No Relief In Sight For Economy Labor Costs Rise
The Chicago story notes Teamsters wage demands of one dollar per hour per year for a three year contract, aligning with broader worries of simultaneous inflation and slower output. If met, average Teamster pay could reach seven dollars an hour by spring 1972, with higher rates in the Chicago area. Rising wages, rate hikes, and stagnant productivity challenge traditional inflation cures.
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Chicago
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
Chicago Tribune
Teamster
Teamsters Union
Black Pupils End A Myth Shattering IQ Records
Racine Journal Times reports Windsor Hills Elementary in Los Angeles with 90 percent Black enrollment posted the district’s top average IQ score of 115 among 436 elementary schools. Parents, many professionals, invest in education, while a Black mother notes liber al beliefs persist but Watts schools show determination to overcome disadvantage.
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Los Angeles
Windsor Hills
Watts
Jury frees Larson in McLoone murder case
Twenty years ago a Minneapolis automobile salesman Arnold Larson, 35, was cleared by a jury after five hours of deliberation in the November 14, 1947, Dr J E McLoone murder case. Other notes recall Australia voting to return to free enterprise and local government actions on water chlorination.
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Arnold O. Larson
Minneapolis
J. E. McLoone
Australia
Common Council
Carl Hagen Sr
French Island
J. N. Cribben
Chamber of Commerce
Quotes on Lake Erie pollution and song creation
Canadian advertising executive Jerry Goodis says pollution makes one slowly decay in Lake Erie. Composer Hoagy Carmichael, 70, explains how he and collaborators wait for ideas and then work hard to produce songs.
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Lake Erie
Jerry Goodis
Great Lakes
Hoagy Carmichael
Apollo 14 eyed for long lunar stay and 108 days
NASA plans to extend Apollo missions with a 65 hour stay in 1970 and a possible 108 day lunar shelter by 1972. Two Saturn V launches would deploy an LM crewed spacecraft and a lunar shelter module, enabling extended exploration and a potential lunar base with supplies for 5,000 pounds of consumables.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
House Space Committee
Moon
J. F. Madewell
North American Rockwell & Co
Downey
Calif
Cape Kennedy
Lunar
Surveyor
Moon Shelter
U.S. Navy
Antarctica
Draft Lottery Will Mean New Confusion and Inequities
Washington report on the first year of the draft by lot highlights rising confusion and perceived inequities. The system will vary by locale as numbers are drawn and allocated, with differences across states and local boards. Deferments and timing questions loom for college students and potential draftees planning their futures amid Vietnam troop levels.
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NEA Washington
Washington
Nixon
United States
Defense Department
U.S
Vietnam
Kids Rebel Rightly At Watered Education
Sydney J. Harris argues that the public school system is costly and inefficient, with students repeating learned material and pacing driven by the slowest. He proposes national service for college students and finishing college work earlier, plus ending prolonged schooling to curb youth stagnation and prepare youth for manhood.
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Sydney J. Harris
Letter writers clash on evolution teaching and faith
Mrs Jack Swanson of Onalaska writes about clashes between science and church positions on evolution in schools. She cites Catholic and Protestant sources, argues for Biblical creation, and urges parents to teach belief in God, citing sources and books in her critique of public education.
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the Tribune
Josephine Hallock
Milwaukee Journal
St. James Catholic Church
Jack Swanson
R. 2
Onalaska
A Game With Clear Rules No Wonder He Goes For Football
President Nixon's love of football is seen as a respite from politics. The piece notes the endless, unpredictable nature of political life and contrasts it with the unifying, grounding pull of football and the Arkansas Texas game. It argues sports connect him with Middle America and provide relief from White House pressures.
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New York Times News Service
Washington
Nixon
White House
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Football
Arkansas
Texas
Vietnam
Spiro Agnew
America
Middle America
Winthrop Rockefeller
Rep
Jim Wright
Students Oppose Constitutional Convention Calls
Jefferson High School students form Save Our Constitution Committee to oppose Assembly Joint Resolution 38 seeking a constitutional convention. They urge Wisconsin peers to contact their senator and assemblyman, warning passage would make Wisconsin the 34th state to call for a convention. Becky Buehl and W J Molzberger named as organizers.
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the Tribune
Jefferson High School
Save Our Constitution Committee
United States
Assembly
Wisconsin
W. J. Molzberger
Jefferson
Wis
Becky Buehl
Jefferson, Wis
Proverbs verse about a man without self control
A concise biblical quotation cites Proverbs 25 28 describing a person lacking self control as a city broken into and left without walls. The line emphasizes vulnerability and the need for restraint.
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Coulee
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National Guard
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Walter E. Meanwell
University of Wisconsin
Superior
Army of Federal Prohibition
Wilson
Sen. la Follette
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C. A. Whitney
la Crosse Normal School
la Crosse Fish Co
Sec. of the Navy
Daniels
National Rivers and Harbors Conference
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Ray Cromley
Hutchins
Tribune
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Capitol Hill
Saigon
Hanoi
Willy Brandt
West Germany
NATO
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Moscow
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