Billy Graham In New York Crusade Aimed at Youth
Editorial recalls Billy Graham’s 1969 Madison Square Garden crusade opening in June 13 aimed at disillusioned young people. Gallup polls show religion losing influence among 70 percent of Americans, 78 percent of college students, and 90 percent of Weston NJ high school seniors, with Graham trusting youth for meaning.
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Billy Graham
London
New York City
Graham
Madison Square Garden
Gallup
United States
Westfield
N.J
Dr. Graham
John Corry
Harper’s
Corry
Jesus
Quiet Alliance Fails in Latin America Trade Talks
The Inter-American Economic and Social Council meets in Port of Spain on June 14 to hear Latin states present grievances from Vila del Mar. They seek new economic terms as U S aid declines, with Nixon shifting focus while Congress debates a 1970 alliance appropriation.
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Alliance For Progress
Port of Spain
Trinidad
Inter- American Economic and Social Council
Organization of American States
United States
Vila del Mar
Chile
Latin America
U.S
Nixon
Congress
Alliance
Johnson
Red Cross Seeks Help For Early Christmas Gift Bags
Madison County Red Cross begins summer appeal for the Early Christmas gift program. The chapter pledges 500 completed bags for fall shipping to war theaters. Clubs, organizations and individuals are invited to make bags or donate gifts from a military list to support American servicemen and servicewomen.
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Madison County
Red Cross
Folklore of Times and Quotes From Living Voices
A collage of quotations on work, success, tradition, order, and truth. Notable lines include An Anderson man on hiring hardship, Dr. Osler on fulfilling work, anonymous thoughts on tradition, and Hu humphrey on civil order. Also brief Odessa burglary note and a field aphorism about truth versus demand.
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Anderson
Sir William Osler
Johns Hosphins
Dr. Osler
America
Hubert H. Humphrey
Odessa
Tex
J. M. Harrison
Business Breakfast Memo Satirizes Corporate Norman
A dated internecine memo from WY & P mocks professional breakfast meetings among executives. It lampoons overlong sessions, sexist policies, drink-tinged menus, and odd office rituals, ending with a pep talk from Sam Uploose and a wink at a vanished Smithers.
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Smithers
Atlantic City
WY & Petard
Petard
Miss Woogle
Portal
The Fear That Cuts Both Ways In America
Holmes Alexander reflects on racial fear after a white man rides a bus through a black neighborhood and feels unjustified danger. He connects personal unease to broader white distrust of Negro progress and links it to the Los Angeles Bradly election and national tensions.
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Washington, D.C
Darktown
Confederate States
Federal Union
Washington
Los Angeles
Sam Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Bradley
Watts
Berkeley
San Francisco
Eardley
Yorty Defies Polls and Wins Third Los Angeles Term
In a stunning upset, Sam Yorty defeats Thomas Bradley for an unprecedented third mayoral term in Los Angeles. Polls underestimated Yorty as liberal blocs and carpetbagger critics mounded opposition. Salvatori credited, Negro bloc votes noted, Bradley’s backers damaged by internal strife.
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Yorty
Sam Yorty
Mayor Yorty
Thomas Bradley
Los Angeles
Bradley
The Greater Cost of War and Lost Leadership
Paul Harvey discusses the lasting cost of war, arguing that victory or defeat drains the nation financially and spiritually. He cites veterans benefits, ruined potential leaders, and cultural harm across generations from World War I through Vietnam, warning that war harvests before ripening and erodes future national strength.
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France
Guadalcanal
Vietnam
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pearl Buck
China
Ghengis Khan
Alexander the Great
Greece
Asia Minor
Rome
Mediterranean
David Jordan
Nero
Spain
Europe
England
Hitler
United States
Two family-run firms show strong growth in 1969
Investor column discusses inflation impact on savings and suggests a 25 percent shift into common stocks. Reece Corp of Massachusetts and Taylor Wine of New York are highlighted for growth, with 1969 first quarter earnings up 36 percent and nine months earnings up 10 percent, respectively. Grove Press remains a speculative favorite after a rise from 7 to 35 since 1967, with first-quarter earnings up and sales up 40 percent. holder Mr Spear answers readers' questions via the column.
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Reece Corp
Taylor Wine
Reece
Taylor
New York
Great Western
Grove Press
N.N. A
Penny Shortage and Dollar Drought Grace Our Currency
The Christian Science Monitor editorial questions why dollars seem scarce in pockets while noting a penny shortage and a waning Kennedy half dollar. It laments the faded ubiquity of the 50 cent piece and reflects on the public’s evolving relationship with money.
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Eva Adams
The
Mint
Miss Adams
Simon
Pieman
Christian Science Monitor
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Folklore
By William Wade
Trigant Burrow
Wade
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Madison
O'S
Associated Press
John Keasler
Manhattan
Wholecloth
Yardwide & Petard, Inc
Madison Avenue
WY & P
Keasler
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
Kirk
Rockefeller
Henry Salvatori
Salvatori
California
Barry Goldwater
Gen. Fea, Corp
Paul Harvey News
RVEY
Roger E. Spear
United States of America
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