Who Comes Next in the Soviet Leadership After Brezhnev
Henry S. Bradsher analyzes the uncertain succession in Moscow as Leonid Brezhnev nears 70 and health declines. He notes the ruling circle's secrecy, the likely internal successor from the party bureaucracy, and potential candidates such as Andrei Kirilenko amid farm shortages and stalled detente.
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Josef V. Stalin
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Leonid I. Brezhnev
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Soviet Communist Party
Soviet Union
Kremlin
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Central Committee
Michael Suslov
Alexei N. Kosygin
Nikolai N. Podgorny
Andrei P. Kirilenko
Kirilenko
Stevens The Centrist Nominee For Supreme Court
Editorial notes Judge John Paul Stevens of Chicago as a centrist scholar likely to diverge from liberal Justice Douglas. His record shows nonactivist, balanced views, with critics predicting a White-Powell style approach. Prompt confirmation is cautioned to avoid election-year politics and ensure balance between individual and societal rights.
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U. S. Supreme Court
William O. Douglas
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Albert Kenner
Stevens
Byron) White
Lewis) Powell
Philip Kurland
Supreme Court
University of Chicago
Kurland
U. S. Circuit Court of Appeals
Illinois
Indiana
Wisconsin
Richard Nixon
Sen
Charles Percy
Mr. Stevens
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Illinois considers changes to supplemental freeway plan
Officials say hearings are needed as the Illinois Transportation Study Commission reviews the costly 1 600 mile supplemental freeway network. A preliminary report suggests scaling back some four lane segments and revisiting cost benefit over 20 years. Public hearings and a state wide review are planned to shape March recommendations to the General Assembly and Gov. Walker's DOT.
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State Executive Branch
Daniel Walker
Study Commission
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New York
Chicago
Department of Transportation
Tlinois Highway
Illinois Board of Higher Education Loses Doublespeak Award
The Illinois Board of Higher Education was edged out in the second Public Doublespeak Award by Yasir Arafat. The piece mocks the board’s 168000 Educational Resource Centers Joint Task Force Development project describing its purpose in verbose jargon. The editorial, a self confessed biased defense of the “home team,” notes the board’s prior praise and predicts next year’s contest.
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National Council of Teachers of English
Yasir Arafat
Palestine Liberation Organization
Arafat
Illinois
Board of Higher Education
Educational Resource Centers Joint Task Force Development
1965 Soviet economic reforms and farming targets
The year 1965 saw transitions under Brezhnev and Kosygin with a new long term plan to boost harvests and living standards. A September economic program aimed to tie output to usage and give factory managers more local initiative. Despite hopes, forecasts warned the Ninth Five-Year plan would miss grain targets with a crop around 160 million tons.
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Henry S. Bradsher
Washington Star
Washington
Soviet Union
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Central Committee
Soviet Communist Party
Leonid I. Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Josef V. Stalin
Aleksei N. Kosygin
Communist Party
Iigen
Inertia Hampers Soviet Economic Reform and Growth
The article argues the Soviet economy remains hampered by inertia and bureaucratic control. It notes reforms failed to take hold due to party power, while production targets were often unmet yet celebrated. It highlights shortages, housing flaws, and the heavy farm subsidies amid a looming 25th Congress.
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Soviet Union
Communist Party Apparatchiks
Kernias
Brezhnev
Communist Party
Kremlin
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