Michigan Band Anti War Show Sparks Controversy
Editorial urges cancellation of an anti war performance by the University of Michigan band planned for halftime of the Rose Bowl. ACLU sues for permit while Stanford student body opposes cancelation and contemplates broader protests linked to Angela Davis.
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University of Michigan
American Civil Liberties Union
Pasadena
Indiana University
ACLU
Stanford
Stanford University
Angela Davis
New Year's Prayers for a Better Nation and World
A year end prayer lists thanks for the United States rich freedoms space achievements and medical advances. It asks divine guidance for leaders, world peace, economic stabilization, housing and poverty relief, and a wiser electorate. The message emphasizes patriotism national pride and hard work to realize these hopes.
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Aw College Ramipates
Edgar Whitcomb
Birch Bayh
Middle East
Indianapolis
Ciizenry
Buckley’s Christmas Song Book Satirizes Nixon Era
Richard Nixon’s private Christmas Song Book leaked by William F. Buckley mocks Cold War figures and politicians. The verses reference Galbraith Mills Nixon Reagan Muskie Chiang Kai-shek and others with lampooned lines about welfare, pensions and court politics. The piece parodies holiday tunes with political jabs and implied scandals.
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Richard Nixon
Wiliam HL. von Creele
Witte
Gan
Tam
Peking
Ronald Reagan
Muskie
Chiang Kai-shek
Kennedy
Gallup
Wicker
Federal Diary: Pay Raise Fallout Across Agencies
The 3.4 percent January federal raise will trigger more layoffs and slower promotions into 1972 as agencies absorb costs. Top officials expect Congress to fund half-year costs, while Nixon faces pressure to adjust or hold further pay hikes before the election. Union leaders push for an October increase and claim comparability remains unmet. Ballots and elections may be affected as fiscal battles unfold for wage boards and health premium adjustments.
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House
Senate
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Ballat Weadilion
Federal Wage Board
Jerome J. Waldic
D-Canf
Larry Hogan
R-Md
Price Commission
Waldie
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Kerner indictment urges resignation and calls for judiciary reform
The Chicago Tribune argues Judge Kerner should resign after a 19 count indictment on bribery, mail fraud, tax evasion, perjury and conspiracy. It notes the case ties to race track stock profits and urges stronger federal bar oversight to preserve the judicial system.
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Ulto Kerner
Federal Appeals Court
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Ite
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Wamed
Theodore J. Isaacs
Joseph E. Knight
William S. Miller
Racing Board
Cer
Sanes
Justice Department
Boyle
Louis Rizas
Federal
Chicago Tribune
The Unnaking of the Labor Lords
Holmes Alexander argues that President Nixon must curb labor power to tame inflation. He cites the monetary pact and wage boards, endorses an incomes policy, and suggests compulsory arbitration, wage price boards, and stronger labor control to avert economic disaster. He targets unions and calls for structural reforms.
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Richard Nixon
Price Commission
Wage Board
Corrabor
Nixon
Gottfried Haberler
American Enterprise Institute
Treasury
Connally
Artina Burns
Ing
Federal Reserve Board
Dr. Burns
Burns
Congress
Dr. Buns
Welfare crisis prompts call for vocational education reform
Alice Widener links New York City welfare rise and teen unemployment in 1971 to deeper education failures. She argues a divided funding shift toward vocational training in schools would curb welfare reliance, noting that about three quarters of recipients lack physical helplessness and urging reform of public education to address root causes.
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New York City
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Johnson
Oha
New York
Family Aid To Dependent Children Group
ADC
City Welfare Department
U.S. Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Empasis
Rockford police credited for crime drop amid rising national rate
In Rockford Illinois crime fell 2.9 percent in 1970 led by burglaries down from 701 to 493 robberies 89 to 64 and rapes. Police Chief Delbert Peterson cites four factors expansion of 22 officers improved training flexible mobile patrols and community finance support. A Police Appreciation Dinner and unveiling of a new City County Public Safety Building highlighted local pride and civic backing while federal aid from LEAA aided construction.
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Rockford
Tul
Hockford
Aled
Delbert Peterson
Peterson
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Public Safety
Washington Carr
Reader comment thanks paper for Christmas Gift Drive support
A reader from the Madison County Mental Health Association thanks the newspaper for hosting a Christmas Gift Drive supper that aided gifts for mentally challenged patients at New Castle State Hospital Logansport State Hospital and local nursing homes. Residents’ support is acknowledged as helping brighten the holiday for those in state hospitals.
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Madison County Mental Health Association
New Castle State Hospital
Logansport State Hospital
Madison County
Met Ars
Family of Man
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