Editorial argues for guaranteed income within capitalism debates
The piece surveys why Americans seek more material gains and examines ideas like a negative income tax and universal guaranteed income. It cites economists, poll data showing limited support, and quotes labor leaders while noting voters worry over costs and work incentives.
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United States
Washington
U.S
Milton Friedman
University of Chicago
Friedman
Gallup
American Federation of Labor and Congress of Industrial Organizations
Congress
Ghost Trail of Fort Belknap Loot Earns Texas Legend
The tale recounts a 1886 search for $18,000 buried near Fort Belknap discovery by XIT cowboy Belas Carter. Directions include a notched cactus, a metal ring, and gnawed clues leading to a hidden stash once believed cursed. Carter never recovered the treasure. locals still speculate its fate.
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Graham
Newcastle
Fort Belknap
Monterrey
Mex
Belas Carter
Carter
Texans In Congress Laud HemisFair Film But Split On Message
Congress members from Texas view the United States Pavilion film US as technically superb and revealing, yet disagree on its balance. Some praise its honesty about problems, while others call for more positive emphasis and broader credit for progress.
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Congress
United States Pavilion
Lyndon Johnson
Abraham Karen
Laredo
Graham Purcell
Wichita Falls
Henry Gonzalez
San Antonio
Dear Turnrow Tunker Dear Turnrow Tunker
A reader jokes about current events and public figures in a series of humorous quips. The column riffs on wheat prices in barber chairs and cotton in hospitals, air travel to Moscow, FTC cigarette advertising, Marlboro Country workers, golf equipment shafts, and political shifts under Johnson. The piece ends with a note on NLRB rulings about workplace conduct.
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FTC
Congress
Marlboro Country
Portneuf River bottle hint of past and present
A Portneuf River bottle found 38 years after disposal reveals a Pocatello family link and a note dated 1930. The piece sits beside reflections on the Golden Rule and the idea that kind acts return to the doer, as preached by JC Penney and echoed through moral exhortations.
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Chicago
Ernett J. Mc- Morrow
Mc- Morrow
Idaho
Portneuf
Pocatello
Portneuf River
Eva Brockway
Robert Brockway
Mayme Brockway
Clarence Brockway
Mayme
Eva
Robert
Sodas and refrigerators sell fast at Phu Bai PX in heat
In May Task Force X-Ray 1st Marine Division PX sold over a million soda cans as 36 refrigerators disappeared in under 45 minutes. Managers cite extreme heat driving demand while rationing sodas and noting fans ice chests and canned foods also move quickly. The PX plans expansion to double stock and size. A separate jet route detour to Vietnam via the polar path prompted a Marine to joke about Alaska’s cold while refueling in Anchorage.
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Vietnam
Post Exchange
X-Ray
1St Marine Division
Charles M. Stain
Albany
Sgt
David P. McNulty
Maywood
Phu Bai
Stain
Exchange
Marine Corps Air Station
el Toro
Calif
Hawaii
Anchorage
Alaska
Palo Duro Canyon and Texas pageant praised by critic
Roy Scudday endorses a trip to Palo Duro Canyon for its scenic beauty and the stage production Texas! He notes the canyon’s colors, the Prairie Dog Town Fork river, and the acoustics enhancing the two and a half hour pageant about Texas settlement and frontier conflict. He also explains a formatting joke about Col. Shrdlu interrupting Sunday columns.
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Palo Duro Canyon
Texas
Canyon
Panhandle
Prairie Dog Town
Red River
Palo Duro
Texas Panhandle
HemisFair'68 Shows West-Front Glitz Amid Crowds in San Antonio
At the San Antonio World's Fair HemisFair'68 visitors flock to the Wild West show by Tommy Worrell featuring a bank robbery skit with real blanks and ad lib dialogue. The event, part of free on-site entertainment, complements a record-setting attendance pace with daily crowds, celebrity visitors, and a mix of cultural and children's attractions.
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Clark Fisher
San Angelo
San Antonio
America
Ralph Yarborough
Jim Wright
Fort Worth
Tommy Worrell
Worrell
San Anto
Mike Cristroletti
Cristofoletti
Huntline
Tutin
Marshall
Christofoletti
HemisFair
Visitor Services, Inc
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Johnson
Rene Barr
Bolivia
Uirill
Pat Boone
Tower of the Americas
U.S
Australia
Fd Clarke
W.W. McAllister
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Billie Norman
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George Bush
Houston
Bush
Richard White
el Paso Democrat
Jol
Pickle
Austin Democrat
Turnrow Tunker
D. C. McBride
New York
Moscow
Orville Freeman
Supreme Court
Lyndon
NLRB
Koheleth
Man
Galilee
J.C. Penney
J. C. Penney
By Roy Scudday
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Col. Shrdlu
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