Aptheker Named Head of Bryn Mawr Black Studies
Editorial notes Aptheker long tied to communist advocacy is appointed to head Bryn Mawr College’s black studies program. The move is seen as a shift allowing him to teach communist ideas under the banner of black studies at a top women’s college. Aptheker calls the appointment thrilling with national significance for the Communist Party.
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Herbert Aptheker
United States
Aptheker
Bryn Mawr
New York School of Marxist Studies
Communist Party
USA
Democrat
Republican
Richmond
Regulation Z to Take Effect July First Nationwide
Regulation Z and the Truth in Lending Act set new labeling rules for consumer credit. The act targets deceptive practices, with penalties up to 5000 dollars fine or a year in jail. Garnishment limits begin July 1, 1970, and extend protection for workers nationwide.
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Federal Reserve Board
Commission On Civil Disorders
Congress
Consumer Reports
American Bankers Association
Afl-Cio
Federal Trade Commission
Wiretaps on King Spark Crisis of Confidence in 1960s
The piece outlines two years of FBI taping of Martin Luther King Jr., stemming from suspicions about his associates, with Robert Kennedy and J. Edgar Hoover at the center. It questions motives and legality, urging a Congressional investigation into the surveillance and its political implications.
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Martin Luther King
Martin Luther King, Jr
Cassius Clay
Chain of Everts
Justice Department
Clay
FBI
King
MLK
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Nicholas Katzenbach
Katzenbach
Dr. King
Ramsey Clark
J. Edgar Hoover
Hoover
Katzenbach and
Clark
Republic
Mr. Hoover
Children’s haircut tale and attic memory verses
A Lake Shore Outlook piece recalls a child’s first haircut with playful lines about a barber’s “Game Time” and a barbershop scene. It also features verses about an attic trundle bed and the memory of a mother’s lullaby, ending with a proverb on national prejudice.
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Lake Shore Outlook
Michigan City
Indiana
Pene
Basham
Proxmire’s guilt by association cited in editorials
The piece argues Senator William Proxmire’s links to Arthur Waskow and the Institute for Policy Studies risk harming his image amid Wisconsin voters. It notes Proxmire’s defense spending probes and suggests the association with leftist figures could backfire come next year’s election.
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Senator Proxmire
Washington, D.C
Bill Proxmire
Wisconsin
Proxmire
Joe McCarthy
Joe
McCarthy
Owen Lattimore
Washington Post
Defense Department
Institute For Policy Studies
Institute
Arthur Waskow
Pentagon
Waskow
William Proxmire
Nixon
Stokely Carmichael
Martin Luther King
New Left
SDS
Senate
Midwest
Best of All Worlds Pill Satire in Suburban Morning
A satirical Pro and Con piece follows Mr Mudd waking to a morning brightened by non prescription stimulant pills. The family embraces pills labeled for happiness and study as they head to work and school, praising Planned Parenthood pills and a utopian efficiency while hinting at downsides behind cheerful routines.
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Mr. Mudd
Sam
Clara
Sue
Father Mudd
Digital Equipment strong in computer field growth leads
Digital Equipment Corp builds a niche with small high quality machines for science and research. PDP-8 gains wide acceptance, nine month sales up 55 percent to 52.3 million, Eps up 33 percent, full year earnings near 1 dollar. Firm avoids debt and expands with solid leadership. American Research & Development holds 51 percent of shares.
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Digital Equipment Corp
S.M. A
Digital Equipment
DEC
American Research & Development
Q—I
R.S. A
Canadian Pacific
Yellowknife
Kugaluk
YKB
Melville Islands
Arctic
Wollaston Lake
Saskatchewan
Gulf Oil
Northwest Territories
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
Anderson Herald
Grand Central Station
New York
N.Y
Gen
Fea, Corp
Indiana Work-Release Program Aims To Steady Reentry
The work-release program in Indiana shows strong results with over 60 employers reporting no complaints and 92 convicts earning over 1000 dollars each. Prisoners paroled within six months gain employment, have wages partially sent home, savings accounts opened, and dormitory living near work. Officials plan expansion in six months to reduce recidivism and ease taxpayer burden.
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Indiana
Penal Institution
State Correction Department
Short Thoughts on Nixon Birth Control and Postal Reform
Nixon weighs federal birth control plans but dismisses rumors of boosting Republican births. Laird labels ABM opponents as undermining national survival. A nuclear powered heart pacemaker is implanted in a dog with hopes for human use progress.
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Nixon
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Buckley
Folklore
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Wade
THE
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Madison
Herald
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
John Keasler
Keasler
Laird
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