Mills Deal With Japan Textile Industry Called Fraud
Wilbur Mills of Arkansas made a lone commitment to cap imports from Japan on textiles and apparel with a single overall ceiling. The plan could shift to costly man made fibers and harm U S industry, drawing criticism from textile unions and administration officials. Korea Taiwan and Hong Kong have shown cool reactions as Congress weighs the move.
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Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
House Ways and Means
Washington
White House
Mills
Congress
U.S
Michael Daniels
Daniels
Japa
Nixon
Korea
Taiwan
Hong Kong
House
Senate
Wage versus price debate in Appalachian letters
A reader questions Gene McDonald's wage estimate of 3.50 per hour and its daily income in Appalachia. The letter argues wage and price controls may stabilize economics amid rising hamburger and living costs and attacks perceived union privilege and consumer impacts.
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Gene McDonald
Appalachian
Appalachia
Nixon
Athens City Man Killed In Truck Crash
A March 29 1971 Athens Ohio report notes a fatal traffic accident involving a local man and a truck. Authorities investigate at the scene while emergency crews assist. The incident occurred in Athens and affects nearby residents and services.
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Athens
Ohio
Congress Advances 18 Year Voting Amendment To States
Congress sent to the states a proposed constitutional change lowering the voting age to 18 for all elections. If ratified by 38 states, it would expand the electorate to about 11 million 18 to 21 year olds and avoid dual voting costs.
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Congress
Supreme Court
Georgia
Kentucky
Alaska
Senate
House
50 Years Ago in Hartford Sleuths Probe Soviet Suspects
The Messenger recounts 50 years past when John E Hoover head of the anti bomb unit said U S agents were probing 9 reported Soviet agent activities in Hartford Conn State Senator LeFever of Athens County proposed bills to force tuberculosis patients into hospital isolation and cut hospitalization costs Selective Service Director Hershey told Congress the draft law must be extended to recruit 600000 men in 1946 Ohio University pledged GI Bill payments to student veterans after ex servicemen threatened to quit school over funding concerns
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United States
Hartford
Conn
LeFever
Athens County
Selective Service
Lewis B. Hershey
Congress
Ohio University
Ohio
John Gilligan
Benjamin Davis
Air Force
Stokes
James Tate
Philadelphia
Tate
Frank Rizzo
Letter Praise in Ohio Sparks Salary Debate
Citizen praises Gene E. McDonald for a March 23 letter urging wage fairness. The writer condemns officials seeking higher pay while working people face salary cuts or layoffs, echoing concerns about pay disparities between leaders and workers.
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Gene E. McDonald
Nixon
Ohio
Honest People Return Lost Wallet in Athens
A resident thanks local citizens after a young woman Jean Dulaney retrieved a lost billfold containing a week's pay, driver's license and important papers and delivered it to Logan's Bookstore, with a follow up card confirming its return.
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Athens
Jean Dulaney
Logan’s
Lowenstein Plans Bipartisan Rally to Register 23 Million Voters
Allard K. Lowenstein leads an April 18 campaign in Providence to launch a revised version of The dumping of the President aimed at registering 23 million new voters. Rep. Donald W. Riegle Jr. is among Republican supporters joining the antiwar effort alongside Paul McCloskey and Charles Goodell with Birch Bayh among Democratic figures confirming attendance.
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L.A. Times
Washington Post
Washington
Paul Revere
Allard K. Lowenstein
Richard Nixon
White House
Lowenstein
Boston
Providence
R.I
Donald W. Riegle Jr
Michigan
Paul N
Pete) McCloskey
California
Charles Goodell
New York
Birch Bayh
Indiana
Dump Nixon drive aims to mobilize youth voters in 1968 race
Lawrence Lessig? Actually, text references All but main figure is John Lowenstein planning a Dump Nixon movement to rally young voters and campuses against Nixon in 1968. He foresees potential for liberal coalition on foreign policy and domestic income distribution, while warning radicals may hurt by divisive tactics.
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Lowenstein
Nixon
The Messenger pricing and mailing notice
Daily edition availability and rates listed by The Messenger Publishing Co. in Athens Ohio. Includes delivery terms by carrier and tube route, postage by mail within Ohio West Virginia and elsewhere, plus subscription rates and post office classification details.
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Athens Messenger
the Messenger Publishing Company
West Union Street
Athens
Ohio
Frederick W. Bush
Gordon K. Bush
D&s
West Virginia
U.S. & Possessions
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the Messenger Publishing Co
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Urban Mayors Lose Clout as National Power Shifts
Washington Insight notes the shrinking political influence of large city mayors after a White House meeting with President Nixon. It highlights San Francisco Mayor Alioto and peers like Stokes, Tate, Lindsay, and Rizzo, urging shifts toward regional merger of cities and suburbs with direct funding beyond urban governments.
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Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Alioto
Big City
White House
Nixon
Carl Stokes
Cleveland
Stokes
Lindsay
Pete McCloskey
California
Wes Uhlman
Seattle
John Ehrlichman
House of Representatives
House
Pennsylvania
Tate
Peter Flaherty
Pittsburgh
Edmund Muskie
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