Barron's Editor Critiques Government Market Rigging
An October Barron's editorial by Robert M. Bleiberg argues that federal actions under Kennedy, Johnson, and Nixon have distorted stock values and harmed investors. It contends wage price controls and bureaucratic mandates disrupt price signals, undermine confidence in Main Street and Wall Street, and threaten the free market.
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U. S
Robert M. Blolberg
Barron's
National Business and Financial Weekly
Washington
Hegan
Bleiberg
Kennedy
FBI
Johnson
Nixon
Bluberg
Main Street
Wall Street
Barrons
Great Society
Vietnam
Courtuses on sacred ground in Iowa ruling
The Iowa Supreme Court ruled that low intelligence can justify removing children from parents. It ordered seven children be taken from two families, citing mothers IQs of 47 and 74 and a father’s 74. Critics warn of dangerous precedent and call for reversal.
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Iowa
Iowa Supreme Court
Orj
David McDonald
Davenport
Charles Alsager
Des Moines
Ohio Board guidelines on student rights amid curl rulings
The Ohio Board of Education issued guidelines to avoid conflicts with recent curl decisions expanding student rights. They protect wearing political symbols like buttons badges armbands while noting no requirement to salute the flag or recite the pledge. Disallowed are displays that disrupt education or threaten safety. The legality of school disruption over armbands non pledge or power salutes remains uncertain pending future court rulings.
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Board of Education
State of
Ohio
Hank Plan proposed to draft wealth to fund future wars
An interview discusses Lea Haas and Hank Plan ideas to draft money from men aged 40 to 53 to finance wars. A wealth draft would tax low numbers for payment while high numbers could live normally. Draft boards would be led by men under 26 with exemptions for hardship or conscientious objectors and no amnesty for those over 40 fleeing to Canada.
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Washington
Heak
Lea Haas
East Lansing
Mich
Haak
Vietnam
Indochina
Hill
Maak
Canada
Hank
Maine
California
Congress
Telegram of Peace Begins With My Tuesday October 31 1972
A Columbus Nebraska newspaper page from October 31 1972 urges readers to promote freedom and self control, framing liberty as a divine gift aligned with moral guidance and foundational principles. It links personal restraint with the nation’s independence and moral codes.
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Annn
Columbus
Nebraska
Water safety and kidney stones myth in spring water
Dr Lamb explains spring water is unlikely to cause arthritis or kidney stones and emphasizes testing for bacterial and chemical contents. He notes dehydration can affect kidney flow and that diet, not water, largely governs mineral stones. He lists other pain sources from arthritis and spine degeneration.
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Lawrence Lamb
M.D. Dear
Lamb
Jumbled crossword clues surface in scattered historic page
A dense OCR fragment shows mixed crossword style entries with numbers and partial clues. Names, places, and terms appear tangled, including references to Napoleon, Capuchin, winged canines, and various linguistic hints, forming an incomplete puzzle page snippet.
Organize and Raise Hell Against Quotas in Colleges
A columnist argues quotas hurt WASP and Catholic students while minorities gain admissions. He urges parents to unite in PTAs, pressure Congress, and elicit action from the Office of Education to curb what he calls reverse discrimination in college admissions and hiring, noting few ethnic leaders receive top academic posts.
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Stout
WASP
Catholic
Jetters
MIT
Harvard
J. Stanley Pottinger
Office of Education
Robert Coles
Michael Novak
Ghetto
Stow
Pottinger
Dewns
Sai
PTA
Congress
Grapes, Union Boycott Devastate Arizona Vineyards
West of Phoenix Arizona owners Art Schneider and partner lost a thriving farm after Cesar Chavez’s United Farm Workers staged a 1969 1970 boycott. More than 400 workers faced harassment while 1000 acres of Sarival Road vines were abandoned. Wages and profits evaporated as production halted and capital wasted.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Art Schneider
Cesar Chavez
United Farm Workers
Sarival Road
Thompson
Union
Parival Road
Schneider
Sariyal Head
Ciie
Wie East
Chavez
Farm Workers Union
Thuse
Chavez threat endangers Arizona farm future, workers seek gains
The piece argues farm wages rise with skilled operators and high school volunteers. Arizona's year round crop potential spans wheat, sugar beets, fruit and more. It warns Chavez movement harms Southwest agriculture, risking desert yields and cross border competition. Art Schneider's vineyard cited as example of campaign effects.
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Arizona
Acre
Chavez
Farm Workers Union
Southwest
Mexico
United States
Art Schneider
Questions and Answers From a Historic Quiz
A compact quiz exposes varied facts: Aristotle’s misattribution for a spring saying, the naming of the flounder from holy days, Taft as the heaviest president, strip cropping meaning alternating crops, Virginia opossum gestation, Alaska snakes avoiding cold, the moon’s day about two weeks, Britain’s legal holiday term, Bank holiday, five permanent UN Security Council seats, and Four Corners where four states meet.
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THE
Your Freedom Newspaper
George McGovern
arTear ST Certan
Yemen
Corin
Jem
Jeffrey
Hart
de Austrial
Cavell
William Howard Taft
Virginia Opossum
Alaska
Great Britain
United Nations Security Council
Corners
Colorado
New Mexico
Utah
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