Houston hosts 1971 American Legion convention site
Telegram Opinion notes Houston lacks zoning, celebrating the city as 1971 Legion convention host. The piece quotes Legion’s June issue praising Houston’s space, growth, and affordability while highlighting the city’s non zoning status as a civic curiosity and point of debate.
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Fallacies We Live By The lure of state planned economy
The piece compares free market production to state planned economies, arguing that private enterprise serves customers while bureaucratic planning in Russia yields higher costs and poor outcomes. It cites a 1971 New York Times price comparison, noting longer work times for Moscow goods, and concludes that state planning is unworkable despite appealing theory.
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The Romance of Jim Sullivan and Millie in Atlantic Highlands
A rambled tale of Jim Sullivan, a Sea Bright saloonkeeper, and Millie his partner. Their romance ends with Millie’s cancer death after a planned life together in a cliffside house, leaving Sullivan alone to count his losses and memories.
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Barbs by Phil Pastoret on wives and bachelors comforts
The column quips about wives providing comfort during tough times, claiming bachelors miss such solace. It humorously notes a teetotaler named Gwendolyn who does not count tea bag leaves.
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Your Freedom Newspaper Telegram 1971 mission note
The Telegram expresses a commitment to informing readers to promote and preserve freedom. It defines freedom as self-control guided by moral principles, contrasting it with license or government overreach. The piece cites biblical and civic guides and invokes June 7, 1971, in Columbus Nebraska.
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Fragmented public safety puzzle from mixed text
A garbled OCR fragment mentions public safety, capitals, nations, and scattered terms. It references Africa, the United States, Turkey, legislative aspects, and a range of unrelated items including geography, devices, and symbols. The readable content is too scattered to extract a coherent event or summary.
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Diets and cholesterol guidance for ulcers and high cholesterol
Dr Lawrence Lamb explains that cholesterol is not a fat and that high levels come from eating too many calories and fats. A bland low calorie diet with skim milk, lean beef, low fat dairy, and creamed vegetables without fat helps ulcers and can lower cholesterol after ulcer control. Exercise and adequate antacid use aid ulcer treatment and may reduce body fat to improve cholesterol.
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Cheshire Faces Debate Over Council Manager Government
Town in Connecticut weighs moving from traditional town meeting to a council manager system. Proponents say it offers representative democracy at a remove while giving voters control over a hired manager, but critics warn about political capture and difficult removal. The piece notes mixed American experiences including cities like San Antonio and Cleveland.
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The Mugwump Folly in San Antonio and Cleveland
John Chamberlain reflects on mugwump misadventures in San Antonio and Cleveland. In San Antonio a feud between mayor Jack White and manager Dr Harrell led to dramatic annexation conflicts and Harrell’s dismissal, while Cleveland’s strong-willed manager was fired amid Republican boss clashes. The piece argues managerial rule can fail or succeed and voters may struggle to remove a hired administrator.
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Question Box on communism and freedom explained
A reader questions slow progress against communism and taxation. The answer argues communism gains from public misunderstanding of its tenets and contrasts freedom with state control, urging study of the Communist Manifesto and personal action to defend individual rights.
The People Speak To the Editor Wake Up America
To the editor, wake up America. You turned out almost one hundred per cent Memorial Day to decorate graves. Let us show love to rot this country this June by displaying the American Flag. The flag symbolizes equality, justice, humanity and freedom. Viewing flags daily may remind us to help bring about peace on earth. Mrs. Harold Klug.
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Letters expose youth frustration over war and political representation
A Vietnam era veteran writes from Washington about pressing bills to end Indochina war with a withdrawal deadline and cut in military funding. He cites Senators Curtis and Iruska and Rep. Martin as likely to oppose the measures, arguing voters are poorly served as representatives dismiss public input. He questions the value of four years of service amid perceived government erosion.
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Women in power across the nation cited in Observer column
The Charlotte Observer notes Oklahoma City voters elected a woman mayor Arlington lawmakers chose a female bar president and Cleveland air traffic chief is a woman The Treasury reports female air marshals protecting flights Three girls win derby entry in Fayetteville Moral voice urges progress without backward glance.
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Answers and Facts From Mixed Q A Snippet
A collage of trivia notes covers naval history with Commodore Matthew Perry opening Tokyo Bay, golf hero Arnie Palmer winning Augusta four times, freshwater oyster life spans up to eight years, a fruiting tree yield, birds distinguishing features, and the Dew Line as the Distant Early Warning defense with radar stations extending across the north.
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