McGovern Seeks Democratic Nomination With Mixed Positions
The editorial notes Senator George McGovern of South Dakota formally announcing his presidential bid. It criticizes his stance on recognizing Red China and Taiwan, calls for ending J Edgar Hoover’s FBI leadership, and argues his antiwar position risks abandoning Vietnam despite hopes of renewed peace.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Senate
Southeast Asia
U. S
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
J. Edgar Hoover
FBI
Hoover
U.S
Mao Tse-tung
Vietnam
Nixon
Red China
The State Local Tax Pie
Americans paid an average of 480 in taxes to state and local governments in fiscal 1969, up 42 from 1968. Per capita state local taxes ranged from 221 in Arkansas to 576 in New York, with California at 540. Total collections reached 76.1 billion, up 9.14 billion from 1968 and 60 percent higher since 1964. Twenty three states exceeded 1 billion dollars.
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Commerce Clearing House
Arkansas
New York
California
Hawaii
Nevada
Massachusetts
Romantic castles seek tourism with Frankensteins hotel
The German state of Hesse renames Frankenstein's castle near Darmstadt into a hotel and restaurant complex costing about 1 million dollars to lure visitors. In Denmark's Elsinore the Shakespearean fortress reportedly suffers from sulfur dioxide pollution, its walls crumbling under industrial effects.
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Hesse
West Germany
Darmstadt
Baron Frankenstein
Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley
Elsinore
Denmark
Boyle's Column: Build Your Own Survival Kit Now
Hal Boyle argues in a playful column that individuals should prepare personal survival kits for modern fragility. He lists tongue in cheek items such as a bullet proof Bible a shotgun a rifle grenades a Sherman tank two TVs and stresses tailoring the kit to individual needs while noting society's dependence on machinery and crowding.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Arkansas
New Jersey
Clean Water Laws and Government Powers
A discussion of clean water laws and court limits on government action. Courts generally uphold environmental regulations though faced with objections. A factory owner sued over decreased value, but courts ruled that regulating use of property to protect the public right is not a taking.
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Water Commission
Mississippi water plan faces Louisiana opposition in Texas debate
A Mississippi River water import scheme for Texas faces stiff hurdles including potential Louisiana veto and complex politics. Key officials debate feasibility, cost, and national food needs as engineers note half the study is complete with reports due in 1973.
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Associated Press
Austin
Louisiana
Texas High Plains
el Paso
Texas Water Plan
Reclamation Bureau
Army Engineers
Texas
Capitol
Mississippi
Preston Smith
West Texas
Smith
Marvin Shurbet
Petersburg
Texas Water Development Board
Searcy Bracewell
Houston
Shurbet
High Plains
Sharbet
George Mahon
San Antonio
Fort Worth
Dallas
Ogallala
Plains
West
Harry Burleigh
Colorado
Rio Grande
Pecos
Canadian
Arkansas
Missouri
Washington
Columbia
Burleigh
Pacific Northwest
Trans-Texas Canal
America
Llano Estacado
Oklahoma
Homer Tanner
Daingerfield
Lake Chares
Carla
Beulah
R.S. Kristoferson
East Tex
Russell B. Long
D-La
Mississippi River
Long
Senate Finance Committee
Timely Quotes On Global Unity By Young Leaders
The under 30 generation is described as the first world people who accept the world as one and humanity as one through shared membership in the species. Donald F. Keys, a world organization's representative to the United Nations, is quoted.
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Donald F. Keys
World Organization
United Nations
Stiff Tests This Year for Saigon
The 1971 outlook for South Vietnam centers on internal security economy and politics as elections shape the year. Hanoi insurgent networks loom with an estimated 50 000 covert cadres while police forces may need expansion to 120 000. Economic strain grows as U.S. pullout and aid shifts bite, though rice harvests are strong and Japan and West Germany invest. President Thieu faces Gen Duan Van Minh as potential rival though Minh weighs chances.
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Washington
Nea
South Vietnam
Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam
U.S
Nixon
United States
Japan
West Germany
Senate
Thieu-Ky
Thieu
Duan van Minh
Big Inh
Big Minh
Nixon Doctrine Expands Into Economic Ties and Aid
The Nixon Doctrine extends to economic policy with less direct U.S. role in foreign aid. Aid will flow through regional banks and international organizations, with conditions for self-help, tax collection, anti corruption, inflation control, and reduced government waste. Local planners will handle more aid. more countries will be urged to contribute. The goals include avoiding entangling internal politics, maximizing dollar impact, and tailoring plans to local conditions, with Marshall Plan style regional execution cited as effective.
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Washington
Nea
Nixon
U.S
Asian Development Bank
Inter-American Development Bank
World Bank
International Development Association
Inter-American Social Development Institute
United States
Congress
White House
State Department
Agency For International Development
Europe
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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