Stokes urged local focus over federal aid for cities
Editorial criticizes Cleveland Mayor Carl Stokes for blaming cities and states as bankrupt and urges him to study Indianapolis. It argues for reduced federal taxes and more local control, insisting cities can solve basic needs through effort, not reliance on federal programs. It urges Hoosier examples of self-help.
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Cleveland
Carl B. Stokes
Endianapolis
U.S
Stokes
Worth Atlantic ‘Treaty
Indianapolis
Washington
Indiannapolis
Goldwater Flags Dollar Crisis and Europe Ties
Sen Barry Goldwater argues in a 1960s piece that Western Europe’s use of the dollar as world reserve currency fueled deficits and burden sharing. He warns the United States risks devaluation, reduced defense spending, and a slide to second rate power amid Soviet growth. He blames liberal Congress and fiscal laxity for the dollar’s waning strength.
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Europe
Barry Goldwater
America
Western
United States
Sen. Goldwater
Escaping The Peasant Class In Soviet Russia
The Brookville Pennsylvania American comments that up to half of the 14 million Soviet Party members may not be ideologically Communist but stay in the Party to obtain apartments cars wages and luxuries denied to workers and peasants in the USSR The piece also notes that in the United States expediency may drive people into public service and that taxpaying citizens are being reduced toward peasant levels.
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Russia
Communist Party
Brookville
Pennsylvania
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
United States
U.S
Rival SST Debate Signals Shifting Air Power Leadership
The Aviation Week discussion notes the USSR’s Lunokhod and TU Wd as safety and tech benchmarks, while US SST prospects fade. An adjacent piece warns US helicopter sales fall due to European and Soviet financing tactics, implying a retreat from airpower leadership as the USSR potentially assumes dominance.
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Aviation Week
Fea
U.S. Helicoper
Finropean
Onen
U.ss.r
Leaving America Behind A Connecticut man weighs emigration to Canada
Holmes Alexander reports on a well paid conservative in rural Connecticut who contemplates leaving the United States for Canada. He cites family pressures, concerns over schools and social trends, environmental backlash against industry, and rising fear of legal overreach, while affirming he will stay to fight for the country.
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America
Washington
B.C
Probaly
Canada
Vleck
New England
Alexander
Connecticut River Valley
Thomas Meshill
Nixon
Dumal
Tome
Lelan Sillin, Jr
Utilities Company
National Industrial Pollution Central Council
Sihin
G Metropolitan
Federal Diary The Army corps to run postal building task
The Army Corps of Engineers in a 1.2 billion three year plan will take over building work for the U S Postal Service sending about 130 postal facility experts to the corps. Officials say the move reduces in house costs though raises questions on pay, job security and funding from Congress. The shift could affect thousands of federal workers beyond Washington as pay raises misreported by papers prove misleading.
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Washington
Army Corps of Exehaneers
U.S. Postal Service
Army Cult
Winton M. Blount
Congress
House Post Office
Civil Service Committee
Post Office Department
Twas
US Postal Service
Corps of Engineers
Corps
Boston
Midwest
Capital punishment and abortion linked in liberal view
A 1971 opinion piece argues capital punishment is not banned by the Supreme Court and critiques abortion advocates who oppose executions. It contrasts mercy toward killers with abortion rights, contending unborn children are innocent while murderers have had life chances. The author cites minority impacts and moral questions around killing.
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Supreme Court of the
United States
Burger Court
Activs
Komana
Demath
Muntevere
Ogland
Defense and Educational Fund
The
NAACP
New York City
Manson
Mansfield Amendment Shelved Amid NATO Debate
The piece argues against halving American troop containment in Western Europe, labeling the move as an attack on NATO and a threat to collective security. It recalls Truman era choices, Key West isolationism, and the need for allied strength, warning that halting forces could spur further withdrawal symptoms and weaken European defense.
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Mike Maansfield
Europe
Pall Hart
Micawber
Copperfield
NATO
Truman
Moscow
Nate
Dean Rusk
Kremlin
Thal Wa
Dus
Val
United States
Hille Kurt
Nations
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Oasas
Mediterranean
Africa
State Department
Harate
George C. Marshall
Pentagon
Anny
Canada
Sidle
Lyman
Congress
Us.s.r
Jess Hay
Free Europa
Berlin
Mansfield
Ding Reed
Missouri
al America
Don Quixote
Folklore by William Wade A string of quirky exchanges at an exhibit reveal lingering humor
An a list asks about Jenkins and remarks on a picture. A traveling seller brags of selling brains. Couples flirt and parents threaten punishment. The piece sketches odd, humorous social moments from a bygone era.
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William Wade
Jenkins
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Fredveer
Efsu
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Indiana
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Oubide
Menres
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Holmes Alexander
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