United Nations popularity wanes amid Nixon era funding debate
Telegram opinion notes U.S. leaders grow skeptical of the United Nations as Nixon aides push reduced payments while pro U.N. advocates press for renewed U.S. commitment. The piece cites the Kettering Foundation readers, including former U.N. ambassadors and lawmakers, urging multilateral diplomacy and warning about foundation influence on politics and education.
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Washington
United Nations
Free China
Ned Ching
Nixon
U.S
U.N
Charles F. Kettering Foundation
United States
Arthur Goldberg
Charles W. Yost
Samuel de Palins
M. P
Bradford Morse
John Culver
Donald M. Fraser
James Scheur
Growth of crime prevention becomes booming business
Business Week reports crime prevention rising as a new growth industry. Offenses surged in the 860s with violent crime up 156 percent and property crimes 180 percent, while the market for guard services and electronic surveillance expands for commercial and residential protection.
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Business Week
Jane Quinn
Neighborhood Center in De Land Tackles Welfare Needs
In De Land Florida a volunteer driven Neighborhood Center of West Volusia County funds itself with small donations from individuals and churches. It employs one director and uses volunteers to help welfare recipients find or create work, sew clothes, manage budgets, shop wisely, transport to appointments, and offer counseling. The center also provides micro loans and runs classes on birth control and nutrition, aiming to foster self reliance over dependence on welfare. This community effort has attracted national attention and may influence future welfare costs in Volusia County.
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Kettering Foundation
U.N
Prou.n
Kellering
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Norah Hagsman
Leaders' Bad Example Forcing Taxation Prompts Crime Rise
The piece argues that when leading citizens use government force to collect taxes for their favored projects they set a harmful example. It suggests that if authorities use coercion, ordinary people may justify non-government force for their aims, leading to higher crime as government expands.
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Vithzemy
The Undecided Voter Faces Election Day Choices
An undecided voter, Stieglitz, frets over breakfast choices and driving to the polls. His wife presses him to decide as they navigate traffic to a local public school, where they join a crowd of voters and struggle to find parking amid a busy morning.
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Washington
Stieglitz
Othe Voling
Foxhall Road
MacArthur Boulevard
Stieglity
Confused Voter Deliberates Booth Choice at Polling Place
Stieglitz and companion argue over which voting booth to use as lines form behind them. A precinct worker and policeman urge action, and a harsh warning is issued about pulling the lever. The scene highlights frayed routines at a local school polling station.
Telegram Editorial on Freedom and Self-Rule
The Telegram argues freedom begins with self-control rooted in moral guides. It asserts freedom is a gift from God, not license from government, and links it to the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. Published in Columbus Nebraska on November 4 1972.
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Telegram
Your Freedom
Mar
Fill the Blanks Across 45 Buries
A scrambled puzzle page lists clues across many numbered entries with partial phrases and letter hints. Readers chase word fits from historical puzzle conventions, matching definitions to fill the grid.
Nation's press instant replay for justice
The use of videotape in courtrooms may speed trials and improve accuracy. A Akron auto accident suit used TV replay during testimony and allowed the judge to juggle other cases. The first similar Florida case was described last December.
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Akron
Ohio
Pensacola
Tane
Florida
Florida Bar Journal
Tennessee
Gainesville
Barbs on Secrets and Gendered Manners in Society
A playful column notes women keep secrets better than men, urges change, and likens wishful thinking to raising a thermometer. It jokes about drive in movie crowds, practical hints for car trouble, and the social drag of rival women on a woman’s outfit.
Elitist Puritanism in American Intellectual Thought
A 1972 interview excerpt with Elizabeth Hardwick argues consumerism cannot abate voluntarily and critiques elitist puritans who favor public over private sectors. The piece traces disdain for middle America, ties to George McGovern, and notes a belief in witchcraft as a metaphor for public opinion.
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Philip Who
Modern Occasions
Elizabeth Hardwick
Miss Hardwick
Willabase
New York Giants
Dallas Cowboys
George McGovern
Seti
McGovern
Tom Eagleton
The New Centurions Film and Society Debate
A critical look at The New Centurions starring George C. Scott argues the film shows police efforts in a decaying city while highlighting brutalization of language in American culture. The piece notes violence but focuses on how slang and coarse speech reflect broader social deterioration and concerns about public respect for standards.
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New Centurions
George C. Scatt
America
Language Degradation and Moral Decency in Society
A critique arguing language erosion through sensational media and explicit content risks dehumanizing people. It cites Nazi and Soviet use of debased speech as precursors to brutality and calls for restoring precise, principled communication to avert social degradation.
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Nazi Germany
Russia
Hitler
Stalin
United States
Answers from a Quiz on Astronomy and History
A set of Q and A items cover sun and earth rotation, the Plow as the Big Dipper’s modern England name, presidential pardoning powers, shamrock symbolism, and Australia as both country and continent.
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