Parochiaid Debate Arouses Courts and Catholic Schools
The article surveys parochial aid politics as Hubert Humphrey supports tax credits for nonpublic students while courts strike down state programs. It notes Ohio and New York rulings, Monsignor Novicky’s protests, and calls for a constitutional amendment to resolve state aid to religious education. It also mentions a legal path via charitable donation deductions and contrasts with broader church funding questions.
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Hubert Humphrey
Nixon
New York
Ohio
William N. Novicky
Cleveland Catholic Dioscese
Novicky
Washington
U.S
Congress
Market optimism persists amid cautious outlook for 1972
AP notes analysts see a constructive market despite volatility. Spear & Staff cite a 15.9 current P E ratio and a projection of 14.7 percent earnings gain next year, while Hornblower Weeks Hemphill Noyes point to rising GNP, strong leading indicators, favorable earnings, and expanding money supply.
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John Cunniff
New York
Spear & Staff, Inc
S&s
SDS
Hornblower & Weeks- Hemphill
Noyes
Wall Street
Prairie dog decline tied to extermination programs
The prairie dog, a North American ground squirrel, forms burrow towns and has become endangered outside refuges due to large-scale extermination efforts. A century ago an estimated 5 billion inhabited the Great Plains.
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Great Plains
Rural Texas town shows growth potential in housing and industry
The piece surveys Childress Texas highlighting a large airport and WWII bomber school turned hangars, Lancer Homes expanding to 27 weekly units, Flair Fashins payroll nearing a million dollars, and efforts to build rural labor supply despite perceived shortages.
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Allen Hall
Dallas News
Four Winds
Childress
Texas
Air Force
Wayne Shaw
Lost In
A nameless worker, John Doe, helps at a Veterans of Foreign Wars convention. He borrows two rifles for funeral volleys, attracting Secret Service attention as President Nixon was set to visit soon. The tale blends VFW humor with cautionary notes on security and labor.
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John
Veterans Post
Robert E. Ford
Associated Press
John Doe
VFW
Secret Service
Nixon
History highlights from May 16 across years
On this date in 1775 Massachusetts adopted the first state constitution. Other notable events include Marie Antoinette's marriage in 1770 and British Columbia joining Canada in 1871.
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Associated Press
United States
Massachusetts
Marie Antoinette
Louis XVI
France
British Columbia
Canada
U. S. Supreme Court
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Paris
Ussr
The Diluting of Experience Says Boorstin in Washington
Smithsonian historian Daniel J. Boorstin argues that democratized access to travel music drama sports and television dilutes rich living. He warns excess experiences blur individuality and magnify discontent as crowds drown meaning and bring only thin living.
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Washington
Nea
Daniel J. Boorstin
Smithsonian Institution
Boorstin
Yosemite
The first shorthand system by Marcus Tullius Tiro
In 63 B.C. Rome Marcus Tullius Tiro created the earliest shorthand to record senate speeches by Cicero and other speakers, enabling rapid note taking and transcription. The method aided political and literary record keeping in ancient times.
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Marcus Tullius Tiro
Rome
B.C
Cicero
Seneca
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