Bewildering Birch Outbursts Jeopardize Indiana Senator Bayh
Editorial contends Indiana junior senator Birch Bayh assembles a pattern of self serving actions including a pay raise, $39 000 in speaking fees, and campaign debt payments. It accuses him of traveling for appearances while in office and questions his commitment to law and order versus political gain. The piece also critiques his ties to a donor, his role on a Mississippi police shooting inquiry, and alleged selective concern for civil rights and police issues.
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Indiana
Birch Bayh
Bayh
Senate
Knife and Fork
Washington
Haynsworth
Carswell
Supreme Court
Florida
Indianapolis
Miklos Sperling
Mississippi University
Will Sen. Bayh
Sen. Bayh
Editorial Sparks Debate Over Pollution and Timber Industry
A local editor cites a student protest sign as folly while highlighting a timber firm’s $8.5 million chemical recovery furnace. The plant, run by a major company, aims to curb sulfur and particulate emissions, framed as leadership in long term environmental stewardship across the industry.
Duplan Corp Revival Signals Potential Growth Investment
In 1968 Duplan soared with sales up near 60 and earnings up 300, yet 1969-70 saw a sharp drop. Recent results show a 44 percent earnings rise and 77 percent volume gain for the first half of the year, but market weakness and margins temper the rebound.
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Duplan Corp
Duplay
Duplan
Wisconsin’s Proxmire Attacks Bring Senate Turmoil
Holmes Alexander criticizes Bill Proxmire while tracing Wisconsin’s three oddball Senate turnovers from La Follette to McCarthy to Proxmire. The column argues Proxmire’s methods distort defense contract profits and tarnish reputations, urging Wisconsin voters to rethink the Senate seat.
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Washington
D.C
Wisconsin
U.S. Senate
Bill Proxmire
Joe McCarthy
Bob LaFollette
Bob
Senate
McCarthy
la Follette- McCarthy-Proxmire
Pollution in UAW push sparks debate over industry duty
Paul Harvey notes UAW push for a pollution free auto industry amid broader cleanup protests. He warns about some organizers aiming to disrupt, urges public focus on real remediation, cites oil industry history in Oklahoma and Virginia environmental efforts as examples.
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United Auto Workers
UAW
Leonard Savage
Oklahoma City
Tucson
Oklahoma
Virginia House
Winchester
Virginia House of Burgesses
George Washington
Gen
Fea, Corp
Theater of the Absurd in Campus Protests and Responses
A critique of student protests across colleges, condemning campus violence and theater of the absurd antics. It praises firm university leadership from CMU and Chicago, cites Kent State clashes, urges professors to uphold learning, and warns suspensions may end lax administrations.
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Loyola College
Baltimore
New Hampshire College
Manchester
John Carroll University
Cleveland
Wright State University
Ohio
Wright
Central Michigan University
William Boyd
Berkeley
University of California
Boyd
CMU
Charles J. Ping
Kent State University
Nixon
Richard Nixon
Kent State
Kent
Long Island College
Evangels
Dtion
University of Chicago
Eastern Michigan University
Cornell
At Wits End Over a Bridal Shower and Old Kitchen Goods
A humorous domestic exchange traces a couple's clash over aging kitchenware and a planned booster shower. The wife laments mismatched pots and pans while the husband jokes about the cookie sheet and odds of replacing items at low cost. The piece pokes fun at marital banter and housewares obsessions.
Middle America Feels The Pinch In Education Costs
The Boston Herald Traveler argues the middle class is squeezed by rising living costs and college prices. It cites rising tuition at private and public institutions and suggests federal aid shifts threaten middle income families, potentially creating an underprivileged middle class.
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Logistics Management Institute
Federal Trade Commission
Securities & Exchange Commission
Pentagon
Proxmire
Middle America
Internal Revenue Service
Ivy League
Seven Sisters Colleges
Institute of Life Insurance
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Congress
Ben
HEW
Indiana
Boston Herald Traveler
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Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
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Holmes Alexander
Joe
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LBJ
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