Transportation Dept Letter Mockery Echoes Parkinsons Law
A fragmented screed from a Freedom Newspaper editor reproduces a December 2 1970 Office of Public Affairs letter from the U S Department of Transportation. The piece mocks government spending explaining the cost to taxpayers plus a humorous New Year greeting. It notes the letter's tone and references a Platte County reader audience. The writer suggests the public may see how hard earned taxes are being used and connects the matter to Parkinsons Law.
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Freedom
Department of Transportation
Washington
Tre Lofterhiend
Secretary of Transportation
Oon Transportation
Tdilor
Willian
Webb
Ass’t
Office of Public Afairs
Platte County
Leal
Cisior
Have We Learned About Economic Policy and Inflation
The author argues the government used deliberate recession, deficit spending, low interest rates, and wage controls to spur growth while inflation remains. It compares policy to striking tires or adding sand to a hot engine, warning that brakes such as taxation were late and that lessons from 1965 may be missed again.
Bradley Warns Communism Poses Major Threat to U S
General Omar N Bradley, the nation’s lone surviving five star leader, warned at the National Press Club that imperialist communism and its allied countries threaten U S security. He cited brush-fire wars in Korea and Vietnam and invasions in Hungary and Czechoslovakia as examples of the danger.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Press Club
Washington
Omar N. Bradley
Thaleis
Korea
Vietnam
Hungary
Czechoslovakia
General Bradley
Abbie Wolfman
William Kunstler
New York Times
Bradley
Manchester
N.H
Mrs Tanner Seeks Help In Crumbling World Of Stimuli
Mrs Tanner visits Dr Federman unable to name her distress. He shows slides of explicit scenes and headlines about rising costs and Vietnam havoc, asking for reactions as she remains unsettled and unresponsive to ordinary stimuli.
Shocked by images and a cure for shocklessness
A doctor presents a slide show featuring Detroit pollution and a dorm scene, diagnosing Mrs. Tanner with shocklessness. He advises three months of abstaining from media to restore shock response, joking that her reaction proves the point and charging $60.
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Lake St
Deeler
Almanac notes for Saturday January 18 1973
United Press almanac entry lists the date as Saturday January 18 1973 with notes on lunar phases and planetary positions including Moon between full and last quarter and movements of Venus Jupiter and Mars.
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Venus
Jupiter
Mars
Question and Answer Log From A Curious Almanac
A dated miscellany mixes celestial notes with trivia. It cites Saturn as the evening symbol for a birthday, notes historical dates such as 1833 Civil Service reform, Prohibition, and a 1962 Texas tower incident, then lists Q and A items on literature, toast customs, cork production, Taft’s 1910 opening ball, pink slip origins, and the U.S. Public Printer at the Government Printing Office.
Enigmatic Housing Across and Its Rural Echoes
A fragmented OCR page blends housing terms with scattered, unclear clues and foreign phrases. It hints at a collage of topics from home design to plants and geography, interspersed with race, language, and historical references. The readable items include farm terms, musical notes, and miscellaneous objects.
Chicago consumer sues power firm over free bulbs
Chicago lawyer Herbert Sirott leads a class action against Commonwealth Edison claiming customers were charged 17 cents monthly for bulbs advertised as free. The suit estimates millions were affected, with Edison-linked plans sparking nationwide inquiries as Sirott pursues a broad consumer rights strategy.
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York
David Brinkley
Nearpantoy
Manhattan
Nita Dine
Chicago
Power Company
Hrerberk
Relison Electric Institute
Kodak
Verh Strutt
Shrolt
Electrle Company
Sensing the Yeas Defense Imperatives
The piece argues that only military strength preserves freedom, criticizing anti defense voices including Sen Fulbright and Sen Sulbright. It cites budget shifts reducing defense shares, notes Soviet gains and new weapons, and urges reversing fiscal priorities to fund crucial U.S. weapons systems. It highlights Joint Chiefs leadership and warns against a weakened America inviting Soviet exploitation.
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Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
Hodberg
Rodberg
Sen
Fulbright
Mr. Rodberg
Senate
Wulbrights
Hedbergs
U.S
School official resigns. Chamber invites 1949 project leader
W. E. Clark, longtime Kramer High industrial arts teacher, resigns. he will leave at semester end as he has taught since 1933. Howard Burdick is invited to lead the 1949 year after his strong on the year’s agricultural and financial data, presented at a Chamber luncheon. Senator Tom Lambert chairing state legislature committees. Duncan High School claimed 1940 state home course title with a 47.13.5 four-man relay. Rambour shines as top 20-year-old tackle prospect for Dartmouth ties. Clarence J. Wilder elected president of the Laup River Public Power District, succeeds Don H. Kealing. Retirement of Edd Kelly announced. Kelly lauded for long APPA service. Columbus clock at 18th and 27th to be moved as Central National Bank sells building. City plans move of volunteer fire department to new quarters by May. Rickert building lease approved for lower east half with heat, fixtures, and renewal options.
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Secvido Ja Holly
Electrle
Stroll
Omer
Ralph Nader
Alugst
United States
Rollson Institeite
le Power Aimspanieg
Detroit
Jackson
Mich
Chicago
Consolkinted Idison
New York
Sirott
Yye
Siroff
Sirodi
Nader
Lo Country
Commonwealth Edison
W.E. Clark
Kramer High School
Nive
Kearney High
Howard Burdick
Platte
Colfax
Polk
Butler
Chamber of Cyimmoerce
Chamber of Commerce
Weuneslay
Duncan High School
Rambour
Rartmautiy
Indians
Wen
John Dellsola
Nambourghoule
Dartmouth
Kramer High Rehool
Columbis
Kimball Union Academy
Public Power District
Don H. Kealing
Columbus
Wiltter
J. O. Peck
Ilis
Edd Kelly
Public Power
Kelly
Kramer
Harold Kramer
APPA
18Th Street
27Th Avenue
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Telegram
Johnson
Nation’s Press
Minerale
General Brailley
Ant Buchiwabe
Dr. Federman
Taner
Wallie Motterallen
Oatman
Follry
Lee Mueller
Tuentannig
Ueller
Columbus, Nebraska
Berry's
Almanac
United Press. International
Saturn
Samuel Aiinlire
U.S. Civil Service Swags
Volstad
Russia
Magen
Texas
Miamit
Muroist
Ogden Nash
Peylow Place
William H. Taft
Washington, D.C
Government Printing Office
Interpita Aly
Anthony Harrigan
Southern States Industrial Council
J. W. Hulbright
Cedric
Aca the Nation
Congress
R-S.c
House
News of
Yesteryear
Svea
Loomis
Daily Telegram
Clarence J. Wilder
Humphrey Kualaeasman
Jarvice
Laup
Central National Bank
Cabtaret
Rickert
Shirleenth Street
Jews Street
Mrickert
Alrenty
Mavertha
North Wheater Company
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