The Atomic Bomb Story by Jim Bishop
Reporter Jim Bishop recalls the Manhattan Project and the creation of the first atom bomb as a tightly kept secret with humorous moments. Key figures include Harry S. Truman, General Leslie Groves, General George Marshall, James Byrnes, Cordell Hull, and others amid wartime politics and labor unions at Oak Ridge.
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Jim Bishop
U.S
United States
Germany
Roosevelt
Congress
Missouri
Harry S. Truman
Senate
Army
Navy
Oak Ridge
Tenn
Truman
Washington
Leslie Groves
George Catlett Marshall
General Marshall
General Groves
Groves
Marshall
Les
Fort Myers
James F. Byrnes
White House
War Mobilization
Byrnes
Brotherhood of Firemen and Oilers
Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Jimmy Byrnes
Joseph P. Clark
al Wegener
Electricians
Speaking Freely Enough Resources For The World
Don Oakley argues that population and ethics shape resource use statistics. He notes that claims of U S overconsumption can reflect advanced technology and that as nations reach similar levels, U S share may decline. He cautions resources are finite and nonrenewable.
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Don Oakley
United States
America
Paul Ehrlich
U.S
Earth
Frank Notestein
The
Population Council
Planned Parenthood-World Population
Notestein
Indiana press notes and public notice oddities
The Indiana Evening Gazette shows a long masthead with staff and subscription rates and prints a broad, mixed-content page. The article segment discusses resource theory from Frank Notestein, arguing knowledge and skill as core nonrenewable assets, plus global development implications and pollution costs. Q&A items cover church status, spaceflight history, and word origins.
Washington’s Jimmy the Greek Rates Presidential Odds
Jimmy the Greek Snyder positions Nixon as an 8 to 5 favorite over Humphrey and 8 to 6 against Jackson in the general election while Muskie remains the Democratic favorite. He assigns odds for Democratic and Republican nominating races, notes shifts among Lindsay and Jackson, and cites his polling method and track record.
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Washington
Nixon
Peking
Jimmy
Greek Snyder
Ed Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Henry Jackson
Ted Kennedy
John Lindsay
George McGovern
Wilbur Mills
Muskie
Humphrey
Jackson
Lindsay
Kennedy
McGovern
Mills
New York City
Jimmy the Greek
Ohio
Illinois
George Gallup
Louis Harris
Birch Bayh
Eugene McCarthy
Fred Harris
Dark Horse
Walter Mondale
Harold Hughes
Ronald Reagan
Nelson Rockefeller
Mark Hatfield
Charles Percy
Pete McCloskey
Spiro Agnew
Treasury Sec
John Connally
New York
California
Senator Mondale
Mondale
Nixon Labor Thaw Plans Outline Wage-Price Reforms
Victor Riesel reports that President Nixon has mapped options for a wage-price thaw after the freeze, with heavy input from George Meany and labor leaders. A key plan envisions early warning alerts and an independent wage-price review board under the Economic Stabilization Act, limiting government restraint while preserving labor participation for about nine more months.
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Victor Riesel
Washington
Nixon
Labor
George Meany
Meany
Afl-Cio
White House
First Labor
Teamsters
Frank
Fitz) Fitzsimmions
Auto Workers
Woodcock
Fitz
Jim Hodgson
Rotary
Flagly Labor
National Commission On Productivity
Congress
Boyle Column Postponed Pleasures
HAL BOYLE writes a light column on the busy life of modern men who miss leisure time. He offers a humorous list of things a single man claims he has never done, from sewing a button to riding the rails and even wilder stunts, illustrating how work and family duties shape everyday freedoms.
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U.S
Japan
Byrnes
Bethesda Hospital
Cordell Hull
United States Supreme Court
High Court
Hal Boyle
New York
Boston
Philadelphia
Timbuktu
Westgate Terrace Opens In Route 286 South Area
Authorities helped officially open Westgate Terrace the new community apartment complex on Route 286 South. The event marked a modern housing addition for Indiana County amid local celebrations and community growth.
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Indiana County
Westgate Terrace
Penns Manor
Nationwide Insurance Company
Jacob J. Javornik
Voag
Indiana
South Seventh Street
Gompers Alley
Church Street
South Fifth Street
Philadelphia
Cain
H. W. Bennett
Buffington Township
Bennett
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Andiana Evening Gazette
Water
Pupnanea
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Hah. Ray
Elizabeth R
Coos
Amye Tayloh Ray
Arstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Mail
Q's
St. Peter's Church
Vatican City
Edward White
Washington National Zoo
Desert
Egypt
Boyle
NEA
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