Nixon's shift to fiscal conservatism sparks wild speculation
The piece questions whether President Nixon will abandon social welfare programs and shrink government. It notes the entrenched bureaucracy, doubts over what he actually said, and the limited power of a president to reverse decades of policy. The author contemplates potential moves toward free enterprise if Nixon uses his platform to persuade the public.
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Nixon
Bavk
FDR
State Department
Henry Kissinger
U.S. State Department
Cowd
Court gags spark debate on free speech power
A briefing notes judges expanding inherent court power to curb discussion in cases draws rebuttal from Learson and legal commentators. The piece questions whether the judiciary can override First Amendment rights, arguing such authority risks undermining public access to information and accountability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Washington
Hamilton
Madison
George II
Nobel Peace Prize Pause Stuns Norwegian Committee
A Norwegian Parliament committee announces there will be no Nobel Peace Prize for 1971 after nine nominations. The prize, first awarded in 1901, has seen winners including four Swiss recipients and a French laureate. Critics warn that many good deeds fade from history amid global conflict and media reach.
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Hoss
Alfred Nobel
No peace no prize for man who conferred greatest good
A terse remark evokes a Southern cook asked for a health card by his employer. He quips that without a hearth he cannot obtain such a card, reflecting a humorous take on health and status in the workplace.
Seed on the wind sparks Davie youth drug program
In Davie Florida a program named The Seed gathers 700 addicts and 500 parents in a town meeting. Alice 14 admits drug use, while Art Barker, founder of The Seed, explains a system of peer-led sessions, foster homes, and long daily meetings to reform youths aged 11 to 16 despite criticism from parents.
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Sted
Navle
Torida
Alice
Kathy
the Seed
Art Barker
Alcoholics Anonymous
Barker
Avery
Davie
Florida
Fort Lauderdale
Phyllis Kennedy
Kennedy
Telegram Freedom Newspaper Editorial Motto
The Telegram from Columbus Nebraska voices a moral stance on freedom as self control aligned with religious and constitutional ideals. It emphasizes freedom as gift from God, not government grant, and condemns license or anarchy, urging peace to begin with individual restraint.
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Your Freedom
What happens during a period of peace explained
Dear reader explains cholesterol and eggs in diet. Doctor Lamb discusses normal cholesterol variability, stress effects, and that lecithin does not lower cholesterol. American Heart Association limits eggs yolks to three per week. overall diet should keep daily cholesterol under 300 mg. He compliments healthy living and notes health nuts often live longer.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D. Deat
American Heart Assa
Inter-Society Commission On
Jerimiah Stamler
Chicago
Fragmented Spain Uproar List Reads Like Puzzle
OCR fragment lists assorted terms and clues spanning places, professions, and objects. It includes references to Spain, Spartan queen, a dairy item, a donkey, a bomb, and various numbers, forming an incomplete, disconnected glossary-like snippet from a historical page.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ceamb. Formn
Fridhaestan
India
Spain
Democratic party reform group emerges from Wattenberg plan
Ben Wattenberg launches the Coalition for a Democratic Majority with a manifesto by Norman Podhoretz and Marge Decter. The group blends intellectuals and labor and business figures to steer the Democratic Party away from McGovern era rhetoric toward “new politics.”
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Ben Wattenberg
Henry Jackson
New York City
Watlenberg
Democratic Party
Wattenberg
CDM
Richard Shifter
Iobert Humphrey
Montgomery County
Maryland
Vesty
Norman Podhoretz
Commentary
Marge Decter
Harper's
Podhoretz-Decter
Joseph Bishop
Yale Law School
Seymour Martin Lipset
Starvard
John Roche
Brandeis University
Jeanne Kirkpatrick
Georgetown University
Nathan Glazer
Wixon
Old Advisory
Dan Moynihan
Max Kampelman
William Connell
Humphrey
Bayard Ruglin
A. Phillip
Handolph
Pullman Porters
Robert, Keefe
COPE
Committee On Political Education
Richard Raviteh
Ed Muskie
Wattenberg's CDM Vision Seeks Real Liberalism in Democratic Mayhem
The piece surveys Wattenberg's push for a new liberalism unbound by New Politics, arguing real liberals seek sane internationalism and lawful governance. It questions if Podhoretz Mailer and other intellectual factions can join a revived Democratic mainstream or drift toward conservatism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CDM
Wattenberg
Americans For Democratic Action
ADA
New York City
Norman Podhoritz
Midge
Decter
America
New York Review of Books
Mary McCarthy
LF. Stone
Norman Mailer Clique
New York Village Voice
Washington
Irving Kristol
Wattendberg
CDM Aos IL
McGovern defeat compared to Goldwater's 1964 win in US polls
A retrospective on the 1972 election cycle notes Goldwater's 1964 victory as a benchmark amid McGovern's losses. It credits Nixon for Republican revival, cites party dynamics, and ends with a satirical nod to Japan as a cultural reference. The piece highlights voter turnout shifts, party survival, and the paradox of a landslide in favor of the opposition.
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George McGovern
McGovern
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Arizona
South Dakota
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Moore
GOP
Senate
Dick Nixon
White House
Congress
House
McGovern-Shriver
Svitch
Agnew
Treasury
John Conally
Nixon Oa
Parking meters free in December trial in downtown Columbus
A reader commends the mayor and council for a December trial of free parking meters. The note notes pro and con on year round meters, urges downtown workers to avoid stalls to ensure the trial’s success, and cites national data on stall turnover during an eight hour day.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ams
Columbus
Megastructure Omni International Heads to Atlanta
A revolutionary enclosed urban project called Omni International rises in Atlanta in 1973. The 14 story, 65 million dollar complex will house a 500 plus room hotel, 600000 square feet of offices, a trade pavilion, theaters, an indoor outdoor pool, skating rink, courts, shops and ethnic restaurants, plus a vast interior court and 200 foot escalator. It adjoins a new $17 million arts venue and will be served by MARTA. General Sherman, thou shouldst be living now.
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Atlanta
Omni Internationals
Omni International
Ecourt
Meting Place
Omni, International
Oni Atenta
General Sherman
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Jim
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Saving Democratic Party
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