National Water Commission backs market pricing for water
A 1968 created National Water Commission urged water pricing at free market value and repayment of federal project costs via user charges. The report proposed charging for irrigation, hydro power, flood control, and recreation, arguing private payers would reduce taxes and subsidy needs. Critics note government control blocks true market pricing.
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Commission
Schad
Associated Press
Luce
National Water Commission
Congress
News Dispatch
The Arts of Living Beyond Affluence and Boredom
Washington remarks on affluence and the western dilemma of emptiness and boredom. He argues public figures avoid addressing the deeper issues and urges new challenges through serious labor and the arts to add grace to living. Europeans partly grasp this art, but Americans know little of it.
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Washington
Nea
Europe
Little Me
Peter
Paul
Minnie
Patrick Henry
George St
Taxing the imagination in revenue marking
A fragmented column hints at upcoming tax ideas and political pressure. It notes that revenue hungry officials pursue new measures, and that a gamble or risk accompanies proposals. The piece references a speculative invention that could outguess a driver and the broader cost to people.
Economic Views and the Crowd in Opinion
A critique of using collective phrases like many economists to mask personal belief in Economics by G L Bach. The essay argues readers are swayed by authorities and peers, noting examples from politics, farming subsidies, and social behavior. It cautions against justifying actions through the “others” norm and urges independent reasoning.
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G. L. Bach
Bach
Professor Bach
A Call for Freedom in a World of Socialism and Conservatism
A manifesto condemns the Conservative and Labour parties in Britain and praises a new crusade for Freedom. It argues socialism has failed globally, praises the Republic USA, and warns against empire decline and godless world government, urging urgent action to preserve liberty and profit-driven systems.
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Britain
Clement Atlee
British
Karl Marx
Republic USA
Today in History snippets from 1642 to 1972 events
On this date in 1642 Abel Tasman discovered New Zealand. John Jay born in New York City in 1745. Beethoven paid for his first music lesson in 1792. Spain declared war on Britain in 1804. Japanese troops invaded Korea in 1894. Panay sank in 1937. A jet plane flew at 22 times sound in 1953. Kennedy spoke of a White House Kremlin link ten years ago. Vietnam troop lift reached 475,000 five years ago. Nixon met Pompidou in the Azores one year ago.
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Associated Press
New Zealand
Abel Tasman
U.S. Supreme Court
John Jay
New York City
Vienna
Ludwig van Beethoven
Franz Joseph Haydn
Spain
Britain
Korea
Panay
Yangtze River
China
Edwards Air Force Base
California
John F. Kennedy
White House
Kremlin
U.S
South Vietnam
Nixon
Azores
George Pompidou
France
Crossword Puzzle Clue List Fragment Dec 11
Puzzle of Dec 11 solved with many entries. clues include Dandles ignorantly, denims, tibetan gazelle, denim pants, sidestep lane, obsolescent bundle, Indian Muslim saint, learned papers, motorist, pacifier, festive occasions, pike, sufficient poetic, ivy, frenzy, constellation, venture, sword, gender.
ACLU Warns Nixon Faces Race Rights Clash in Courts
The American Civil Liberties Union cites a drift toward apartheid as it prepares for a likely court conflict with the Nixon administration over racial equality. The group warns the federal government has moved to resegregate America and vows to push for stronger Black political activity and enforcement of desegregation and voting rights.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
American Civil Liberties Union
ACLU
America
Aryeh Neier
Ramsey Clark
National Advisory Council
Odessa Junior Service League hosts art lecture for sixth graders
Looking back at December 12 items from 1962 shows Odessa Junior Service League presenting an art lecture as part of its ongoing series for sixth grade children. The same date ten, twenty, and thirty years ago highlights include Julius Johnson resigning as head football coach and athletic director at Odessa High School in 1952 and Odessa public school spirit featured in Texas Outlook in 1942.
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Odessa Junior Service League
Julius Johnson
Odessa High School
Odessa Public School Spirit
Texas Outlook
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Theodore Schad
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Mb Blin
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Tean
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John
Conservative Party
Origin
Atoll
Cosmic
Pike
Constellation
Venture
Sword
Gender
Curie
Vanish
Dynamo
Strange
Sevareid
Stead
Cocky
The
Neier
Richard Kleindienst
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