Uncertain Labor Picture Says Jobs Rise Yet Unemployment Stays
A columnist questions Bureau of Labor Statistics data claiming little change in unemployment since last November while noting 550,000 more people are employed than a year ago. They point to thriving opportunities, ads in Amarillo, and unskilled jobs like bricklayer helpers offering $2.20 an hour as signs of movement in a growing economy.
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Bureau of Labor Statistics
U.S
Amarillo
Iraq
Brezhnev Visit Signals Soviet Global Strategy Emergence
The piece portrays Brezhnev's U.S. visit amid paradoxes in Marxist theory versus Soviet actions. It notes the USSR's de-ideologized, client-state expansion, arms funneling via Iraq, and growing influence in Mauritius Yemen Berbera Somalia and the Persian Gulf while countering Western powers with a vast shipbuilding program.
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Leonid Brezhnev
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Indian Ocean
Helms Defends CIA Roles in Public Speech
Richard Helms then head of the CIA, later ambassador to Iran, spoke to the American Society of Newspaper Editors on April 14 1971. He defended CIA secrecy while outlining limits on policing powers and emphasized the agency provides facts for policy, not advocacy, and is supervised by NSC and the President's advisory boards.
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Richard Helms
Iran
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Central Intelligence Agency
Congress
Lamp in the Front Window and a Pastor’s Gratitude
A neighbor celebrates a Vietnam homecoming from prison camp and thanks God for answered prayers. A biblical parable about Jesus cleansing ten lepers is used to teach gratitude. An after dinner joke recalls a club president asked to lend a watch and a drunk audience member quips about a calendar.
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Julien C. Hyer
Aleef
That Word Impeachment Weighed on Founders and Power
The piece surveys debates at the Constitutional Convention on impeachment and term limits. It notes Rufus King and Alexander Hamilton arguing for limited presidential power, Stiles concerns at Yale, and Baldwin’s assurances that no monarchy would emerge, amid fears of Caesarism and strong central authority.
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Rufus King
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New York
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Stiles
Yale
Abraham Baldwin
Georgia
Freedom and college admissions spark rights debate
The Tulsa World notes a federal mandate forcing all colleges to end sex discrimination in admissions. It argues the move suppresses choices for students who preferred single-sex institutions and questions which freedoms are prioritized.
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Tulsa World
Kissinger as Rockefeller’s 1976 White House Pivot
Nelson Rockefeller maneuvers to use Henry Kissinger as a pre 1968 foreign affairs adviser potential for a Rockefeller presidency. The piece notes Kissinger’s role in Nixon era diplomacy, potential resignation to join Rockefeller, and implications for the Republican race with Reagan.
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