Need to help the elderly recognized for obvious reasons
The elderly and retired face rising needs as social safety programs expand. Amid inflation, the Nixon administration and the Senate aging committee push for pension boosts and higher payroll taxes starting 1970. Officials project a 7 percent cash increase with $1.7 billion more in taxes for about 25 million Social Security recipients.
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Nixon
Senate Committee On Aging
Congress
Senate Committee
Special youth fares spark a debate on discrimination
A Civil Aeronautics Board examiner says low cost youth fares discriminate against over 21s and should end. The piece argues discrimination is justified for youths ages 12 to 21 to offset hardships and that airlines should keep teen fare privileges rather than broaden them to adults.
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Civil Aeronautics Board
Arthur S. Present
Town Meeting Laws Protect Us
Reader cites a public defender official decrying marijuana laws as too strict while urging law understanding and compliance. They argue laws protect health and regulate conduct and note political critique of Nixon era policies and government actions in Long Beach.
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Public Defender’s Office
James P. Nunnelley
Mr. Nunnelley
Private and public morality in a turbulent era
A reflective essay contrasts Harry H. Young Jr and failed black capitalism with youth cruelty in a Maryland school segregation drill. It argues private conscience and social consensus are needed as morality shifts from personal to public spheres amid crime, poverty, and societal decay.
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New York
Wilmington
Harry H. Young, Jr
Young
Maryland
Cabin John
Rightists push Otepka for security czar
In Washington, Otto Otepka, ex State Department official dismissed for leaking secret papers to Sen Tom Dodd, is the focus of a push by right wing figures for him to be named security czar. Senate Judiciary Committee activity last week saw Sen Everett Dirksen attempt to move his confirmation.
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Washington
Otto Otepka
State Department
Demcratic
Tom Dodd
Connecticut
Senate Judiciary Committee
Everett Dirksen
Bill
Otepka Oust Norms and Neo Nazi Links Drive Senate Rush
The article details Otepka’s $36,000 Supersive Activities Control Board post, his ties to neo Nazi groups, and a plan to create a revived security network under his leadership. It notes Kennedy and Tydings pressing for hearing transcripts, Libery Lobby’s support, and Thurmond’s S 12 bill to empower a Central Security Agency.
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Liberty Lobby
Willis Carto
Both
Imperium
United States
Otepka
Senate
Internal Security Committee
Sidewalk Senate With Don Kirkland on College Discipline
City College students divide on how to handle riot behavior and discipline. Respondents include Terry Alderson business major and Trisha Foster housewife who favor stricter rules, while Mike Folks undecided and Mike Swaino see gradual improvement. Jane Laridan clerk notes violence is wrong but some grievances are legitimate.
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Terry Alderson
City College
Trisha Foster
Mike Folks
Mike Swaino
Jane Laridan
Modern Poetry in Translation Greece excerpt
A book in translation features six modern Greek poets. George Seferis, Nobel laureate, stands with Embiricos Elytis Ritsos Vakalo and Sinopoulos. The collection aims to broaden attention to these poets in this country.
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Greece
Paul Merchant
Grossman
George Seferis
Andreas Embiricos
Oddyseus Elytis
Yannis Ritsos
Eleni Vakalo
Takis Sinopoulos
Red Chinese as obdurate foe in bus talk
A fragment notes a view that the Red Chinese are a tougher enemy than the Russians and jokes about bus riders rushing to catch the bus, only to find they are already gone.
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Massachusetts
Joe Tydings
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Dodd
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Tydings
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D-Miss
Subversive Activities Control Board
Strom Thurmond
S.C
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Joyce Wilson
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