Washington Shell Game on Tax Cuts and National Debt
Editor argues likely tax cuts in 1968 despite public demand, while government spending remains high. Traces national debt growth from 1930s through postwar era, noting interest has risen to about 10 billion annually and that future payments could equal wartime costs. Calls for public awareness to resist borrowing and avoid easier tax cuts without spending cuts.
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Washington
F. W. Dodge Corporation
Tito
Tom
Worse Than They Want to Be
A Boston Logan flight scene follows a Maine lodge member whose cooking prize winnings lift her to travel West for a convention. The narrator contrasts her struggle with unemployment, ADC limits, and a California logger's wife, prompting public policy questions from Senator Byrd about welfare reform and incentives.
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Maine
Indiana
Lodge
Hudson
Augusta
Boston
California
Can We Find Answers to Automation
Victor Riesel discusses Britain's labor response to automation and a planned five day international conference from December 10 in London and Geneva. Leaders from labor, industry and academia will study employer obligations, job benefits, retraining, severance and wage policies as automation reshapes work. He notes the Machine cannot be smashed nor treated as an enemy and promises to report progress as a government delegate.
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Chicago
London
Prince Philip
Duke of Edinburgh
Congress House
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Royal Consort
Festival of Labor
George Lowthian
Prince
British Trades Union Congress
England
Sir Leslie
International Labor Office
Geneva
U.S
Britain
Europe
Mao's China becomes a looming menace in Asia policy
The piece weighs American isolationist sentiments against caution in avoiding direct conflict between India and China. It notes Mao’s rigid doctrine, Khrushchev’s mixed signals, and the risk that China’s rise could redraw Asia’s power balance while urging careful study of Mao’s strategy and its global impact.
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Khrushchev
Mr. Adie
Cuba
Castro
China
Asia
West
Raucous Coons Supper And City Scare Highlights From Then
A memory of Lima attendees at Concordville’s annual coon supper marking hunting season’s end. Night hunts with flashlights and rifles, raccoons gathered for a feast. Also notes Frank Trainer laid the last brick on Marcus Hook’s General Chemical stack.
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Frank Trainer
General Chemical Company
Marcus Hook
Delaware
Columbian
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