Editorial: Still an urban crisis grows despite national focus
The piece argues urban decay worsens as city finances deteriorate traffic worsens and housing blight spreads. It criticizes Congress for neglecting urban needs and for killing the Housing and Urban Redevelopment Act while noting a need for reform rather than scrapping federal housing programs. It urges addressing urban decay as a top issue when Congress reconvenes.
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Housing and Urban Redevelopment ‘Act
Vietnam
America
Ad Guidelines Emphasize Honest Consumer Advertising
The National Council for Consumer Affairs urges executives to back claims, label opinions, and ensure truthful ads. Newspapers screen ads, refuse potentially misleading content, and welcome these guidelines as a step toward better business practices for both advertisers and readers.
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National Council For Consumer Affairs
Progress
Scottsdale
Council
Secretary of Commerce
Defense Budget Power Plays and a Cloak of Security
Harriet Van Horne compares affluent spending on clothes to Nixon's plan to raise defense outlays from 76 to 85 billion dollars. She cites Scoville and Melman on weapon excess, unemployment, and the war economy. The column warns that vast defense budgets strain resources that could fund schools and cities, ending with a note on fragile security.
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Vogue
Harper's Bazaar
Las Vegas
Nixon
Herbert Scoville Jr
CIA
Hiroshima
Mr. Scoville
Christian Science Monitor
Pentagon
Seymour Melman
United States at UN faces budget cut clash over dues
A U S plan to cap UN assessments at 25 percent triggers a protest by Soviet delegate Vasily Safronchuk who argues Washington should pay more. He contends U S gains from UN presence include rising real estate values and pension fund investments, amid debates on wartime costs and POWs.
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United Nations
Nixon
Vietnam
World Organization
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Tse-Tung
Soviet Union
Vasily S. Safronchuk
Debate on UN relief funds and Soviet aid grip heated exchange
The discussion centers on UNICEF relief funds and who pays for UN programs. George Bush bursts in accusing the USSR of minimal voluntary aid while the US covers a large share. Pepsi-Cola plans a Moscow bottling plant recalling Khrushchev Nixon and a 1959 Moscow exhibit.
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Moscow Park
Pepsi
Nikita Khrushchev
Richard Nixon
Khrushchev
Mikoyan
Brezhnev
Christmas President Jingles Reimagines Yearlong Yuletide Rule
A satirical tale recounts the 1984 election of President Jeremiah Jingles on The Merry Christmas Ticket. His pledge to celebrate Christmas daily sparks economic boom, social bliss, and a holiday economy, but ends with impeachment and drastic public safety edicts.
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Jeremiah Jingles
Jingles
Santa Claus
Christian
Schenectady
Mr. Jingles
Hallmark
Congress
Scranton
Elmira
Bing Crosby
Community Meeting Addresses Scottsdale Annexation 300 Acre Island
Dover Daily Advance reports last night’s Mailbag Meeting on annexing a 300 acre island to Scottsdale. Vice Mayor Herb Drinkwater and Paul Messinger led a civil session to hear citizens views with diplomacy and goodwill acknowledged by attendees.
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Herb Drinkwater
Paul Messinger
Brooking
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