Nobody's Baby Reprinted From The Federal Times
A critical look at postal reform hearings shows stalemate and mutual skepticism. Publishers, unions, and direct mail interests clash over rates and service while Postmaster General Blount wavers between hype and realism. Rural versus urban support parity masks broader uncertainty as Congress and agencies grapple with a costly draw.
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Corporation
Congress
Neithr
Blount
Dulski
Wes
H. R. Gross
Post Office Department
Changing Arms Pace and Vietnam War Strains Defense Stocks
The article notes reduced Southeast Asia combat operations allow cutbacks in heavy expendables while stockpiles grow. Since 1965 U.S. losses in aircraft and helicopters reach about six billion dollars, yet defense spending remains around twenty billion annually. Emphasis shifts to research and development, funding Vietnam costs, risking technical progress. The Soviet Union advances weapons across all tech areas, raising concerns despite talks on arms limits. Even if negotiations improve, facing potential military inferiority clouds future success. The military hardware sector stays high, near its peak, well above pre Vietnam levels.
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U.S
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Soviet Union
Nader accuses toy makers of endangering children
Ralph Nader charges toy manufacturers cut safety corners risking kids lives while suggesting youths should learn danger exists elsewhere. The National Commission of Violence notes farm subsidies exceed justice funding, with justice described as blind and destitute.
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Ralph Nader
Maclean's Microscoops snippet on evicting barricaded students
A short item notes methods to remove students who barricade in classrooms by calling a dull professor. It mentions Picasso paintings seized as obscene by Saigon authorities and Life magazine bans. It also reports ABM rivals noting missiles aimed at U S targets and Chinese awareness. Letters to the editor urged with sender details.
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U.S
Amish Pilgrims Seek Freedom Across Americas
A 1930s- era portrait notes Amish groups fleeing modern life for freedom. It details 1849 migrations from Michigan Pennsylvania and Indiana to Arkansas Ozarks and later 1960s moves to Central America Paraguayan Chaco and Costa Rica. Families buy land raise cattle farm crops establish schools and seek religious liberty away from American norms.
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Michigan
Osxio
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Arkansas Ozarks
United States
Central America
America
British Honduras
Trey
Belize
Eden
Canada
Orange County
Ind
Paraguay
Costa Rica
Renal
Don Maclean on GE strike sparks and stalemate
A columnist interviews a labor expert to explain the General Electric strike dispute. It portrays workers as a fixed presence in plants, management seeking to push back, and unions pressing militancy amid stalled negotiations. The piece likens the stalemate to an electric grid blackout with no clear resolution in sight.
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Washington
General Electric
Carey
New Mode protests boost Nixon support in polls
Polls show Nixon’s foreign policy approved by about eighty percent as New Mobilization demonstrators in Washington and elsewhere spark debate. Analysts warn that the movement aids communists in Vietnam while civil rights leaders and moderate Americans favor lawful government and a firm stance. The article notes diminished turnout and warns of growing street politics if protests persist.
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Nixon
Washington
Vietnam
Jerry Rubin
Abbie Hoffman
Chicago
Democratic Republic
United States
Asia
America
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Dien Bien Phu
Paria
Mabe
Congress
George Wallace
Dellingers
Rubins
Hoffmans
Callegrans
Dwight Elsenhower
Army War College created to train officers 1901
In 1901 the War Department authorized establishing the Army War College to instruct commissioned officers. In 145 President Truman named Gen George Marshall special representative to China. In 1956 Eisenhower denied rift over Suez weakened Anglo American French accord. In 1962 a jet bound for the United States crashed with all 97 aboard.
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War Department
Army War College
Truman
Gen
George Marshall
China
Eisenhower
Nala
United States
Era
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