Americans Lose Faith in Government Says Michigan Study
The University of Michigan center reports Americans’ trust in government fell since 1984 and may have bottomed out. Trust rose briefly after Nixon’s resignation but waned after Ford’s pardon. 76 percent saw the pardon as a mistake. Republicans and Democrats show similar distrust amid inflation and unemployment concerns.
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Center For Political Studies
University of Michigan
Institue For Social Research
Richard Nixon
Ford
Nixon
Reigle Seeks Seven Day Work Week in Congress
Michigan Democrat Donald W. Reigle Jr urges a seven day congressional work week to spur energy and economic action, arguing for urgency amid an economic emergency. Critics note past attempts to curb the Friday to Monday “Tuesday Thursday Club” and suggest a five or four day week instead.
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Michigan
House
Donald W. Reigle Jr
Reigle
Rd Congress
Reply to Letters Defends Republic Over Democracy
Joseph R.K. Byers of David City replies to Gary Hassebrook, arguing the Soviet Union is not a republic and praising the Founding Fathers. He cites Madison and The Federalist to claim a republic protects individual rights while democracy risks mob rule.
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Gary Hassebrook
Soviet Union
Hassebrook
James Madison
Alexander Hamilton
John Jay
Joseph RK. Byers
David City
Newspaper Train Through Jersey City to Wilkes Barre
Foot-and-a-Half, a gray senior fireman with one foot lost in an accident, oversees a coal burning newspaper special pulling 190 miles from Jersey City to Wilkes Barre at 1 55 a.m. The crew loads thousands of papers into nine baggage cars as the old Chicago pulls into the slip. Big John, 20, works as fireman while the engineer reads ahead signals and calls Green over green.
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Exchange Place
Jersey City
Broadway Limited
Chicago
Moving World
New York Globe
the Times
The
Herald
Wilkes Sarre
Big John
deformed OCR fragments on Washington quote and 1931 date
Fragmentary text discusses George Washington missing by foot living to his 199th birthday. Contains political commentary about equal rights and wartime rations. The source presents a dated quotation style referencing Valley Forge and a critique of modern political life.
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George Washington
Nqne
Valley Forge
Close Call on the Rail: Cards Fortell a Near Tragedy
A freight wreck near Newark and New Brunswick is recounted through a driver’s memories. Cards reading doom warned of an accident as the special perishables train sped past Exchange Place toward Rahway. A man named Foot-and-a-Half died preventing a collision, leaving relatives and colleagues stunned by how close the railroading near Roosevelt’s era came to catastrophe.
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John
Jenny
Exchange Place
Manhattan Transfer
Newark Bridge
Theodore Roosevelt
Washinton
New York
Johnny
Big John
Rahway
N.J
New Brunswick
Trenton
Princeton Junction
Columbus Telegraph Freedom Message Charity Prayer Edition
The Columbus Telegram declares a freedom oriented publication, urging readers to promote self control and moral guidance inspired by religious and founding principles. It emphasizes freedom as a personal duty aligned with truth and the Golden Rule.
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Your Freedom
Doctor Lamb Answers Reader on Wry Neck Causes and Care
A reader with a decade long wry neck asks for relief. Dr. Lamb advises seeing a physical medicine specialist to identify underlying causes, such as neck vertebrae issues or a misaligned spine from a short leg, and notes acupuncture offers only temporary relief. He suggests stretching therapies and thorough cause search, with a future column and a diet booklet offer.
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Lamb
Dr. Lamb
P.O
Radio City
New York
N.Y
Flying Things Across and Down Word Puzzle List
A dense puzzle list featuring clues and partial answers across and down. Includes entries like Meadow, Soprano, Sanz, and various abbreviations. Provides hints such as former Turkish, winged pest, and crowley style terms in a quiz format.
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Stableman
Aavirer's
Stowe
Dougs
Four economic revolutions threaten future living standards
A Washington writer argues President Ford’s warnings of harder times, echoed by NS Foundation researchers and economists. He cites four strains on living standards: rising energy costs amid gas shortages, environmental protection spending, growing Social Security and Medicare burdens, and expanding welfare costs. He warns sacrifices will rise in the next years.
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Washington
Ford
National Science Foundation
United States
Ray Cromley Warns of Budgets Outpacing Production
Cromley argues that the Department of Health Education and Welfare budget now surpasses defense in size and is growing. He says rising programs cause economic strains as production must accelerate to meet demand, but forecasts are bleak with aging workforce and service shifts reducing producers. He warns that productivity and capital formation lag, predicting hard times if policies stay rosy.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Defense Department
Pnce
United States
Crisia
Brains for sale in a shifting global commodity plan
The United Nations conference on trade explores stockpiling raw materials from bauxite to copper and foods, but insiders doubt success. Arab oil blocs and a cartel outlook from commodity-rich nations threaten Western pricing power, while Japan pursues disciplined planning and logistics to serve energy-choked, commodity-rich partners.
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United Nations Conference On Trade and Range
Ayer Arial West
Japan
Third World
Venezuela
American Economic Foundation
Tokyo
U.S. isolationism cited amid energy and debt debate
The piece weighs U.S. policy on debt and inflation against Japan's growth, arguing Congress drives an unbalanced economy. It condemns deepwater oil port delays, offshore drilling blocks, and calls for self sufficiency while warning of poverty stricken isolationism under current Washington leadership. It contrasts 1930s fiscal restraint with present high prices and massive debt, criticizing Sen. Humphrey’s stance.
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Taiwan
New Jersey
New York State
U.S
Washington
Congress
Hubert Humphrey
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