Senate ABM clash reshapes Nixon era power plays
The article details how Senator Hart resisted compromise on the ABM amendment aiding Nixon, with Anderson’s stance pivotal to the vote. It notes White House tensions with Republicans, Peter Flanigan’s tough handling of Capitol Hill, and Hickel’s stance on oil imports challenging industry claims.
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Kentucky
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Hickel
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Max Lerner on Nixon Moynihan welfare plan and social anger
The piece argues that the Nixon Moynihan plan shifts welfare toward a federal minimum and work requirement, reconciling conservative federalism with a revived welfare state. It frames two raging currents: the underclass anger over aid and middle class resentment at perceived loafing, and it highlights Nixon’s gamble to gain broad support while criticizing the plan as underfunded yet potentially liberal in intent.
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Hell's Kitchen
New York
Richard Nixon
Republic
America
Nixon
Rear Echelon Washington Watches Nixon California Push
William S. White analyzes how Nixon's California swing aims to shore up support ahead of 1970 elections as Congress returns to its furlough. He notes a divided Senate and House, inflation and Vietnam worries, and the risk of Democratic weakness helping Nixon. The piece portrays Washington as a rear-echelon arena in a charged political season.
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House
Vietnam
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Truth: Stranger Than Fiction From One Day's News
A carnival of odd items appears in a single day’s press. Civil rights leader James Meredith faces arrest in New York City over alleged slumlord conduct. Pay raises for Spiro Agnew and John McCormack, with broader increases for party leaders. A Senate panel cites eight million Americans hungry with little aid. Nevada to offer credit card license plates next year. A quip on parking tickets and tax payments via BankAmericard closes the column.
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New York City
Meredith
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House
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Senate
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
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Molly
Lr.s
Bill Deutsch
Vegas
Almanac highlights for August 20, 1969
United Press International notes this Wednesday as day 232 of the year with 133 to follow. historic events include Vitus Berin’s Alaska discovery in 1741, Brussels occupation in 1914, Horace-Hanes flight altitude of 40 000 feet in 1955, and a 1966 Turkish earthquake that killed 3000.
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Horace-Hanes
New Lake Mead Lutheran Pastor Joins Boulder City Parish
Five years ago Rev. Robert Schmidtke became the Lake Mead Lutheran pastor in Boulder City while Mrs. Iva MacDonald was elected president of the Townsite Parent-Teachers Association in Henderson.
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Lake Mead Lutheran Parish
Boulder City
Iva MacDonald
Parent-Teachers Association
Henderson
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