YMCA's summer jobs program mobilizes youth in New Castle
The YMCA reports over 30 youths applying for summer work through its jobs referral project while NAB and local business leaders push for year round youth employment. NAB aims for 175,000 summer youth hirings this year and supports a wide program including Career Guidance Institutes and Youth Motivation Task Forces.
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YMCA
Arthur L. Haas
Mr. Haas
Willard F. Rockwell Jr
North American Rockwell Corp
Pittsburgh
NAB
Lawrence County
Rockwell
New Castle
Condon
Career Guidance Institute
Mexico Faces Economic Isolationism As Trade Expands
John Chamberlain reports on Mexico under President Luis Echeverria as he travels to Washington, stressing worries about rising U.S. protectionism, Mexico's evolving foreign investment rules, and a renewed push for export-led growth. The piece highlights banking trusts for foreign capital, state controls in oil, 51 percent ownership limits in some sectors, and a new Mexican Institute of Foreign Trade led by Julio Faesler, with 1971 exports up 5.2 percent and early 1972 gains.
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Mexico
Toluca
Latin America
Chrysler
Venezuela
Republic
Luis Echeverria
Washington
San Antonio
Texas
Richard Nixon
Colorado River
U.S
California
Arizona
West Germany
France
Republic OF Mexico
Woodrow Wilson
Echeverria
Yucatan
Rio Grande
Afl-Cio
George Meany
Europe
Emilio Rabasa
Rabasa
Mexican Institute of Foreign Trade
Julio Faesler
Faesler
Kennedy
John Chamberlain
George McGovern
George George Wallace
Pay Raise Lockstep Reform Call in State Legislature
Editorial blasts the Commonwealth Compensation Commission pay raise scheme that would auto take effect unless vetoed within 60 days. It notes a 35 percent rise to about 21000 a year and urges voters to demand real reform and veto efforts to bypass public objections. It highlights three Democratic lawmakers moving to block the plan and calls for transparent voting and immediate legislative reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Commonwealth Compensation Commission
Harrisburg
U.S
House of Representatives
Compensation Commission
House
Senate
Democrats Face Role Reversal in Pennsylvania Budget Battle
Harrisburg commentary notes that Governor Shapp seeks a 3.6 billion dollar budget for 1972 73 with a 443 million dollar rise and a further 50 million for a nonpublic schools package. The piece argues Democratic legislators control spending yet cannot unilaterally cut mandated costs and questions the source of a reported surplus.
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Pennsylvania
Shapp
Keystone State
House Appropriations Committee
Philadelphia
Martin P. Mullen
Legislative Branch
Keystone
Mullen
Brush Off to Busybodies and the Price Question
Sydney J. Harris collects reader replies on how to answer questions about a costly sailboat. Readers split into soft, hard, and question-asking camps with witty and pointed quips. He notes a public thirst for dialogue yet a lack of true exchange in society.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Corvo
Ann Landers
J. P. Morgan
Sally
Sydney J. Harris
McGovern's Momentum Shifts in 1972 Race Reflections
A late night diary recalls June 6 1972 coverage of California primary results McGovern winning broad youth and Chicano support while RFK nostalgia lingers. The writer questions party unity and the role of media in democracy noting local politics and escalating Vietnam War and tax reform stakes.
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Dday
Robert Kennedy
California
San Francisco
John Chancellor
David Brinkley
Walter Cronkite
Theodore White
NBC
CBS
Walter
McGovern
New York
Teddy
RFK
Humphrey
Cronkite
HHH
Nixon
Goldwater
Lawrence County
Hubert
George
Ralph Audino
Dominick Cioffi
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Willard
NEW Castle News
The
News Company, A Corporation
Jessie Treadwell Anderson
Eleanor Treadwell Payson
Leonard T. Kolasinski
Jack W. Gartholic
Bell Telephone
Private Exchange
U.S.A
Lema
Paulida
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