Inflation controls. Nixon plans extension through 1973
Editorial notes inflation slowed but wage and price pressures grow. November jobless 5.2 percent, above Nixon's 5 percent goal. Nixon to extend wage price controls beyond April 30 and freeze federal hiring, promotions, and executive pay through 1973. Schultz warns consultations on changes. spending cap kept below 250 billion. Global inflation harms growth and prompts calls for restraint.
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Output and workers decline lift productivity and living
New York AP reports that from 1950 to 1970 average hours per worker fell about 0.5 percent annually while output per worker rose 2.5 percent yearly. Greater production raised living standards about 2 percent yearly. leisure choices limited gains. Productivity remains complex and central to America’s economic edge.
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Advertising Council
National Commission On Productivity
Differences over political control of Vietnam keep peace distant
Kissinger says core disagreements over South Vietnam’s political status block a settlement. Both sides clash on whether Saigon can exist independently of Hanoi, with U S aims for a stable cease era and Thieu demanding full sovereignty and North Vietnamese withdrawal, while Hanoi seeks a looser ceasefire and ongoing support for Viet Cong.
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Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
Vietnam
South Vietnam
North Vietnam
Kissinger
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17Th Parallel
United States
le Duc Tho
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International Control Commission
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van Thieu
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Paris
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Mailbag notes on everyday wonders and quips
HAL BOYLE shares quick curios from readers and trivia tidbits. He notes the Gulf Stream's vast water flow, Pierce’s request for the White House Christmas tree, a tiny language dialect, and the English lexicon's size. He tosses in quotable lines and a playful life-amounts statistic, ending with a wry line about minutes and tears.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Gulf Stream
National Geographic Society
Franklin Pierce
White House
South America
Bertrand Russell
The Ice King Defeated by Santa and Friends
In a polar odyssey, Santa, Oonik, Keotuk and a loyal polar bear pull a sled to an icy castle. They confront the Ice King, whose frostbound workshop unleashes storms and avalanches. Santa confronts him and, after a tense moment, the Ice King yields.
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Policymaking on TV networks sparks license renewal scrutiny
White House official Clay Whitehead proposes FCC license renewal conditioned on broadcasters showing balanced coverage. He accuses networks of bias and “ideological plagiarism” and urges action against plugola and suppression of information, framing the plan as accountability, not punishment.
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Washington
Clay T. Whitehead
White House
Office of Telecommunications Policy
Whitehead
Indianapolis
Professional Journalism Society
Sigma Delta Chi
Spiro T. Agnew
Indiana
Federal Communications Commission
Christmas Program Impresses with Traditional and Modern Parts
reader Kathie Hanson praises the Evangelical Covenant Church Christmas program held on Sunday December 17. She notes a two part show with children singing old favorites slides and a modern section with a Teen Choir and instruments. she thanks the volunteers for their hard work. Wendell H Bushong calls Bemidji City Council to accelerate the sewage disposal project due to pollution concerns on Cass Lake and urges action now to protect the Father of Waters.
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Evangelical Covenant Church
Kathie Hanson
Bemidji City
Bemidji
Wendell H. Bushong
Scrambler Across Puzzle Clues and Answers
A compact listing of Scrambler puzzle clues with numerous entries and cross references. Includes hints for across and down words such as harsh sound ransoms girl s name join hinder and many others, pointing to a filled grid of synonyms, abbreviations, and thematic terms.
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