Brezhnev tightens grip as USSR strains for discipline
Washington analyses of the 24th Congress reveal widespread labor dissent and corruption in the USSR. Brezhnev endorses stricter enforcement, expanded police power, and centralized planning to curb nonproducers. Official projections show lower per capita income growth and continued focus on defense and key industries through 1975.
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Illinois program funds education for Army recruits
The Army spent over 10 million on a 13 week TV radio recruiting drive while the Illinois State Employment Service runs a second chance program training 5,000 youths to pass Army tests. Despite an 80 percent success rate with 1,934 enlisting, funding has been scarce and the program relies on Labor Department support. Federal funding should back this model and expand similar efforts in other cities.
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Illinois State Employment Service
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Labor Department
Wedding Memories And Plant Care In One Read
A fragmented account blends a wedding description with notes on tree care and forestry. It mentions a groom and wedding party details, floral corsages, reception decor, and a grand cake, alongside statements about ideal fatherhood and three forestry duties performed by licensed or supervised workers. The text also notes Finland's land area increasing by seven square kilometers yearly due to Gulf of Bothnia uplift.
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Gulf of Bothnia
Senate approves sweeping auto safety bill and funding
Five years ago the Senate passed 76 to 0 a broad auto safety bill mandating federal standards for car makers and a $465 million program to boost traffic safety in states and cities. In Sterling, Dianne Bates graduated from Katherine Shaw Bethea School of Nursing, and Kiwanis chose two seniors for Boys State. Sterling Park District reports 1,359 youths registered for the Summer Recreation Program June 12 to 16.
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Dianne Bates
R. V. Bates
Gary Bushman
Rock Falls
Jim Robbeman
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Sterling Park
Miss Betty Bull Heads for Montreal to Attend Conference
Miss Betty Bull leaves for Montreal to board the Empress of Canada en route to the International Advertising Conference run with the Festival of Britain. One of 15 U S youth delegates, she will represent Gamma Alpha Chi, daughter of Mr and Mrs J Bradley Bull. The weather shifts from windy wet midcontinent to gentler June breezes nationwide.
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United States
Gamma Alpha Chi
J. Bradley Bull
Jobless men head back to farms amid urban hunger
The article notes unemployed Young Americans returning to rural life from cities. It cites 200 men leaving New York today, 700 last week, 1100 the prior week, and 468,000 still out of work in New York. It mentions starvation wages and rainy park benches as daily hardship.
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America
New York
Barbs on wisdom and old time cookouts
A wry quip contrasts a self confessed know it all with a wary old timer who recalls when cookouts meant securing the right girl to end up on a leash, hinting at past social norms. The tone is humorous and reflective about change.
Warning on mixing cleaning agents to save a life
Ann Landers shares a warning from Patricia McCormack about mixing household cleaners. Two incidents with bleach and ammonia produced deadly gases. a U.S. Navy medical note cites twenty cases. Do not mix chlorine bleach with other cleaners. use products only as directed on labels.
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Dean Ann Landers
Patricia McCormack
U.S. Navy
Eppelheim
W. Germany
Dear Dr Lamb: Chest pain and heart risk insight
Lawrence Lamb offers medical guidance on chest pain during exertion, potential heart disease, esophageal spasm, hiatal hernia, and weight management. He stresses seeing a doctor despite costs, suggests testing, diet changes, and avoiding bending activities, plus notes on prostate prevention options for men over 65.
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Highlights in History June 19 1971
On this date in history the SS Savannah completed the first Atlantic steamship crossing arriving in Liverpool in 1819. Other notes cite Roanoke colonists in 1586, Emperor Maximilian’s execution in 1867, the 1934 creation of the FCC, Schmeling defeating Louis, the Rosenbergs’ 1953 execution, and other era milestones.
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Liverpool
England
Roanoke Island
North Carolina
America
Maxmillian
Mexico
U.S. Congress
Federal Communications Commission
Miami
Fla
Strength for the Day sermon on the crucifixion and forgiveness
Earl L. Douglass argues the crucifixion proves Jesus as victor not a victim. He notes ancient Rome mocked Christ yet Saint Peter’s Church in Rome defies such blasphemy. Faith reveals forgiveness, remission of sins, and peace through Jesus’ voluntary sacrifice.
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Rome
Church of
Saint Peter Towers
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