Floating Sclons Should Stay Put
A critical column blasts members of Congress for lavish travel at taxpayer expense in 1975. It cites 253 representatives and 55 senators, totaling millions in travel costs and deluxe air transport, arguing many lawmakers neglect desk duties while abroad. The piece urges an end to what it calls a privileged racket.
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Washington
Who
Air Force
Paris
Peking
Moscow
Nairobi
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Switzerland
Red China
Great Britain
France
North Vietnam
Thailand
NEDA Meeting in San Antonio Highlights Advisory Board
The San Antonio advisory board of NEDA held an election meeting detailing the National Economic Development Association programs. NEDA, a non profit under the U S Commerce Department, aids minority and small businesses with financing proposals, lender representation, management and technical help, and seminars at no cost. In six years NEDA has completed 13 000 proposals totaling 3 692 million with over 8 700 proposals amounting to 434 million approved. Local figures show 447 proposals in five years generating 323 million in loans and contracts with a client base of 70 percent Hispanic, 20 percent Anglo and 10 percent black.
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San Antonio
NEDA
National Economic Development Association
Smal Business Administration
SBA
Simon H. Castillo
Where Did the Radicals Go at the New York Convention
A columnist argues that the late 1960s radicals were media-created, claims Chicago 1968 violence boosted conservatism, and asserts the real radicals pursued reform within democratic processes, while the New York convention avoided a radical challenger scene. The piece criticizes sensationalism, links radical acts to ego-driven behavior, and suggests the disruption helped elect conservatives.
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Orn
New York
Sodhi
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Wall Street
Carter Era Emerges at Garden Amid Brown Demonstrators
At Madison Square Garden Jimmy Carter consolidates support as Jerry Brown and Udall factions shift. Chavez and United Farm Workers symbolism mark Brown campaign, while Carter appeals to urban Democrats with a modern mood. Brown’s floor remarks hint this is only the beginning.
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Carter
Cincinnatus
Georgia
Mark Rudd
Madison Square Garden
Mc Udall
Cation
Udell
Udall
Jerry Brown
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Brown
Chavez
Vietnam
Nixon
Gene Mc
White House
Sacramento
Udair
Jimmy Carter
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Peter N. Reed
Soviet Union
Mahatma Gandhi
Paul
Kristuns
Gop
Richard Milhous Nixon
ROCHE
Jeffrey Hart
Catrern
McAlpin Hotel
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