Consumer revolts push politicians toward proconsumer agenda
Washington reports show consumer protests over high food prices influencing politics. Denver housewives sparked a nationwide boycott, pressuring lawmakers to study price issues and consider a cabinet level Department of Consumers. Rosenthal leads probes linking recalls of agencies to consumer interests, while the Johnson administration remains wary.
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Washington
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Tuessday
Rosenthal
Department of Consumers
Outdoor Recreation Growing Rapidly
Rural recreation demand surges as leisure time and income rise. The piece notes water based activities like swimming fishing canoeing and boating driving interest in local public water recreation facilities and watershed projects under Public 566 with federal support for up to 50 percent of costs. It outlines project scales reservoirs and the roles of government agencies in development and financing.
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Earl L, Wier
National Forests
United States
Soil and Water Conservation Districts
Department of Agriculture
Soil Conservation Service
Farmers Home Adminisration
Junior Leadership Popular In 4 H
Kansas 4 H members show strong junior leadership with over six thousand teens aiding adult leaders in 1966. The program began in Kansas and spread nationwide, stressing leadership development through activities in foods clothing photography knitting and more.
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Bill Merhoff
Kansas
Tony Bennett Special Was Good Sound TV
Tony Bennett anchors a one man TV special with strong songs and a large orchestra. The show uses a striking set resembling a traffic interchange and features Bennett’s intense lyric delivery and physical style.
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Tony Bennett
Cynthia Lowry
New York
Televiesion
Frank Sinatra
ABC
Bennett
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