Soviet Economy Faces Slow Growth Amid Reform Drive
A year into his premiership Kosygin shares power with Brezhnev as they steer the economy toward stability. Despite production gains and more consumer goods, the USSR lags the United States in growth, threatening the goal to overtake the rival after Khrushchev.
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Alexei Kosygin
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party
Kosygin
Brezhnev
Nikita Khrushchev
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Red China
Soviet Union
U.S
State Department
Russia
United States
Treaty With Russians Sidetracked In Senate Battle
Washington aides have delayed Senate action on a controversial pact that would allow Soviet consulates and grant immunity to consular staff. FBI Chief Hoover calls it a boon to espionage. Opponents from both parties vow to block, while a second treaty with Panama faces similar resistance.
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Washington — Administration
Senate
United States
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
U S Panama Canal Pact Routings Draw Heated Democratic Fire
President announces Sept 24 a new treaty to place the Canal Zone under U S Panama administration, replacing a 61 year old pact. House Democrats taunt the move as a capitulation and warn it could threaten national defense and U S interests.
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United States
Canal Zone
Panama
House
Robert E. Wood
Billionaire Congress Critique on Legislation Quality
The article condemns the current Congress for prioritizing spending over accountability and warns of pork barrel tactics that undermine public interests. It draws parallels to the New Deal era, noting initial reform rhetoric followed by prolonged deficits and political self-interest.
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Congress
Birthday Bath Marks Abbey's 900th Anniversary
A 900th anniversary celebration for the abbey is noted in December with humorous remarks about a birthday bath. A medical column lists 50 headaches, and a future house without doors sparks curiosity. An experiment with 12 West Coast college students living 10 days in cosmetic oil bath is reported as successful.
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West Coast College
Congress must go to the people again in a year
A bold editorial asks if the American public will be sufficiently informed by the next year to repudiate profligate national legislators who have squandered public funds. The piece frames the issue as a billion-dollar question for voters.
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United States
Progressive Labor Party
Students For A Democratic Society
Congress
Harlem
Franklin D. Roosevelt
National Press Club
Morrissey
A. G
Labor Department
James R. Hoffa
Katzenbach
Robert F. Grasely
New York
Democratic Party
Wagner
Abe Beame
Beame
Paul Screvane
James Mason
Ghengis Khan
Honey
Alan King
X Marks the Spot in Kennedy Nomination Delay Tale
A Washington column recounts Senator Edward M. Kennedy delaying Francis X Morrissey’s federal judgeship nomination after a railroad mishap. It notes Katzenbach’s return to lighter talk, Johnson’s hospital visit, and Muskie’s quip about doctors handling the president’s blood pressure.
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Washington
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Francis X. Morrissey
Teddy
Francis X
Kennedy
Johnson
Naval Hospital
White House
Patrick V. McNamara
Michigan
Edmunds. Muskie
Maine
Solons
LBJ
George A. Hallenbeck
James C. Cain
George G. Barkley
James Young
Sen. Muskie
Powell Seen as Next Tammany Leader Amid Celebrity News
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Adam Clayton Powell may become Tammany Hall leader while in Congress, potentially succeeding Ray Jones as Manhattan Borough president after Mrs Motley moves to a federal judgeship. The column also covers Jennifer Jones in London, a possible Aimee Semple McPherson film, moon-landing timelines for 1969, and various Broadway notes.
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Adam Clayton Powell
Tammany Hall
Congress
Charlie Buckley
Bronx
Adam
Ray Jones
Manhatan
Motley
Harlem
Jennifer Jones
London
Aimee Semple McPherson
United States
Mark Lawrence
Roddy McDowall
Sybil Burton Christopher
Bucks County
Burton Lane
Alan Jay
Lane
Alan
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U. S
University of California
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Dozer
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