucky Fried Chicken
Helms And McClure Push Checks In Senate Debate
Washington senators Jesse Helms and James McClure act as a restraint on majority power, urging prudence in energy policy and foreign aid. Helms warns the majority that they may be wrong while McClure challenges pro Israel advocacy and urges national self sufficiency and sober judgment on Middle East policy.
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Washington, D.C
Jesse Helms
Helms
Senate
Agnew
Jim McClure
Israel
Humphrey Javits
South Vietnam
Asia
Mideast
McClure
Scoop Jackson
Nixon
America
U.S
Helms and MacClure
Energy crisis column argues limits and small gains
In a column by Smith Hempstone the looming energy crisis is deemed serious and disruptive, with modest potential benefits such as reduced speeds lowering crashes and fuel use. The piece notes possible shifts to public transit, altered driving habits, and cultural reflections like Christmas priorities, while highlighting minority and female students at Pratt Institute gaining engineering opportunities through co op programs.
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Smith Hempstone
Buckley and Pratt co op program expand access to engineering
William F Buckley Jr notes Pratt Institute opens paths in engineering for women and minorities. Debbie Schmitz from Syracuse N J recounts work at Eastman Kodak and GM Pontiac plant while Pratt co op accepts equivalency diplomas. Black foot Indians and Larry Taylor a Black marine illustrate inclusive opportunity in American industry.
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Pratt
Debbie Schmitz
Syracuse
N.J
Eastman Kodak
Rochester
N.Y
Pontiac
Debbie
Pratt ‘Co-Op
Harlem
Larry Taylor
Vietnam
U. S
Revisionist JFK theories and Hiss records debated
In a critical review sequence the piece surveys films and books questioning Kennedy’s assassination and Alger Hiss guilt. It notes Mark Lane’s influence, cites New York Sunday Times criticism, and mentions FBI file releases to a Smith College historian Allen Weinstein. The column mocks revisionist figures while observing scholarly consensus.
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John F. Kennedy
Lee Harvey Oswald
FBI
CIA
Secret Service
Mark Lane
Jfk
Bobby
Sirhan Sirhan
Bobby Kennedy
Shirley Temple
Robert Kennedy
Marilyn Monroe
New York
Sunday Times
Daniel Belin
Belin
Oswald
Kennedy
Fred Cook
Alger- Hiss
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Hiss
Smith College
Allen Weinstein
Weinstein
Herbert Packer
Stanford University
Woodstock
Alger Hiss
JFK Review
Bertrand Russell
Hugh Trevor-Roper
Norman Mailer
Boston
Francis Russell
Sacee
Dreyfus
Lincoln
John Wilkes Booth
Rouse
Shakespeare
Harvard
Foreign Students Seen Filling Empty American Campuses
Russell Kirk warns enrollment declines threaten U.S. colleges as 600000 fewer students than forecast study abroad options. Germany steelers may send 30000 youths to U.S. campuses with Georgetown coordinating arrivals in five regions. Potential outcomes include improved undergrad performance or risk of campuses becoming unruly ghettos. suggests small independent colleges could host many newcomers.
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Western
Europe
Germany
Georgetown University
Georgetown
District of Columbia
Texas
el Paso
St. Louis
Michigan
Washington
France
Japan
America
United States
Atlantic
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