Finch rules out running for office for next three years
HEW Secretary Robert Finch publicly and privately dismisses any plan to seek elective office in the near term. He supports Senator Murphy’s reelection, stays at HEW for a four year term, and cites duties and future funding as reasons to remain in cabinet while keeping a possible Senate bid on the table.
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Washington
HEW
Robert Finch
Finch
Senate
George Murphy
Rcalif
Spiro Agnew
GOP
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Murphy
Los Angeles
Robert
Meyer
San Marino
John Knowles
California
Bussing a Girl Millionaire in Bel Air
A reader voices concern about educational equity and desegregation policies in Los Angeles area schools. The note argues for action as some districts bus students to demographically different campuses.
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Bel Air
Bel Aire
Beverly Hills
Critique of Student Bussing and Cultural Enrichment
A reader argues that bussing between high and low income areas serves two aims: reduce crowding in low income schools and provide cultural enrichment for students. The writer jokes about wealthy students visiting poorer areas and jokes about nutrition and travel, then notes the need for adult enrichment programs and broader access for grownups.
Powell slips match packet reveals supermarket chain name
In Washington a Harlem congressman Adam Clayton Powell was seen pocketing a packet of paper matches from a table during a visit. The examined prize bore the name of a city supermarket chain, illustrating his smooth talk masks his out-of-sight habits.
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Washington
Adam Clayton Powell
Harlem
Ception
Capitols and Aides in a Convoluted Congressional Log
The excerpt portrays a political scene where a leading figure's aides file multiple addresses in the Congressional Record while he delivers a congratulatory note to Rwanda, Burundi, and Somalia. It also notes a Navy call to transport five U.S. citizens to Pitcairn Island with substantial cargo, amid a satirical, pomp-filled description of political factions.
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NAVY
U.S
Pitcairn Island
South Seas
Bligh
Identity over product drives fashion retail decline on Fifth Avenue
A spring visit to New York notes a famed store on Fifth Avenue closing after 700 years, blamed on eroded identity. The piece argues modern markets favor symbol over product, with customers seeking what a brand represents rather than what it sells, and cites automobiles as a prime example of image buying.
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New York
Fifth Avenue
When Cars Shape Self Image and Codes in War and Trade
The passage contrasts car buyers chasing image with designers shaping models, recalls U S code breaking in Midway era and Japanese fishing intercepts, and notes The Federal Register as a bureaucratic bible detailing customs rulings on horsefeathers and freight notices.
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Federal Register
Register
Customs Bureau
Harvey on Beacon Street and the San Pedro slum problem
Reporter notices Beacon Street in San Pedro as a deteriorated slum area with transient residents and condemned buildings. He describes Harvey, a mid 50s homeless man, waiting on a mission steps for a friend while a night watch is kept, and hints at upcoming coverage on sidewalk blight and cure.
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Beacon Street
San Pedro
Hollywood
California
New York
Harlem
Southland
Harvey
Con Light Mission
Gene
Port Hole
Beacon Light Mission
Books and Authors Highlighted in Embassy Listings
An embassy showcase features Baja California and the work of Eliot Porter with Sierra Club Ballantine Books priced at 3.95. Descriptions praise mountain peaks deserts beaches and bird-filled isles. Also featured is What Is a Father a children's list from Weil Simon and Schuster priced at 1 and notes a boy’s reflection on a father’s role.
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Baja California
Eliot Porter
Sierra Club Ballantine Books
Weil
Simon and Schuster
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Midway
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