Democratic senators map Nixon era primary strategy
Editorial notes Lawrence F. O'Brien hosts a secret meeting with Senators McGovern Humphrey Muskie Jackson Kennedy Hughes and Harris to align against Nixon rather than each other. The piece predicts mixed nominating chances yet urges focus on national interests and opposing Nixon programs without internal battles.
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Lawrence F. O’brien
Democratic Party
Nixon
George McGovern
FBI
J. Edgar Hoover
O’brien
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Edmund Muskie
Henry M. Jackson
Edward M. Kennedy
Harold E. Hughes
Fred R. Harris
Birch Bayh
Indiana
O'Brien
Nixos
Democrats Push Federal Takeover Of Welfare By Mills Group
Democratic leaders led by Rep. Wilbur Mills push a plan to federalize welfare, opposing Nixon’s revenue sharing and arguing a nationwide standard could curb fraud. Critics warn a total Washington takeover won’t fix cost pressures or ensure fair treatment while local officials favor closer administration.
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Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means Committee
Nixon
Mills
Witch
Congress
Mils
Sais
Abner J. Mikva
Chicago
New York
Mississippi
New York City
Nevada
Ronald Reagan
California
The
Waldorf
Washington
Staggered tax filing proposed by professors
Two accounting professors argue in The Tax Adviser for a yearly filing schedule based on birth date or SSN to spread federal income tax returns over 12 months. They say this could improve IRS efficiency and reduce costs, though implementation would pose challenges.
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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants
Charles A. Nickerson
Virginia Commonwealth University
Earl F. Davis
University of Georgia
Uncle Sam
IRS
Boyle's Column: Dining woes at home with teens and cat
HAL BOYLE reflects on life with a vegetarian daughter Tracy aged 17 and a cat Lady Dottie 13. Diet quirks dominate daily life from grape fruit to pizza to celery crunching while the narrator frets about nutrition and his own weight loss. The column ends with an astronomy aside about Vega.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tracy
Lady Dottie
Daddy
U. S
Texans urged ethics code as a matter of record
Garth Jones notes Texas leaders long urged a workable ethics code for public servants. Since the 1950s leaders pressed for conflict of interest rules, with Speaker Gus Mutscher’s blue ribbon panel proposing prohibitions and a change to bar lawyer-legislators from automatic trial delays.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Texas
Preston Smith
Smith
House
Senate
Waggoner Carr
Capitol
Gus Mutscher
Carr
Committee of 100
Spin offs from NASA science reshape daily life worldwide
NASA Wallops Island researchers highlight grooved runways and other spin offs altering consumer protection, fire resistant paints, portable TV gear, inflatable life rafts, satellite based weather and communications, and future tools for farming and industry. Officials emphasize unpredictable, broad impact yet to come.
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Washington
NASA
Wallops Island
Air Transport Association
Space Agency
Poseidon Sub Army of MIRV Power Signals Unstoppable Drift
The article argues MIRV Poseidon submarines massively expand U S nuclear strike potential. It notes 31 Polaris subs converted to Poseidon with 160 warheads each, doubles Hiroshima power, and could deploy nearly 5 000 warheads rapidly. Critics worry MIRV momentum continues despite SALT talks.
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Washington
Nea
Soviet Union
U.S
Polaris
Hiroshima
James McCartney
Nixon
Poseidon
Russia
Senate
Congress
Salt
Free Press Targeted by Kremlin Vigilance Campaign
The article reviews new Kremlin efforts to intimidate Western reporters in Moscow. It cites Pravda and Trud warnings against capitalist journalists and dissidents, naming Sakharov, Medvedev, and Solzhenitsyn as targets while noting aims to isolate Western sources and inflame anti American sentiment ahead of the March 30 Communist Party congress.
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New York
Nea
Moscow
Kremlin
Russia
Lenin
Pravda
KGB
Stalin
A. D. Sakharov
Jaures Medvedev
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Trud
Col. F. Nikitin
Sovetskaya Rossiya
United States
Nixon
Russian Communist Party
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Ir” AS
Berrys World
NEA, Inc
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Earth Resources Technology
Free Press
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