Hodges Urges Wage Price Ceilings To Curb Inflation
Luther Hodges, former U S secretary of commerce, argues in an interview that government imposed wage and price controls are needed to fight inflation. He warns the nation may face greater instability as international tensions ease and credits business and labor with aiming for their own gains.
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Lali Hodges
Australia
Bid Hodges
Luther Hodges
National Commission For Product Safety
Cosmetic Toilet and Fragrance Association
Enemies Of Humanity On Forest Fire Arson
An article condemns forest arsonists as dangerous and urges drastic action. It argues they threaten natural assets and call for county or state intervention, including closing public forests, to prevent further destruction and restore public faith.
Fat Cats Back To Work On Agriculture Subsidies
The Department of Agriculture closed its books on the 1970 crop year with 3.7 billion in subsidies to 2,437,000 farmers. A small group got most of the money, including 23 at over 500 thousand and nine above one million, led by J G Boswell Co with 4.4 million. The rest move to a new policy while big farmers face limits on future payments.
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Department of Agriculture
Little Fellows
J. G. Boswell Company
Corcoran
Calif
Letter to Postmaster Blount on rising postal rates
A satirical note from the St. Louis Post-Dispatch praises Postmaster Blount while ribbing postal delays. The writer jokes about a bicycle delivering mail to Pittsburgh and imagines faster transport to justify higher rates, ending with support for Blount as rates rise.
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St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Blount
Pittsburgh
Here
Ohio
Dust Bowl memories rise as Texas drought and dust storms return
Rexford Tugwell warned Washington during 1933 34 about a harsh drought in the Great Plains with 23 dust storms in west Texas through mid April and a $100 million wheat crop write off. Federal plans for rainmaking began in May as Dust Bowl echoes reply to the era’s hardship.
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Rexford Tugwell
Great Plains
Washington
Texas
U. S. Bureau of Reclamation
West Texas
Tugwell
Panhandle
Middle West
Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr
Atlantic
Roosevelt
Capp accused of indecent advances at Alabama campus
The article recounts allegations that Al Capp, visiting Tuscaloosa in February 1968 for a university arts festival, made advances toward four coeds. It notes university officials urged his departure after a hotel confrontation and cites affidavits from two complainants.
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Washington
al Capp
University of Alabama
Capp
Tuscaloosa
Cambridge
Mass
Brit Hume
Alabama
Al Capp Faces Alumni Probe Over Campus Incidents
A university investigated four incidents involving Al Capp where female students reported unwanted exposure and advances in Capp's rooms and hotel. He left town after administration inquiries, while Capp denied wrongdoing and said he never involved himself with any student. The episode sparked debate on his qualifications to speak publicly.
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Sarah Healy
University
Col
Beverly Lee
Frank Rose
Lee
Capp
Dr. Rose
Col. Lee
Birmingham
Dean Healy
Eparnet
Prayer and policy blend in a scattered sermon by sources
A prose prayer laments earthly limits and pleads faith to guide the soul. The rest surveys Nixon's Vietnam address and Laird's plan for a phased US drawdown, naval and air presence, and deterrence in Asia. It cites cosmetics safety talks, and ASNE pushes for a federal shield for news sources amid subpoenas.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
Asia
Laird
U. S
U.S
Southeast Asia
United States
Soviet Union
China
Mediterranean
Itay
Greece
Turkey
Israel
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Ron Ny
By Jack Anderson
Oak
Sen
Edward Kennedy
D-Mass
Abaos
American Society of Newspaper Editors
Asne Freedom of Information Committee
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