Soak Us Uncle Sam and Rising Taxes Probed
An editorial argues that tax cuts do not offset rising government costs. It cites a family of four with $10,000 income paying $19.90 weekly in federal tax before cuts and $19.70 after, while Social Security rose by $52 a year for a net loss of $41.60. It notes Mississippi receiving $2.3 billion in 1971 and lists federal budget demands across multiple programs, urging officials to face the inflation tax instead of promising free handouts.
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Indianapolis Star
Mississippi
Sam
Anderson
Alexandria
Madison County
Anderson Police Department
FDA loosens limits on filth in food
The FDA releases guidelines on acceptable filth levels in foods, including up to a rat pellet per pint of wheat, 100 million bacteria per gram of dried eggs, and 2500 aphids per 10 grams of hops, sparking public outcry over safety standards.
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FDA
Arizona Sets An Example Against Union Tyranny
Arizona leads a libertarian dispute with Gov. Jack Williams signing a harvest time strikes and secondary boycott ban into law. The measure targets the United Farm Workers and seeks to curb union power by allowing 10 day injunctions and outlawing secondary boycotts while urging federal action and national right to work efforts.
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Ify
Arizona
Jack Williams
Williams
United Farm Workers Unnion
United States
Cesar Chavez
California
Florida
Chavez
The
Philadelphia Inquirer
United Farm Workers Union
Cecil Miller Jr
Arizona Farm Bureau Federation
Afl-Cio
Phoenix
Arizona Oe
Congress
U.S
Sam Steiger
James D. Hodgson
Hodgson
Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America
Nixon
Machi
Sup
Where Are Controls The cancer of big government in America
The article argues that government at federal, state and local levels exempts itself from price controls under the economic stabilization program while ordinary citizens face frozen wages and prices under the price and wage control board guidelines.
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Price and Wage Control Board
Campaign spending limits likened to bolting lard to a waterfall
The writer argues that efforts to limit campaign funds and require accurate reporting are futile, comparing it to attaching a pound of loose lard to a waterfall. The metaphor emphasizes skepticism about enforcing spending controls.
Sheriff urges countywide 911 plan to unify emergency services
John W. Gunter Sheriff Madison County proposes a civilian staffed centralized dispatch center for the county to handle all police and fire calls. He argues the 911 system would reduce duplicative efforts, improve service, and ease funding across city and county agencies.
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Anderson Herald
Anderson
Indiana
Indiana Bell
Herald
Madison
Madison County
Civil Defense Center
Linwood
John W. Gunter
Madison County Police Dept
Writing on the wind and the public voice
The writer reflects on a four minute weekly NPR program and a long career of columns since 1962. He defends journalism as a force shaping public opinion, notes reader feedback, and cites Chesterton Wells and Machen to argue for writing with conscience despite fame or money.
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National Public Radio
Colonel Sanders
Indiana College
G. K. Chesterton
H. G. Wells
Arthur Machen
London
Machen
Gen. Fea. Corp
Laser weapons explained to thinkers and skeptics
Holmes Alexander surveys the Pentagon secrecy around the Laser Weapons System, noting its status as a research project with billions in promise, the limitations posed by atmosphere and heat, and the need for public understanding amid defense debates and arms discussions with the Soviet Union. Senator Henry Jackson is highlighted as a realist voice on the issue.
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Washington, D.C
Pentagon
Laird
John Foster
Defense Department
Sen
Henry Jackson
Moscow
Congress
Soviet Union
Space
Earth
Yesteryear
Jackson
McNaughtiat Inc
Kathleen Kennedy at Bat in Brooklyn Tech Appearance
Buckley profiles Kathleen Kennedy, daughter of Robert Kennedy, campaigning for George McGovern at Brooklyn Tech High School. He notes her ambivalence toward Nixon and her exchanges with Al Lowenstein, including questions about McGovern's past and Communist ties, while contrasting public reaction with Kennedy's remarks.
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William F. Buckley
Kathleen Kennedy
Robert
Radcliffe College
George McGovern
McGovern
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Champerone
Alard Lowenstein
Rooney
Americans For Democratic Action
Lowenstein
Washington
ADA
John Birch Society
al Lowenstein
Brooklyn Tech High School
New York
Los Angeles
Kathleen
Eoving
Henry Wallace
Senator McGovern
Hilaire Belloc
Nixon 1972 Theme Advances Amid Peace Talks and Bus Dilemma
Washington political notebook notes President Nixon and advisers have tentatively chosen a 1972 re election slogan Nixon Now More Than Ever aimed at defeating George McGovern while highlighting anticipated autumn peace breakthroughs. The piece links summit timing in Beijing and Moscow to primary strategy and mentions possible support for a constitutional amendment to curb busing.
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Kevin P. Phillips
Washington
KFS
Nixon
George McGovern
White House
Richard Nixon
California
John F. Kennedy
GOP
Lyndon Johnson
Peking
New Hampshire
Moscow
Agnew
John Mitchell
Gerald Ford
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