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Newspaper
Danville Register
Location
Danville, Virginia, United States of America
Date
Feb 10, 1972
Page
2
The article argues that the United States has moved beyond agriculture and manufacturing toward services, banking, government, and wholesale retail sectors as the main job sources. It notes productivity gains protect jobs, imports threaten gains, and recovery lags before hiring accelerates, urging job hunters to monitor both service and manufacturing sectors.
Final census figures reveal 8,889,652 age 18, 3,825,343 age 19, 3,766,102 age 20, and 3,560,217 age 21 totaling 15,041,314 eligible new voters for 1970. The 14 year olds number 4,282,106, the peak of the postwar baby boom, with births declining to ages under 14. Projections suggest continued downward trends in 1971 and 1972.
The piece describes President Nixon’s bid to update the Railway Labor Act to cover all transportation and introduce compulsory bargaining. It contrasts compulsory bargaining with arbitration, notes opposition from the House subcommittee, and criticizes the plan backed by the labor lobby as enabling a prolonged 122 day strike over dock and freight disputes. It mentions Rep Frank Thompson Jr and union influence shaping the legislative response.
National Geographic notes on an agency shop argument before the Senate Commerce and Labor Committee, with points about union benefits and voluntary membership. It also describes Sapporo’s grid layout, foreign planners, and Hokkaido’s distinct development and Ainu heritage as seen by 123 US Olympic team observers.
The article traces Hokkaido’s transformation from a Meiji era frontier to a modern hub with bears forests and ski resorts as Japan shifted to modernization. It also profiles Vice Admiral Hyman G. Rickover as a powerful Capitol Hill figure driving funding for a new class of ballistic missile firing nuclear submarines amid postwar seapower shifts.
A long analysis argues Admiral Rickover embodies pragmatic, technocratic stance in Nixon era strategy. It discusses pressure points in foreign policy, China opening, Soviet tensions, and the challenge of balancing allies while maintaining deterrence and cost containment amid rising arms plans.
William F Buckley Jr argues the Irish question feeds Northern Ireland tension and British policy. He cites Protestant majority power, IRA tactics, and proposals like proportional representation to ease oppression fears, while noting U K policy risks amid terrorism and U S involvement.
A speaker extols Malachy Kerrigan Lawless Ciaran Diarmaid Y Gurevich as a symbol of multilingual lineage. He argues against erasing names for numbers, praising medieval patrilines and saints, urging preservation of cultural patrimony over bureaucratic simplification. The rambling plea includes references to Mallorca Dublin Donegal and social security numeric schemes.
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