Budget Pinch Analyzed By Conservative Monitor
The editorial urges selective trimming of Kennedy's 98.0 billion budget focusing on petense spending 2.4 billion higher, space and defense adjustments including Skybolt RS-70 Nike Zeus and reserves. It calls slow moon program, warns farm subsidies near 6.0 billion, and supports gradual foreign aid reform and renewed vocational education. It stresses targeted cuts to achieve real budget control without broad spending denial.
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Kennedy
Christian Peace Monitor
The
Monitor
Petense
Congress
McNamara
Skybolt
Sen
Clinton P. Anderson
TV Dealers Urge Fast FCC Hearing in Nevada
Ten years on, TV dealers in Nevada press Washington for quick FCC action to clear television station clearances in Southern Nevada. A wire to Senator Pat McCarran Senator George Malone and Congressman Cliff Young urges prompt hearings. A separate project plans a $30 million Army ammo depot near Nellis AFB, with survey crews mapping sites to align with base expansion.
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Nevada
Washington
Pat McCarran
George Malone
Cliff Young
Las Vegas
Army Corps of Engineers
Nellis Air Force Base
Navy
Hawthorne
Nellis
Almanac for Tuesday January 22, 1963
The almanac notes today is Tuesday January 22 1963 with 343 days remaining. It lists Venus and Mars as morning stars and Mars Jupiter and Saturn as evening stars. Notable birthdays include English poet Lord Byron born 1788. Key historical events include the 1776 Boston publication of The Power of Sympathy and Victoria’s death ending Britain’s longest reign. President Wilson in 1917 urged peace without victory. Hoover in 1932 signed the Reconstruction Finance Corporation act. A quote from Wilson remarks that a man can be too proud to fight.
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Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Sat
Lord Byron
Boston
Sarah Morton
Victoria
England
Woodrow Wilson
Herbert Hoover
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
Dalmatian Dog in Sark Has Three Names
Dear John writes that a Dalmatian in Sark, Ark is named Herman J. Abernathy, showing some pets have multiple names while another local dog named Spot has only one. The note cites a research department.
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Pat
Spot
Sark
Ark
Herman J. Abernathy
Labor drives for shorter work year across unions
The article details a coordinated push by labor leaders led by Lane Kirkland and AFL-CIO figures toward a 32 to 35 hour work week and a nine to ten month year. It cites steel contracts, vacation banks, and new campaigns, with Leo Perlis planning a March conference featuring Laurence Rockefeller and August Heckscher to educate and mobilize members for reduced work time and expanded leisure.
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Washington
Kennedy
New York
Teamsters Brotherhood
Lane Kirkland
George Meany
Mr Meany
Congress
Labor
Leo Perlis
Afl-Cio
Perlis
Commodore
Laurence Rockefeller
August Heckscher
Quotes In The News From Across The Nation
A roundup of remarks from political and scientific figures. Hubert Humphrey predicts liberals will thwart a Republican bid to derail anti filibuster efforts. Joe Walker describes the X-15 flight's jarring throttle feel. Fred Whipple warns meteor crashes could be mistaken for nuclear blasts. William Berry recalls an oyster and crab expedition as bitter yet sweet. Kennedy forms a board to study the maritime strike harming national welfare. Adenauer calls recent Paris talks historic. Michael Quill recounts chaos as a transit strike nears settlement.
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Goldberg
McDonald
White House
Joe Curran
National Maritime Union
Life Without Lae A Newspaper Strike Satire
During the New York newspaper strike critics and editors appear on TV reading their work. The piece lampoons TV versions of prominent critics and journalists while arguing newspapers remain essential despite modern media.
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New York
Washington
the Nation
Critics Question Tax Plot And Press Attendance
The column cites a Sparksman associate proposing lifting Nevada’s 85 dollar per hundred valuation tax cap and imposing a state income tax, a move described as a burden on workers and homeowners. It criticizes the Las Vegas orientation trip for lawmakers, notes press absence, and jokes about a rain check for northern editors.
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Sparksman
Washoe County
Vegas
The
Las Vegas Sun
Nevada
Soaper Says: light satire on politics and culture
A column pokes fun at censorship and public life with jibes about store dummies Parisian weather Mona Lisa and political snobbery. It notes scandals in pro football calls for investigations into televised games and jokes about seniority and civic calendars.
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Dirksen
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Joe Walker
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Albert Schweitzer
Howard Taubman
New York Times
World-Telegram & Sun
Congo
By Jack McCloskey
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SUN
Sen. Soaper
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Moscow
Mona Lisa
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