Poor Richard on luxury and early American economics
A reprint of Poor Richard's musings on luxury from Franklin's almanac argues that a moderate view of spending can spur industry and growth. It notes a tale of a Cape May skipper and a Philadelphia cap that inspired local industry and mitten making, illustrating how luxury can boost value and happiness.
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America
Benjamin Franklin
Poor Richard
Richard
Franklin
Shaltop
Ape May
Philadelphia
Cape May
Ineeling
Magazine Publishers Association
Richardson Wins Big in Union Rights Case
Dale Richardson of Oyraha sued over alleged harassment and loss of employment rights after quitting the union. A federal jury initially awarded $20,000, was reduced to $1,500, then retried and raised to $342,000 in 1971. The National Right to Work Foundation hailed the verdict as a victory for workers against compulsory unionism.
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Dale Richardson
Oyraha
Theunion
Richardson
Comunication Workers of America
Western Hleetrie Co
National Right To Work Foundation
Mighth Circuit Court of Appeals
National Right To Work Legal Defense Foundation
Thomas J. Harris
Foundation
Pittsburgh Tax Dispute Tangles D'Amato Case
The federal tax issue centers on Jolie dAmato of Pittsburgh who claims $54.39 more was due than paid. DAmato, a salesman, reportedly made many calls from pay stations and lacks receipts. He agrees to pay the demanded sum but conditions an audit and full accounting of payroll deductions with potential refunds and interest.
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Jolie dAmato
Pittsburgh
D'Amato
IRS
Walter J Campbell
Industeink Week
John d'Amato
Letter from a walking dead seeks action against drugs
A Texas inmate writes to publisher Mr Bishop detailing his drug addiction crisis and a bank heist. He describes family strain, a heart attack, failed police help, and private despair. He urges organized crime resistance, warns of drug exposure to his children, and ends hopeful about his nephew’s progress and a future goal to become a probation officer.
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Mr. Bishop
Texas
Caller Times
Corpus Christi
Poree
Oklahoma
FBI
Mapa
Pearl Harbor
America
Bible oath Bible extant owner and marker in hall
The Bible used by George Washington at his oath is owned by a New York City Masonic lodge. A brass marker in National Statuary Hall marks where Daniel Quincy Adams was fatally stricken, with the event dated 1848.
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George Washington
United States
New York City
National Statuary Hall
Dali Quincy Adams
Wels
Telegram The U K in Your Freedom Newspaper
Telegram The Telegram newspaper in Columbus Nebraska promotes freedom as a moral guide, emphasizes self-control, and advocates that freedom comes from God, not government. It highlights individual responsibility and cites moral principles like the Coveting Commandment, the Golden Rule, and the Declaration of Independence.
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Your Freedom
Arlen Mentg
Cane Stylent
Public Health Message On Venereal Disease Education
In a reader letter from Bear Dr. Lamb, the writer urges a column on venereal disease, detailing symptoms, long term dangers to male and female reproductive organs, treatment, and the importance of free examinations. The note urges sex education, public access to care, and condom use as prevention amid rising VD concerns and possible population impact.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D
Dr. Lamb
United States
Velnas
Saigon
Lo Wis
Yio Harrier
Weather and Worldly Words Crossed in a Puzzle List
A dense OCR style list blends weather terms with names and clues from a word puzzle. It includes planetary, botanical, and cultural references such as parsley, Noah, Indian names, and various language hints, forming a collage of cross referenced hints and fragments.
Floating everything in Nixon era foreign policy arias
The piece critiques President Nixon as floating the dollar and other policies, leaving foreign and domestic strategy unsettled. It argues that policy hinges on Sino-Soviet talks, Suez access, and economic freezes, with Washington pressuring others to reveal plans while allies and foes adjust. The analysis highlights risks from Soviet action, Arab states, and Japanese and German exporters shaping the global balance.
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Peking
Egypt
Rogers
Suez Canal
Nixon
Hanoi
Suez
Dock IL
Mediterranean
West Berlin
Indian Ocean
Western Europe
Persian Gulf
Global Tensions and Oil Flows Amid Cold War Echoes
A speculative 1960s style dispatch contemplates oil from the Ayahs in exchange for American withdrawal from Europe while predicting Soviet naval limits in Algeria and Cuba linked tensions. It envisions Ireland, North Slope, and ecological currents shaping Western security as Nixon potentially presses a U S Soviet split.
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Ayah Sheikdoms
Algeria
Mediterranean
U.S
Northern Ireland
America
Britain
Bernadiette Devlin
Ireland
Dandonderry
Belfast
Cuba
Venezuele
Nixon
Russia
Attica riot sparks debate over outside influence and arrests
California Governor Reagan warned that United States revolutionary forces shifted their attack from campuses to prisons. He cited San Quentin and Attica as prime outbreaks, noting external observers and radicals including William Kunstler and Tom Wicker shaped prison militancy amid lengthy negotiations and a delayed assault.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Attica Peison
New York
United States
New Left
San Quentin Prison
George Jackson
Upstate
Fortunathly
Nelson Rockefeller
Altica
William Kunstler
Herman Badillo
Ali Kenyatta
Tom Wicker
New York Times
Attica
Skll
SENSING THE NEWS By Anthony Harrigan
Radical left write ups condemn police and celebrate prisoners as revolutionaries in Attica revolt context. Calls for tougher crime policy, harsher prison measures, isolation of politicized inmates, and rejection of outside observers.
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Anthony Harrigan
Leas Peices
Prises
Attica
Wis
New Left
United States
New York State
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King Features Syndicate
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Abal
Pounjah
India
Farge Glabe
Ambroke
Leah
Hewspaper Interprise Assn
John Chamberlain
Atwen Syndicate
Southern Industrial Council
Wpkos Phates
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