Meany proposes nationalizing industries to curb strikes
George Meany president of the AFL-CIO urged nationalizing all industries that cannot endure a strike without public harm at the Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union convention in New York. He warned Congress could seize railroads and other vital sectors, calling such a move socialist and unthinkable under private enterprise.
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George Meany
Afl-Cio
Oil, Chemical and Atomic Workers Union
New York
Meany
Congress
Soaring Savings Drive U.S. Bank Deposits Rise
Americans rebuilt cash reserves after rates peaked, fueling a surge in savings across banks. Through July deposits rose about $14.0 billion in time deposits at commercial banks, with a 17 percent annual growth rate, while savings and loan accounts gained $6.1 billion and mutual savings added $3.1 billion.
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Federal Reserve
Mutual Sav
Savings banks fuel housing boom and loan growth
Savings and loan institutions drive a housing rebound as mortgage commitments reach 3.4 billion dollars, while July starts soar to 1.4 million units and retail sales stay robust at 26 to 26.7 billion dollars. The data show renewed consumer spending and replenished savings amid national affluence.
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Ings
Census Bureau
Savings and Loan Savings
Sharing Good Health Through Export of Medical Knowledge
Dr. Michael DeBakey urged the United States to send leading doctors abroad to lecture and perform operations, fund modern equipment, and share medical expertise globally. In Milan he performed nine heart surgeries and in Belgrade ten, funded personally with a team and equipment.
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Michael DeBakey
Houston
Tex
Milan
Italy
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
DeBakey
Years From Now Predicted To Bring Computer Networks
Elmer B Staats warns at Hamilton New York dedication that giant computers will form nationwide and global networks giving outlets to offices and homes. He suggests books banks printers and stenographers could vanish while newspapers might be disrupted by television. He notes current newspaper growth counters the alarm. Next prophecy?
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Elmer B. Staats
United States
American Management Association
New Manager
Hamilton
N. Y
Staats
Glumville-by-the- Sea
The Vietnam Question What’s the answer
The Johnson administration claims a plan to deter North Vietnam with intensified air attacks to curb the flow of troops and supplies. McNamara argues targets focus on military lines of communication and that total victory by bombardment is not feasible without wider war. Ford challenges the strategy, while Johnson quietly escalates bombing. The stalemate persists with no clear path to victory.
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Vietnam
Robert S. McNamara
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
U. S
Gerald R. Ford
Michigan
House Republicans
McNamara
Ford
Red China
Joint Chiefs of Staff
South
Bahamian Growth Crest Fades Into Political Alarm
William F Buckley Jr examines the Grand Bahama Hawksbill Creek era under Prime Minister Lynden Pindling. He notes a remarkable tax regime and rapid hotel expansion from 33 rooms in 1963 to 2,400 now, boosting tourism and commerce while tensions rise with Nassau elites and Bay Street power.
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Lynden O. Pindling
Bahamas
Freeport
Grand Bahama Island
Havana
Fidel Castro
G. B. Development Company
Nassau
Pindling pledges growth and aid in Bahamas speech
The Bahamas premier addressed a Nassau banquet stressing private enterprise to spur Grand Bahama development and thanking American partners. He named 1955 Hawksbill Creek Act as a cornerstone while denying repeal rumors and urging a practical approach to poverty. He offered his contact details and urged a new vibrant Anglo American partnership.
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Grand Bahama
Pindling
Nassau
Caribbean
Latin America
Reagan Calls for Honorable Disengagement in Vietnam War
Governor Ronald Reagan of California advocates extricating the United States from Vietnam with an honorable disengagement. He argues that the way to leave is to win the war, and remarks that this approach appears increasingly correct.
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Ronald Reagan
California
United States
Vietnam
Letters from HAL BOYLE on modern life and manners
A collage of Hal Boyle lines lampoons vanity and ambition. A resort honeymoon offer praises old ties while a gallery brag mocks pretensions and a campus fund note returns a small check. Other letters skew family, employment, and social missteps with wry, pointed humor.
Fordham hosts Bensalem college for motivated students
A six week old program guided by Dr Elizabeth Sewell offers a three year, full time course in a four story Fordham area building. Thirty seven students 13 men and 17 women share cooking and housekeeping while seven faculty members help tailor individual curriculums. The aim is student led study with no bored classes and a bachelors degree after three years with no vacations.
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Fordham University
Bensalem College
Francis Bacon
Island
Elizabeth Sewell
Fordham
Sewell
Bensalem
Utopia
White Fleet plan aims mercy ships for aid effort
Rep Seymour Halpern of New York proposes converting the mothball fleet into a great white fleet of mercy ships to fight disease and hunger, aid disaster victims, and help build new nations. He links funding to foreign aid rather than domestic costs.
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Seymour Halpern
New York
Republican
Sihanouk admits aiding North Vietnamese in broadcast
Cambodia's Prince Norodom Sihanouk, in a domestic radio address, says the country has aided the North Vietnamese and Viet Cong. He warns that further remarks could provoke American bombing and death to others, supporting charges that he has given asylum to the enemy.
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Prince Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
The Athens Messenger Advertising and delivery rates
The Athens Messenger lists daily publication weekdays with Sunday edition, pricing per copy and mailing options. Rates include one week ten cents weekdays and fifteen cents Sunday, carrier and mail delivery in US and possessions, and subscription plans of one year for 18.00.
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Associated Press
Ohio
W.va
US & Possessions
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