May America Keep Her Hundred More Birthdays
An opinion piece extols the United States noting its global leadership in production and automotive output. It cites 1967 data on world shares of wheat corn meat electrical output car production and car ownership before wishing the nation many more birthdays.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
United States of America
Brotherhood of Nations
Soviet Union
U.S
Japan
United Nations
USA
Taxpayer unrest and future of government costs debated
Opinion from Winona and Tempe argues tax protests lack unity while warning that rising government payrolls and service costs threaten freedom. A New York AP overview contrasts 1900 to modern prosperity and projects urban growth, debt, and industrial output toward 2000 with a focus on fiscal pressures and policy shifts.
Projections of American Workforce and Economy by 1980
A Temple University expert and a U S Labor Department official project major shifts by 1975 to 1985. They foresee rapid youth population growth, rising female labor participation, wage gains, government employment expansion, and persistent inflation with 2.6 percent annual price increases through 1980.
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Seymore Wolfbein
School of Business Administration
Temple University
U.S. Labor Department
National Planning Association
Nixon and Ceausescu See Common Ground on Peace and Trade
In a report on a Nixon Roumania visit plan the two leaders are described as practical makers of peace who favor working with the United States. Ceausescu praises Nixon’s approach while noting Roumania seeks better relations and most favored nation trade status. The piece discusses Moscow influence, missile talks, and regional diplomacy.
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Washington
Nixon
Roumania
Nicolae Ceausescu
Ceausescu
Czechoslovakia
House
UnAmerican Activities Committee
Europe
Japan
Switzerland
United States
Overhaul PO Now
Paul Harvey argues the U S Postal Service needs a major overhaul not a repaint or tune up. He cites political patronage in postmaster appointments and argues for a government run corporation to modernize mail service while preserving capable workers.
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Christopher Columbus
Palos
Spain
Nixon
Winton Blount
Red’ Blount
Congress
At&t
Post Office
Goes Underground
An AP reporter describes daily life underground in New York City. He tours the subway maze from a Rockefeller Center vantage, noting endless passages, interlocking lines, and the seamless flow of workers riding lines beneath Seventh Avenue. He ends at The Associated Press Building waiting for an evening weather check from his wife.
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New York
Manhattan
East River
Seventh Avenue
Eighth Avenue
Madison Square Garden
Sixth Avenue
Brooklyn
Rockefeller Center
Queens
The
Bronx
Associated Press
This Day in History Highlights and Milestones
Highlights note dates such as 1775 Cambridge action by General Gordon, 1608 Champlain founds Quebec, 1863 Gettysburg end, 1890 Idaho statehood, 1898 Spanish fleet battle, 1950 Korean War clashes, 1962 Algerian independence, and earlier civil rights actions.
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George Short Dly
Assa
Cambridge
Mass
Samuel de Champlain
Quebec
Gettysburg
George E. Pickett
Cuba
Algeria
Italy
William C. Westmoreland
U.S. Army
Moving TV Outdoors in Hawaii With Don Ho
The NBC Music Hall summer show with Don Ho features Hawaii’s scenery and guest Carol Lawrence with Bill Dana interlude. Hawaii Five-O production faces a zoning variance hurdle that could force a shift back to Hollywood, risking loss of local TV production and the show’s character.
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New York
NBC
Music Hall
Don Ho
Ocean's Edge
Carol Lawrence
Bill Dana
Milas Lawrence
Dana
London
Hawaii
CBS
Hollywood
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Grass Roots Opinion
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Miss
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Tempe
Ariz
George Pantos
Chamber of Commerce of the United States
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Chamber
Pepelatink
Preas
Nixon and Roumania
Leary of Neighbor
Russia
China
Yugoslavia
Moscow
Israel
Soviet Russia
Latin America
Johnson
Dean Rusk
NATO
California
Truman
Kennedy
State Department
Firestone Rubber Company
Firestone
Young, Americans For Freedom
West Germany
Paul Harvey
Columbus, Ohio
Dispatch
Chicago
Arizona
Morris Udall
Cynthia Lowrey
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