Editorial Calls For Postal Service Reform And Labor Unity
The editorial argues for reform of the postal service to end politicization and support modernization. It notes union threats to strike despite other unions backing reform and urges workers and the public to avoid a disruptive walkout as bills move through Congress. It stresses fair pay, career prospects, and a long range plan to prevent deficits.
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Postal Service
House Post Office Committee
National Postal Union
National Alliance of Postal and Federal Employees
House
Senate
Posta
Star
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Lifelong Vacuum Markets on Women Liberation
A U.S. appliance maker markets a new Lifelong vacuum with seven replaceable parts including the motor. No tools needed to swap parts, allegedly freeing housewives from dependence on husbands. The piece notes skepticism among female readers toward buying yet hints at a broader liberation theme.
Welfare reform plan faces Senate rebuff and revisions
The Nixon administration forms a White House committee to fix defects after the Senate Finance Committee suspended hearings on the welfare reform proposal. The plan aimed to require work incentives, include the working poor, and set a $1600 federal income floor for a family of four, yet concerns rose that some could earn more without working.
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Bill Neikirk
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Robert H. Finch
White House
Senate
Finch
Polarized Youth Views on Police Unions Across Nation
A Gilbert National Youth Poll surveyed over 5,000 youths nationwide on police unionization. About half opposed, a quarter supported, and a quarter undecided, with stronger opposition among males and older respondents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Police
Gilbert National
Gilbert
Gilbert Marketing Group, Inc
State mental health board reshuffles leadership amid resignation
The Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retardation accepted the resignation of Commissioner John Kinross-Wright and named a four member committee to search for a successor. The panel includes Ward Burke, Dr. Charles H. Brown, Dr. Robert S. Tate Jr., and Edwin R. Van Zandt. Kinross-Wright's tenure, marked by internal conflict and clashes over community mental health centers, ends as the board weighs a return to a physician-led structure and a wary public reception.
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Vern Sanford
Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
State Board of Mental Health
MH -Mr
John Kinross-Wright
Mh-Ma
Ward Burke
Lufkin
Charles H. Brown
Wichita Falls
Robert S. Tate Jr
First Methodist Church of
Edwin R. van Zandt
Beaumont
Kinross-Wright
van Zaridt
Texas Board For State Hospitals and Special Schools
Board For
Mental Health
Shervert Frazier
Baylor University Medical College
Frazier
Texas Research Institute For Mental Sciences
Houston
Tate
Gary Miller
Miller
Preston Smith
Comprehensive Health Planning
David Wade
Texas Medical Association
Wade
Nixon's Big Gamble on Cambodia War Decision
The piece questions President Nixon's Cambodia strike and asks if the gamble will work. It weighs potential outcomes, the risks to U S public support, and the aim to shorten the war by pressuring North Vietnam toward peace, while noting past costly actions and public weariness.
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South Vietnam
U.S
Vietnam
America
Cambodia
Laos
Prince Sihanouk
Cambodian
United States
Par
Saigon
North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
LBJ State Park set for completion by June fifteenth
State Parks Director E A Walker told the Parks and Wildlife Commission LBJ State Park will be completed by June 15 with only the National Park Service exhibits and amphitheater remaining. The NPS is creating exhibits and taping President and Mrs Johnson for accents. The commission also approved a $3 million Corpus Christi water exchange pass across Mustang Island with construction expected to start in August.
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Wildlife Services
E. A. Walker
Parks & Wildlife Commission
Lbj State Park
National Park Service
State Park
Walker
Federal Service
Lyndon B. Johnson
Commission
Corpus Christi
Mustang Island
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