Mega Proposal proposals reforms at HEW in 1972 draft
A Department of Health, Education and Welfare document titled the Mega Proposal, still in draft, argues for sweeping reforms to cut programs and consolidate authorities. It criticizes fragmentation, overlap, and overregulation across HEW and related funding streams. The piece notes stakeholders and former HEW officials circulating the document two and a half years later.
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Ray Cromley Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Elliot Richardson
Ford
Picayune
John M. Seidle
Stanford Business School
Laurence FE. Lynn, Jr
Harvard University
Department of Health Education and Welfare
Puerto Rico debate over autonomy and future status
The article examines Puerto Rico as a key U.S. industrial location and military hub while highlighting tensions over unequal benefits and calls for greater autonomy. It notes islanders’ debates between independence and closer ties, with Jaime Benitez urging reform and new forms of federalism amid American apathy.
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U.S
Defense Department
Puerto Rico
Mississippi
Jaime Benitez
U.S. Congress
P.R
Africa
Jimbo
Scout Merit Badge Fifty Mile Cycle Lend Rossiter
Six members of Boy Scout Troop One of Rossiter with Prof. Hugh M. Bell set out at 5 15 am for a fifty mile cycle test for the Merit Badge. Jimmy Stewart and Gloria Stewart arrive at Indiana Municipal Airport. he will soon travel to England for a new film project. Dale Getty installed as commander of American Legion Post 493 in Homer City with Kenneth Davis presiding. A Red Cross Bloodmobile tally shows 28 who failed to report, affecting the 125 pint quota in Indiana. Indiana County groups discuss a potential one million dollar pulp industry with Joseph Kovateh proposing a four wood pulp cooperative in the Frnest area.
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Rossiter
Hugh M. Bell
Jimmy Stewart
Gloria
Indiana Municipal
Alex Stewart
Indiana
England
Homer
Dale Getty
American Legion
Kenneth Davis
Western Pennsylvania
Red Cross
Indiana County
Joseph, Kovateh
Frnest
Rockefeller Blues and Pentagon Parsimony
Washington reports Nelson Rockefeller struggles with vice presidential impotence and friction with Ford aides as he defends his role. A six month Institute for Policy Studies draft urges deep defense cuts, reshaping U S foreign policy toward restraint and autonomy for allies, sparking debate.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Nelson Rockefeller
White House
Oodrow Wilson
Thomas Marshall
Rockefeller
R. Bu Ford
Helsinki
Pentagon
Congress
Institute For Policy Studies
Ford
Institute
Mark Raskin
America
United States
Lawn myths and Lincoln oddities from a 1865 column
A fragment from ART BUCHWALD recounts a 1865 Lincoln dream about assassination and an amusing dollar figure on lawn spending. The note blends a Plymouth Post gardening voice with Bicentennial framing and a hint of early American era curiosity.
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Art Buchwald
Grass lawn tale of Pilgrims and national pride
A humorous mock history claims Sam Snodgrass sparked a Pilgrim lawn craze that grew into a national obsession. Wives push husbands to compete with perfect front yards, sparking a cycle of gardening, hunger, and social judgment across America. The piece mocks lawn culture and quantifies spending as 1.5 billion dollars yearly, ending with a quip about sodonly knowing.
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America
Sam Snodgrass
Sam
New World
Atlantic
Pacific
Labor Leader Defends Builders Role in Environment
In a column by Victor Riesel, Bob Georgine, veteran head of the Building and Construction Trades Department AFL CIO, argues against the stereotype that tradesmen are rich and against the idea unions oppose conservation. He says workers face unemployment in downturns and urges a single orderly federal environmental policy that balances housing needs with ecological safeguards. He notes unions supported major environmental laws and seeks coordinated regulation rather than a patchwork system.
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Victor Riesel
America
Bob Georgine
Hare
Robert A. Georgine
Building and Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Washington
United States
Congress
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