Public opinion to curb meat and food price rises
In our opinion a public opinion crusade can curb rising meat costs. The piece cites a battle over pay raises, notes the April 1 meat boycott date, and argues consumers bear the burden while producers and retailers blame each other. urges unified action to lower prices without harming the needy, warning relief is needed or the consumer will be ON relief.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
State General Assembly
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Odds and ends from a quirky New York column
A collection of snippets on tattooing before electric needles, hypnotists, and crude methods. Includes a Churchill quip and a woodpecker fact about beak speed and tree drilling. Also offers a joke about polygamy and mother-in-law.
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Winston Churchill
New York
HEW Officials Ready Warpath Against Congress
Health Education and Welfare leaders draft an eight page speech, written by Lewis Helm, to defend Nixon welfare cuts and attack Congress. Helm, up for confirmation, warns the speech may rebound in Senate questioning. The piece also surveys Cold War and domestic policy topics, from China and Russia to book bans and foster care.
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Washington
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Congress
Lewis Helm
HEW
Senate
Helm
Nixon
Russia
China
Kremlin
Chiina
CIA
Richard Helms
Siberia
Frustrations of Travel and a Trader's Warnings
A narrator recalls a chaotic New York trip with delayed planes, taxi jams, and a stern airport clerk. Interspersed, an AP report outlines basic futures trading rules emphasizing risk capital, a plan, discipline, and informed price forecasts for commodities like pork bellies, silver, and cotton.
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New York
Basic trading rules and the lure of futures profits
The piece discusses enormous rewards and risks in futures trading. It cites a broker noting a last October S208 commitment for March delivery could yield a $6900 profit by mid February. It argues leverage, psychology, and discipline shape winners and losers, warning traders rarely beat the trend and must manage risk carefully.
Corry remembers 1953 city police hiring outlook
Corry 20 years ago shows police jobs may go begging with only one applicant after forms taken for city police examination as three vacancies remained. Also noted are a wedding at the Church of the Nazarene and Bowling Association tournament results at Bowl-Aire Lanes with Blue Bonnet crowned.
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City Bowling Association
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