MTA plan faces debate over financing and routes
The Metropolitan Transit Authority proposes a 58 mile rapid transit system for Los Angeles County with a financing plan through a tax district to support a $649 million bond issue. Four of five county supervisors oppose funding without a public vote, while critics cite costs and route disputes. Proponents argue relief from traffic, noting demographic growth and a crisis in the LA basin.
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Los Angeles
San Francisco
Contra Costa
Alameda
MTA
Gestion
Long Beach
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Los _ Angeles‘ Basin
Principles Aren't Labels in Rockefeller Campaign
New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller begins 1964 GOP bid by urging Republicans and supporters to abandon libels and unite on a dialogue of principles. He notes liberal and conservative as labels, argues for clear stances in a central controversy over America's future governance.
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New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Rockefeller
America
Kennedy urged to seek Senate rules change in push for effective legislation
The piece argues President Kennedy should press the Senate to reform rules to speed bills to the floor, contrasting Senate and House dynamics. It notes Kennedy’s reluctance to challenge southern and western Senate conservatives, the role of seniority, and the impact of new Senate members on potential changes. It portrays the broader mood of Cold War era gridlock and the need for presidential intervention to sway younger senators.
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Washington
Len Hubert Humptey
Kennedy
Senate
House
Phrey
Fleeson
House Rules Committee
Miles
Congress
Here
Republicans Sounding Out McNamara for 1968 Race
Washington reports that two prominent Republican publishers have sounded Secretary McNamara for a 1968 presidential bid. The memo cites Luce and Saturday Evening Post as backing a Reaganesque appeal while noting JFK era tensions with Peru and shifts in Senate Foreign Relations voting.
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McNamara
Washington
Kennedy
MacNamara
New York City
Bob McNamara
Luce
Fortens
Curtis
Saturday Evening Post
Political shifts threaten Kennedy era foreign policy control
The piece notes J K Kennedy era criticism from Parry Goldwater and others, Smathers blocking a pocket veto to aid pension tax concessions, and Mundt joining to challenge Alex Wiley on Foreign Relations. Mundt would join Smathers to tilt the committee against Kennedy, risking a swing in Foreign Relations control.
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Fort Benning
Guillermo Tirado Lamb
Navy
Annapolis
United States
USA
Panama Canal Zone
Kennedy
State Department
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Kennedy Poliies
Jfk
George Smathers
Florida
Parry Goldwater
Arizona
Smathers
Congress
White House
Alex Wiley
Wisconsin
Foreign Relations Committee
Karl Mundt
South
Words Change for the Worst Across English Usage
The column notes puzzling shifts in English where words invert their meanings. Examples include crummy once meaning fine, literal meaning factual now often means figurative, and maudlin describing self pitying drunken tears, with other terms like casualty painful and portly evolving over time.
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Harris
John Moore
Mary Magdalene
England
Jesus
Town Meeting Clarks Columns Called Hogwash
Letter to the editor from R C Plimmer of 1829 Locust Ave condemns Sydney Harris and the so called guardians of mental health. He argues psychiatry aims to shape the future and expose a godless utopian plan by brainwashers. He urges publication of these alleged designs for public awareness.
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R.C. Plimmer
Locust Ave
Languages in the News Language Proverbs Across Nations
Capris F. Berit surveys how phrases like shutting the barn door after the horse is stolen appear in many tongues. Examples include French, Spanish, German, Greek, Chinese, and a note about Berlitz Diners Dictionary offerings.
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Ube Horte
Wang Yang Pu
Cryone
Editor Says Harris Writing Harms Readers
In a letter to the editor Melinda E. Cole from 1943 Magnolia Ave argues Sydney J. Harris's writings promote a world neurosis and a split between science and psychiatry, insulting opponents of world government and independence while insisting Harris’s work provides no benefit to the newspaper or its readers.
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Sydney J. Harris
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