Laird Defies Senate With Europe First Defense Stance
Defense Secretary Mel Laird told NATO ministers in Brussels that Europe must be the first priority for U S combat readiness and warned against overreaction to Senate amendments on defense. He asserted U S forces in Europe are at their strongest in five years and that withdrawals from Vietnam have eased Army turnover. Laird urged creation of a NATO Mediterranean standing naval force and a centralized European air control system, while denying that Senate actions will derail allied plans. Time magazine controversy over Chappaquiddick coverage is noted with passages about Edward Kennedy.
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Senate
Defense
Mel Laird
North Atlantic Alliance
Europe
Southeast Asia
U.S
NATO
Brussels
Mediterranean
Double Standard in Gambling Sparks Pennsylvanian Debate
The piece critiques state gambling laws contrasting private poker raids with legal lottery sales. It argues a double standard, noting private home games are illegal while state lottery gambling is legal, and bingo remains illegal, urging residents to gamble through state channels.
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Pennsylvania
Old Commonwealth
Mail bag miscellany and curious stats amuse readers
Boyle's column collects odd facts from dentistry to government pay, water distribution, kitchen noise, and quotable musings. Elephants may gain up to seven tooth sets, some alligators forty. DoD publicity costs soar. Representatives now earn 42500 yearly, Speaker over 62500. Water lies mostly in four oceans. A Wisconsin study links noisy kitchens to accidents. Oriented quotes close the round.
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New York
U.S. Department of Defense
National Geographic Society
Earth
Pacific
Atlantic
Indian
Arctic
University of Wisconsin
Jose Ortega Y Gassetti
Nicolas Chamtorff
Corry Hospital heat fixes urged at board meeting
Corry Memorial Hospital visiting committee urged necessary changes to correct uneven heat distribution in rooms during a regular board meeting. The Harding Home and School Association met with 18 members, Mrs. Lilah Parker presiding, as Mrs. Grice Jr. displayed ceramic works and spoke on the history of ceramics. Concord Study Circle hosted by Mrs. A O Burgess featured a film How Children Learn followed by discussion.
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Corry Memorial Hospital
Harding Home and School Association
Lilah Parker
Frank Grice Jr
A.O. Burgess
East South Street
Concord Study Circle
Ann Baressi
The Kid Who Became a Newsroom Star
A Jersey City native recalls starting as a copy boy 43 years ago at the New York Daily News. He faced harsh editors and poverty while devouring books, learning to rewrite leads, and earning rising pay as he built a career in reporting and writing at major papers.
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Park Place
New York Daily News
Dan O'Keefe
Hellinger
New York Daily Mirror
Emile Gauvreau
Welfare Letters Stir Reader Response and Policy Debate
Readers react to a Corry Evening Journal welfare column noting a local family’s income from welfare. The exchange includes a congressman’s offer to investigate and a Pennsylvania legislator’s push for work requirements, with projections of rising national welfare costs. The piece also contains a nostalgic profile of a literary editor and publisher, charting a career of shifts and discoveries.
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Hinson Stiles
By Bill Eaton
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Forest W. Hopkins
Joe and
Forrie
Bob Considine
Collier's Magazine
Tokyo
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