Frustrating and exciting views in Congress amid Nixon era
Democratic liberals Charles S. Joelson and Charles A Vanik reveal contrasting moods in the first year of the Nixon administration. Joelson plans to return to New Jersey to become a superior court judge amid frustration over perceived powerlessness. Vanik welcomes a perceived dawn of truth and exposure as inquiries challenge established norms.
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Marjorie Hunter
N. Y
Call
Vanik
Congress
Eisenhower
Joelson
New Jersey
Superior Court
John Q
Congress Begins to Question Wasteful Programs in New Scrutiny
The House set a $20,000 ceiling on federal farm subsidies to any single farm owner. Critics from both parties target defense spending and waste, while the Ways and Means Committee prepares broad tax reforms ending special privileges for the rich foundations and churches.
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Congress
Joelson
Vanik
Ways and Means Committee
20 000 march at Berkeley guardsmen alert
About 20 000 demonstrators marched in Berkeley in a peaceful rally ending a two week dispute over eviction from people s park. Some 2 500 guardsmen and peace officers watched, with helicopters overhead and armed patrols on rooftops.
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Oxford Ave
Berkeley
People’s Park
University
Calif
California
Alameda County
Frank Madigan
Food Gap Study Signals $2.9 Billion Diet Aid Needed
A Budget Bureau task force estimates closing the food gap for the poor would require about $2.9 billion more in the next fiscal year, tripling current federal outlays. The analysis, dated with Nixon's hunger message, notes existing programs total roughly $1.5 billion and outlines steps toward expanded food stamps and higher supplemental funding.
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Washington
Bureau of the Budget
Nixon
Congress
Budget Bureau
George S. McGovern
D-S.d
Budget Bureau Task Force
Memorial Day Traffic Toll Rises Across Nation
The Memorial Day period saw a rising highway and boating death toll with 11 lives lost in two traffic crashes. A tractor trailer rear ended a car near Richmond Virginia killing six aboard including Maryland residents. In Alabama a camper pickup colliding with a trailer truck killed five including an elderly couple and grandchildren. The National Safety Council projects 550 to 650 deaths in the period. NSC president Howard Pyle warns the toll is rising faster than last year.
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Maryland
Richmond
Heflin
Ala
National Safety Council
Howard Pyle
Safety Council
Pyle
Quartet Completes First Trek Across Arctic Ocean
A four man British expedition landed after a 3 620 mile crossing of the Arctic Ocean the first surface crossing of the polar sea. Led by Wally Herbert the team started from Point Barrow Alaska in February 1968 and aims for Spitsbergen about 400 miles north of Norway.
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N. Y. Times
London
Arctic Ocean
Polar
Point Barrow
Alaska
Spitsbergen
Norway
Wally Herbert
Decatur Hartselle Women Job Survey Underway Today
Industrial Development Association directs a two day survey to gauge women interest in a Morgan County plant employing about 250 workers. Friday totals reach 437 signups across four sites, with 148 in Hartselle and 289 in Decatur. Booth hours run 12 30 to 7 30 p m in Decatur and 9 a m to 4 p m in Hartselle.
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Decatur
Hartselle
Association
Mike Roberts
Roberts
IDA
Morgan County
Gateway Shopping Center
Westgate
American Bank and Trust and Elmore’s
Boy drives car into house after watching Indy 500 win
Four year old Decatur boy allegedly shifted his mother's idling car from the curb and drove it onto Cedar Street hitting a gatepost and a house at 1404 Cedar. The vehicle stopped after impact with minor house damage. No injuries reported.
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Decatur
Mario Andretti
Jim Dunham
Ann Dunham
Cleveland
Cedar St
Nelda Peek
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Frigidaire
Robinson Furniture
Second Avenue
Downtown
Huntsville
Tennessee
Doris Haley
Brenda Steenson
Dan Blizzard
Allan Gill
Maj
Kenneth Hedges
Roy Koerner
Gill
Hedges
H. M. S. Endurance
Arctic
Signee
Chamber of Commerce
Rachel Saint
Dorothy Stover
Lafayette
Chamber
Bob Bates
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