Union pressure shifts to trousers in nationwide boycott
The ACW targets Farah Manufacturing Co for unionizing its 9500 worker plant in El Paso Texas. After a May strike only 14 percent walked off, allies push boycott tactics backed by liberal and radical supporters. Public purchasing choices can end or advance such product pressure campaigns.
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California
Farah Manufacturing Co
el Paso
Tex
Amalgamated Clothing Workers
ACW
Farah
Ge Garmentmakers
Chavez
Marat
Washington, D. C
The Case Against Baseballs Designated Pinch Hitter Change
An opinion piece argues the American Leagues DPH rule shifts threaten tradition and fan engagement. It criticizes shortening the sport’s tempo, claims attendance won’t rise, and laments loss of historic continuity from Ruth to Mantle while condemning broader cultural shifts in baseball.
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Hher Trease
Sombcéne
National League
Nolan Ryan
Waller Dobnson
Babe Ruths
Sten Musials
Micky Mantles
Postmark romance fades as USPS moves to automation
The US Postal Service plans to remove town names from postmarks in favor of automated Area Mail Processing Centers. Smaller towns will lose legible city names and dates, leaving only state abbreviations and partial ZIP data, unsettling stamp collectors who prize unique postmark names like Rabbit Hash and Pure Air.
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Orig
Postal
Hetvice
Lo Ic
Ampu
Credibility gap haunts Lindsay on 1976 bid rumor
Nashville banter reports New York City Mayor John Lindsay facing credibility issues after a bungled reply about pursuing the Democratic nomination in 1976. Lindsay acknowledged a skewed image in Florida and Wisconsin and quips about his family and friends.
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New York City
Jon Lindsay
Lindsay
Florida
Wisconsin
Inflation Talk in 1974 Lamb Prices and Crust Shortages
Washington officials announced November wholesale prices rose again with lamb at $33.30 per pound and butter at $19. The president’s adviser Mr Rasher says declines in turnip greens and watermelon suds offer inflation relief if the pattern continues, while eggs and bread costs prompt questions about food affordability and a forthcoming lower price forecast.
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Washington, DC
Osc
Samley Rasher
President's Council of Economic Advisers
Rasher
North Dakota
Dwquary
Department of Agriculture
Dairy Farmers of America
Bread costs and milk price questions in media interview
The interview discusses bread at 815 a loaf, milk at 10 a quart, and a 2 raise in 1973, with assertions the rise was not campaign related. It predicts modest coffee and bacon increases and suggests frugal shopping can feed a family of four for five dollars weekly, noting November was a good month for consumers.
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Rasher
Sivv
Telegram Editorial Faith in Freedom and Self-Governance
The Telegram expresses a belief that true freedom comes from self control and production, framed as a divine gift rather than government grant. It argues freedom requires moral consistency with commandments and the Golden Rule, urging peace beginning with the individual.
Noisy crossword style puzzle list explodes into word fragments
Fragmented reader puzzle row listing numerous cryptic clues and partial word fragments across languages and themes. The jumble includes names, places, numbers, foods, objects, and descriptors, suggesting a crossword or word association feature with scattered hints and incomplete entries.
Lincoln's Doctor's Dog and the Diet Sex Bestseller Trend
A spoof on popular book titles notes a shift toward combining sex and dieting themes. It cites Abraham Friedman’s How Sex Can Keep You Slim as a Prentice Hall push that touts calorie burning through intercourse and snack substitution.
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Abraham Lincoln
Lincoln
Abraham Friedman
M-D
Prentice-Hall
Q&A Quiz From the Bible to Birds and Inventions
A reader quiz lists items from Job to Archibald MacLeish’s J B a poetic drama meteorites and meteoroids the U S president’s salary Edison’s phonograph the only flying mammal the last signer of the Constitution James Madison and birds’ primary feathers.
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Job
Archibald MacLeish
J.B
James Madison
Violence and perversity in the new left ranks
An analysis of sixties radicalism cites violence and self-destruction as integral elements. It profiles Marshall Bloom and Robert Starobin, detailing brutal faction conflicts, suicides, and self-mutilating acts amid underground movements and antiwar activism. Diana Oughton’s explosive death and related incidents are noted as part of a broader pattern.
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Diana Oughton
Greenwich Village
Sam
Melville
Attica
Kathy Boudin
Bernardi Dohrn
Mark Rudd
Lewis Feuér
Annals of the American Academy
Feuer
Marshall Bloom
Starphin
Bloom
Denver
First Carne
London School of Fronomies
Britain
London Times
Thom
New England
Tim
LNSNA
Mungo
Robert Starobin
Petier
Charles Neichian
Starobin
Joseph Starobin
The
Daily Worker
Berkeley
Confederacy
Denmark Vesey
Black Panther
Ite
Diana
Onetime POW recalls how it was
A former prisoner of the Japanese in World War II details six months in solitary confinement and daily interrogations. He describes survival under disease, starvation, and abuse, and says the experience forged inner pride and resilience pivotal for reintegration with family and society. He cautions against overprotective postwar expectations and urges recognizing POWs as ordinary people who endured crisis with dignity.
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Washington
Tam
Barbs by Phil Pastoret Summary
Barbs by Phil Pastoret mocks weight watchers and windstorm naming politics. It riffs on pricey housing, tax-like wallet fees, and social signs while poking at bumper sticker readers and retirement planning. The tone is satirical and brusque.
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King of Siam
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Stupely
Nebraska
Belrshiuel
Witdoxos
Husheveler
Pazsle
U.S
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Phonograph
Rabe
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Cromley
Phil Pastoret
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