Presidential chance for a bold Supreme Court pick
The piece argues President Nixon should appoint a conservative Eastern judge only if civil rights rulings align with postwar law, warning Carswell and Haynsworth failed. It urges a regional, principled choice likely from the Deep South, stressing anti corruption, and suggests broader internal advisers for a wisely constrained nominee.
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PleacLanya Aweprurecu
South
Supreme Court
Nixon
Carswell
Clement Haynsworth
North
Deep South
Franklin Roosevelt
James Byrnes
Junking Cars Fight Pollution With New Incinerator
The Interior Department says it has devised a cheap smokeless incinerator to convert junked cars to scrap and to extract oil and gas from old tires. In Ohio experiments use old bottles in street paving material as part of a broader environmental effort.
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Interior Department
Ohio
Letters to Editor Urges Action on Vietnam War POW Missing Families
Mildred and Jim Bowers appeal to readers to support missing in action and prisoner of war families from Southeast Asia. They recount their son Richard A Bowers, a 1965 Jordan High School graduate, who served in Vietnam and is missing since May 12, 1967. They call for letter writing to officials and the United We Stand campaign to press for information and resolution.
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Richard A. Bowers
Ritch
Jordan High School
Long Beach City College
Ft. Ord
Calif
Ft. Polk
South Vietnam
Army Infantry
Army
Richard A. Howers
Southeast Asia
Dallas
Texas
North Vietnam
Paris
National League of Families of American
P.O
San Diego
Rail Schema Chases Passengers Away and Train Use
Mrs. Trace H. Cooper defends rail service after Tom Wicker’s article, arguing people do want trains and that better information will attract riders. She cites the need to avoid regressing to voiceless travel days and urges truth to boost passenger use.
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Tom Wicker
Mr. Wicker
United States
Senator Soaper Says by Bill Vaughan
A retired friend avoids returning to the old office, citing a $1.30 coffee pot fund debt. A neighbor’s mother praises her environmentally minded son yet questions his indoors tracking.
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Senator Soaper
Bill Vaughan
Back to the abacus for Dr Rafferty
Legislative analyst A Alan Post criticized Dr Rafferty for mishandling reading scores while computer analysts Boole and Babbage Inc said he mishandled his computer. The firm hired by the Reagan administration found far from sicked on him, noting upper level management failures and a cost overrun of 263000 dollars. They flagged abdication of responsibility as a systemic issue in Education.
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A. Alan Post
Max Rafferty
Dr. Rafferty
Post
Boole & Babbage
Palo Alto
Rafferty
Puter
Department of Education
Confidence hinge in nations institutions and trust
Nixon overlooked a core issue the nation faces the crisis of confidence in public institutions across government church university and family. The piece cites postal workers airline security and public services strikes as signs that authority is challenged and asks how to restore respect and peaceful dispute resolution through lawful leadership and credible appointments.
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Carswell
Nixon
The
Republic
Congress
Mississippi Valley
San Diego
Pittsburgh
Atlanta
San Francisco
Cincinnati
Vermont
Supreme Court
Fortas
America
Cost of Vietnam War and crime drive federal lighting plan
A congressional Joint Economic Committee report challenges Nixon on Vietnam war costs, contrasting proposed 29 billion dollars in military outlays with Laird’s figure of 17 billion. The piece links cost transparency to fiscal judgment, notes a city lighting bid to curb crime, and cites political posters on highways.
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Congressional Joint Economic Committee
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
Congress
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