Costly mail and secret sessions cited in business and government
A Dartmouth Institute survey shows executives spend two to three hours daily handling mail with an average letter cost of 2.49. The State notes Congress excluded the public from 39 percent of meetings, higher secrecy in appropriations, foreign relations, armed services, and agriculture, underscoring as private as the executive branch and public business alike.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dartnell Institute
Chicago
SUI
Columbia
S.C
Congressional Quarterly
House Appropriations Committee
Senate Appropriations Committee
Senate Foreign Relations
House Armed Services
House Agriculture
Congress of the United States
Congress
Executive Branch
Nashville
Tenn
Abortion Law Seems to Be Working
Denver Associated Press writer reviews Colorado’s liberalized abortion law enacted last April by Governor Lave. Despite initial controversy and outside inquiries, strict controls limit access for out of state seekers. Chief sponsor Richard D. Lamm expresses no fear of Colorado becoming an abortion hub while opponent Sam Taylor remains skeptical.
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Loudon Kelly
Associated Press
Denver
Colo
Colorado
Caple Tol
General Assembly
Guy
John A. Lave
Richard D. Lamm
Las Vegas
Sam T. Taylor
Walsenburg
Arkansas Senate Teletype Telegram Testimony
State Senator Oscar Alagood of Little Rock circulated a constituent telegram to the Arkansas Senate. He noted the opening session was disappointing and said the Senate merely answered roll call. He remarked, I can't even answer the roll call right.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Oscar Alagood
Lits the Rock
Senate
Arkansas
Inventor Ig Honored At 40th Traffic Signal Anniversary
Baltimore AP reports Charles Adler Jr., 68, honored by Safety Engineering Club on the 40th anniversary of the first traffic actuated signal installed in Baltimore in 1928. Adler, with more than 60 patents, received a silvered replica of his signal and is noted for early traffic crossing innovations.
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Baltimore
Safety Engineering Club of
Charles Adler Jr
Adler
Finally Gets That License
Mrs. Pierrette Strong of Stevens Point Wisconsin finally received her Wisconsin driver's license via a letter from U S Marine Cpl M J Zuffa in Da Nang Vietnam He noted the license came to him by mistake from Madison but did not cause her inconvenience and she had applied January 2 1965
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Stevens Point
Wis
Pierrette Strong
Wisconsin
U.S
Vietnam
Cpl. M. J. Zuffa
Madison
Zuffa
da Nang
Death Toll in Week Rises in Vietnam War
AP report from Saigon notes U S warplanes raid Haiphong area for first time in a month after Johnson ban, with the Communists launching their largest offensive on Jan. 30. U S death toll reaches 27,706 since Jan. 29, including 920 Americans. fighting centers on Hue and Saigon as peace prospects are explored.
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George Esper
Associated Press
Saigon
U.S
Halphong
Johnson
Dean Rusk
Hue
al Med
Hanoi
Haiphong
Pott Ery
Washington
February a Month of Many Things American Music
February highlights American music from George Washington to Lincoln and beyond. The piece notes figures like Francis Hopkinson and Thomas Jefferson, honors the folk song tradition, mentions Lomax’s preservation work, and reports on Jimmy Oruitwood’s folk performance in Little Rock. It cites Maurice Honigman praising music’s global harmony role.
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George Washington
Francis Hopkinson
Washington
Navy
America
Thomas Jefferson
Patrick Henry
John Tyler
Virginia
Abraham Lincoln
Dixie
Columbia
Lincoln
Arkansas Traveler
Muale
Americas
A. Lomax
Toma
Library of Congress
Arkansas
Jimmy Oruitwood
Timbo
Little Rock
Pulaski County
Ruckensack Folklore Society
Proposed Changes in British Divorce Law Has Housewives Scored
MPs debate a reform bill to ease divorce by consent or even compulsion. It centers on irretrievable breakdown and two years apart with no objection or five years apart with objection. Critics warn of compulsory divorces and economic loss for wives if pensions shift to new spouses."}
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Ronald Thomson
Associated Press
London
House of Commons
Britain
Baroness Summerskill
Lady Summerskill
Witll Aimeng
Pine Bluff to vote on water fluoridation measure
Pine Bluff Mayor Austin Franks said the issue likely will appear on the November ballot. The City Council passed an ordinance in December for fluoridation, but opponents collected 4000 signatures to force a referendum.
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Pine Bluff
Ark
Austin Franks
Blame on Rockefeller pegs state money problem
Fort Smith Ark AP State Rep Marlon Crank says state finances suffer as Gov Rockefeller let agencies set their own budgets. He criticizes the Republican administration for a weak welfare program and calls for a leader able to make tough decisions. Crank, House majority leader, is asked about a gubernatorial bid.
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Fort Smitil
Ark
Marlon Crank
Foreman
Winthrop Rockefeller
Crank
Setartian County
Wallace
House
Rockefeller names Leona Troxell to women status commission
Gov Winthrop Rockefeller appointed Mrs Leona Troxell of Rosetyd as chair of Arkansas Commission on the Status of Women. The commission was created to study legal gender disparities in political civil and property rights in education government employment and family relations, with a report due by December.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Winthrop Rockefeller
Leona Troxell
Rosetyd
Rockefeller
U.S. Expects New Attacks on Cities in Vietnam War
AP dispatch reports U.S. officials foresee a second Viet Cong offensive after a costly first wave. Despite heavy losses, 25 000 killed and 5 000 captured, the VC failed to hold 36 provincial capitals and 64 district towns. Officials say Hanoi may misread South Vietnam’s war, while U.S. and ARVN forces remain on high alert.
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John M. Hightowerr
Washington
U.S
South Vietnam
V.C
Tand
Saigon
Hanoi
South
South Vietnamese
Germany U S Drop Plane Plans
The United States and West Germany reportedly abandon a joint development of a revolutionary jet fighter with vertical takeoff and landing. Despite $5 million invested, officials say the effort would have involved large contracts. reasons unclear, with Vietnam war pressures cited by some.
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Freds
HOF FM
AP Military Wester Washington
United States
West Germany
U.S. Eest
Pentagon
Defense
Hobert
McNamara
Congress
The
Armed Services
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