In Our Opinion One Gutty Statesman Needed Now
The piece argues Congress should raise taxes to curb inflation but criticizes federal spending under Johnson and calls for a single courageous public servant to oppose political games. It denounces welfare rhetoric and political calculations, urging decisive action over election year posturing.
Missing Highway Project In The Unmagic Circle
The September 23 edition of the State Highway Department Construction Bulletin shows Corry in the center of The Unmagic Circle, as did multiple prior months. Large numbers mark proposed construction projects, but the reader asks where their project is listed.
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Corry
Looking The Gift Horse In The Teeth In Social Security Talk
Paul Harvey critiques the saying about gift horses and argues that Social Security taxes burden workers. He notes rising payroll taxes, employer-employee contributions, and the potential for automation to raise unemployment while expanding benefits. He urges careful consideration before broadening the program.
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Paul Harvey
Negro unemployment rises despite broad campaign
AP reports government figures show nonwhite joblessness at 8.2 percent in August, more than double white unemployment, ending a five year trend of improvement. Bureau of Labor Statistics notes possible statistical error and analyzes potential causes from automation to job mix, while stressing ongoing efforts like Job Corps and equal opportunity laws.
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New York
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Letters policy for THE JOURNAL discloses authorship
The JOURNAL will no longer publish letters in the LETTERS column without the writer's name and address. Editorial opinions in letters will not be interpreted as the newspaper's official stance.
Dodd Hearings Reflect TV Violence Impact on Youth
The memo notes NBC ABC and CBS immunity in televised violence probes while Sen. Dodd’s staff prepared case against major program decision makers. It details watch time rising to 50 percent, with five to eight million under 17 viewing such shows nightly and the push to identify the network leaders behind content decisions.
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Tom Dodd
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Juvenile Delinquency Committee
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Paul L. Laskin
Carl L. Perian
NBC
ABC
CBS
Astral projection studied by North Carolina psychologist
Dr. E E Bernard of North Carolina State University reports research into astral projection or out of body experiences. He says minds can leave bodies, travel far, return, and that evidence shows no harm while seeking to control and utilize the phenomenon.
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Rob Wood
Hal Boyle
Raleigh, N.C
North Carolina State University
E.E. Bernard
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Dr. Bernard
New York Becomes Capital, 1788 Congress Names City
On September 13 1788 Congress designated New York City as the national capital. Also noted the birth of Walter Reed in 1851 and nominations in 1940 and 1943 involving Jesse Jones and Chiang Kai-shek respectively.
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New York
Walter Reed
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Jesse Jones
Chiang Kai-Shek
Ching
Do 4 year olds need contact lenses for medical reasons
Letter answers neighbor questions about pediatric contact lenses and explains they are used for therapeutic reasons in select conditions. It notes some children as young as four can be trained to insert lenses and cites Dr. Rosenthal and the New York Eye and Ear Infirmary experience. It emphasizes lenses salvage vision, not cosmetic use, and urges calm, informed discussion between families.
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New Techniqui
New York Eye and Bar Infirmary
J. Robert Rosenthal
Speaking of Your Health
A health column urges rest for sprained ankles until diagnosis is confirmed and explains medical advances as general knowledge. It stresses consulting one’s own doctor for personal problems and reassures readers about mind body health concepts.
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