Business methods for social programs questioned
The Childress Index prints an opinion column by Don Oakley on applying management principles to government and social programs. He argues for Socio-Economic Management with qualitative and quantitative standards and audits to ensure resources meet true objectives rather than simply counting inputs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David F. Linowes
Linowes
U.S. State Department
United Nations
Center City
District C
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Janeway Still Politely Dismantles the New Economy Plan
AP examines Eliot Janeway’s ongoing critique of Washington policies after the new plan’s unveiling. He predicts a Dow drop to 500, labor unrest, and budget clashes with Rep. Mills, arguing administration ignores history and critics. He defends Mills and urges a stretchout to relieve wage price pressures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Cunniff
New York
Eliot Janeway
Wilbur Mills
Janeway
Washington
Mills
House
Ways and Means Committee
America
Javelina Invades Sumner Texas Barnyard Killed by Farmer
In Lamar County near Sumner Texas a 42 pound javelina invaded Ful ton Stephens' barnyard. He killed the animal to protect his livestock and poultry. Wildlife officials say it was likely transported there and escaped from its origin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Tex
Fulton Stephens
Sumner
Lamar County
Stephens
Letter policy blocks unsigned opinions on local race
Morris Higley notes a policy requiring a signed byline before publication while reporting on a Texas congressional race between Graham Purcell and Bob Price. He mentions Bob Price’s appearance at a Junior High event and criticizes Texas redistricting and Austin politicians, singling out Jack Hightower as the one worthy in 1972.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virgil McGee
Texas
Graham Purcell
Bob Price
Washington
Boyle Column Memories and Honest Wrestling in Life
In Hal Boyle's column memory becomes a rich scrapbook of past delights and simple truths. He recalls neighborhood dogs named Hector and Tige, the belief in wrestling's honesty, and the pride of winning a pie-baking contest at the community fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Hector
Agnew Feels Dubbed Out by Nixon White House
Vice President Spiro Agnew feels increasingly excluded from key decisions as President Nixon and aides proceed without him. Observers note Agnew’s pride and growing estrangement, with talk that Nixon may drop him from the 1972 ticket.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
Spiro T. Agnew
Nixon
Agnew
China
Peking
White House
Texas
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Those Were the Days Remembered in Historic Midcentury Outlook
A nostalgic reminiscence contrasts old time politics and manners with early modern life. It recalls politicians wearing galluses, phrenology’s popularity, high school yearbook fondness, job loss stigma, margarine in groceries, commute times, new automobiles, domestic labor norms, environmental worries, and social gossip at parties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dad
America
Lindsay switches parties and reshapes 1972 race outlook
The piece examines John Lindsay’s move from Republican to Democrat and its impact on the 1972 presidential race. It notes past defections by Theodore Roosevelt and others, argues party labels carry limited ideological meaning in the US, and suggests Lindsay’s fate now hinges on Democratic primary performance and voter mood in key states.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Lindsay
New York
Richard Nixon
Lindsay
Spiro Agnew
Arthur Goldberg
Teddy Roosevelt
Wayne Morse
John D. Rockefeller
Richard J. Daley
Len Strom Thurmond
R-S.c
Roosevelt
New Hampshire
Charles H Percy
Illinois
Jacob K. Javits
Mission Impossible plans domestic season six with new focus
Producer Bruce Lansbury says Mission Impossible shifts to American organized crime themes in its sixth season with a smaller team. Leonard Nimoy remains part of the cast. Peter Graves leads, Greg Morris and Peter Lupus survive, Lynda Day George joins as the new female agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cynthia Lowry
Hollywood
Mission: Impossible
Bruce Lansbury
Lansbury
Africa
Leonard Nimoy
Martin Landau
Peter Graves
Greg Morris
Peter Lupus
Lynda Day George
This Day in History August Twenty Sixth
The Aug 26, 1971 issue notes key events from 1920 when the 19th Amendment guaranteed women's suffrage, to Crecy’s first artillery use in 1316, Hals birth in 1534, Hutchinson mob attack in 1765, and later dates on Berlin access, South Vietnam troop totals, and the US wholesale index. It also reports enrollments at Kentucky public universities expected to rise for four years before leveling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
U.S
Crecy
France
Frans Hals
Thomas Hutchinson
Massachusetts
Adolf Hitler
Saar
Germany
Japan
Soviet Union
Berlin
South Vietnam
Frankfort, Ky
Kentucky
Arabs in Israel employ hundreds of West Bank Gaza workers
As of early 1971 more than 20,000 Arabs from the West Bank of the Jordan were employed in Israel and an additional 8,500 Arabs from the Gaza Strip held work in Israel.
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Tel Aviv
West Bank
Jordan
Israel
Gaza Strip
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Main Street
Childress
Childress Index, Inc
Ox Bow Printing, Inc
By Don Oakley
Business Mirror
Morris Higley
Congress
Austin
Jack Hightower
Boyle
Bruce Biossat Agnew
Spiro
Mid Kaye
Editorial
By Roger Bollen
Welk
King Size Wallet
Grandpa
Grandma
Ieccerce
Etio Y
Elarive Non
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