One of the seeds of a police state
Don Oakley reflects on a Pekin Illinois protest incident where police and Secret Service removed an Impeach Nixon sign and used force. The piece blends critique of police tactics with Niemoller’s warning about incremental repression and the danger to all dissenters.
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Pekin
Ill
Secret Service
Nixon
Wire Service
Myles J. Ambrose
America
Germany
Martin Niemeller
Ann Landers
Massapequa
S. M
Ella
Nixon cited in quips about creating crises and Cambodia
Political scientist James Barber of Duke University argues Nixon might stage a new crisis to divert Watergate attention. Barber notes a misquoted Nixon line about Americans and the child in the family, suggesting critics fixate on a partial quote while ignoring the president’s other statements and actions.
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Richard Nixon
James Barber
Duke University
The
Washington Monthly
Barber
Nixon
Cambodia
Senate
G. Harrold Carswell
Supreme Court
Rememr
New U S Soviet pacts could yield global gains
Brezhnev visit yields potential long term agricultural, transport, oceanography, and weather research benefits. Cooperation targets crop yields and pest control, cold climate farming, oil transport, ship and aircraft tech, fishing and climate studies, with oil drilling advances and weather work highlighted.
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Leonid I. Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Russia
Siberia
U.S
China
U.S.S.R
United States
Alaskan
North Slope
Wage-Wage Inflation and the Cost of Policies
The piece explains wage-wage inflation driven by pay fears among unions. It discusses how monetary and fiscal policy fuels price rises, the lag effect from construction wage gains, and the risk of renewed wage settlements as inflation remains driven by demand and costs. It argues for restraint and self-control by government to stop price and wage spirals.
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Wall Street Journal
Mr. Calame
Enoug
Dear Ann Landers column spans addiction and wedding note
A reader shares heroin addiction and methadone past, warning of health and legal consequences. Letters discuss stigma, employment barriers, and dangers of drug use, plus a wedding fraud tale and a promotion for Ann Landers guides.
Barbs on Steaks and Summer Contests
A humorous note questions what a steak is and hints that summer booty contests will soon begin.
Lawn mulching with money phrase hints at garden myth
The reader asks about a secret concrete additive that makes grass grow between slabs, then mentions using dollar bills as mulch. There is no factual, safe gardening ingredient confirmed. spread of money is not a legitimate technique.
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Rock Falls Church to Celebrate Mortgage Burning
Five years ago the Rock Falls Assembly of God Church announced a mortgage burning celebration. Agnela Irene Molina of East Moline was named Miss G I Forum of the Quad Cities. The item is a retrospective column noting past community events and local honors.
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Rock Falls
Sterling Chamber of Commerce
Lawrence Building
Sterling
Erie
Whiteside County
C. W. George
Royal Neighbors Lodge of
Tampico
Coon Creek
Prophetstown
Scrutiny urged on Chicago transit tax plan
The legislature should closely examine proposals to fund Chicago area mass transit by juggling Illinois taxes. Critics warn a half cent tax swap could harm Downstate finances, complicate local funding, and rely on uncertain lottery proceeds, urging a Chicago centered solution and quick burial of flawed ideas.
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Chicago Metropolitan Area
Illinois
Transportation Study Commission
Chicago Area
Downstate
Dan Walker
House
Clyde Choate
Anna
metropolitan mass _ transit
Senate
Chicago
Cleaning Fluid Spot on Mahogany Table Stump
Readers share home fixes and tips across a variety of rooms and chores. Ruth seeks help removing a cleaning fluid stain from a mahogany dining table. STU complains about small manicure scissors handles. MRS H D offers shelf and storage hacks for kitchens and closets. VELMA urges labeling photos with names dates and places on backs. MARY ANN explains a simple needle threader using folded paper.
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Polly
Ruth
H. D
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Ann
Suffolk
Publishers Hall Syndicate
E. 42Nd St
New York
N. Y
Daily Gazette
Field Enterprises, Inc
Chicago Transit
Berry's
By Polly Cramer
Stu
Velma
Mary Ann
P.O. Box
Chicago, Il
Rollie
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