Hoover Commission urged curb on federal competition with private business
Editorial notes the Hoover Commission found 985 federal activities duplicating private services and urges transferring non essential tasks to private firms. Rep. Snyder calls for House Government Operations probe with 237. NFIB poll: 84 percent support investigating government competition with private enterprise. Indiana aligns with national average. other states slightly off. Critics warn of big centralized government and calls for action balanced by Hoover report.
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Hoover Commission
Congress
Gene Snyder
Kentucky
House Committee
Cong. Snyder
National Federation of Independent Business
Indiana
Rep. Snyder
House Committee On
Tennessee Valley Authority
Office of Economic Opportunity
A Healthy Sign in Economics and Politics
A year of shift from new economics to austerity. The piece notes Britain’s welfare state decline and the US move from riches to rags in international finance, with a weak dollar and calls for halting inflation via spending cuts and higher taxes. It frames national survival as overriding prior economic theories.
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Great Britain
United States
Quick Speculative Gains and Debenture Bond Questions
A reader asks about fast growth with $1,500 in stocks and potential picks like Edo Corp Redman Indus Am Petrofina Aqua Chem SCM and Zale with new split shares. The adviser cautions against speculative bets, advises cautious trading and studying market action, notes debenture rates depend on multiple factors, and offers general guidance on risk and investing by Roger E Successful Investing.
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Edo Corp
Redman Indus
Am. Petrofina
American Exchange
Aqua-Chem
SCM
Zale
ASE
T.S. A
Spear
Gen
Fea. Corp
Percy gambles with future as he muses on vice president
The column critiques Illinois Senator Chuck Percy for courting a left image by endorsing controversial Chicago antipoverty programs and praising militant rhetoric. It questions his political risk, noting possible double standards and a potential shift back to moderation four years ahead amid national politics.
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Chuck Percy
Illinois
Senate
Sen
Percy
Capitol Hill
Washington
Bevil
Stokely Carmichael
Sen. Percy
Chicago
Chuck
Dick Nixon
Houston
Robert Kennedy
Bobby
Gen
Fea. Corp
Private colleges and bricks and mortar questions
The piece argues private colleges face rapid construction and funding pressures as they expand facilities. It warns heavy federal funding risks academic independence, cites Rockford Hillsdale and Hanover as examples avoiding Washington money, and highlights Charleston as a model of modest growth and strong minds. It urges balanced growth focused on faculty, libraries, and curricula rather than massive new buildings.
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Croesus
Washington
Rockford College
Illinois
Hillsdale College
Michigan
Hanover College
Indiana
College of Charleston
South Carolina
Charleston
United States
Behemoth State University
Behemoth
Hanover
Behemoth University
Socrates
Ilyssus
Tower of Babel
Ocean Water and Trace Chemicals Claim Youth Rejuvenation
A speaker recounts how daily sea water with one of 44 trace chemicals helped his 90 year old mother walk again and shed pain within 12 weeks. He cites dental and medical professionals endorsing sea water use and urges readers to request the booklet The Ocean's 44 Trace Chemicals.
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Sam
College of Physicians and Surgeons
San Francisco
Crane
Texas
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Quotations on Times and Minds from Worldly Voices
A collage of quotes on Shakespeare, aging, contention, and culture. Notable lines include a jab at renaming the Stratford festival without the poet, a quip about an old-timer, remarks on university influence by DePauw’s Kerstetter, and cultural contrasts on money and spending.
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William Shakespeare
Shakespeare
Associated Press
Louisville, Ky
William E. Kerstetter
DePauw University
Lucius Beebe
Silent ulcer changes how a doctor sees health habits
The writer recounts an 80 year history of good health and a prior appendix operation, then a sudden fainting episode led to a diagnosis of a silent duodenal ulcer. He notes hospital care in Santa Monica, transfusions, a soft diet, and ongoing antacid therapy while praising the rarity and pleasantness of a silent ulcer.
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Prentice-Hall, Inc
Englewood
N.J
St. John’s Hospital
Santa Monica
Types of ships and Coast Guard roles explained
Readers learn about frigates clippers yawls and one smoke stack ships. The piece explains whaling ships fat boiled for oil and the Coast Guard patrols rescue weather buoying and ice warning duties with praise for the USA Coast Guard.
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Coast Guard
USA Coast Guard
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