Statistics wage war on poverty in Washington battle
The piece argues over how to define and measure poverty in the United States. It traces Mollie Orshansky's 1964 poverty line and the dispute over counting in kind benefits, with CBO and Rivlin challenging the official formula and warning that new rules could swell the poverty figure by millions.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Mollie
Congressional Budget Office
Alice M. Rivlin
CBO
Missere
USDA
John Denver testifies on wilderness proposal in House hearing
Denver appears before the Public Lands subcommittee to back a bill creating 14 new federal wilderness areas. He criticizes minimum wage, argues for private ownership to preserve open space, and performs during the session. The piece mocks his stance and contrasts federal funding with private interests.
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House of Representatives
John Denver
Public Lands Subcommittee
House Interior Committee
Denver
Morris Udall
Bil
Alaska
Freedom
Aspen
Colo
Santa Ana
Calif
Population program critique sparks debate on aid and control
Sen John Sparkman criticizes U S family planning abroad arguing aid tied to effective population control is needed. He cites the Ravenholt office and $150 million yearly but UN data show rising birthrates in several countries, prompting claims of data manipulation and ineffective policy.
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Voila
Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Ravenholt
Philippines
India
Indonesia
Pakistan
Thailand
Tunisia
Korea
Afghanistan
Ecuador
Ghana
United Nations
Congress
Fred Richmond
D-N.y
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Wolfe and the Me Decade in John Roche’s Measured Look
John Roche reflects on Tom Wolfe’s Mauve Gloves and the Me Decade, tracing the narcissism of modern America. He contrasts Wolfe’s satire with Freud and Rousseau, noting repression as civilization’s price and praising Wolfe’s surgical insight into the psyche.
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Tom Wolfe
Farrar, Straus, & Giroux
Johnnie
Freud
George Orwell
Evelyn Waugh
John Roche
Middletown News Journal Subscription Rates Notice
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc lists subscription rates for Middletown Ohio. It details home delivery and motor route prices, weekly terms, and mail options with annual and regional differences.
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Middletown
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U.S.A
Clean up our city one week drive urged by reader
In a letter to the editor Jim Current urges a city wide one week cleanup of urban areas with health department checks and court citations for noncompliant residents. He also calls for action on city owned property and alley or vacant lot cleanup. William K. Robinson denounces the Ku Klux Klan in a second letter.
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Middletown
Health Department
Ku Klux Klan
William K. Robinson
Linden Ave
Letter guidelines for writers to The Journal
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Tom Braden
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Gallupcettering
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U.S
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Singapore
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Charles Manson
Altamont
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New York
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