Popular savings plan boosts Christmas Club participation
The Christmas Club Corporation reports 17 776 000 Americans started club accounts this year totaling 2 684 784 000 dollars. Average membership is about 151 dollars with over 11 000 banks issuing November checks. About 700 000 000 from 1971 clubs will go to savings while the rest funds Christmas expenses and taxes. The gains reflect a strong pre Christmas savings attitude.
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Christmas Club Corporation
Christmas Club A Corporation
Tions
Crime problem in America and New York described
National magazine pictures residents in the largest city living behind locked doors while a New York newspaper chronicles parking and car theft woes on a fashionable street. The piece links crime to a third party, the fence, and criticizes cops, judges, and revolving doors in the justice system.
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National Magazine
New York
New old solution for school woes by Ralph Novak
Under Don Barr a conservative reformer, discipline is the answer to school woes. Barr argues limits in schools need not reflect the Bill of Rights and that children must learn rules to succeed in later life. He promotes traditional, firm discipline at Dalton School and in his essays.
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New York
Nea
Donald Barr
Barr
Columbia University
National Science Foundation
Dalton School
Atheneum
Charles Silberman
Meany Opens Round Two in Labor Fight Against Nixon
Victor Riesel reports from Bal Harbour that AFL CIO leader George Meany aims to widen his challenge to President Nixon. The National Labor meet signals possible general strike actions or broad demonstrations, with Meany openly clashing with the administration and planning a potential emergency convention in months.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
George Meany
Nixon
Meany
Schultz
Afl-Cio Executive Council
Ray Price
Key Biscayne
Herb Klein
Bill Safire
Bob Haldeman
Barr urges discipline as path to stronger schools
In a thoughtful critique, Barr argues for a return to stricter teaching discipline to restore respect for authority and develop character. He contends teachers deserve dignity, schools must instill responsibility, and structured guidance helps students resist negative peer pressure.
IRS on the prowl for price cheaters during price controls
IRS agents conduct 12 000 to 15 000 weekly checks on U S businesses asking for price lists. Firms must justify increases using formulas, with computer cross checks for rule compliance. The plan aims to curb price rises while nudging producers toward preserving demand and guarding against shortages.
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Washington
NEA
Internal Revenue Service
Declining U.S. birth rate hits lows not seen since 1930s
The National Center for Health Statistics reports July fertility at 77.5 births per 1000 women of childbearing age and 2,050,000 births in the first seven months, about two percent below 1970. Factors include liberalized abortion laws and recession impacting birth timing and numbers.
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U.S
National Center For Health Statistics
United States
Rehabilitation Pays Off in Government Vocational Programs
A new government report shows that U S vocational rehabilitation programs pay big dividends. John D Twiname of the Social and Rehabilitation Service notes 291272 persons rehabilitated in the past fiscal year. Before enrollment the average weekly wage for these handicapped workers was about 16 dollars. after completing the program the average rose to 69 dollars weekly. Nationally the earnings gain totals about 770 million dollars annually.
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U.S
John D. Twiname
Social and Rehabilitation Service
Dept. of Health, Education and Welfare
Change for better on mine safety at Bureau of Mines
The Bureau of Mines plans to remove Henry P. Wheeler from health and safety directorate and may replace him with Edward D. Failor. The editorial urges a first rate appointment and strict penalties for mine owners who flout regulations, citing widespread unsafe conditions in 1700 underground coal mines.
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Bureau of Mines
Henry P. Wheeler
Health and Safety
Wheeler
Bureau
Edward D. Failor
Elburt F. Osburn
Failor
Iowa Association of Coin Operated Laundries
Interior Department
ST. Louis Post-Dispatch
Daily Austin newspaper subscription rates and mailing info
The notice provides subscription prices for Austin Minnesota, with in town and rural delivery, rates by week, three months, six months and one year, and states all mail subscriptions must be prepaid. It lists publishing details for J Knox Dye and Thomas J Koeck and notes change of address to Box 578.
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Austin Daily Herald
2Nd St. N.E
Austin
Minnesota
J. Knox
Thomas J. Koeck
Raeingng Zéier
Minn
U.S
United
A.P.O
F.P.O
Turn Back the Clock to 30 Years Ago at Expo
Notes from media pages recall 30 years past when Richard D. Jones of Austin and 19 fellow University of Minnesota livestock students traveled with 35 college judging teams to the International Livestock Exposition in Chicago.
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Richard D. Jones
Austin
University of Minnesota
Chicago
United States
Canada
Mower County
Bournedale King
Priscilla Wright
Waterloo
Crane Addition
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By Ralph Novak
By Victor Riesel
Neil Simon
White House
Labor Hodgson
Organized Labor
Ters
Rockefeller Center
New York City
Vesta
America
Ray Cromley
IRS
Jacob
Amos
Will Rogers
Earl F. Brown
Grace Baptist Church
Calvary Baptist Church
Webster City
Iowa
Darrell Naber
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Naber
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