Willing Servant a casualty on the road to progress
A New York feature reflects on the decline of "Willing Servant" the skilled American waiter and service worker. It cites social attitudes wage issues tipping debates and national decline in pride in service with perspectives from hotelier officials and professors. The piece notes geographic contrasts and speculates on the fate of service as a profession.
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NEA
United States
America
Nutley
N.J
Manhattan
Europe
Jack Leslie
Leslie
Homestead
Hot Springs
Thomas Jefferson
Cornelius Vanderbilt
Hotel Help
Appalaschia Mountais
Raffles
Gerald Lattin
Corhell University Hotel School
Nedicks
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Quick Quiz Q and A World of Facts
A reader quiz covers topics from deep lakes and space walks to word origins and naval stores. Questions ask about Crater Lake depth, St. Peter’s Basilica status, John Glenn’s space walk, the origin of motel, Ham the chimp, Oregon Trail length, Einstein’s presidency, naval store products, Saint Dismas, and future pole stars.
Protestant Vote for Catholic School Survival Essay
A Protestant writer recounts joining a Catholic elementary school in Ohio and endorses parochial education. The piece argues Catholic schools face closure without public funds, benefits from state aid, and warnings about impacts on public schooling and community finance.
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Supreme Court
Ohio
FDR
United States
PTA
Arabs seek Soviet exit in Middle East postwar
The Arabs in Egypt around President Sadat tell U S officials they despise the Russians and want them out after the Israeli war. Nixon aides see evidence Sadat acts as a nationalist and will not let Moscow gain control, but no quick Russian withdrawal is expected while Egypt relies on Soviet aid. Libyan action against a British plane and Sudanese Communist leaders' purge underscore regional anti-Communist shifts.
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NEA
Egypt
Sadat
U.S
Middle East
Nixon
United States
Sudan
Sundan
North Africa
Libya
Khartoum
Africa
Moscow
William Rogers
Joseph Sisco
Debbertin debunks Pied Piper tale of Hamelin
German ethnologist Hans Debbertin argues no pipe playing figure led children from Hamelin on June 26. He states 130 townsfolk left to emigrate to Prussia, with no children among them. He notes a 14th century plague is misdated by about 300 years.
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Hans Debbertin
Hamelin
Une
Debbertin
Prussia
Hatlag Ngan
Dobbertin
Nickolas Graf von
Steel Contract- Who Won What
A sweeping labor dispute risks a costly steel industry downturn with 8 percent price hikes and plant closures. The Wall Street Journal notes mergers moves offshore mills and job cuts that could slash steel output and profits, while workers face delayed gains as production falters.
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Wall Street Journal
Steelworkers
Steel
Mao’s food import clash shows consumerism in Sino American trade
A small 2 ton shipment from China was detained by the U S Food and Drug Administration over labels touting therapeutic and health claims. The incident underscores cultural and regulatory friction as China seeks broader commerce with the United States.
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United States
U.S. Food and Drug Administration
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