New York Moves to Battle Subway Crime and Costs
Mayor Wagner parks 8.8 million in the 1965 66 budget to add 1 000 city police and 100 transit police as subway crime surges 64 percent from 1963 to 1964. Transit Authority debates raises and new safety tech amid legislative proposals for longer terms and stricter penalties in subway felonies.
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New York
Robert F. Wagner Jr
Transit Authority
John J. Gilhooley
Washington
New York City
King and Government Relations in Alabama Boycott Clash
The piece questions Martin Luther King Jr. stance toward federal authority as he promotes a progressive boycott of Alabama. It predicts clashes with the President and Congress over civil rights tactics and the anticipated Voting Rights Act. The piece asks if any government branch will resist the conflict.
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Martin Luther King
United States
Alabama
King
World's Fair Seizes Indonesian Pavilion Over Breach
In a sharp turn of events the New York World's Fair Corporation has seized the Indonesian Pavilion for breach of contract. The move highlights Sukarno's expansion as Indonesia’s assets, including rubber tire and oil facilities, outstrip the fair's own finances. The era claims prosperity while welfare rolls rise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Indonesia
Sukarno
Congress Deserves Praise for Rayburn Office Building
Art Buchwald defends Congress amid criticism of the Rayburn House Office Building. He notes its modest size, $125 million cost, 169 offices, 1,100 parking spots, and functional interior including two story committee rooms, while joking about critics and taxpayer concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Rayburn House
Hatchel Dies as Highways Bypass Towns
Hatchel Texas sits off the new bigger Route 83 after a bypassed bend rerouted traffic. Owner mayor postmaster R D Harber runs the last store serving a dwindling 35 to 40 families as former businesses closed and residents moved to larger towns.
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Hatchel
Texas
Ballinger
Winters
R. D. Harber
Harker
Local control sparks battles over poverty program planning
The article argues that local control under the Economic Opportunity Act fuels brawls and political instability at the community level. Washington has limited power as local committees appoint directors and staff, risking mismanagement and patronage confounding the Great Society goals.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Yes
Poverty Headquarters
Program Development Committee
Philadelphia
James Tate
Tate
Agents of Poverty
Sargent Shriver
Chicago
California
Medicare bill diluted by House committee claim
Andrew Tully argues that the administration's medicare bill is weakened by the Ways and Means Committee. He says benefits were cut and costs shifted to the elderly, with $3 monthly plans and a $50 deductible plus 20 percent of costs for hospital related services.
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Washington
House
Ways and Means
King-Anderson
Johnson
Third Army advances in Germany reach toward Erfurt
Paris U S forces report Kassel Gotha and Suhl captured with rapid advance to Erfurt as Allied northern forces push toward Bremen and Emden. West Texas lawmakers press constitutional amendment panel on road bond program while Red Cross campaign nears ninety thousand dollars. Timely Ten officers elected and Rotary quotes close the page with local humor.
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Paris
U. 8
Thuringian
Kassel
Gotha
Suhl
Erfurt
Berlin
Reich
Weser
Ems
Bremen
Emden
Austin
West Texas
Senate Committee On Constitutional Amendments
G. P. Beane
Plains
Z. C. Lincoln
Levelland
C. L. Lincoln
Brownfield
Gaines Yoakum Terry
Hockley
Lamb
Wind, Espionage and the H-bomb: A Cold War Chronicle
The piece recounts how the 1952 Novaya Zemlya test and later Moscow tests shaped H-bomb development. It cites Klaus Fuchs and Hans Bethe, notes a lead encasement misstep, and explains miniaturization and open-ended design. It highlights ongoing testing, storage battery of warheads, and the Nevada proving ground.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Khrushchev
Novaya Zemlya
Russia
Arctic Island
Fuchs
U.S
Geneva
Moscow
Hans Bethe
Arctic
Rupert P. Ricker Remembered For Texas Land Lease Impact
Editorial honors Rupert P. Ricker for assembling nearly half a million acres of University of Texas lands that opened the Permian Basin and wealth for UT. The piece notes his later lay ministry and lifelong pride as a Texas rancher and neighbor, recalling his faults and enduring legacy.
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Rupert P. Ricker
University of Texas
Permian
U-1
Rupert Ricker
West Texas
Orville
Wilbur Wright
Kitty Hawk
Rupert Ricka
Mr. Ricker
Jess
Big Spring Daily Herald
Harried Newsmen Said To Have Highest Anxiety Level
A University of Illinois psychologist told a New York meeting that newspaper men show the highest anxiety among American occupations studied, more than navy divers pilots in training and business executives. He cited fear of drowning flaming death in air crashes and bankruptcy as less than the fear of sounding like an idiot in print.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of Ilinois
New York
Halifax
N.S
Chronicle-Herald
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
Te Om
Lubbock, Texas
ART Buchwald
Mussolini
Kenneth Dixon
Hatcher
Highway Department
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Andrew Tully
Lubbock County
Red Cross War Fund
G. P. Kuykendall
Timely Ten Club
Cliff
Eer
M. H. Peninger
Zera Dopson
Levi Duncan
Glenn Hammonds
Mra. C. R. Rogers
Henry J. Taylor
Klaus Fuchs
Fuchs Wao
Red Atom
Eniwetok Atoll
Strategic Air Force
Polaris
Nevada
Sherlock Holmes
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