Senate campaign funds raise questions on early aid
The Senate Democratic Campaign Committee started distributing money to 16 incumbents including Sen. Thomas J. Dodd to aid re election bids. Critics warn early primaries financing gives incumbents an advantage and argue funds should be shared with challengers to preserve fairness in the party.
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Democratic Campaign Committee
Thomas J. Dodd
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Cratic Campaign Committee
Bumpers Improve but Do Not Insist on Full Protection
The article explains that high speed crashes still overpower bumpers though better designs offer survivors. The National Highway Safety Bureau will require bumpers to withstand the equivalent of a five mile per hour collision as a first step. It suggests future autos may gain truly effective bumpers after years.
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National Highway Safety Bureau
What Happens If Tito Dies
In a column on succession crises the author compares Cambodia and Yugoslavia. He questions how the United States would respond to Tito's death, the Brezhnev Doctrine implications, and potential Soviet moves to stabilize or fracture Yugoslavia amid ethnic tensions. The piece weighs deterrence, international pressure, and possible NATO or Soviet actions.
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Cambodia
German Democratic Republic
Yugoslavia
Walter Ulbricht
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Hungary
Czechoslovakia
United Nations
Germany
Josip Broz Tito
United States
Moscow
Letter to Senators and Congressmen on political reform
A reader writes a forceful open letter criticizing lawmakers for delays and partisanship. The tone targets leadership, pension and Carswell cases, and calls for faster action on postal raises, anti strike measures, and modernization while urging cleanups of antiquated provisions. It likens U.S. governance to British reform and questions re election strategies.
Economic Woes Loom Over Postage and Prices Ahead of Election
The piece weighs the impact of higher wages and a potential ten cent first class stamp amid inflation and looming recession. It notes the political stakes for the November elections, the uncertainty in business profits, and the absence of wage and price controls as the Vietnam war continues.
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Washington
Congress
Middletown Daily News Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal lists daily and Sunday rates, with weekly and yearly mail options. Rates include 10c per weekday, 20c Sunday, 70c per week in-city, and 21.00 yearly in-trading area, 30.00 outside trading area, and 38.90 outside USA per year.
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Y Mail
Ares
USA
Genocide Treaty Critique and Local Zoning Debate
Readers condemn the UN genocide treaty as a threat to constitutional order and call for withdrawal from the UN. The second letter protests a planned apartment project, urging residents to resist, protect property values, and seek single family housing in their neighborhood.
Debate Over Genocide Treaty Threat to American Freedom
In a postwar critique, Harry A. Duff argues that a forthcoming UN genocide treaty branded as human rights would override the US Constitution, strip free speech protections, and allow international tribunals to judge Americans. He urges readers to write their senators.
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Nixon
United Nations
Russia
Hitler
Germany
U. S
Senate
United States
Senate Foreign Relations and Judiciary Committees
Harry A. Duff
Somerville
Luxury Apartment Plan Opposed By Local Editor
Residents protested a proposed rezoning behind Victoria Avenue and south of Henrick and Brookhaven to allow luxury apartments. John Brown sought the change. the City Planning Commission denied the rezoning, with a public hearing set for October 14, 1969 by the City Commission.
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Brookhaven
City Planning Commission
John Brown
City Commission
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Egypt's Early Military Organization Cited by Historians
Factographs note historians claim Egypt was the first country to possess a formal military. The piece discusses early state organization and defense structures as a cradle of organized force.
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Egypt
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