Corry and Pennsylvania Guardsmen Aid Agnes Flood Cleanup
National Guardsmen from Corry and Warren and others in Pennsylvania were called to flood duty after Tropical Storm Agnes. Corry troops were deployed to Wilkes-Barre, working long hours to help restore normalcy without pay, while reports from the cleanup area note some workers earned up to 200 dollars per day due to union membership.
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National Guards
Corry
Warren
Pennsylvania National Guard
Wilkes-Barre
Guards and Gougers Amid Flood Repair Controversy
In ravaged areas contractors face accusations of price gouging on patch materials. Local guards condemn the hustle seen as tarnishing a mercy mission. Tradesmen must be paid, yet exploitative pricing appears likely amid the disaster.
First Cruise Upsets Night Cloud on Mardi Gras
Emil and Kay Herman, once top photographers from Hasbrouck Heights New Jersey, aboard the 27000 ton S S Mardi Gras cruise ship. Their life changes after cancer diagnosis and recovery, then Carnival Cruise Lines offers them a special U 19 cabin on a voyage to relive youth and rebuild happiness aboard a floating city.
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Emil Herman
Miami
U-19
Emil
Kay
Hermans
Hasbrouck Heights
Herman
How to bug the boss by Hal Boyle
New York AP column humorously surveys petty tyrants and office micromanagers. It spotlights Loudmouth Harry and his petty abuses, exaggerating absurd boss habits and the dynamics between workers and management in midcentury offices.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Harry
Loudmouth
White House seeks to stack telecom regulators in favor of Nixon
A memo by ad executive Alan Katzenstein suggests the White House aimed to place allies in key telecom posts, potentially replacing FCC Chair Miles Kirkpatrick and commissioner Nicholas Johnson. The piece notes mixed signals from Brian Lamb and Katzenstein, with some denials and later partial retract. Also reports Selective Service under Byron Pepitone overwhelmed by 4.5 million draft classification forms, causing waste of 2.6 million forms and about 30000 in needless mailing and computing costs.
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Federal Trade Commission
Miles Kirkpatrick
Federal Communications
Nicholas Johnson
White House
Alan Katzenstein
Needham, Harper and Steers
New York City
Washington
Brian Lamb
Nixon for Nobel Peace Prize proposal gains signatures
A Finance magazine petition circulating in New York seeks to nominate President Nixon for the Nobel Peace Prize. Elizabeth Manning reports thousands of supporters and a few dissents, with signatories including G Keith Funston, Arthur Burns, and Sen. Strom Thurmond. Manning says the drive envisions a world trading system fostering lasting peace and U.S. economic benefits, while critics call it an audacious provocative idea.
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New York
Nixon
Oslo
Norway
Finance
Elizabeth MacDonald Manning
G. Keith Funston
Olin Corp
Arthur Burns
Federal Reserve
Sen
Strom Thurmond
D.S.C
Manning
Geieuaht
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Carlos Fonte
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Gimli
Holy, Name Hospital
Max Wolfkoff
Ted Arison
Carnival Cruise Lines
Arison
Wolfkoff
United States Senate
Richard S. Schweiker
R-Pa
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Washington, D.C
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Milton Shapp
Harrisburg
United States
Joseph P. Vigorito
Cannon House
R. Budd Dwyer
Forest Hopkins
By Jack Anderson
FCC
Lamb
Kirkpatrick, Burch
Nick Johnson
Burch
Johnson
Richard Wiley
Wiley
Katzenstein
Selective Service System
Byron Pepitone
Curtis Tarr
Pepitone
Selective Service
Pepstone
Ken Coffey
John Cunniff
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