Telegram Opinion on the Federal Minimum Wage Debate
The piece surveys the federal minimum wage of 1.60 dollars an hour covering 43 million workers and the push toward 2.00. It cites Business Week, economists like Paul Samuelson and Milton Friedman, Rand Corp findings, and debates over unemployment, especially among Black and teenage workers, arguing the issue remains a prime political topic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Business Week
Marvard University
University Library
Massachusetts Minimum Wage Commission
Paul A. Samuelsn
Milton Friedman
Friedman
Ohio University
Rand Corporation
American Farm Bureau Federation
The Telegram Manifesto on Freedom and Morality
The Telegram argues freedom is a God given gift, not government grant, and calls for self control and consistency with moral guides. It frames freedom as responsible liberty aligned with commandments and the Golden Rule, citing the Declaration of Independence as a standard.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Your Freedom
Bernstein Mass Provokes Mixed Reaction at Kennedy Center
Critics split over Leonard Bernstein’s Mass at the Kennedy Center in Washington, praising its radical chic while some Catholics and Times reviewers condemn its sacrilegious tone. Meanwhile Ted Shawn celebrates his 80th birthday and Jacob’s Pillow in Massachusetts continues with low funding, presenting work rooted in integrity over box office risk under Shawn’s leadership.
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America
Leonard Bernstein
John F. Kennedy Center For the
Washington
Ted Shawn
Ruth St. Denis
Jacob's Pillow
Lee
Massachusetts Berkshires
Shawn
Norman Walker
Margaret Craske
Jack Cole
Sv Equity
Chamberlain rant 2A on Melville and American dance origins
The piece argues that indigenous American art forms receive little support from foundations and government bodies while praising Ted Shawn for shaping modern American dance with Ruth Denis. It notes Shawn's recovery from diphtheria, his creation of male parts in dance, and his influence on Marla Graham, framing his work as an American counterpoint to European ballet and Bernstein’s Mass.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herman Melville
Ted Shawn
Ruth Ei] Denis
Denishawn Company
Marla Graham
Tie
Great Plains
Southwest
Leonard Bernstein
Tou Shaw
Rebuilding a Robeson County One Room Schoolhouse
A Robeson County project restores an abandoned Indian school once a residence and farm building. The DAR chapter sponsors the work, aiming to recreate 75 to 100 year old classroom life with a wood heater desks a water pump a bell and an outdoor outhouse.
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Robeson County
North Carolina
The
Daughters of the American Revolution
Seward
Are We Alone in the Starry Universe?
Astronomer Dr. George J. Herbig of the Lick Observatory says space is filled with molecular constituents from debris of old planetary systems. He calls Earth’s place in evolution a reasonable piece of a larger cosmic picture and compares it to a vast jigsaw puzzle.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George J. Heriig
University of California
Lick Observatory
Herbig
Cuban Revolution Echoes Across Havana Night
The narrative recalls Batista’s fall and Castro’s rise, with Guevara and Urrutia figures shaping a Cuba in flux. Troops refuse to fight a small rebel force as Batista flees aboard planes, while Castro proclaims doctrine of liberty and justice amid courts martial and mass rallies.
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Cuba
Eulogio Cantillo
Camp Columbia
Republic
Batista
Havana
Ernesto Guevara
Las Villas
Santa Clara
Js Superior
Fidel Castro Ruz
Manuel Urrutia
Castro
Santiago de Cuba
Senora Batista
Dominica
New Orleans
Jacksonville
New York
Krom
Calinny Tree
Crawe
Cingust
Trover
New York Times
Terald-Tribune
Chicago
Tebune
Life
Ilavana
Che
Guevara
Santiago
Camp de Tid
Hair removal and Christian Science questions answered
Dr Lawrence Lamb discusses options for unwanted body hair noting that depilatories can irritate skin and recommending electrical epilation for permanent results. He also addresses Christian Science beliefs, stressing that medical care should not be withheld from a child in acute cases and urging consideration of harm over doctrine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Lamb
Muller
Yan
Greenland and Eskimos in a fragmented clue list
A garbled list of terms and partial phrases mentions Greenland Eskimos Persian lion’s den Great Lake and various word fragments such as musical ep and Arab name. The text reads as scattered clues or glossary-like entries without coherent narrative or full items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Insurance Bay
Teardovm
Onchide
Grant
Small Island
Greenland
Lion's den
Great Lake
Nixon’s wage price freeze to expand control over economy
The piece argues President Nixon shifts from free enterprise toward broad government controls, detailing a Phase 1 plan with price and wage boards, a Cost of Living Council, and new rules on profits, interest, and dividends. It warns such measures threaten economic freedom and compare the approach to totalitarian regimes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nixon
United States
White House
Green Bay
Arthur Burns
Chain
Congress
America
Xen
F.D. Roosevelt
Free
Hitler
Germany
Stalin
Russia
Mussolini
Hertel Sparks
Avril Ptill
Wall Street Journal
Milton Friedman
Ghost in the NJ estate boosts price claims
A New Jersey classified ad jokes about selling a country estate with a ghost. Dr Stephen Mason notes nightly voices and furniture movements, claiming the ghost raises the price, while a psychic report jokes about free ectoplasm and a dishwasher. The piece also mentions a surcharge for a witchcraft course at Benver Cola Free University and notes rising “free universities.”
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New Jersey
Stephen Mason
Dr. Mason
Psychic. Sa
Benver Cola
Gastonia
N.C
Garalta
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Benny World
Hea
Mr. Kissinger
Howard Hughes
Lal
John
Chamberlain
King Fostuces Syndicate
Ma Va Pan Ug
Iran
Brique Despaigne
Amuthers
Montecristo
Tham
Tir
American Society of Newspaper
Kisitors
Christian Herter
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Capitol
Ernesta Guevara
Urrutia
Cormrunists
Poole
Fidel Steer
Tost
Jim
King Features
Svadt
Lawrence Lamb, M.D
Ecology
Buonrealeab
Oscar
Cooley
Ante Northern University
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