Subway Deal Is Made By ART BUCHWALD
Washington column uses a plantation allegory to critique congressional attitudes toward subway funding. A narrator imagines Washington as a plantation with 1 million tenant farmers seeking transit access, while lawmakers respond with paternalistic reluctance and parsimony. The piece foregrounds federal fiscal restraint and power dynamics in national policy.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Washington, D
Saigon
Virginia
Kentucky
South Carolina
Magsuh
Pension Ploy and Cuban Threats Shape Nixon Era Policy
Washington reports reveal President Nixon used private lobbying to push a lucrative pension raise from 25 000 to 60 000 for presidents and spouses, with McCormack and Dulski maneuvering a rider on the second-spouse bill. Separately, U S concerns grow over Soviet naval activity near Cuba and a renewed missile crisis risk, amid a broader safety review of Boeing 747s and flying rivets incidents.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
White House
Capitol Hill
Whiting
Bryce Harlow
Harlow
House
John McCormack
McCormack
Harry Truman
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Thaddeus Dulski
D-N.y
Capitol
Dulski
Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis
Onassis
Mamie Eisenhower
Senate House
Lyndon Johnson
Truman
Johnson
Dwight Eisenhower
Cienfuegos
Cuba
Caribbean
Kennedy
National Transportation Safety Board
Air France
St. Jean
Canada
Pratt and Whitney
Safety Board
Pratt & Whitney
New York City
Trans World Airlines
Kansas City
American Airlines
San Francisco
Road Blitz Reveals Land Grab Tactic as Subways Clash With Local Homes
A powerful landholder faction pressures a small community to surrender by threatening a road to Maryland through northeast lands. Farmers resist as the group states they control the plantation and will sever access to the general store if asked to abandon the project. The exchange ends with polite but bleak gratitude from the suburban negotiator.
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Maryland
Roswell Moves To Acquire Mountain Playground Site
Roswell council authorized Mayor J M Rose to request government designation of a public camping and playground area on the north side of the Capitans at Pine Lodge, prompted by Judge J D McNeil's representation of the Chamber of Commerce and Kiwanis Club during the meeting. Judge R C Hanna, Democratic gubernatorial candidate, will address Roswell at the armory on Tuesday October 12.
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Roswell
Pine Lodge
J. M. Rose
J. D. McNeil
Chamber of Commerce
Kiwanis Club
R. C. Hanna
Armory
E. W. Lander
Today in History Oct 6 1970 Roswell Daily Record
Public forum letters in good taste and not libelous on current issues will be published in the Roswell Daily Record. Each letter must include signature and address and preferably a telephone number. No anonymous letters accepted. Word limit remains 300 words or less.
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Public Forum
Roswell Daily Record
Roswell Daily Record Subscription Rates and Details
Roswell Daily Record lists subscription rates in advance for Chaves County, other counties and states, with home delivery options by carrier. It notes a weekday evening and Sunday morning publication schedule from 424 North Main Street, Roswell, NM, and that it is a member of The Associated Press with rights to local AP news.
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Chaves
Roswell
Trade
North Main Street
Roswell, NM
Associated Press
Borrowed squibs and the ecology of experts
A quirky collection of notes and quips on ecology, aviation, academia, and social scenes. The items mix humor and observation, mentioning hijackers, Onassis, an open university president, and playful jabs at publicity and fashion with light, pithy observations.
Carter Dominick drive Republican momentum in six-county swing
Anderson Carter and Senator Dominick head a six county tour through New Mexico urging support for Carter against Montoya. The drive included Albuquerque Santa Fe Hobbs Alamogordo and Farmington events with hundreds in attendance. Foreman and King appear as allies in Lea Otero Dona Ana and San Juan counties amid a tight race climate.
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Farmington
Anderson Carter
U.S
Joseph M. Montoya
Colorado
Peter Dominick
Carter-Dominick
Albuquerque
Santa Fe
Hobbs
Andy
Lea County
Carter
Dominick
Alamogordo
Otero County
Shiprock
San Juan County
Pete Domenici
Ed Foreman
Las Cruces
GOP
Sen Montoya
Joe
Sen
Richard M Nixon
Congress
Senate
Montoya
Spiro Agnew
Lea
Domenici
Pete Wing
Harold Runnels
Lovington
Foreman
Runnels
Jonnny Walker
Walker
House Armed Services Committee
King
Bruce
Jack Daniels
Otero
Dona Ana
San Juan
King-Domenici
Pete
Clinton P. Anderson
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