Fire disasters and a fiscal flight of fancy
The piece recalls the 1871 Peshtigo and 1871 Chicago fires and Fire Prevention Week. It contrasts public awareness with ongoing danger and urges continued warning reads from the Fire Department. It also surveys a 1971 federal deficit claimed as a full employment budget surplus and muses on budgeting philosophy and inflation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Rea
Preshtigo
Wis
Upper Michigan
Tex
Johnstown
United States
AP Dispatch
Success Kills Progress in Pay and Policy Debate
The piece argues that high legislative pay has stalled national programs from defense to space and transport. It accuses lawmakers earning over $42,500 annually of protecting their pay while nations like Russia lead in key fields. It laments the loss of U S leadership and questions the value of current pay levels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
England
France
When Welfare and Work Clash in New York
Alice Widener reports from New York City on travel fatigue and frustration with welfare work rules. She cites figures from the New York State Labor Department claiming thousands of welfare recipients resisted work, contrasts national debt talk with domestic hardship, and notes shabby taxi service and public frustration as she questions the logic of current policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York State Labor Department
New York
IWW
John Connally
United States
Will Christian populations survive in Israel and territories
A Baltimore reader analyzes whether about 100000 Christians in Israel and occupied territories can endure under a secular Jewish state. He cites emigration, economics, and social integration in Jerusalem Nazareth and Bethlehem, noting limited government bias but uncertain future amid Zionism and Arab nationalism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Israel
Baltimore
Arnold Blumberg
Palestine
Jerusalem
Nazareth
Bethlehem
Blumberg
Nazarenes
Dr. Blumberg
Bethleham
Ronald Stores
North Africa
Egypt
Carthage
Tunisia
Church of the Holy Sepulchre
Reusing Waste Water for Drinking Probed by Officials
In 1971 a Gen. Fea Corp briefing warns Americans face water shortages as Great Lakes and major rivers become too polluted to restore quickly. Recycling drinking water via treatment, lime processing, odor removal, and carbon filtration is discussed, with costs rising and large-scale projects planned from Denver to Nevada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Max Edwards
Department of Interior
Creare
Great Lakes
Californ
Colorado
California
Lake Tahoe
Nevada- California
Palmdale
Fla
Denver
Cole
Los Angeles
Canada
Hudson Bay
American Southwest
Gen
Fea, Corp
Workshops on the Pentagon Papers Spark Controversy
The piece critiques campus workshops on the Pentagon Papers as ad hoc think tanks aiming for dramatic conclusions. It cites Leslie Gelb and others, arguing debates reveal biases, selective access to records, and how public opinion is shaped by officials and the press.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Southeast Asia
United States
South Vietnam
Pentagon
Leslie H. Gelb
Daniel Elisberg
Pontiac
Mich
Gelb
Mr. Gelb
Paul Harvey
the Herald
Reader Letters Oppose Nixon Peking Visit and Welfare Tax Relief
A reader protests President Nixon's planned visit to Peking to promote peace arguing it aids a mass murderer and undermines American values. The letter urges letters of protest and cites drug trade and UN seating of Red China. Additional letters defend young drivers against stereotypes and urge scrutiny of welfare costs and peace demonstrations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Milhous Nixon
United States
America
Peking
China
Mao Tse‘Tung
Nixon
Mao ‘Tse-Tung
Red China
United Nations
J. A. Pace
Jackson Street
Anderson, Ind
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Alice Widener
New York City
Kennedy International Airport
New Yorkity
Adul
George Bernard Shaw
Kennedy Airport
Treasury
Congress
THE
Anderson Herald
Momens
Jackson
Eramuas
Laughlin
Secretory
Derry
Anderson
Indiana
Carrer
Herald
Mensonger
Herald Newsroom
Associated Press
Kirk
Paul Harvey News
Harvey
Tion
Leacock
Peabody
Wellington
Humpty Dumpty
Humpty
Young Drive
John H. Aukerman
High Street
Sens. Bayh, Hartee
New York Times
National Peace Action Coalition
Washington
John G.o'schmitz
Calif
Hanoi
Moscow
Peoples Coalition For Peace and Justice
Socialist Workers Party
Schmitz
Hon
See
Aft
Larry Evans
Shelbyville
Ind
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