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Dates: during 1960-1969
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WHAT America needs now," the President told the nation last week, "is not more welfare, but more 'work-fare.' " On the wings of that Nixonian neologism, the President proposed the first fundamental overhaul of the U.S. welfare system since it was created 34 years ago. The key element to the reform was a "family-assistance system." Although Nixon pointedly denied it, the notion is very much like a guaranteed income-with one'crucial difference. For the ablebodied, willingness to accept "suitable" employment or vocational training would be the quid for the quo of assistance. In essence, Nixon...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Nation: Toward a Working Welfare System | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

During the past weeks, TIME has interviewed some of the top men in key branches of ecology. All agree that ecologists combat threats to the environment. They differ only in the kinds of actions they would take...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Environment: Ecology: The New Jeremiahs | 8/15/1969 | See Source »

...Syrian Sukh017 fighter-bombers streaked across Israel's northern bor der and bombed an Israeli military post on Mount Hermon. Syrian artillery opened up against the town of Ku-neitra, key military headquarters in the occupied Golan Heights. Israel denied that either attack caused casualties. The real victim was the last mutually respected cease-fire line in the Middle East. Now, besides Egypt and Jordan, Is rael must deal with an active Arab enemy on a third front...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Middle East: Opening a Third Front | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

Quick Sniffers. Now one of the key villains is trying hard to turn hero. Until two years ago, Monsanto, the nation's third largest chemical company, paid little attention to the effects of the more than 300 products it makes at its headquarters plants around St. Louis. Then the city enacted some of the toughest air pollution ordinances in the U.S. Monsanto not only obeyed the laws-it set out to become a model antipolluter...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Air: From Pollution to Profit | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

...appears with the puppet crow on his shoulder, can barely read, according to friends, and has to be taught lines by his wife. Junior Samples, the fat man (275 Ibs.), professed to have nothing to wear but his "Sunday overalls" at a CBS celebration party. Introduced to a key network executive-"Junior, this is the vice president"-Junior ingenuously responded: "Hello, Mr. Agnew...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Programming: The Corn Is Still Green | 8/8/1969 | See Source »

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