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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 06, 1971
Page
3
President Nixon signals willingness to consider a full Congress debate on the wage price board proposal pushed by 13 Republican senators. He warns hearings must prove a plan can restrain inflation without crippling the economy, while optimism about a better year continues amid cautious indicators.
Congress considers raising the minimum wage from 1.60 to potentially 2.00 or higher, weighing gains in purchasing power against possible job losses and inflation. Teen unemployment, foreign competition, and federal poverty programs complicate decisions amid inflation and new trade policies.
The piece traces the decline of the hippie movement rock festivals and campus militancy. It notes disillusioned youth facing drugs violence and job scarcity with Mario Savio and Berkeley memories fading as communism emerges as the next trend.
In private Capitol lunches Mills and Burns faced White House criticism of their actions and policy. Nixon aides directed attacks to undermine Mills credit for shoe export cuts and to challenge Burns on Federal Reserve autonomy. The pattern shows harsh private staff reactions from the Nixon inner circle and ongoing tension over economic policy.
The author contrasts two rational paths for Americans facing a Soviet rise to world empire. He argues the Kremlin would seek a one world order via nuclear dominance, while the United States must uphold a plural world with free societies, despite burdensome costs and Viet Nam discontent.
The imminent departure of New York's Mayor John Lindsay from the Republican fold signals a broader shift. The piece notes Eastern liberal Republicanism fading, Nixon's 1960 realignment with Rockefeller, and the rise of a moderately conservative coalition reshaping the party. Lindsay’s withdrawal mirrors figures like Gardner and Goodell drifting to Democrats.
A coalition of conservative figures including Bill Buckley Rusher Meyer and Burnham forms with figures from Human Events and the American Conservative Union to press Nixon for policy shifts. The move signals a significant intellectual split amid fears of a widening missile gap and deteriorating US standing. Buckley’s involvement signals weighty potential shifts in GOP direction ahead of 1972.
A devotional note cites Proverbs 29 1 and urges repentance. It emphasizes that hardening the neck leads to sudden destruction without remedy and calls readers to seek the Lord while he may be found offering today as the day of salvation.
The Monroe News-Star states it is a second class matter publication in Monroe Louisiana under 1909 act. published daily except weekends by News-Star-World Publishing Corp with offices on North 4th and Olive. It lists executive staff and AP membership and declares independence and impartial news practice.
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