State lotteries and FTC clash over consumer interests
The piece contrasts opposition to a Pennsylvania state lottery with Governor-elect Shapp’s stance and notes mixed results from New York and New Hampshire experiences. It also covers Federal Trade Commissioner Mary Gardiner Jones delaying action on a United Fruit Co./AMK merger and internal memos revealing divisions among commissioners over the case.
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Pennsylvania
Milton J. Shapp
New York State
New Hampshire
Shapp
Political shifts and corporate ethics in 1960s merger era
The article recounts Miss Jones flip flopping on the Nelman Marcus merger and her political motives while staff accuse AAMCO of deceptive acts. It notes Sen Harris pressing Stennis and Eastland on Democratic credentials, Nixon’s Kremlin worries, Kissinger urging a tougher line, and a Pentagon memo proposing hard news style recruitment propaganda for Stars and Stripes and service outlets.
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Les Whitten
Miss Jones
Nelman- Marcus
Nixon
Oval Office
Kremlin
White House
Middle East
Caribbean
Henry Kissinger
Defense Department
Pentagon
Protesting Youth deaths in New York injuries rise
In Fairport, the Herald Mail reports that youths aged 15 to 24 show the highest mortality and injury rates. During the second quarter in New York state, 246 died in that age group, with 175 due to motor vehicle accidents, and 106,000 were injured in the same period.
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Fairport
N.Y
Herald-Mail
Viet Nam
Resolutions sparking New Year humor in your column
A Corry PA humor item lampoons New Year resolutions with jokes about willpower habits and Lent. It quotes quips about quitting cigarettes, liquor, exercise, culture, and raising wages, finishing with a jab at personal honesty and work effort. The piece is framed as a dated community column with newspaper staff details and publishing notes.
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New York
Harry
Mike
Horace
Pat
Bill
Esmerelda
Corry
Cate
Resolutions and reflections from a cynic in New York
A humorous piece lists New Year s resolutions from a licensed cynic noting practical aims like helping with chores and avoiding vanity plus a long CBS AP news roundup from New York about CBS two part year end report on foreign affairs. It covers U S Russia Vietnam Middle East and China policy shifts with varied expert takes.
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New York
CBS
United States
Russia
Marvin Kalb
Morley Safer
Middle East
Vietnam
Willy Brandt
Richard C. Hottelet
United Nations
Reporter quotes space ship metaphor in residence talk
Eric Sevareld frames a spaceShip analogy warning of scarce water and air as he delivers a philosophical reflection. NBCs First Tuesday outlines a January 5 segment on youths abandoning acid rock to follow a form of primitive Christianity called Children of God. Garrick Utley hosts temporarily while Sandor Vanocur is reassigned.
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Eric Sevareld
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Washington
Mary Gardiner Jones
United Fruit Co
Chiquita Banana
AMK
John Mitchell
FTC
Competition Bureau
Alan Ward
Consumers’ Case
Ward
Aamco Automatic Tran
Smissions
Leo Durocher
Ballyhoo
Durocher
AAMCO
Neiman-Marcus
Broadway-Hale
Senate
Fred Harris
Okla
John Stennis
Jim Eastland
Mississippi Party
Aaron Henry
Mississippi
NAACP
Official” Party
Stennis
Henry
Eastland
Harris
Virginia
Harry Byrd
Hal Boyle
Jim Bishop
Jess
Spiro
Spiggy
Edwin Boyle
Bahamas
Richard Nixon
Dinty Moore's
J. Edgar
Cynthia Lowry
Teels
Jesus
Garrick Utley
Sandor Vanocur
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