IRS Threats and Transportation Echo In National Debate
The piece argues the IRS threaten to revoke Sierra Club tax exemption over a dam opposition ad, suggesting political punishment. It contrasts selective IRS enforcement with other groups and notes urgency in expanding high speed mass transport as air and auto congestion rise, praising Johnson's commission on mass transit.
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Internal Revenue Service
Sierra Club
Grand Canyon
The
Revenue Service
IRS
Congress
Johnson
Hoffa Foes Clash as Union Power Shifts in Miami
Washington report outlines Hoffa bid to run Teamsters from jail via a constitutional amendment at the Miami convention with Frank E. Fitzsimmons favored, while Harold Gibbons challenges Hoffa faction and faces a history of violence tied to picket lines in St. Louis.
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Washington
St. Louis
Jimmy Hoffa
Teamsters Union
Hoffa
Justice Department
Miami
Teammster
Teamsters
Frank E. Fitzsimmons
Detroit
Fitzsimmons
Harold Gibbons
Gibbons
Senate
Thomas Moran
Moran
Rackets Committee
Robert Kennedy
James Ford
Ford
The
CIO
Teamsters Local 688
Lawrence Camie
Local 688
Contradictions and Court Ruling Spark Food Access Debate
The article contrasts government claims that low income communities pay more for food with a Supreme Court ruling that a California grocery chain merger of seven and a half percent of LA area sales violated anti-merger laws. It notes Bureau of Labor Statistics findings on price disparities and calls for expansion into poorer neighborhoods, alongside dissenting Justices Stewart and Harlan.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Los Angeles
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Esther Peterson
Johnson
Consumer Affairs
California
High Court
Stewart
Harlan
Stewart and
Supreme Court
Bureau of Labor
Letters on Middletown real estate and racial impact spark controversy
A reader argues the Middletown Board of Realtors exploited Urban Renewal ending in displacement of 95 percent Black families. The letter condemns the creation of a Black Belt and warns of future unrest if Negroes lack constitutional rights to move. The piece blends housing policy with civil rights tension in a stark local portrait.
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U.S
Middletown Board of Realtors
Middletown
Yankee Road
Fifth Avenue
Main Street
Lafayette Avenue
Black Belt
How to Celebrate Dad on His Day
Dave Regan reflects on how to honor a father who says he needs nothing. The piece advises thoughtful, useful gifts or a meaningful visit or phone call, stressing the value of practicality, frugality, and personal attention over lavish presents.
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Dad
Pop
Humphrey Silent as Minnesota DFL Hits Internal Split
In Minnesota the Democratic Farmer-Labor Party fractures over the governor nomination. Karl Rolvaag and A M Keith vie for endorsement while Vice President Humphrey stays away, risking party unity ahead of a possible 1972 White House bid. The GOP groom Elmer Andersen looms as potential rival.
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Humphrey
Democratic Farmer - Labor Party
DFL
State House
White House
Karl Rolvaag
Rolvaag
A.M
Sandy Keith
Keith
Edmund
Pat) Brown
California
Kennedy
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St. Louis Joint Council
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David Lawrence
Dave Regan
Marianne
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Minneapolis
GOP
Elmer Andersen
Dennis the Menace
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