Word: programing
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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...brilliant Governor. With the help of a newly apportioned Democratic legislature, released for the first time from rural domination, he pushed through a number of progressive measures. His accomplishments gained added luster when his record was contrasted with the mediocre one of his Democratic predecessor and the putative program of his segregationist opponent, the bumbling George Mahoney. More money was put into much-needed state services and state administration was modernized. With experience gained during four years as executive of Baltimore County, the populous (620,000) suburban area that surrounds the city of Baltimore, Agnew was more than usually sensitive...
...George McGovern," he replied. "He's the only decent man in the Senate." South Dakota's junior Senator felt much the same way about Kennedy. The two were close friends for years, from the time that McGovern took over John F. Kennedy's Food for Peace program...
...cite the Kennedy name nine times during his 15-minute speech. "I believe deeply in the twin goals for which Robert Kennedy gave his life-an end to the war in Viet Nam and a passionate commitment to heal the divisions in our own society." His campaign program is not significantly different from McCarthy's. McGovern has strongly opposed the war since...
Senate foes want to transfer the agency's most lauded program, Head Start, to the Department of Health, Education and Welfare. HEW, which opposes such precipitous transfers, may also get VISTA, the Community Action Program's Upward Bound, and neighborhood health centers. Legal services may go to the Justice Department, which does not want them. The Senate also may give the Job Corps to the Labor Department...
Pinched Budget. Head Start administrators see their problem in the fact that under HEW the individual states would control the program and possibly curtail its scope. Traditional support for state control is one reason for the longstanding Republican opposition to OEO. When Head Start proved to be not only a resounding success but also a catalyst for integration, Southern Democrats joined the opposition. Now OEO fears that segregationists would deliberately downgrade the program in the South...