Thought For Today on Liberty and Astronauts Perseverance
The article argues astronauts are not supermen but fallible humans facing medical and health challenges. It highlights Alan Shepard and other Mercury astronauts who overcame illness, injury, or setbacks to continue space careers, emphasizing resilience, determination, and recovery in the pursuit of exploration.
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Alan Shepherd
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Wiliam Barry Furlong
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Jom Glenn
U. S. Senate
Walter Cunningham
Kim Lovell
Frank Borman
Korea
Buzz Aldrin
Neil Armstrong
Scott Carpenter
Deke Slayton
NASA
Furlong
Revenue Sharing Sparks Tax Debate across States
Commerce Clearing House reports Americans paid an average $480 in state and local taxes in fiscal 1969, up $42 from 1968. Per capita taxes ranged from $221 in Arkansas to $576 in New York, with Hawaii Nevada and Massachusetts above $450. Total state local tax take reached $761 billion, up $9.14 billion from 1968 and 60 percent higher than 1964, as 23 states surpassed $1 billion annually.
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Commerce Clearing House
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New York
Hawaii
Nevada
Massachusetts
No Goodbye To Secular City For Harvey Cox
The piece recalls Harvey Cox author of The Secular City, its impact, and his move from Roxbury Boston to Cambridge. It notes his urban ministry, family life changes in the 70s, including communal living, no television, no car, and living with another family while embracing a bicycle rich, telecommunication free home. Cox’s stance on white involvement in white communities and his shift of residence are highlighted.
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America
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Nancy Cox
Boston
Roxbury
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Charles Fager
Christian Century
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Cambridge
Tere
Theological Panhandlers
Fager
Harvard Divinity School
Goodby
RAND
New York
NASA
Als
National Institutes of Health
White House
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Open Door GOP policy not flash of Nixon brilliance
A memo in White House files discusses President Nixon's open door pledge to recruit more Republicans. The note cites Nixon’s Jan 15 Eisenhower Center speech, noting a serious push while questioning its origins and potential impact. Historical poll data compare Democratic, Republican, and independent voters across 1940 to 1970.
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Raymond Laher
Washington
UPI
White House
W Nixon
Eisenhower Center
GOP
Rogers Morton
National Party
GOP National Committee
Democratic
Indepen
U.S. May Break Off Big Four Talks On Berlin
The U.S. mission in Berlin may urge Washington to end talks among the Big Four ambassadors if Russia continues to block any agreement. Washington doubts Russia seeks an accord to ease Berlin tensions and notes Moscow’s push for an all European security council and Bundestag approval of Kenyan nonaggression pacts. The British union rally and inflation worries also color the scene.
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Berlin
Washington
Security Council
Bundestag
Mos
Preventive Driving Payoff for CLT Financial Corp
CLT Financial Corp slashed driving accidents by more than 50 percent in two years using a simple preventive driving program. With 3,000 drivers and 70 million miles yearly, the program cut accident rates from 16 per 100,000 miles to 0.68 in late 1970, costing under $15,000 to start and about $1,600 annually to maintain, saving about $100,000 annually in direct costs plus insurance and productivity gains.
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Dean C. Miller
UPT
New York
UPI
CLT Financial Corp
United States
Canada
C.I.T
Walter S. Holmes Jr
Porter Henry Co
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Tatumville
Temn
Driver warned after intersection collision safeguards
The report details a C.L.T. car with a green light being struck from the right at an intersection in St. Petersburg, Florida causing $600 damage. The driver was deemed at fault for not anticipating another vehicle and was advised to reevaluate driving habits and retake defensive driving training.
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Mixed-Up Month Fever Sparks Holiday Shuffle
The article riffs on February as Bug Dust Month and Beart Month while noting Public Law 90-363 to observe holidays on Mondays. It tracks Washingtons Birthday to the third Monday, cites Old Style calendars, regional observances, and international festivals, ending with note of solar and lunar eclipses this February.
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Washington
George
Chesapeake Bay
Rappahannock
Old Abe
Old Tippecanoe
William Henry Harrison
Hawaii
Louisiana
South Dakota
Delaware
Tlllinois
Oregon
Lincoln
Old South
NASA's Moon Mission Shapes Nixon Reform Plan
The Nixon administration studied NASA's cross disciplinary, mission oriented approach to the Apollo program, noting teams from many fields aligned under a single objective. Observers suggest applying this model to federal reform across agencies to improve coordination, reduce duplication, and better serve citizens.
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NRA
Nixon
Neil J A. Armstrong
Col
Edwin Aldrin
Moon
Earth
Apollo-National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
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