Decentralization Debate in U S Government Powers
The editorial cites Eisenhower and Nixon on returning power to states and localities, noting a shift from local authority to federal control. It argues real progress requires partnerships, revenue sharing, and reduced federal mandates, while highlighting low local demand for more responsibilities and the need to empower local governments. The piece emphasizes policy and governance lessons from the Mixon administration.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States of America
Eisenhower
Washington
Nixon
Elsix
United States
Colorado Springs
Mixon
Sesame Street earns cautious CBE approval
The Council for Basic Education lauds Sesame Street as a valuable tool to teach letters and numbers to disadvantaged preschoolers based on a study of nearly a thousand regular viewers. It weighs potential downsides of promoting heavy TV watching and prefers balanced exposure to avoid drifting toward junk literature or ad hoc viewing habits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council For Basic Education
Washington
Dick and
Jane
CBE
Televvision
Quest for the perfect pickle advances at Minnesota
University of Minnesota food scientists use a texture profile instrument to quantify pickle texture. They assess 24 varieties for crunchness hardness cohesiveness elasticity gumminess and adhesiveness to guide processing innovations. Pickle consumption has risen fourfold since 1930, with 7.3 ag per American in 1967.
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Pickle Packers International
University of Minnesota
William M. Breene
Food Science and Industries
Boyle's Column and Plastic Piping Market Trends
HAL BOYLE complains about modern communication and social quirks in a humorous column then shifts to a New York AP brief noting plastic piping market growth. Arthur D. Little projects resin use to top one billion pounds by 1975 with market value reaching $214 million in 1968, pipe share rising to about five percent.
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New York
Arthur de Little, Inc
Cambridge
Mass
The Case Against Space By Howard Benedict AP
The article argues critics push for more automated spaceflight while Congress has cut NASA budgets since Apollo 11. It notes unmanned Soviet probes, reduced staff from 47,000 to 145,000, and Apollo 14 set for Jan 31. A December bid to slash shuttle funding failed, leaving NASA in study phase.
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Howard Benedict
AP Aerospace
Washington
America
Space Agency
Vietnam
Soviet Union
U.S
Congressional
NASA
United States
Senate
Court rejects license status in auto collision case
Jeff hit a pedestrian after his license expired yet the court ruled lack of license does not prove fault. The piece notes roadblocks may be used to check licenses for public safety and discusses space program funding and opposition to manned flight, citing Van Allen and Gold on science-led aims.
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Jeff
Earth
Congress
Space
U.S
United States
Russia
James A. van Allen
University of Iowa
America
Thomas Gold
Cornell University
Nixon
Space Science Panel
van Allen
Texas Legislature moves to budget fights and welfare crisis
Governor Smith urges priority reforms as the 62nd Texas Legislature begins earnest work. Barnes warns emergency funding is needed to avert AFDC and Medicaid shortfalls by May or June. Budget drafts call for up to 576.4 million dollars in new revenue to cover a 7.5 billion biennial plan.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
Texas
Preston Smith
Ben Barnes
Senate
Senate Appropriations Committee
Smith
Barnes
Legislative Budget Board
Gus Mutscher
Jack Hightower
Vernon
Texas Air Control Board
Parks and Wildlife Department
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson City
Joe Thomas Nelson
Weatherford
A.G. Mr. Neese Jr
Houston
University of Texas Board of Regents
H.C. Bell
Bill Lewie Jr
Waco
Texas A&m University Board of Directors
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Pecos Enterprise
Bob Moore
Fran Lunda
Bonnie Dearley
Women's Editor
South
Cedar Street
Pecos
The
Hanford Sentinel
Boyle
Hal Boyle
AOI
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Berry's
NEA, Tng
Tor
Rudy
Davila
Office of Economic Opportunity
Jeannettee Watson
State Supreme Court
Texas Water Rights Commission
Third Court of Civil Appeals
High Court
Fort Worth
Corpus Christi
San Felipe Country Club
Martin
Crawford Martin
Selective Service
Col
Melvin Glantz
George Willeford Jr
John Tower
Willeford
GOP
John Connally
Treasury
Tower
Moody Foundation
Louis Dugas Jr
Orange County
Paul R. Haas
Short Snorts
Chambers
Liberty
Jefferson
Trinity River Authority
John C. White
State Banking Board
Border City Bank of
el Paso
Valley View Bank of
Dallas
Forest Hill
Tarrant County
David Edward Clemens
Mineral Wells
Texas Quality Board
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