Proxmire Flays Free Air Tours by Pentagon
Senator William Proxmire accuses the Pentagon of spending nearly 700000 on tours for 6810 civilians in 1969 to sway public opinion. He claims such use of tax money promotes defense budgets and weapons systems and labels tours a thinly disguised sales effort for ABM. He argues military facilities should not be used to propagandize the public.
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Pentagon
William Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
van den Haag
Volpe Reshapes Highway Safety Bureau Structure
Transportation Secretary Volpe splits the National Highway Safety Bureau from the Federal Highway Administration. NHSB will report to Volpe, focusing on vehicle and driver safety while highway standards stay with the highway administration. He cites a goal of cutting auto deaths by 10,000 yearly, though past trends rose to 56,400 in 1969.
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Transportation
John A. Volpe
National Highway Safety Bureau
Federal Highway Administration
NHSB
Douglas Toms
Volpe
Highway Safety Bureau
Highway Administration
Battle over Lyndon Johnson speech details roaches inside account
John P Roche opens his files on Lyndon B Johnsons March 31 1968 speech and its antecedents. He surveys the roles of Dean Rusk Clark Clifford and others in the debate on Vietnam bombing policy and de escalation with paraphrase to avoid classification.
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John P. Roche
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Dean Rusk
Defense
Clark Clifford
Roche
Johnson
Lyndon B. Johnson
Vietnam
Townsend Hoopes
Hoopes
Clifford
White House
Rusk
Walter Cronkite
Letter Carriers Strike Critique of Government and Delay
A opinion piece argues mail delays due to a postal strike harmed the public and blamed government for pay disputes tied to reform. It praises carriers for patience, notes many continued work or briefly walked out, and calls for faster access to federal employees and better communication after a raise.
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Congress
United States
House
Senate
New York City
New York
Federal wage raises and mail strike unravel slow government action
The article discusses President Nixon's mail delivery troop deployment as a symbol of federal power amid a New York letter carriers strike. It explains how wage increases for federal workers require Congress approval, debates, and potential broader legislation, and urges better government communication and wage reform.
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Washington
Nixon
New York City
Congress
Postal union division over leadership appeal to patience
Postal workers, though largely unionized, display indifference to leaders who urge patience. Recent bitter denunciations by many locals target the president of the National Letter Carriers Union for advocating a return to calmer action.
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National Union
National Letter Carriers Union
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Middletown Journal lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include 10c per weekday, 20c for Sunday, 70c weekly, $21 annually in area, $30 outside area, and $38 outside U S A. all subscriptions prepaid.
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U.S.A
Buckley on Strikes and a Bronzen Formula
The piece endorses a post strike national discussion and cites Yale Brozen’s formula for evaluating public employee pay. It argues replacement rates reveal pay fairness and urges a standard before enforcing no strike laws. It notes political timing may hinder formal adoption before Congress.
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