World Scout Jamboree themes and history review
Editorial recalls the Boy Scout movement’s global reach from its 1907 Brownsea Island start to the 13th World Jamboree at Lake Tanuki near Mount Fuji. It notes the theme For Understanding, recent projects by Flemish and Danish scouts, and challenges facing modern scouts in welfare states while stressing Baden-Powell’s message that happiness comes from helping others.
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Boy Scout Movement
Lake Tanuki
Mount Fuji
Japan
Brownsea
England
Robert S.S. Baden-Powell
British Scout Association
London
Belgium
Rover
Baden- Powell
Better Business Bureaus Evolve Into Council Role
Sixty years after their founding local Better Business Bureaus expanded into the Council of Better Business Bureaus in 1971. The Council aims to pool data for a National Consumer Information Center, promote consumer participation, and push self regulation over federal intervention while expanding consumer education and monitoring advertising. Palmer says the goal is to create the most intelligent customer with more facts and participation.
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Better Business Bureau
Council of Better Business Bureaus
H. Bruce
Denver
Colorado
Better Business Bureaus
Palmer
False Security in a Walled City Near Houston
The piece discusses choosing security through enclaves like a planned thousand acre fortified community near Houston Texas with six foot walls guards and personal home systems. Experts warn retreating into a walled city undermines real survival and underscores the need to support law enforcement and elected officials against misuse of taxpayer funds.
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Houston
Texas
Another's View Bosses Thing Judging by job openings survey
A survey of college graduate job openings shows a tight market for new grads and that employers favor neat grooming and conservative dress. Graduates who conform to bosses standards are more likely to be hired in an employers market.
Supreme Court signals entanglement fears in school aid ruling
The June 28 decision undoing state aid to Pennsylvania and Rhode Island independent schools prompts debate on religious groups’ political activity. Chief Justice Burger warns entanglement risks, while petitioners argue that religious citizens must speak on public policy.
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Supreme Court of
United States
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Warren Burger
Lemon
Republic
Supreme Court
Ball
Vietnam
Israel
Vatican
South Africa
Red Majesty Purrs Against U.S. Military Weakness
Alice Widener reports critique of U.S. disarmament and Vietnam war policy. Cites Kennedy Johnson administrations and McNamara era as relaxing defense, warns of Soviet naval power, nuclear blackmail, and need for a nuclear shield. Names Tra Baker and James Buckley among others urging renewed support for a stronger military stance.
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Alice
Vietnam
U.S
United States
Mediterranean
Atlantic
Caribbean
James
London
Edward Teller
Indochina
Kennedy- Johnson
J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
Johnson
Robert S. McNamara
Defense
Tra C. Baker
Eighth Air Force
Daniel Ellsberg
Pentagon
Department of Defense
Baker
Eastern University
McNamara
Perlumnist Baker
James Buckley
New York
William Brock
Tennessee
Henry Jackson
Washington
Oxford University
Britain
Nader's Raiders Clash With First National City Bank
The Chicago Tribune reports Ralph Nader’s Raiders challenged Walter Wriston at First National City Bank of New York. Wriston defends the bank’s loan policy as controlled by many officers while Nader decries alleged misdeeds and calls for reform. Wriston criticizes Nader’s research and notes Nader’s shift to franchised Raiders.
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Chicago Tribune
Nader
1St National City Bank of New York
New York
Walter B. Wrnston
Winston
Ralph Nader
Wriston
First National City Bank of
First National City Bank
Mr. Wriston
David Leinsdorf
General Motors
Protecting the British Countryside Through Planning and Greenbelts
A reflection on Britain's land use history from feudal estates to modern planning. It notes the Town Planning Act of 1909 and 1932 acts, the greenbelt concept, new towns under the New Towns Act, and a government role via the Ministry of the Environment. It contrasts with American private ownership and cites Russell Train on feasibility. The piece argues the British approach works and contrasts it with the US situation.
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United Kingdom
England
Wales
Scotland
Northern Ireland
America
Max Nicholson
Britain
Nature Conservancy
John Burns
House of Commons
London
United States
Columbia
Reston
Environment
Ministry of Transportation
New World
Russell E. Train
U.S. Council On Environmental Equality
London Times
Ministry of the Environment
At Wits End Nostalgia for Gym Shoes and Price Shock
A humorous reminiscence about dime-store gym shoes versus modern overpriced athletic footwear. The narrator recalls trying to fit kids with oversized and undersized pairs, debating basketball versus tennis shoes, and the inflated costs tied to fame. The piece satirizes consumerism through a family shopping scene and a salesman’s hype.
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America
John Havlicek
Boston Celtics
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THING
THE
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Herald
Associated Press
By Russell Kirk
Kire
Alice Widener
By Alice Widener
RED Majesty
United
William F. Buckley
Buckley
By Erma Bombeck
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