McGovern defense plan faces manpower cost hurdle
Bruce Biossat notes Senator McGovern would cut defense spending by 30 billion over three years but defends manpower costs as the major escalator. Brookings data show manpower accounts for over half of 1973 outlays, with planned 650000 personnel reductions yet rising pay and civilian costs. Inflation and a switch to volunteers boost pay needs, complicating savings.
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McGovern
New York
NATO
Europe
New York Review of Books
Brookings Institution
U.S
Brookings
Vietnam
Edmund Muskie
New Hampshire
Nixon
Eisenhower
Korea
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
U. S
LBJ
George Romney
Romney
Editorial on rising school costs and funding shifts
An editorial attacks the growth in public school spending from 5.4 to 46.5 billion between 1949 and 1971, noting four times higher cost to educate fewer students. It criticizes federalization of education and cites Dr. Freeman on poor educational output despite large outlays, warning of more regulation and minimal gains.
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Cxcress
Roger A. Freeman
Hoover Institution
Stanford Ceraiy
University Lock An
Freeman
Defense Department
McGovern
Tus
Sistory
Journal On
Department of Agriculture
Marsland
Rum, Romanism and rebellion revisited
Article recalling 1884 Reverend Burchard remark that tainted the GOP and the lasting impact of political verbal gaffes in modern campaigns. It notes McGovern, Nixon, Muskie, Romney and others, arguing voters should ignore pundits and judge candidates by essence rather than words.
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Lee Roderick Washington
S. D. Burchard
New York
Fifth Avenue
White House
Burchard
Grover Cleveland
Pennsylvania Avenue
McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George
Tom Eagleton
Nixon
Mr. Agnew
Goodbye to meter man introduces automatic readings
A New York Times report notes utility firms develop automatic meter reading tech to cut costs and improve accuracy. Devices plugged into master boxes read meters in buildings, and airborne remote receivers may later record thousands of readings from above.
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Americana
New York Times
Readers urged to send letters for possible print
The guideline notes letters to the editor will be printed if they meet criteria. Each letter must bear signature and address, which can be withheld on request, and be no more than 500 words. Letters should be of general interest and avoid poor taste.
Yablans Rise Turns Chicken Flicker To Studio Chief
HAL BOYLE profiles Frank Yablans born in the East Side who rose from delivering papers to become president of Paramount Pictures. At 37 he leads the studio known for Love Story and The Godfather and cites attitude as key to success. He jokes he can always fall back to chicken flicking, now paying three times what he earned as a boy.
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New York
Frank Yablans
Frank
Paramount Pictures
Hollywood
Yablans
Lower East Side
Warner Bros
Paramount
Trivia Quiz Answers From Classic Knowledge Clues
The largest star discov ered so far is the red giant Epsilon Aurigae B with a diameter of 2 500 million miles. Annapurna 3 in the Himalayas stands at 24 853 feet, climbed by two Japanese women. Venus and Mercury are the morning and evening stars. Kappa Alpha, founded in 1825 at Union College, Schenectady New York, is the oldest Greek letter fraternity. Home plate in baseball has five sides.
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Himalayas
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Schenectady
N.Y
Smith weighs special session for insurance reform in Texas
Gov. Preston Smith signals readiness to call a limited legislative session before the November 7 election to push an insurance reform package, aiming to establish competitive rates and possibly reorganize the Insurance Board. He cites an Attorney General opinion on funding transfers as a factor, with Lt. Gov. Ben Barnes supporting cautious plans.
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Austin
Tex
Preston Smith
Smith
Newsmen
Ben Barnes
Barnes
Insurance Board
Today in History Highlights from 1620 to 1971
On September 6 many notable events mark the date: the Mayflower voyage began in 1620, McKinley was shot in 1901, Peary reached the North Pole in 1909, the Marne opened in 1914, and Verwoerd was killed in 1966. The feature notes decades of world events and a thought on contentment.
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Plymouth
England
New World
United States
China
William McKinley
Buffalo
N.Y
Robert
Hendrik F. Verwoerd
South Africa
Capetown
Soviet Union
Katanga
Congo
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