Memoir of the Month exposes bureaucratic folly
Washington Post piece catalogs memoranda from U S Navy and federal agencies, revealing bungled guidance and odd notes from the era. It highlights the Kool Aid wardroom memo and other laughable or revealing internal memos, from topics like toilet seats to job applications and party line phrasing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee Roderick Washington
U.S. Atlantic Fleet
Bell
Kool Aid
J.E. McCauley
Capitan
U.S. Navy
Kool
Nixon
China
White House
Editorial on reverse bonus pay for Orange police officers
An editorial discusses Orange California testing a reverse bonus for police. Officers would receive 1 percent raise if four crime categories fall 3 percent and 2 percent if they fall 6 percent by March. A nonparticipating supervisor audits reports to ensure fairness.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hawaii
Orange
Calif
Kissinger urges globe energy research alliance to crash program
Dr. Henry Kissinger proposes a bold energy research organization uniting free nations to develop new energy resources. He envisions European allies and Japan at first, with Russia and Warsaw Pact later, arguing a united effort could outpace energy crises seen in 1974.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Kissinger
United States
Free World
Japan
Russia
Israel
Kissinger
Corporations pay well for report distribution
A small firm in Reseda California builds a business on distributing corporate reports and proxy material. Sounder Corp bills about 60 cents per quarterly report and bets on broad mailings to the financial community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Don Hormne
Associated Press
Reseda
Calif
Los Angeles
Sounder Corp
Sounder
Alan Ducommun
Today in History highlights and business note
Today in history lists major events from 1943 to 1958 including the termination of extraterritorial rights in China and women gaining seats in the British House of Lords. It also notes a surge of firms distributing corporate reports, with Sounder owner Howard Grace declining specifics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Common, Inc
Los Angeles
American Society of Corporate Secretaries
Organization of
Corporation Secretaries
New York
Saunder
John S. Black Jr
Corporate Secretaries’ Organization
Grace
Sounder
House of Lords
Boyle's column signals you may be fossilizing
HAL BOYLE notes aging signs in a humorous New York Times AP column. A retiree voice compares aging quirks like bifocals, worn shirts, ritual dog walks, form filling, sports nostalgia, and reluctance toward new ideas. The piece playfully flags aging as fossilizing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
After-dinner Speakers Prompt Earache of Bets
A witty item notes an earache of after-dinner speakers and jokes about bets on how many flights the boss misses due to schedule changes. It recalls older times when spittoons weren’t flower planters and suggests saving soap by having three kids under eleven at home.
State Capital Dh Highlights Sidelights by Bill Bo
Austin Texas lawmakers launched a constitutional convention with an 81 day schedule and a hopeful 50 50 chance of success. Speaker Price Daniel Jr leads as presiding officer while committees set hearings by January 16. Major 1974 primary slate includes Hill White Briscoe Hobby and Langdon Wallace. Speed limit to 55 mph to match federal action. hearings set to defend $240 million in federal highway aid. Court actions address housing, licensing, and school annexations amid nutrition and welfare updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Austin Tex
Price Daniel Jr
Constitutional Revision Commission
Daniel
Revision Commission
John Hill
John White
Dolph Briscoe
Bill Hobby
Jim Langdon
Mack Wallace
Bob Armstrong
Jesse James
Robert Calvert
Bob Bullock
Jim Wallace
Houston
Henry Grover
Jim Cranberry
Ray Hutchison
Odell McBrayer
Nixon
Texas
State Highway Commission
Electins
Atty
Hill
Parks and Wildlife Commission
Texas Rehabilitation Commission
Secretary of Health, Education and Welfare
TRC
Briscoe
Ralph Durden
Corpus Christi
Texas A&i University Board of Directors
William H. Atkinson
Kenedy
Edwardo Marquez
el Paso
Jack Fant
Blake Allen
Corsicana
Trinity River Authority
Joe Sage
San Antonio
New Permanent House
Military and Veterans Affairs
Frank Hildebrand
Texas Tourist Development Agency
National Organization of the U.S. Travel Industry
Discover America Travel Organization
COURT
U.S. Fifth Court of Appeals
Hidalgo County
Second Court of Civil Appeals
Fort Worth
Texas Supreme Court
Lipscomb County
Lipscomb Isd
Raymond Vowell
Vowell
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Lee Roderick
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USN
National Labor Relations Board
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Tracer
F. Tunley
D.C. Redevelopment Land Agency
NW #1
da Nang
South Vietnam
Population Council of
John Dean
Charles Colson
Pecos Enterprise
Buckner News Alliance
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
Britain
England
St. Paul's Cathedral
U.S. Treasury
Alexander Hamilton
Nevis Island
Andes
Peru
Panama
U.S
Panama Canal Zone
Saigon
Alan Paton
Eva le Gallienne
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Boyle
By Phil Pastoret
Bill Bo
Internal Revenue
la Raza Unida Party
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