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Newspaper
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Location
Lubbock, Texas, United States of America
Date
Apr 30, 1970
Page
19
At a Philadelphia post office a mail handler speaks zip codes into a device that routes parcels to the correct bin. The machine halves processing time for about one billion parcel post pieces annually, allowing half the workers in that area to shift to other tasks.
Washington reports President Nixon's proposed family assistance plan aims at a new poverty policy tied to jobs and income. It would replace current aid with broader coverage, reward work by tapering benefits, and shift politics toward a major welfare reform battle. The plan faces liberal objections over benefit levels and a broad scope.
Congress grapples with committee boundaries as environmental laws rise as a political issue. Senate panels across Interior and Insular Affairs and others claim oversight. House spreads bills through multiple subcommittees. Maneuvering shapes how future pollution measures progress and which committee handles key acts.
The Public Works and Interior committees joust over control of the new environmental act while Muskie fears a jurisdiction grab. Both the environmental policy bill and a major water pollution bill faced delays as senators ironed out differences and committee actions. Regina, Saskatchewan, once named Pile of Bones, derives from Latin for Queen.
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