Dairies Study Flap Over Cost Data Trust
Lawmakers urge dropping a $30,000 dairy cost study due to suspected data taint from the Dairy Commission. They propose using Case and Co for the research to avoid conflicts and save funds, while warning a tainted report would erode public confidence and invite higher costs. The piece notes broader questions about identity and a taxi etiquette trend in New York.
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General Assembly
Dairy Industry Study Committee
State Dairy Commission
Dairy Commission
Commission
Case and Co
Case
Sen
Marshall B. Williams
Penny Wise
The Moocher Types in the Modern Office
A portrait of white collar moochers in offices. It describes figures like Merton the Muncher who begs lunches, Nelson Nicotine who borrows cigarettes, Cash and Carry Phil who loans money, Kermit the Connoisseur who hoards supplies, and Minnie the Moocher who seeks borrowed affection.
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Phil
Minnie
Moocher
Kissinger's First Press Conference A Bust
The piece critiques Henry Kissinger's first press conference amid the Mideast crisis, calling the performance and policy implausible and appeasing. It questions his articulation and compares his stance to historical appeasement, noting missed opportunities to present a clear foreign policy.
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Kissinger
State Kissinger
United States
Soviet Union
Israel
Kremlin
Mideast
Balkan States
Answering a 12 year old's fear of death with faith
Billy Graham reassures a young reader that death is frightening yet conquerable through faith. He notes humans fear death across ages and cites biblical insight, including Old Testament reflections and Christ's death as liberation from dread, offering eternal life through Jesus.
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Billy Graham
Christ
Aiken AAUW Covers Civil Defense and Community Chest
Yesteryear notes from Aiken recall an AAUW meeting at St Marys Parish House with a Augusta branch speaker and a talk on the Community Chest of Aiken County. Garden Makers planned an October plant exchange at Mrs Calv in Loews home. Details for the Aiken Community Concert annual drive and a workers dinner at the Commercial Hotel were finalized.
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Dorothy Macdowell
AAUW
St. Mary’s Parish House
Park and
York Streets
Augusta
Edward Bartram
Community Chest
Aiken County
Garden Makers
Calvin Loew
Aiken
Commercial
Rigging Soap Box Derby and the News of Today
The piece riffs on spoof headlines about a rigged soap box derby and a Good Humor man killing, then shifts to reflections on cinema and crime. It contrasts 1930s deprivation with modern media overreach and political scandal, noting declining crime per FBI data while hinting at deeper societal anxieties.
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Kansas
Sam Johnson
Harding
FBI
United States
Cothran and Cathcart Lead Aiken Standard in 1973
The Aiken Standard announces Samuel A. Cothran as President and Editor and Robert D. Cathcart as Executive Editor with the paper led by these leaders on Thursday October 18 1973.
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Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Revisions urged for higher education funding formula
The proposed budgeting would raise state college and university appropriations by about 28 million dollars next year, a 25 percent increase for a 3.7 percent enrollment rise. Critics say the amount is unlikely to survive the 1974 75 budget process and call for downward revisions and long term planning. They urge reassessment of needs and funds to avoid waste and duplication and to set clear goals for the next five to ten years.
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Commission
Rufus Successful Living and A Better Formula for Living
A piece outlines a wholesome outlook and goal setting as the basis of a well planned life. It argues education boosts earning power and life satisfaction while noting inflation erodes nest eggs and gas prices rise. Charles Thomas humorously laments travel fatigue.
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Washington
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Amy Vanderbilt
New York
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Nelson
Kermit
Dr. Kissinger
Senate
Jesse Helms
R-N.c
Helms
Vietnam
Japan
Yesteryear
George Carlin
Dad
Black Sox
God
Citizen Smith
Rufus
Charles Thomas
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