Telegram Opinion on Draft Evaders After Vietnam War
The piece discusses the fate of up to 100,000 draft evaders living in exile, mainly in Canada and Sweden. It argues amnesty would be appeasement, cites a Montreal writer who rejects forgiveness, and contemplates whether staying at home to resist the draft would have created stronger moral testimony than exile.
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Canada
Sweden
New York Times
Montreal
Hager Williams
United States
Williams
Substantial rebuke at AFL CO convention in Miami Beach
The AFL CIO convention in Miami Beach saw a sharp rebuke of President Nixon with Coarge Meany’s gaveling and a refused performance of Hail to the Chief. The clash frames a broader conflict between the American union movement and Nixon’s policy shifts including Red China. Meany’s crude methods may yield limited effect, yet some hope remains.
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AFL CO
Miami Beach
Bynion
Coarge Meany
Aly. Minor
China
Meany
New York
Dackwaters
Richard Nixon
Mr. Meany
Private vs City Garbage Costs in New York Findings
The American Economic Foundation reports two NYC garbage groups, municipal crews and private carters serving about 125 000 businesses. City cost per ton is 48 dollars while private carters charge 17 50 plus profit taxes. In 1970 taxpayers covered 180 million for the non profit city service, suggesting private firms could have saved about 120 million. Private fleets maintain 540 trucks, ~95 percent operable. the City has 1 850 with ~65 percent working, implying private crews keep more of their fleet in service.
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New York City
Lawyers and Nixon Phase II loom over no fault debate
A columnist quips that no fault auto insurance may shift fees to lawyers, while Nixon's Phase II economics promise gains for the legal profession. He recounts a lawyer friend celebrating the plan as a dream, joking about rising fees and broader profits amid economic tinkering.
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Washington
Nixon
Brewmaker Chorued
Distenteteo satire and a lawyer in a clocked standoff
Art Buchwald recounts Brewmaker seeking government guidance on pricing corkscrews amid a Cost of Living Council inquiry. The clock ticking motif underscores delays, endless bureaucratic talk, and the futile quest for immediate answers as names like Saladash Corkscrews, Inc. surface in a tangential client roster.
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Ite
Wenny
Tye
Nixon
Brewmaker
Saladash
Saladash Corkscrews, Inc
Jis
Popcorn as a health snack and birth control pill question
Dr Lawrence Lamb reviews popcorn as a low fat snack when popped in small amounts of oil and salted lightly, praising its vitamin content and urging careful oil choice. He also notes a reader question on whether a 16 year old can obtain birth control pills without parental notification and defers to the doctor for prescription guidance.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
Bishops Lose Credibility Over Vietnam War Stance
In a Washington five day bishops meeting, critics say the Catholic hierarchy risks Stassenization as they call for ending the Vietnam War. The move, argued as urgent by Lawrence Cardinal Shehan, may erode authority further, with doubts it will influence Hanoi or THieu.
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Nixon
Vietnam
South Vietnam
U.S
10St Airborne
Peking
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Thieu
Hani
Sted
Bishops
Lawrence Cardinal Shehan
Baltimore
Liberal calls to expand credit threaten banks argues
The piece argues against extending credit to the poor, contending credit is not a right and lenders must be cautious. It cites Sen. Harrison A. Williams and Georgetown Professor Jason J. Newman proposing social aims for banking, warning such ideas would burden sound banks and depositors while pushing banks toward governance as social agencies.
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Harrison A. William D
Consumers Bankers Assn
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Sen. Williams
Jason_J. Newman
Georgetown University Law Center
Federal Reserve
Newman
Alma
Private mail services grow amid USPS cost cuts
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes that private firms like Independent Postal System of America, based in Oklahoma City, rapidly expanded since 1968 offering speedy third class mail not covered by the government monopoly. Officials downplay competition impact while UPS remains a major parcel post concern. The piece suggests private options may improve overall mail service amid rising rates.
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US Postal Service
U.S. News & World Report
Postal System of
Amevica
Oklahoma City
IPSA
U.S. News
United Parcel Service
U.S
Foul tips in baseball and other historical trivia
A compact survey of trivia including a baseball rule on foul tips designated as strikes, a 1805 presidential document sale for 11000, JFK quote on public service, four horsemen meaning, tides and moon relation, and pepper origins with pepper varieties from the same vine.
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