Editorials fail to show LBJ cares for Appalachia
An editorial view argues the Great Society programs drift away from Appalachia after Rubber Fabricators in Grantsville WV loses a $750000 defense contract to Taiwan amid wage pressures. It cites a separate Grand Coulee Dam bid letting the Soviet Union supply generators, prompting Rep Catherine May to condemn the plan as harmful to US troops and national interests.
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Lyndon B. Jonson
Appalachia
West Virginia
Great Society
Rubber Fabricators, Inc
Grantsville
W. Va
GOP
Arch A. Moore Jr
Taiwan
Ber
Soviet Union
Grand Coulee
Washington State
Catherine May
Marine Corps
Congress
Vietnam
Tohnsast
State Department
Red China A-Bomb Sparks Debate Over US Defense Choices
The piece condemns Defense Secretary McNamara for opposing an anti ballistic missile system despite congressional funding and expert advice. It argues China’s H bomb test heightens global risk and urges reconsideration of US posture toward ABM deployment amid rising nuclear tension.
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Washington
Department of Defense
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Congress
Red China
India
Japan
A Stable Society Requires Conscience and Discipline
Newton Miss Record asserts that a stable society and healthy personality depend on a sound conscience with defined moral precepts from infancy to old age. It warns that viewing discipline and authority as opposites of freedom leads to confusion, disorder, and a breakdown of individual reasoning.
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Newton
Miss
Record
Inflation Tax Feeds Hardship to Social Security Recipients
In a critique of modern taxation, the speaker condemns inflation as the cruelest tax eroding dollar value. The burden falls on the elderly and those with fixed incomes such as social security, retirement annuities, and railroad retirement benefits.
Inflation erodes real dollar value in Spear advice
A minister with $16,000 in savings seeks guidance as inflation gnaws at liquid assets. The advisor urges shifting to a diversified savings plan and equity mix, recommending equal dollar investments in American Hospital Supply, Bristol-Myers, Holiday Inns, Union Oil, and General Telephone to outpace inflation over six years.
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Umergeres
Lee
American Hospital
Bristol Myers
Holiday Inns
Union Oil
General Telephone
Texaco
Gulf Oil
Worry Clinic explores calories in daily chores and sport
A health feature compares calories burned per minute across tasks from mowing the lawn to ironing and playing golf. It notes that regular walking is ideal, warm warns against sporadic effort, and suggests a booklet on stopping tobacco and liquor habits plus a calorie chart to guide routines. It cites Homer L. and Dr. Crane in Mellor Indiana.
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Homer L
Crane
Homer
Tomer
Abed
Down on the Farm: Iowa and Nebraska Signal Farm Vote Drift
In Iowa and Nebraska the LBJ farm coalition has collapsed amid high hog prices and stalled grain policy. Farmers blame a cheap food stance, while some Democrats urge higher supports if 1967 autumn policy actions are to salvage 1968 votes. Officials fear budget limits hinder relief.
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Iowa
Nebraska
Johnson
Mr Johnson
Orville Freeman
Ezra Tall Benson
Ames
Ogallala
Nebru
White House
Midwest
Vietnam
Washington
Newspaper Syndicate
Family Doctors Album and Medicare Drug Costs Debate
A health column urges readers to submit stories about trusted family physicians over flashy specialists. The piece notes Medicare drug cost debates and a nuclear power forecast for 1980, while briefly railing against hippie culture and proposed DOT legislation.
Independence Day Celebrations In Vigo County 1824 Account
The 4th of July was celebrated by a large Vigo county gathering with neighbors joining, favorable weather, and a parade to the Court House. The ceremony included artillery salutes, a reading of the Declaration of Independence, a speech by Mr. Blake, martial music, and a ball at Harris Hotel.
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Juty
Western Register
Terre Haute
Vigo County
M’gabe
Huntington
Court House
Jenckes
Blake
Harris Hotel
Mantelpieces From Bridgend House in Perth Find New Home
Russell Kirk describes acquiring two classical mantelpieces from Bridgend House in Perth after the 18th century townhouse was demolished. He portrays Ruskin's youth near the River Tay and notes the house longed for preservation while his family imagines tales around the pieces.
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Jeffers
Joh Ruskin
Metalla
Michigan
Bridend House
Perth
Ruskin
London
Meeasta
Fislden
Guck
Southiwest Wind
Mecosa
Gluck
Tay
Annette
Bridgend
Bowerswell
Jater
Oifie Gray
Illais
John Ruskin
Effie Gray
Gen
Fea. Corp
Town of San Marino as a naval vessel and republic
A reader asks what is famous about the Town of San Marino. The reply notes San Marino is named for Italy’s oldest republic, debt free with low taxes, neutral and respected by conquerors, and profits come from selling postage stamps worldwide.
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Italy
Capeleon
Soviet Union
New York
Arbor
Moskvin
Dimitri Dunskio
New York Harbor
Eli
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