Repeal of Taft-Hartley Section 14( b) sparks debate
The piece argues against repealing Taft-Hartley Section 14(b) noting Democratic candidates favor it and that Right to Work laws have spread to 19 states. It discusses union rights and individual choice, warning repeal could end the right to decide union membership for workers. The debate weighs political and labor implications without taking a fixed side.
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Harry Truman
Toto
Truman
Carter
Organized Labor
Taft-Hartley
Costs rise with consumption and gasoline prices
The article notes tens of millions of Americans traveling by car and more staying home will face higher gasoline costs. Marathon Oil executive Jack Herring cites importing foreign crude as lifting prices, while price controls and policy shifts are blamed for reducing incentives to boost domestic energy, predicting higher prices regardless of source.
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Jack Herring
Marathon Oil Co
Herring
America
Sewspa Enterprise Assn
Old age debate on funding and national finance
A reader commentary critiques the growing old population and Social Security as tax money taken from the young. It urges Congress to balance the budget and possibly trim benefits to avoid inflation and national bankruptcy. The piece also mentions De Gaulle asking for foreign troops removal, Pentagon Papers, JFK and RFK assassination claims, a birthday note for Billy Williams, and a Thought for today by Thomas Wolfe.
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DeGaulle
New York Times
Pentagon
Rockefeller
John Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Fed relief promise collides with steel price surge
The piece argues high interest rates slow the economy while steel prices rise and profits lag. It questions whether Fed actions curb demand in cars and housing, noting impact on consumer costs and entrepreneurship, and cites the 1962 independence of Rwanda and Burundi as a dated aside.
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Armerican
Obods
Federal Reserve of
Rae
Fed
June 15 History Highlights Through the Ages
On this date in 1215 King John sealed Magna Carta granting liberties. Benjamin Franklin linked lightning to electricity in Philadelphia. Arkansas entered statehood in 1836. The General Slocum disaster killed over 1,000 in 1904 off Manhattan. Hoover nomination followed 1928 Republican convention in Kansas City. Germans breached the Maginot Line in 1940 during World War II.
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George Washington
Arkansas
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Kansas City
Herbert Hoover
France
Defense
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Child driver frightens owners in Hutchinson parking lot
Mrs Bernard James warns against leaving keys in cars after her 6 year old son Sean backed a car out and drove it about 150 to 200 feet in a wide arc through a lot before hitting two parked cars. She recalls it with a laugh.
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Kan
Bernard James
Sean
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