Government study questions college expansion and a civilian GI Bill
A government task force urges a shift from building more colleges to education that leads to jobs. It proposes paying high school graduates for community service to gain work experience and time to choose a career, but critics call it a poor fix. Washington should bolster vocational training and work study rather than a WPA like program.
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Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Poverty Law A Force For The Poor In 1960s Programs
Lawyers for the poor have built a strong legal services program aiding the underprivileged. They press institutions to follow the law and address grievances despite opponents. Congress debates creating an independent National Legal Services Corp to shield the program from OEO influence.
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Congress
National Legal Services Corp
Office of Economic Opportunity
Oil firms love us all really tongue in cheek
Columnist Jim Fiebig mocks a Cost of Living Council report showing oil companies export a large share of fuel oil. He suggests cynics misread motives, while the piece satirically praises oil firms for headline grand gestures amid shortages.
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Jim Fiebig
Cost of Living Council
Russia and its steel ring prompts call for swift action
The piece warns of a Soviet strategic arc from Cairo to Suez and Panama, with Scud missiles in Egypt and Cuban missiles near Guantanamo. It argues U.S. weakness and Watergate distractions risk losing the two canals and global influence, urging a rapid naval and air buildup.
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Aviation Week
Cecil Brownlow
Egypt
Cairo
Tel Aviv
Israeli
Mr. Brownlow
Black Sea
Sadat
Sinai
Hanson Baldwin
The
New York Times
Mr. Kissinger
Fidel Castro
U.S
Guantanamo Bay
Cuba
Guantanamo
Panama
Suez Canal
Indian Ocean
Red Sea
Africa
Cape of Good Hope
Moscow
Middle East
Caribbean
Indochina
NATO
Western Europe
Suez
Kissinger
Congress
Barry Goldwater
Henry Jackson
Buckley urges market over tax for gasoline scarcity
William F. Buckley Jr argues against gasoline taxes and bureaucratic rationing. He favors letting prices guide supply and demand, protecting basic needs, and using market incentives rather than government meddling to handle potential scarcity.
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Supreme Court
Nixon
Oline
Letters to the Editor Calling for Public Input to Washington
A reader urges widespread letters to Congress and the President to express taxpayer concerns. The writer cites public opinion as a driver for action on fuel oil imports wheat and other national issues and calls for mass communication to Washington, D.C.
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Washington
Congress
Political freedom in Ohio education group stance criticized
Damon Fleischmann of Lima criticizes the Ohio Education Association for opposing a law granting individuals the right to choose where political contributions go. He argues such freedom reflects citizen judgment and questions the educators' view of institutionalized decision making.
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John Hall
Columbus
Ohio Education Association
OEA
Hall
Ohio
Damon Fleischmann
Sherman Ave
Lima
Rates for Middletown Journal subscriptions and delivery
The Journal lists pricing for newspaper delivery and mail subscriptions. Home delivery by newspaper boy eight 0 cents weekly? Motor route plans total 3.47 in 12 installments or 3.20 quarterly with a 15 cent monthly service charge. Mail subscriptions are 30 dollars per year inside and outside trading area 38 dollars outside U S A.
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News Journal, Inc
S. Breed
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
Postice
Journal Tube
U.S.A
Motor Route
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