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Newspaper
Press Telegram
Location
Long Beach, California, United States of America
Date
Aug 11, 1969
Page
3
New York United Press International reports a Louis Harris poll cited by Life magazine showing 56 percent of Americans favor wage and price controls to curb inflation. The survey also found 86 percent angry at tax policy, 92 percent want reduced federal spending, and 21 percent are ready for a tax revolt.
Former Vice President Hubert Humphrey said middle-income Americans earning five to fifteen thousand dollars need more government help alongside the poor. He praised Nixon welfare revamp but urged broader support for public services, education, parks, transit, and vacations, noting inflation hits this group hardest. He also pressed Nixon to push an end to multiple warhead missile testing in arms talks.
Washington WF reports White House aides say more than 450 telegrams came in about Nixon's first major domestic policy speech. About 415 comments praised the program to revamp welfare and job training, with reactions from praise to sharp insult.
Durban reader B J Farrow, a local medium, claims the moon landing foretells nuclear war between the United States and Soviet Union, predicting the end of the world after the event.
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