Wage and Price Restraint Urges Business Labor Leaders
The Cabinet Committee on Wage and Price Stability asks top executives and labor leaders to curb wage and price gains to five months remaining this year. It warns that third quarter increases could exceed 6 percent, undermining fiscal restraint gains. The letter urges responsible private decisions as 250 major contracts from August onward could raise prices and wages, affecting the nation.
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Space Program Holds Firm Despite Senate Moves
The Senate backed NASA against 10 percent research cuts and reduced construction trims, voting 52 to 34 and 42 to 34. A year after the Apollo tragedy, NASA recovered prestige as flight crews were named, plans advanced, and commercial space use gained favor over pure research.
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Geometry of Pollution Hits Lake Powell
Experts warn progress and retrogression follow geometric rules as pollution grows at Lake Powell. Though 5 years old, the lake already shows man-made pollution in water and shore, blamed mainly on campers and boaters rather than industry. Officials say cleanup is an aesthetic challenge more than a health threat, needing a few more years of observation.
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Letters Raise Gun Control Rejection And Public Debate
A reader argues against gun control citing rights and self defense while praising Supreme Court decisions. Other letters thank mental health fundraisers, praise community effort, and urge more facts on Code Home Rule. Contributors include Ray Recifer of Myersville and Clyde Wood of Middletown Md, with scattered comments on governance and education.
Liberals Snare as Specialists in False Hope
Promising grand, final solutions for social issues has eroded liberal credibility. Veteran and younger liberals, student activists, and militants now clash with the idea of a perfected system. The piece argues this pursuit fuels false hope and misleads the public, urging realism over sweeping overhaul.
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Emancipation Day Celebrated by Local Negro Residents
Fifty years ago on August 2 1915 the city and county held the Annual Emancipation Way parade at the fair grounds though war shadowed the event with many draft age men absent. The procession ran from 9 AM to 6 PM with participation by local residents and officials.
Wallace and McCarthy Rise in Preconvention Support
Washington Today analyzes why George Wallace and Eugene McCarthy attract large crowds as Wallaces stance on law and order and McCarthys antiwar position speak to discontented voters. The piece notes Nixon Rockefeller Humphrey avoid firm policy, leaving Wallace and McCarthy with growing appeal.
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