AID Spent Birth Control Funds To India By Method
The GAO reports that in June 1970 the Agency for International Development used 20 million dollars earmarked for birth control in India for general commodity imports instead. India could not spend the funds on birth control due to administrative inertia, so most of the grant went to general economic aid, near the end of fiscal 1970.
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Agency For International Development
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India
U.S
Congress
GAO
Watergate and the laws debated in Washington
A Washington discussion assesses President Nixon's claim of executive privilege and its impact on the Watergate investigations. Constitutional lawyers warn the scope may expand to former White House staff, risking a clash with Congress and the courts. A commentary closes with church and weather notes.
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Washington
Nixon
White House
Supreme Court
Congress
The Con Man on Broadway and the Virgin Islands
Hungry Harry, Broadway’s noted con man, charms women for money then vanishes. James Bishop recounts a Caribbean cruise encounter where Harry admits he married a Virgin Islands widow who lacked the promised tin mines. He now works as a bartender, reflecting a lifetime of scams and vanity.
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Hungry Harry
Broadway
Harry
Toots Shor’s
Gallagher's
Mrs. B
Jimmy Cannon
Virgin Islands
South America
Adirondacks
New York
Pedro
Michelangelo
David
Charlotte Amalie
Kelly
Greenwich Village
Fourth Street
Muscatine Journal Staff Directory Ad Reads Like Ledger
Muscatine Journal lists the newsroom and business staff including publisher William Le Fahy, controller Max Christy, editor Gil Dietz, managing editor Harold Blake, David White as advertising sales manager, and Wendell Grinstead in circulation. The fragment presents an internal masthead style roster from the independent Lee newspaper.
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William LE Fahy
Max Christy
Gil Dietz
Harold Blake
David White
Mgr
Wendell Grinstead
Yesterdays and Anniversaries Across Time
A compact recap of local items from varying years noting travel, visits, Easter observances, and milestone anniversaries. The record includes T.B. Terry in Canada as a sewing machine agent, Mrs. G. M. Tills returning from Des Moines, Howard Bristol home for Easter, and Rev. Ivan Bachtel’s Easter services in Grandview plus a golden wedding anniversary event in Columbus Junction.
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T.B. Terry
Canada
Howe Sewing Machine
Dominion
Howard Bristol
Chicago
Mrs
EM. Bristol
Grandview
Ivan Bachtel
Mulford
Today in History March 26 1973 AP brief
Today is March 26 1973 main events include Salk announced polio vaccine from University of Pennsylvania, Holy Roman Empire war declaration on France in 1793, Beethoven death in 1827, Japan occupy Pescadores in 1895, Foch named Allied commander in WWI in 1918. notable birthdays include Westmoreland Williams and Arkin. thoughts on rituals discuss daily habits and breaking free from routine.
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Associated Press
Jonas E. Salk
University of Pennsylvania
Holy Roman Empire
France
Ludwig van Beethoven
Japan
Pescadores Islands
Formosa Strait
Ferdinand Foch
London
William C. Westmoreland
Tennessee Williams
Alan Arkin
The world would demand rituals end at once
Hal Boyle muses on the endless human rituals from funerals to dinners and sermons. He contemplates a world without rituals, noting people would be jailed for skipping them, and argues that rituals keep society running despite their tedium.
Prayer text riffing on a biblical scene after quake
A brief prayer reflecting on disaster and divine guidance from 1 Kings 19 42. It asks for wisdom in using gifts, through stillness and God’s intervention, in the name of Christ.
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Christ
To your good health and the two diabetes types
Dear readers ask about water diabetes and sugar diabetes. The doctor explains diabetes insipidus vs mellitus, their causes, treatments, and warns on diet and kidney stone notes. Also covers oxalate foods to avoid and a note on vasectomy and venereal disease risk.
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Mrs. V
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