Disclosure Rules on Congressional Debts and Speaking Fees
A House committee proposes ethics code adds disclosure of unsecured indebtedness over 10 000 for 90 days or more and sources of speaking fees above 300. The rule aims to help voters assess potential financial pressures on representatives and staff, citing Rep Seymour Halpern's debt case as context.
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House of Representatives
Rep
Seymour Halpern
New York
House Banking and Currency Committee
Official Conduct Committee
House
Rumsfeld Corrects OEO Terminology On Poverty
The piece criticizes the OEO memo that urged replacing the term the poor with low income individuals. It argues the change caused confusion and that the phrase the poor accurately conveys lack of money. Rumsfeld later backs clearer wording to improve life for 24 million poor Americans.
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Donald Rumsfeld
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
OEO Employes
Rumsfeld
Middletown youths and dancing spark moral debate
In Middletown on February 2 1915 local pastors denounce dancing as immorality while dancing masters expand classes. Fox trot is popular with new dances Hazel and Spanish York replacing older styles. Churches schools and saloons contend with Sunday amusements as evangelists campaign to lift local morals.
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Chicago
Cc. O. Christopher
The
Elks Temple
Spanish York
Independent Order of Odd Fellows
St. John’s Church
Fourth
Baltimore
Billy Sunday
Philadelphia
Wise Old News-Signal
John Q. Baker
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates Notice
The Journal published daily by the News Journal, Inc. in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for various delivery options. Rates include 70 cents weekly in-city, 21 dollars yearly in-area, 30 dollars yearly outside trading area, and 38 dollars yearly outside the U S. Payment is in advance. Founded in 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Mail Ince
U.S.A
Joseph Alsop Urges Focus on School Improvement Over Integration
Washington analyst argues the Brown decision has lost majority support as liberal Democrats fracture over the Stennis amendment. He cites Abe Ribicoff and a shifting political landscape shaping Nixon and Agnew campaigns. He urges radical, costly school improvements to ensure equal education for all children.
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Washington
Supreme Court
Abe Ribicoff
Connecticut
Stennis
Sen. Ribicoff
Alan Cranston
California
Joseph Tydings
Maryland
Ribicoff
John Cooper
Kentucky
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
George McGovern
North Dakota
Sen
Edward Brooke
Spiro T. Agnew
Letters to the Editor City Worth Going Home To
A Middleton reader urges residents to unite against racism and disruption, insisting Middletown is worth returning to only if harmony and equal opportunity prevail. The letter references faith, civic leaders, and community action while invoking Christian ideals and a call to speak out.
Answer Available To Our Problems
A speaker urges returning to Jesus Christ as the remedy for all, noting universal discrimination and emphasizing Christ's example of nonviolence and love. He cites Christ's anger at money changers and the suffering on the eve of the crucifixion to illustrate commitment and endurance.
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Christ
Middletown
Nation
Jesus Christ
Temple
Why Not Create Two High Schools
A reader argues Middletown already has an overcrowded new high school and proposes creating a second high school by moving ninth graders to neighborhood schools. The letter suggests repurposing the current campus, renaming it, and using underutilized elementary space for sixth graders while ending mass busing to qualify for federal aid.
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Middletown
Humor On Church Page Criticized In Letten Season
Anna H. Dell protests a Saturday church page column with limericks about church and ministry during Lent. A caricature titled Let us Spray shows a clergyman with a large cross leaning over a flower bed, prompting calls for respectful coverage.
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Jesus Christ
Anna H. Dell
No. Sutphin St
Keep history safe from cotton-pickin hands say LBJ pals
In Washington two old LBJ friends sip drinks after a second TV session with Walter Cronkite. One plans a trip to the Johnson ranch and urges the President to keep history out of politics.
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LBJ
Washington
Walter Cronkite
Johnson Ranch
Lyndon
Congress
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