Enclosed Is Your Own Number In Our Sweepstakes
Opinion piece denounces sweepstakes and promotions as deceptive, cites House committee findings on underpaid prizes, and critiques high interest rates policy. Notes Nixon’s stance, banking leaders, and FRB, with quotes on prize fraud and economic policy. Concludes with reflections on American heroism beyond Vietnam.
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Midland Cooperator
Special Delivery
Select Committee On Small Business
U.S. House of Representatives
Berry C. Williams
Europe
High Interest Bugs Nixon and the Call for Service改
Steve Brown, 23, Idaho youth near Warsaw North Carolina, helps destitute black laborers form self help groups while facing harassment from white supremacists. Tim Lyons, 25, from Davis California, aids street children in Bogota Colombia. Both exemplify volunteers whose work in welfare and aid is undervalued in national life. The piece argues for alternative service to the draft, praising Peace Corps and Vista volunteers, and proposes a National Service Corps as a solution to morale and manpower gaps.
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Steve Brown
Idaho
Warsaw
N.C
Tobacco Country
Tim Lyons
Davis
Calif
Bogota
Columbia
Urban Problems Multiply in Nation's Future Metropolises
New York report cites urban growth concentrating in 50 plus megacities by 2000 and a 340 million national population. Projections warn of social tension crime housing and education issues, with calls to relocate industry to less crowded areas to ease crowding and unrest.
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New York
America
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Census Bureau
How To Stay Young Noted In Corry Journal Satire
A playful item from the Corry Evening Journal riffs on aging and youth with humorous lines about birthday cards, office romance, hobbies, and social habits. The piece cites long standing quirks such as dancing steps, favorite songs, and a light view of aging in a small town newspaper context. It ends with the journal’s masthead and publishing details.
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New York
Corry
Thinkers' statue damaged amid nationwide wave of sudden incidents
A March wave of sudden incidents targets military, government and industry sites. The Thinker statue at the Cleveland Museum is toppled by a lead pipe device. FBI links radicals to foreign groups. Cuba returnees and SDS members appear in a broader pattern of bombings and threats across multiple cities.
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Cleveland Museum
FBI
Cuba
United States
Theodore Gold
FCC to curb ownership and push local programming shifts
The FCC signals an activist turn by proposing ownership limits within markets and limiting networks. It would cap owners to one AMFM combo or one station and ban three networks from more than three hours of prime time daily. The move aims to spur first run syndication and local public service programming.
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New York
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
Congress
CATV
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Irving Trust
George A. Murphy
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Utah
Wallace Bennett
Senate Banking Committee
North Dakota
Milt Young
Arizona
John Rhodes
House Republican Conference
Bennett
Federal Reserve
Vietnam
By Jack Anderson
Peace Corps
Army
Vista
Marine Corps
Peace Army
Lon Arnold
Kingston
Jamaica
Mark Fritzler
Nepal
James Fisher
Katmandu
Carroll Schempp
Louisville, By
Pentagon
Rodin
the Thinker
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Pittsburgh
Seattle
San Francisco
Albuquerque
Denver
Detroit
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SDS
Bel Air
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