War on poverty falls short despite huge funding
The piece argues that decades of anti poverty spending have yielded limited results. It cites misallocated funds in education and shows how targeted training and schooling create real work. Programs like the Skills Bank in New York and Suffolk County retraining led to jobs and welfare savings, urging Congress to focus on education and job training to reduce poverty and turn relief users into taxpayers.
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Congress
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
New York Urban League
Suffolk County
S.J
Urban League
90Th Congress
Personal Income 1966 Surges to Record Levels
The Department of Commerce reports 1966 personal income rose 8 percent to 580.4 billion, with after tax income per person up 156 dollars to 2567. Wages and salaries led gains, up 34 billion with a 10 percent rise, while interest payments climbed 11 percent amid higher rates.
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Department of Commerce
Johnson wary of Hanoi talks on bombing pause
Ray Cromley recalls past Vietnam peace gambits by Hanoi and Moscow, noting repeated U S failures to gain talks when bombing pauses are offered. He cites 1965 pauses, Gromyko’s reactions, and long search for a credible path to negotiations amid alternating signals.
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Washington
Johnson
Hanoi
United States
North Vietnam
Dean Rusk
U.S
Peiping
Soviet Union
Andrei Gromyko
Rusk
Gromyko
North
Liberation Front
South Vietnam
Cairo
Paris
Warsaw
Washington GOP split over Evans 1968 delegation fight
Washington State moderates face a tough battle to shape the 1968 Republican delegation. Conservative powers in King Pierce and Spokane counties press to control county parties, risking a Goldwaterish tilt. Evans allies warn accommodation may come with effort, while hard-right factions push for a strong delegation and potential campus unrest at the University of Washington.
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Washington
Washington State
Daniel Evans
King
Seattle
Pierce
Tacoma
Spokane
Spokane City
Father Triumphas
Evans
King County
Kenneth Rogstad
Rogstad
GOP
C Montgomery Johnson
Snohomish County
Everett
Yakima County
Capitol Hill
University of Washington
Berkeley
Fifty Years Ago Ice Surplus Doubles in Frederick County
February 13 1917 reports state severe winter fills ice houses and spurs new storage builds. Locals consider forming joint stock companies to ship ice to the deep south possibly pushing next summer prices lower. A fight at a county teachers meeting led to one arrest for assault and battery. another educator was hospitalized with facial wounds and the accused will be arraigned with Reno S Harp as counsel.
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Frederick County
Deep South
Frederick
Frederick City Hospital
Frederick City
Reno S. Harp
Georgia elects Herman Talmadge as next governor
Twenty years ago on February 13 1947 the Superior Court ruled Herman Talmadge son of the late Governor Gene Talmadge is the legally chosen next governor of Georgia after dismissing Lieutenant Governor M E Thompson s suit for declaratory judgment. The court earlier decided the election to fill the vacancy was constitutional. The Frederick Real Estate Board opposed a proposed state rent control law saying it would hurt landlords amid surplus housing. they appealed to Senator Edward D Storm and Delegate Jacob Ramsburg.
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Herman Talmadge
Georgia
Gene Talmadge
M.E. Thompson
Talmadge
Frederick Real Estate Board
Frederick Realtors
Edward D. Storm
Frederick County
Jacob R. Ramsburg
House of Delegates
Reciprocity in Soviet U S consular treaty debate
Washington letters discuss a proposed U S Soviet consular treaty and the need for complete reciprocity. The piece cites Soviet open letters and protests against American racial violence and Vietnam policy, arguing equal rights for U S officials in Moscow and Soviet officials in Washington, plus restrictions on anti Communist literature.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
America
U.S. Senate
U.S
Lyndon B. Johnson
Los Angeles
Vietnam
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
Academy of Sciences
U.S.S.R
East Germany
West Germany
Berlin Wall
Senate
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