Taxpayer Supported by Budgets Amid Washington Shuffles
The House Appropriations Committee trimmed and inflated parts of the Department of Health Education and Welfare and Labor budgets defying Johnson's cuts. The Education and Labor panel added 245 million to anti poverty spending while curbing high salaries and boosting job programs. A Los Angeles Watts bus plan and defense spending of 60.5 billion accompany a record 112.8 billion next year. The taxpayer endures inflation as Congress seeks cuts and increases alike.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
House Appropriations Committee
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Labor Department
National Health Institutes
National
Appropriations
George H. Mahon
House Democrats
Education and Labor Committee
Department of Urban Development
Los Angeles
Watts
Those Adventurers A Humorous Philosopher Thinks Men Are Adventurers
A humorist who blends philosophy argues that all men are adventurers at heart. He notes the exhilaration of danger in feats and wild hunts and humorously suggests courage even in arguing with spouses. He may have a point.
Styles For Tourists Seeing Washington Go More Formal
The interview with Sophie Glutz notes summer fashions for visitors to Washington will be more formal. Women may wear stretch pants and longer shorts in public spaces and evenings while skirts and dresses are discouraged. Men keep to fatigues, bright shirts, sneakers and caps as children face modest rules at the National Gallery.
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Washington
Sophie Glutz
Lady Bird
White House
Lincoln and
Jefferson
Senate
House of Representatives
National Gallery of Art
McCnamara
South Viet Nam
McNamara
Society Fears Overreach of Civil Rights Laws Across Communities
A 1960s editorial warns that federal Civil Rights and Voting Rights laws may punish whole communities for alleged discrimination. It argues due process is bypassed when funds or voting rights are withdrawn for localities, instead of pursuing individual prosecutions.
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Washington
Questioning U S Policy Sparks Letters to the Editor
A reader from Lamesa argues for a tougher U S stance toward France and the UN, suggesting France should pay for bases and loans, while criticizing Viet Nam strategy, UN involvement, and defense spending. A Brownfield correspondent references Communist and UN figures and urges U S withdrawal from the UN.
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U.S
the Avalanche Journal
David Lawrence
U. S
de Gaulle
France
WWT
United Nations
Viet Nam
United States
Chamizal National Memorial
Texas
Mexico
Johnson
Congress
J. T. Allen
15Th St
Lamesa
We Need Less Not More Government Editor Avers
The Avalanche Journal editorial argues against accepting the UN as an instrument of peace and recalls the perceived spread of Communism as a warning against broader government power and international bodies.
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Soviet Union
The
ADA
League of Women Voters
World Peace Foundation
Council On Foreign Relations
Norman Thomas
Post War Council
U.S. Committee For the UN
Carnegie Foundation For International Peace
Radio Free Europe
United States
Viet Nam
Korea
P. A. Vasiliev
38Th Parallel
South Korea
Vasiliev
R. O. Black
Brownfield
the Avalanche-Journal
Nazi-Style Party Gains In West Germany Alarms Analysts
German experts in the State Department warn that the neo Nazi National Democratic Party has grown stronger in recent elections. The NPD shows gains in Bavaria Schleswig-Holstein Hamburg and small towns despite low overall support. Analysts fear a resurgence of nationalist sentiment and anti Semitism as prosperity rises.
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Washington
State Department
West Germany
Adolf Hitler
National Democratic Party
NPD
Hitler
Hamburg
Herbert Weichmann
Bavaria
Schleswig-Holstein
Germany
Berlin
Soviet Union
France
Friedrich Thielen
Adolph von Thadden
Russia
Interior Ministry
Theilen
von Thadden
Allensbach Institute
National Oceans Watch
Nation Needs To Return To God Reader Advises
A letter from J. H. Dunn of 407 37th St. laments secularism and socialism in the United States and urges a revival centered on the living Lord and Master. He cites Solomon, Washington, and contemporary politics, warning that Easter worship has shifted to worldly concerns and calling for repentance and faith.
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The
Avalanche-Journal
Solomon
George Washington
Washington
Connally
Wagoner Carr
J. HH. Dunn
37Th
Western Republicans split over five point seven five billion loan
In Washington two western Republicans divided over the five billion seven hundred fifty million British loan proposal as opponents planned a Senate coup to kill it. The government moved to ease clothing price rules delaying regulation deadlines for suits, while bread shortages hit Lubbock and South Plains as rations began.
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Lubbock
Washington
Senate
Brooks
R-Id
United States
OPA
New York
Outdated views on poverty war and youth power clash in Roanoke
Ruth Montgomery contends that the civil rights push and youth involvement distort policy and Michael McNamara’s Viet Nam stance. She urges keeping poverty programs in the hands of experienced minds while calling for stricter park rule enforcement and adult supervision for youths at public venues.
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Washington
Sargent Shriver
Glen Echo Park
Federal Office of Juvenile Delin
South
Viet Nam
Defense
Robert McNamara
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
British Secret Service to be Reorganized After Slips
Reader dissatisfaction in the London Daily Express targets the Secret Service for recent failures including Singapore’s secession, the Negeria premier’s assassination plot, and Nkrumah Ghana coup intel gaps. Director known as C will retire this year, suggesting a low-profile overhaul.
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London Daily Express
Secret Service
Singapore
Malaysia
Negeria
Ghana
Kwame Nkrumah
CIA
Houston Post
Dobbs stays at Texas Western College ends U S Military Academy bid
El Paso readers celebrate Coach Bobby Dobbs remaining at Texas Western College after spurning an offer to lead the U S Military Academy. The community expects a strong season with orange caps as a sign of support and a packed Sun Bowl for home games.
President seeks Indian aid but caution noted by readers
A column fragment shows reader O. C. McBride questioning presidential action on American Indian aid. A quip about Mrs. Gandhi’s visit follows, then a query on health warnings on cigarette packs and a remark on the President’s reception in Mexico, likening it to popularity in Duval County in 1948.
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Congress
Mexico
Duval County
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Awatigere
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South Plains
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Seymour J. Rosenthal
Office of Juvenile Delinquency
Pentagon
China
Czechoslovakia
O. C. McBride
Turnrow Tunker
Mrs. Gandhi
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