The Scandal Behind Soaring Construction Costs
Reader's Digest reports costly union practices inflating building costs after interviewing over 500 industry reps. It notes workers' pay rises since 1926, productivity declines, and idle machines on government jobs, urging reform to avoid pricing out homes and schools.
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Reader’s Digest
Edward M. Young
Patented Dog Silencer Draws Fire From Odd Inventions
A Maryland man John F. McClellan Sr. of Monkton patents a dog silencer that uses inaudible dog-bark playback to quiet canines without disturbing owners. The note muses on sound and nuisance while recalling a trombonist neighbor and a lighthearted biblical reference.
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John F. McClellan Sr
Monkton, Md
Cannot Blindfold Our Children over Drive In Pornography
A letter writer urges action after a Dixie Cruise-In screen shows an adult scene near Rt 4. He argues pornographic material should not be shown on drive in screens and should be limited to indoor theaters to avoid exposing children.
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Rt. 4
James Croucherk
Anne Drive
Labor Dossier on McGovern Targets Democratic Candidate
The AFL-CIO circulated a White House document assessing George McGovern’s Senate votes on labor issues and other policy stands. It portrays him as wavering on key labor positions and civil rights while suggesting Republicans will use the record to undermine his appeal to young supporters.
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Miami Beach
Afl-Cio
George McGovern
White House
George Meany
South Dakota
McGovern
Senate
Landrum-Griffin
Dirksen
Department of Labor
HEW
Gene McCarthy
Bobby Kennedy
Sen. Javits
Prairie Wheat Farmer
U.S
Soviet Union
Paul Hall
Seafarers International Union
Henry of Navarre
Paris
Israel
Henry Wallace
Progressive Party
Russia
Czechoslovakia
Hanoi
AFL
Barry Goldwater
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates Listed
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options. Rates include 15 cent service charge for tube delivery, motor route and mail plans, and yearly options both in and out of the trading area. Founded in 1857.
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Deconcentrate and the McGovern Convention in Miami Beach
A satirical profile of John Kenneth Galbraith at the McGovern Convention in Miami Beach. The piece mocks Galbraith as a patron of populism and questions the redistribution zeal, contrasting Goldwater’s billionaires with McGovern’s platform and the party’s rhetoric.
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Miami Beach
BBC Studios
Convention Hall
Robin Day
John Kenneth Galbraith
Galbraith
Peter the Great
S. Petersburg
M. Guillotine
George McGovern
American Economics Association
The
Americans For Democratic Action
John Maynard Keynes
McGovern
Athens
Hoi Polloi
Beatrice
Sidney Webb
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McGovern foreign views split Europe and Nixon gains
European journalists view McGovern as unstable abroad and prefer Nixon. Moscow and Warsaw back Nixon outlets while Heath uses McGovern as a symbol of U.S. weakness. Abroad only Hanoi sees some gain. Inside Miami Convention Hall foreign policy was largely ignored amid isolationist rhetoric and a pro Israel stance. White House operatives monitor Democrats and Nixon strategists ready a heavy critique.
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McGovern
Nixon
Moscow
U.S
Warsaw
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Europe
NATO
Edward Heath
Britain
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