Selfcare plan critique sparks welfare debate in Denver letter
A Denver Post letter by Michael H. Davison argues against welfare, urging individuals to "pay your own bills" and reject taxes for public aid. He mocks tax financed plans, questions government rights to expropriate, and urges eliminating taxes while leaving public services to business interests. The piece criticizes politicians and urges personal independence as the solution.
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Denver Post
Michael H. Davison
Broomfield
Denver
Tavison
Bath
Selfcare
Ti Sania
Weld County
Voodooism and modern life in political thought
The Santa Ana Register editor argues against voodooism the belief that things cause things. He cites materialism and secular science as shaping views on crime poverty and ecology while stressing that outer circumstances affect actions but moral causes lie in human conscience and inner will.
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Eugene Weks
Santa Ana
Calif
Register
Yeman
Elijah
Gadgetry aids quitting and weight control devices
A cigarette holder dial limits smoke intake gradually to curb smoking. Two new belts use a pressure pad and four dials to simulate fullness and promote weight loss. A man trains by daily calf feeding with the aim of turning it into a steer.
Truth about reviews in editing and author conflict
The piece argues editors often assign reviewers who harm authors. Professors drift into literary talk, seldom praising the book. A fellow author may unfairly attack due to rivalries, while fiction reviewers risk “slashing off an ear” to ruin a rival writer’s work.
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Washington
Murray "Lotnick
Marcel Proust
Prost
Slotnick
Templebar’s Big Toe review stirs old grudges and motives
Art Buchwald notes distrustful book reviewing culture where authors hire friends to pen favorable blurbs and editors’ reporters echo jacket text. He recalls Brubaker and Templebar feuds, claiming biased inside reviews and paid praise shape reading.
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Brubaker
Templebar
Telegram declares freedom as gift from God not a government grant
The Telegram issue from Columbus Nebraska on Thursday September 9 1971 emphasizes individual freedom as a divine gift and moral compass aligned with the Ten Commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence. It argues self control and responsible production unleash human potential.
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Ths
Hineelf
Lotise
Lactose Free Diet Guidance From Dr Lamb
A reader asks for a lactose free diet plan after chronic diarrhea. Dr Lamb explains lactose is a milk sugar digested by lactase. intolerance is common. Powdered milk contains lactose. aged cheeses and soured milk may be lactose free. avoid milk products. consider honey for rare sucrose intolerance. lists suitable foods like vegetables fruit fish cereals.
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Dr. Lamb
Travel Talk Across 40 Years and Places
A fragmented travel themed item lists diverse clues and partial phrases such as city of canals, protuberance, domain, printing, and river names. It appears as a puzzle page with scattered references to places, people, and terms across continents and eras, inviting cryptic matching and cross reference.
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Xpange
Appland Gau
City of Canals
Clklore
Massachusetts
Trader Resort
zaStaion
Benall Island
Esters &Retch
Moscow
Puerto Rico
Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars under scrutiny
A critic warns that the Committee of Concerned Asian Scholars wields influence on about 43 campuses, publishes a provocative quarterly, and has engaged with Premier Chou En-lai. The piece labels the group as problematic, citing biased coverage, activist ties, and a pattern of politically charged rhetoric within its Hollowed scholarship.
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Lael
Chou En-lai
Jon Halliday
Halliday
United States
Manchuria
Yenan
Soviet Union
Japan
Kore
Jacques Decornay
le Monde
Pathet Lao
John G. Gurley
China
Marianne Bastid
Mao
Seerpoe
Cynthia Frederick
Nixon
National Liberation Front
National Student Association
Madamé Binh
Paris
Arthur Waskow
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Justice Department
Waskow
Vietnam
Medard Nixon
Mura
Burns and Nixon talk on inflation and policy
The piece imagines a frank exchange between President Nixon and Federal Reserve Board Governor Arthur Burns. It outlines monetary policy tools, the Open Market Committee, and the need to control inflation without triggering a recession. It discusses wage price freezes, the money supply, and the dollar’s exchange role with invited foreign partners.
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Richard Nixon
Arthur Burns
Washington
Burns
Federal Reserve System
Nixon
Federal Reserve Banks
Arthur
Board of Governors
Federal Reserve Building
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
New York
Dano
Japan
Canada
West Germany
Holland
Picnic Fails to Dry Dusty Pasmee Park Area
Nebraska Public Power District workers held a picnic at Pasmee Park West Shelter when a dry dusty area became muddy after a tank tracked vehicle passed through the scene within twenty minutes. Park Commissioner Jerry Micek assisted, with an unnamed serviceman also cited. The note ends with a humorous aside about drinking before breakfast and an arranged marriage joke.
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Nebraska Public Power District
Pasmee Park
West Shelter
Jerry Micek
Micek
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Phil Pastore
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