Railroads in crisis prompt nationalization debate and deadlines
The article analyzes the rail system’s decline from Union Station decay to Penn Central bankruptcy and looming deadlines. Congress weighs plans for nationalization or reorganization while the Nixon administration resists federal control and warns against private-public compromises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David M. Maxfield
Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Chicago
Union Station
Department of Transportation
Penn Central
Eastern Railroads
White House
the Transportation Department
Brinegar
Editorial: Help When Disaster Strikes in Alabama
The Alabama weekend tornado toll spurred a call to support disaster relief. The piece praises Red Cross Salvation Army and United Way for aiding victims in Morgan County and urges continued community giving to fund recovery efforts and future responses.
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Alabama
United Way
Morgan County
Red Cross
Salvation Army
The
Skylab canopy design by Kinzler gains approval
The Johnson Space Center official, Jack Albert Kinzler, who rose from wind-tunnel tinkering to chief of technical services, designed a canopy to shield Skylab’s overheated wall after the protective cover failed. His innovation underscores a space program built by dedicated individuals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Albert Kinzler
Mr. Kinzler
Johnson Space Center
Houston
Space Agency
Community-Based Corrections aims in Massachusetts reform
John O. Boone, Massachusetts corrections commissioner, pushes community-based corrections to cut prison populations, save costs, and reintegrate inmates. Critics doubt rehabilitative effects, while programs in Massachusetts expand work release, vocational training, and outside-work shops to reduce recidivism and reliance on custodial care.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John O. Boone
Commissioner of Corrections
Massachusetts
Boone
Larry Solomon
Corrections Department
Solomon
John Boone
Tem-Tom Work Will Continue
The Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans hears the appeals case on the Tennessee Tombigbee Waterway. Proponents claim lower transportation costs will boost the economies of 23 states with minimal environmental impact, while opponents warn of environmental disaster. The Army Corps of Engineers and the Tennessee Tombigbee Development Authority back the project and anticipate ongoing construction until completion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals
New Orleans
Army Corps of Engineers
Tennessee- Tombigbee Development Authority
Appeals Court
U.S
Decatur Daily publisher and subscription note
The Decatur Daily outlines the founder editor W R Shelton 1912 1924 and publishing details. It lists office address Decatur Alabama postal and carrier rates for daily and Sunday editions and subscription terms with tax included.
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W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Alabama
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
P.O. Box
Ala
May 29 1973 News Briefs From The Associated Press
A compact Tuesday digest from AP circulated to NYT News Service and Congressional Quarterly notes. Details remain within agency briefs and public notices for May 29 1973.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York Times News Service
Congressional Quarterly
FBI Still Used by White House, Nixon Loyalists Say
Washington column alleges FBI probing Vietnam Veterans Against the War tied to McGovern campaign. Reported questions about subversives, Watergate links, and alleged feeds from Justice Department warnings. No comment from FBI. Nixon aide Howard Phillips seeks to dismantle OEO.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
FBI
White House
George McGovern
Nixon
David Rarity
McGovern
Watergate
Veteran’s Affairs
Rarity
Rariety
Socialist Worker’s Party
James McCord
McCord
Robert Marcian
Justice Department
Mardian
Army
Jack Cloherty
Serviceman’s Union Dacaiagreaties
Phillips
Howard Phillips
Office of Economic Opportunity
Saraland girl in murder case named as accessory
A 16 year old Saraland girl is accused as an accessory in the fatal shooting of Ronald Rider at a Baldwin County service station on the Mobile Bay causeway. Theresa Lanier was arrested on a murder warrant issued by the Baldwin County Juvenile Court and was turned over to authorities after initial pickup by Mobile County deputies.
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Bay Minette
Ala
Saraland
Baldwin County
Sheriff's Office
Theresa Lanier
Baldwin County Juvenile Court
Ronald Rider
Loxley
Mobile Bay Causeway
Sheriff's
Bobby Stewart
Mobile County Sheriff's Deputies
Baldwin
Phillips battles over agency power and reform zeal
Five months after his ascent Phillips faces a political unraveling as allies describe him as a sidelined appointee. White House aides note shifting control of antipoverty programs to Garment and Carlucci while Phillips critics push for cheaper refunds and a smoother OEO transition. An internal RAND grant memo accuses bias toward Kennedy in 1976, a claim that Phillips may approve despite the uproar.
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Phillips
Howie
White House
Congress
Washington
Leonard Garment
Frank Carlucci
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
OEO
Senate
Rand Corporation
Robert Marshall
RAND
Edward Kennedy
A Thought Initiative Is Doing The Right Things
Quote attributed to Victor Hugo notes that a thought initiative embodies correct actions without direction. The sentiment emphasizes proactive virtue and self guidance.
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Initiative
Victor Hugo
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Vance Hartke
D_ Inc
Congressional Quarterly Inc
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Earth
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Jesus Christ
Futhermore
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Tom Wicker
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