Nixon urged to double DOJ lawyers in fight against crime
New York Times columns say the House Republican Task Force on Crime advised President elect Nixon to double the number of Justice Department lawyers tackling organized crime. It also calls for surveillance guidelines, rapid U.S. Attorney replacements, expanded strike forces, and new federal gambling laws.
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Anti Crime Report Warns of Tightened Policing and Mafia Pressure
The piece foresees stricter police rules and fewer protests in coming months. It notes rival mafia factions held a peace conference and split the United States into zones of crime and exploitation. It predicts the Nixon Administration and local governments will face tough crime fighting, with political capital at stake.
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Cosa Nostra
United States
Nixon
Leaders Return to Teaching Roles After Public Service
Johnson accepts a teaching post at the University of Texas while Humphrey takes professorial duties at Macalester and the University of Minnesota. The two ex leaders will lecture at Rice Institute and Austin with memoirs and publish or perish pressures noted. Rumor suggests Senator McCarthy may join academia as well.
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Tax Reform Aims to Close Wealth Loopholes in Congress
The piece notes the 91st Congress faces major tax reform to close loopholes favoring the affluent. It cites data from 1967 on millionaires and tax avoidance, arguing reform should restore fairness and integrity to taxation and curb complexity beyond Philly lawyers.
Saigon Critics Fear U S Hanoi Accord Shortens War
The Saigon government resents Washington the bombing halt in exchange for North Vietnam’s Paris talks stance. Thieu worries Washington may settle the war without protecting South Vietnam’s interests. The National Observer notes the anxiety and possible misgivings.
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Nixon Nearly Blocks Stans Cabinet Post in Final Hour
The article details Maurice Stans as Nixon's top fund raiser and potential Secretary of Commerce, a shift almost made after fundraising report delays triggered anger. Briley was nearly chosen. Nixon reversed, keeping Stans in consideration while Agnew’s Senate Office Building visit prompts security scrutiny.
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Ohio
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Spiro T. Agnew
Did Djilas Deserve His Freedom Award
The Freedom House board faced questions about honoring Milovan Djilas a former communist who spent years jailed in Yugoslavia. Past actions and later critiques of Tito’s regime are weighed against his later anti communist writings and advocacy for freedom. The piece notes protests by Serbian Americans and debates about celebrating Djilas’s shift toward non communism.
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Montegrin
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Harry Truman
Jean Monnet
Roosevelt Hotel
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Tito
Kolasin
Draja Mikahilovitch
Stalin
Yugoslavia
United States
East Europe
Nixon Eyes Stronger Inter American Ties and OAS Role
Nixon signals reliance on regional bodies including NATO SEATO and a stronger OAS role to curb Castroism. Rumors place Dr. Fernando Penabaz as a potential inter American appointee due to his Latin America experience and pro Cuban policy stance.
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Penabaz
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Appointees in Key Spots Shape Nixon Domestic Policy
Three Nixon picks will shape domestic policy: Robert Finch as HEW secretary, George Romney as housing chief, and Daniel Moynihan heading a new White House urban affairs office. Finch and Moynihan draw praise for competence, with Romney seen as potentially strongest due to administration talent and civil rights focus. Moynihan, a Kennedy-era Democrat, faces pragmatic challenges as urban policy chief.
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California
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Housing and Urban Development
Daniel Pat Moynihan
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Joe News-Star Description and Masthead Details
The item lists the Monroe post office filing date June 1 1909 the newspaper’s daily schedule excluding weekends and the News-Star-World Publishing Corp address in Monroe Louisiana with staff roles including Robert Ewing Jr John B D Ewing Wilson Ewing William H Bronson Jack S Campbell Edmund G Brown Jack C Gates and William C Hardin It notes Associated Press membership state offices and advertising reps The paper proclaims it prints news impartially and supports what it believes to be right while opposing what it believes to be wrong regardless of party politics.
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William C. Hardin
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