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Newspaper
Bridgeport Telegram
Location
Bridgeport, Connecticut, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1971
Page
12
The Bridgeport Telegram file notes an ad publish by The Post Publishing Company in Bridgeport Connecticut. It mentions the Beldoaport Telegram weekly edition and lists a street address at 10 Market Street. The notice highlights press operations and distribution details for the Sunday edition.
Secretary Rogers stated the United States will oppose expelling Taiwan from the United Nations and will push for dual representation. He argued that mainland China lacks true representation while Taiwan reflects more of the Chinese people’s will, framing the Nixon approach to Peking as a choice between two Chinas.
The House approved a bill to allow buses up to 102 inches wide, about 7 feet 6 inches, aiming to attract riders and ease congestion. Opponents warn the change sets a dangerous precedent, worsens wind turbulence, and risks pavement wear, urging Senate leadership to oppose the plan.
The University of Miami launches a program to train 20 PhDs to become MDs in two years. Northwestern University Medical School will start a six year physician training track for high school graduates. Dartmouth kicks off MEDEX training for physician assistants. Colorado develops five year Child Health Associate training to serve most children at reduced cost. Surveillance nurses and patient care coordinators expand roles in hospitals. The piece highlights urgent shortages in physicians dentists and nurses and argues for flexible, innovative medical education to meet rising health costs and demand.
An editor and economist Rob ert K Pepper argues that rising prices stem from too little money in circulation not too much. He notes 70 percent factory use and high inventories call for new markets and federal revenue sharing, public works billions, and coinage of new money while disputing deficits as inflation drivers.
President Nixon is deemed ineffective in curbing rising living costs as inflation grows. The piece criticizes his refusal to intervene in steel industry settlements, noting wage hikes and price increases that burden consumers. It argues Congress has delivered little beyond welfare reform this year.
A fragmented briefing notes Congress stalled on a wide reform agenda including comprehensive health, revenue sharing, prosperity in peacetime, environmental reform and federal reorganization. It cites labor strikes and stalled arbitration legislation while highlighting presidential candidates in Congress and reactions to a possible Red China visit.
Dispatches from Western ambassadors in China report Beijing seeks a negotiated settlement with Washington and Saigon. They say Hanoi must curb local Communist groups while China aims to end open war in South Vietnam and Laos. Beijing fears U S forces and conventional fighting will erode North Vietnam's position.
Federal deficit analysis quotes Nixon as the era’s biggest spender, noting a $591 billion spent since 1949 with $49 billion in deficits over two fiscal years. It discusses accounting methods, projected deficits for 1972, and calls for restraint amid debates on deficit growth. The piece cites past warnings and political rhetoric on budget discipline.
Senator Lee Metcalf cast a pivotal vote for a 250 million loan guarantee to Lockheed Aircraft as critics warned of unemployment. The tie breaking vote, joined by Senator Marion Cook, preserves thousands of Northwest jobs and 25 30 thousand British positions in Rolls engine production for the Tri Star jumbo. Banks and airlines backing Lockheed also stand to gain from the arrangement.
Century after its conception and 15 year build, the Statue of Liberty endures as a symbol of liberty. From Bartholdi’s design to Eiffel’s frame, French donations funded the work as waves of immigration surged. Emma Lazarus’s sonnet on the tablet at the statue’s foot echoes the enduring invitation: Give me your tired and poor, the huddled masses yearning to breathe free.
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