Federal takeover of welfare costs urged after court rulings
Supreme Court rulings upholding welfare rule changes spark calls from Texas Governor Preston Smith and New York Governor Nelson Rockefeller for a federal takeover of welfare funding. They warn that states face fiscal crises as welfare rolls expand and argue welfare is a national issue impacting U.S. competitiveness.
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Supreme Court
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New York City
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Congress
Stanford Firing Provokes Debate Over Academic Freedom
Stanford University trustees voted 20 to 2 to dismiss tenured English associate professor HH Bruce Franklin amid clashes over Marxist and Maoist labels. supporters warn of terrorism and campus disruption while critics say academic freedom is endangered by the firing.
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Bruce Franklin
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Stanford
Richard Lyman
American University
McGovern’s challenge as 1972 bids begin
CARE. Po Leubsdorf notes McGovern faces a core question Who she as a candidate. He remains a long shot with about six percent of Democratic support, a one percent gain in a year, implying a distant path to a party majority by 2017 rather than 1972.
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Po Leubsdorf
George McGovern
South Dakota
Kiave
Washington
Eliza Doolittle
Henry Higgins
General Accounting Office
Sheba
Hartke’s Indiana bid faces further backlash from party leaders
Sen. Vance Hartke of Indiana draws ire from Indiana Democrats who accuse him of stalling and maneuvering for a favorite son role to aid convention bargaining. Birch Bard, Hartke’s former presidential rival, warns he will be cut off if he pursues that path.
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Congress
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Citizens weigh party principles in looming election
The piece argues many voters know little about party platforms and rely on personalities and independent candidates. It notes parallels across regions, cites Wallace's 1968 protest vote, and urges parties to educate voters about real stands while stressing the Democrats face a tough, information-limited campaign amid calls for reform, jobs, and peace.
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Washington
Democratic Party
That Girl on Broadway and Philosophies of Atheism
Verse fragment ponders shopping lists and bankruptcy. contrasts belief and disbelief. Phyllis McGinley line laments pursuit of light and color and questions whether virtue makes people merrier or vice duller.
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Phyllis McGinley
Hong Kong Tailor Tales and Texas Redistricting
The column recounts a Hong Kong shopping spree by a correspondent who succumbs to Albert Natya’s tailor shop temptations and wonders about prices and souvenirs. It shifts to commentary on Texas redistricting, noting a federal panel’s ruling that reshapes districts and affects incumbents, with broader questions about federal court influence on state affairs.
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Nuatraj’s
Albert Natraj
Vicune
Tay Ninh
Chungking Arcade
Philpott Rappaport-Balderdash
Albert
Lewis and Thoi
Saltz Inc
Albert Natya
Washington
Nixon
Peking
Texas
Delwin Jones
Bob Price
Panhandle
Price
Jones Committee
Nixon Faces Bureaucratic Waste and Payoffs in Washington
Henry J. Taylor argues the federal bureaucracy has expanded massively, generating wasteful pay and paperwork. He cites 3.1 million civilians in D C payrolls, 13 million public workers, and billion-letter output, claiming a costly system that concentrates blame and resists reform.
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Nixon
Washington
Cashless Society Prompts Mixed Reactions in Syosset
In Syosset N Y Hempstead Bank customers test a cashless system with 35 retailers accepting a plastic card. The card triggers an automatic debit for buyers and a credit for retailers, a progress praised by some and criticized as a path to easier bankruptcy.
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Hempstead Bank
Syosset
Charleston
S.C
News and Courier
Weather and Phobos Among Space Oddities
A statistician notes inclement weather costs 1200 lives and 11 billion dollars yearly while weather is still a public asset. Phobos imagery reveals a misshapen, ugly moon, likened to a modernist sculpture born from a spell of design.
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