Christmas shoppers pause as sales slump hits Newark area
Retail activity in Newark, North Arlington, and Union City mirrors the national slowdown with weaker demand across autos, appliances, furniture, and apparel. Food sales held firm until recently while meat cuts grow scarcer. economists foresee a possible over-the-year drop and cautious retail pacing through the holiday season.
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Business Week
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Alfred Hayes
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Univesity of Pennsylvania
TV's empty mind, toothache, and cotton candy critique
FCC Commissioner Johnson says TV leaves an empty feeling like cotton candy. Groucho Marx's wife gains a million dollar divorce settlement and jokes about remarrying. The remarks mix media critique with celebrity gossip and humorous quips.
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Candlelighters Thank The Argus For Ghost House Support
Mrs Paul Dedomenico chair of Candle Lighters Fremont thanks The Argus for backing the Ghost House project over the past year. More than 20 000 visitors joined in charity efforts and over 800 volunteers contributed time. The writer notes the effort aided Fremont youth and hopes continued kindness will be rewarded.
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Paul Dedomenico
Smog Petition Seeks Signatures for 1970 Ballot
Editor notes Bay Area smog is worsening and calls for public action. A nationwide drive aims to collect signatures to place strong anti pollution legislation on the 1970 California ballot. Volunteers are needed to circulate petitions and staff signature tables. Contact Tishson in Berkeley or Michael Cosen for information.
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California
Tishson
Curtis St
Berkeley
Michael Coseninl
Marion Court
Modern youth defrauded intellectually and spiritually
A perceptive critique argues that today’s youth, though well informed by media, lack deep understanding. Professors from Virginia and California lament students’ reliance on surface information, disdain for textbooks, and preference for rapid, image driven content over real study or critical thinking.
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California University
Woody Woodpecker
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Stocks, earnings, and market psychology through history
Henry J. Taylor discusses how stock prices ride on supply and demand more than earnings, citing Dow highs and lows from 1929 to 1969. He notes margin rarity, cash waiting to enter, and the elusive link between earnings and price as markets swing with global sentiment and speculation.
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Church and Rockefeller clash over Latin arms debate
In Washington Senator Frank Church and Governor Nelson Rockefeller tangled over military aid to Latin America. Church, arguing against sending U.S. weapons abroad, faced Rockefeller’s view that arms curb communist influence and enable stable governments. The hearing underscored a broader pacifist stance versus hardline anti communist policy.
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Boston Tea Party and Other Historic Alerts
In 1733 American patriots dressed as Indians boarded a British vessel in Boston Harbor and dumped 342 chests of tea to protest taxation. A fire in New York City in 1885 put property at 20 million, firemen from Philadelphia assisted. In 1945 the Battle of the Bulge marked a large World War II German assault in Belgium. In 1985 a cyclone in Pakistan left 15,000 feared dead. A thought for the day cites H L Mencken on injustice versus justice.
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Oil firms drop sweepstakes after FTC prize findings
Two oil companies end sweepstakes promotions following an FTC report showing only ten percent of prizes are awarded and the top prize rarely goes to winners. The piece also notes rising urban violence and references Maoist exclusion from the UN China lobby.
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