Eisenhower Tops Most Admired American List for 1967
The 1967 Gallup poll places Dwight D. Eisenhower as the most admired American, with Lyndon Johnson second and Billy Graham third. Robert Kennedy and Pope Paul VI follow, while Harry Truman rises to tenth as George Romney falls out of the top ten. The survey sampled 1,526 adults worldwide living today.
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Princeton
N.J
Dwight Eisenhower
Johnson
Billy Graham
Robert Kennedy
Graham
Pope Paul VI
U.S
Lyndon Johnson
Everett Dirksen
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Ronald Reagan
Harry Truman
U Thant
George Romney
Congress trims social security and welfare provisions
A Decatur Daily reader letter from 1967 discusses Congress finalizing a social security benefits increase near the House conservative bill, with welfare limits and a cap on aid for families with dependent children. It condemns relief costs and praises efforts to require work and self support, noting procedural limits and letter guidelines for submissions.
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Alexander St
Knoxville
Tenn
Barrett Shelton
Decatur Daily
Decatur
Ala
Shelton
Congress
House
Senate
Information On Drug Usage Is Very Short
In the United States a string of tragic drug related incidents is described, including a baby born with a deformity after LSD use, a woman ingesting STP and being committed, a Denver mother harming her child, a heroin driven crash killing seven, deaths from weight loss pills, and a bishop's secretary dying from barbiturate overdose. The piece then reflects on the long history of drug use from ancient times to present.
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New York
Iowa
Ontario
Calif
Denver
Long Island
Oregon
California
Saul Blatman
Beth Israel Medical Center
Cit
Beth Israel
Felicia Oliver-Smith
New York City
Is It Possible To Get Congress To Raise Taxes?
A 1968 analysis argues Congress may struggle to raise taxes to curb inflation. It notes the Mills led House Ways and Means opposition blocked Johnson’s 10 percent surcharge, worsening deficits feared from Vietnam war costs, and the political risk as elections approach.
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Congress
Tom Wicker
New York Times News Service
Washington
Johnson
House
Ways and Means Committee
Wilbur D. Mills
D-Ark
Arthur W. Okun
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Okun
Vietnam
Mills
Congressional Economy
90Th Congress
White House
Pentagon
William McC. Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Appro
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Leonard Bernstein
David Brinkley
Edward Brooke
William Buckley
Ralph Bunche
John Connally
Walter Cronkite
Bing Crosby
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John Glenn
Arthur Godfrey
Cary Grant
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Mark Hatfield
J. Edgar Hoover
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New Orleans
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