Thoughts For Today From Ecclesiastes And Henry Van Dyke
A collection of old proverbs and quotes on mortality and virtue. It cites Ecclesiastes verse about the end of life and a paraphrased line attributed to Henry van Dyke urging bravery and faithful conduct. The text blends biblical meditation with a clergyman’s note on immortality.
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Henry Var Dyke
North Carolina faces hard budget choices and hiring freeze
Gov James Holfhouser backs a limited hiring freeze amid falling revenues and a looming deficit financing risk. Democrats seek a nearly 44 million reserve and 70 million in cuts, offset by raises for state workers, while debating funds for Kindergarten expansion, ECU Medical School, and private college aid. Decisions loom in May budget session as politicals weigh cuts against salary increases.
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Appropriations Conference Committee
James Holfhouser
Holfhouser
General Assembly
Raleigh
James Hunt
House
James C. Green
Hunt
Green
East Carolina University
North Carolina
Projection of Change or Stability at Soviet Congress
London reports that the 25th Communist Party Congress in Moscow surfaced a tension between detente advocates and hardliners. Brezhnev faces questions on leadership succession, arms control, and how far Moscow will push support for allied movements abroad while internal debates linger over strategy and unity.
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London
Russia
Kremlin
Moscow
Aimy
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Western
Europe
China
Soviet Union
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Columbia University
United States
West
Victor Zorza
Brezhnev Faces Health Rumors and Detente Debate
Brezhnev, at 69, shows no clear sign of stepping down though health rumors swirl amid long rule since Stalin. The Politburo has seen minor changes, with rivals against detente replaced by supporters, while Moscow weighs detente as either a holding action or a lasting strategy despite economic strains and China-focused pressures.
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Nounce
Brezhnev
Soviet Union
Stalin
Pyotr Chelest
Genady Voronov
Alexander Shelepin
Shelepin
Edward Crankshaw
Crankshaw
Peking Wants U S as Counterweight to Soviets in Korea
China signals it prefers continued U S military presence in South Korea to deter North Korean aggression and Soviet expansion. It regards a U S withdrawal as risking a forced unification by Kim Il Sung and deeper Soviet involvement, while urging restraint to avoid destabilizing Asia and Japan.
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Washington
China
United States
U.S
South Korea
Mao ‘Tse-tong
Korea
North Korea
Kim Ti-sung
Kim
Russia
Ohina
Korean
Japan
Asia
John Anderson
R-Ti
Anderson
Margaret Heckler
R.mass
Patsy Mink
D.hawaii
Mink
Heckler
Diego Garcia
Indian Ocean
United Nations
Percy
South Ores
Grim forecast for Britain economic policy
Denis Healey warns Britain must cut social services, accept lower living standards, and curb inflation while denying hidden assets to tax. The piece argues socialist nationalization failed to save Britain’s postwar economy, blaming US policy and wartime asset liquidation for the current malaise.
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Denis Healey
Armed Forces Union humor column on wartime union rules
The Art Buchwald piece imagines military unions shaping duties and class rules during war. It features a mock dialogue aboard a battleship and in combat, where chaplains, gunners, and sailors face odd job classifications from the supposed protective power of unions. It uses satire to question wartime efficiency and loyalty under organized labor rules. The tale follows a Marine and a gunner in Bastogne with shop stewards dictating actions and a comic clash between battlefield urgency and union formalities.
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Washington
Scége
Sheem
Navy
Boatswain's Union
Padre
General Quarters
Wim
Cpl
Barney McNeil
Bastogne
McNeil
Roy Bender
Kien
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Interior Department
Alyeska Consortium
Alyeska
Ray Smith
Smith
Labor Party
Healey
Churchill
Britain
Scotland
North Sea
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Northern Ireland
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TEE Journal
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Art Buchwald
Armed Forces Union
Barney
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Retax
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