A challenge for labor and industry in a changing world
An editorial argues labor and industry must adapt to rapid tech change from the railroad era to the space age. It notes unions grew with industry, achieved progress through reform, and warns excesses threaten public costs, urging broader societal thinking to avoid repeating old conflicts.
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New York
San Francisco
Noah
Grandpa
Government study on airline stewardess body measurements
The FAA approved spending of 58000 to obtain 79 measurements of 423 stewardesses at American Airlines training academy in Fort Worth. A five member team spent two months measuring women in bathing suits to aid design of aircraft work space and emergency equipment. Critics call the project costly and absurd.
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Federal Aviation Administration
American Airlines
Fort Wrth
Letters to the editor critique on being Indian and education
A Cherokee writer condemns a article about Rita Pale Moon Thielmann, arguing true freedom for native people lies in heritage and treaty rights, not assimilation. The letter lauds AIM’s role, questions BIA policies, and calls for self-determination and sovereign nationhood. It ends with a belated aside proposing public dog flush toilets inspired by Paris.
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Dianne Smith
I, PT
Rita
Pale Moon” Thielmann
Bureau of Indian Affairs
BIA
American Indian Movement
AIM
FBI
CLA
Europe
Ridge
U.S
Pale Moon
Paris
Congress' misguided reform act
The piece previews the Supreme Court term to decide the Buckley McCarthy challenge to the Federal Election Campaign Act. It notes the act's broad restrictions on contributions and expenditures, public financing provisions, and the Federal Election Commission, with emphasis on First Amendment clashes. It recalls Justice Black and criticizes limits on political speech versus reform aims.
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Washington
U.S. Supreme Court
Hugo Black
Black
James L. Buckley
New York
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Chal
Federal Election Commission
Congress
Justice Black
Alabama
Circuit Court
Buckley McCarthy
Edward Allen Tamm
Malcolm Richard Wilkey
Tamm
Supreme Court
Mexico's Population Surge Sparks U.S. Immigration Concerns
Mexico faces a massive population rise from about 60 million to potentially over 125 million by century's end. The growth, paired with job shortages, fuels illegal immigration to the United States and pressures on trade, with President Echeverria seeking a new global economic order while awaiting his successor.
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Mexico City
United States
Ameria
Mexico
Echeverria
Asia
Africa
New York Times
Everria
U.S
Washington
Canada
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Abi
Rio Grande
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