Congress Hears Revenue Sharing Proposals Amid Partisan Split
Wilbur Mills promises mid May hearings on Nixon revenue sharing as Congress hones its own approach. Democratic bills push 4 billion over five years to fund public service jobs, while Mills seeks 90 percent cost ceilings and welfare curbs. Appalachian development extension also advances despite White House opposition.
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Wilbur Mills
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Ways and Means Committee
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House Education and Labor Committee
Mills
Wisconsin
John W. Byrnes
Thich Nhat Hanh speech at Wake Forest urges peace
A Buddhist monk Thich Nhat Hanh spoke at Wake Forest for the NC Committee to End the War in Indochina. He pleaded for withdrawal of American forces and a cease to war machines harming his homeland. His poetry echoed the war’s wounds and the longing for healing.
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N. C
Indochina
Thich Nhat Hanh
Vietnam
Czechoslovak Censors Erase Month Reference in Vanya
Prague censors demand changing a line in Uncle Vanya to remove a reference to August 1968. The scene is cut to avoid triggering audience or actor reprisals amid normalization pressure. A Washington Post report notes audience reaction to a line in Love's Labour's Lost during a Prague performance.
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Czechoslovakia
Vanya
Prague
Washington Post
Large Lyndon B Johnson Library anchors Texas campus
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library at the University of Texas in Austin houses 31 million pages and 500000 photographs with a construction cost of 18 million dollars. It notes that several presidents have or will establish memorial libraries and envisions a future modest library for a future president.
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Texas
Lyndon Baines Johnson
University of Texas
Austin
Johnson
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Nixon
Car Makers Reach Out to Listen to Lemon Owners
The three major automakers launch consumer outreach amid criticism by Ralph Nader. Chrysler proclaims Chrysler Corp cares while Ford says Ford listens better and General Motors tests toll free calls to Detroit. The move signals attention to customer complaints and marks a milestone in auto industry public relations.
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Nader
Detroit
Chrysler Corporation
Chrysler Corp
Ford
General Motors
Chicago
Residents oppose concentrated low cost housing plan in High Point
A reader argues against rezoning the Cedron Runyon tract for 100 to 125 low income homes and a new apartment complex, urging random distribution of projects to protect property values and schools. The letter also notes support for Medic Alert programs, critiques Duke Power rate hikes, and praises youth groups aiding a local cancer drive.
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Cedron
Runyon Drive
Roy Armstrong
Enterprise
London Drive
Gordon Street
Eastwood
Jamestown
High Point
Barbara Murrow
Whitman Place
Rainbow Girls
Bnai Brith Youth Organization
BBYO
Stanley Shavitz
Cancer Drive
United States Tops Poll In Food Scenery And Beauty
A columnist notes Americans rate the United States highest in food and scenery while questioning objectivity. A British judge links women to murder but men dominate killings, reflecting unequal opportunities. New York cabs face slump ahead of summer tourist chatter.
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United States
Ode to a Mother Multitude of Voices from Jamestown
A collage of heartfelt tributes to mothers from readers in Jamestown. Poems praise strength devotion faith and guidance with lines by Janice Adams Lena Hammer Thacker Tammy Moss and others.
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Janice Adams
Jesus
Lena Hammer Thacker
Mrs
Ralph Sechrest Jamestown
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