How Other Nations Fight Poverty Compared With U S
A study for the Joint Economic Committee notes five leading West nations Canada Britain France Denmark and Sweden use similar aid tools to the United States to curb poverty. They rely on public assistance health insurance and old age pensions but largely avoid negative income tax and face high costs for broad family allowances.
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Wive
West
United States
Canada
Great Britain
France
Denmark
Sweden
Joint Economic Committee of Congress
Martin Schnitzer
Department of Business
Virginia Polytechnic Institute
Vrance
Industral
Census reports median family income reaches 8000 dollars
The Census Bureau notes a 8000 dollar median family income last year up from 7500 in 1966, with about 4 percent inflation-adjusted gain. Okun, chair of the CEA, sees a cooling trend, lower CPI and wages, and easier mortgage finance aiding home building amid tax surcharges and spending cuts reducing volatility.
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Census Bureau
Arthur M. Okun
Council of Economic Advisers
Mass produced hearts could replace faulty human hearts
Dr. Christian Barnard predicted a shift from donor transplants to plastic and artificial hearts within a decade. He spoke in Sydney at the Australian Medical Congress on death definitions and the global readiness of transplant programs.
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Christian Barnard
Sydney
Australia
World Medical Assembly
Barnard
Forgotten American foods revived to combat world hunger
Editorial notes that the diversity of crops signals prosperity beyond output. It cites 800 edible plants cultivated historically, 1830 U.S. census with 129 crops, and a loss of 91 since. Modern efforts by IBM Think and researchers from Israel and the USSR rediscover tubers like helianthus tuckahoe and Indian parsnip, plus chayote, offering new, hardy food sources amid hunger fears.
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United States
IBM
Think
Israel
S.S.R
Jamestown Colony
Central America
Newspaper Enterprise Asse
Ideas Pay Off In $35 Million Melon From Employee Suggestions
The National Association of Suggestion Systems reports 2.3 million ideas submitted by about 700000 workers, with 723887 adopted and total awards of 35 million. Average award neared 48 dollars, while the top payout reached 18315 dollars.
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National Association of Suggestion Systems
Subtle Czech Resistance Under German Rule in World War II
The piece surveys Czech nonviolent and covert resistance to German occupation. It notes bureaucratic delays, misrouted orders, and propaganda as tools. It cites specific sabotage patterns, including milk decreases, seed losses, fires, rail accidents, and missorted munitions, leading to Gestapo action and executions.
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Washington
Nea
Czechoslovakia
Soviet Union
Moscow
Kosygin
Greetke
Cachoslovakia
Hitler
Reich
Gestapo
Heydrich
Prague
Sabataie
Fifty Years Ago Items From The News-Post Files
Key items note a county man in critical condition after a hunting accident at Frederic City Hospital with 50 buckshot in head and neck. John H. Staley shot by MJ Nusz. Dawson v Hammond of New London waives claims from the draft. Hammond enlists after deferments dropped. A 17 year old Ellerton boy, Russell Sheptey, fatally crushed unloading a telephone pole near Myersville.
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Frederic City Hospital
John H. Staley
MJ. Nusz
Dawson V. Hammond
New .Ondon
Hammond
County
Ellerton
Russell Sheptey
Myersville
Mississippi Groups Ouster Not Threat to Humphrey
Bruce Biassot reports that the Mississippi Credentials Committee ousted regulars and installed a biracial delegation, a move not seen as derailment of Hubert Humphrey’s southern support. Northern members cite biracial progress while some southern leaders may withhold votes early or delay full backing to Humphrey. The plan may blend early southern backing with late joining as the nomination fight unfolds.
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Hubert Humphrey
Credentials Committee
Mississippi
Credentials Group
Virginia
Florida
Georgia
Alabama
Texas
Arkansas
Southern Committee
Humphrey
Northern Credentials
Democratic Party
North
South Carolina
George Wallace
Richard Nixon
Miami Beach
Commentary Snippets on Society and Youth
A collage of satirical lines about women, economy cars, trading stamps, Chicago as the Windy City, and generational rebellion. The fragmentary quotes suggest a column or syndicated humor piece reflecting mid century social norms.
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Okun
Berry's
Augry
By Don Oakley
Ray Cromley
News-Post
Jim Tatum
University of Maryland
Harry C. Byrd
University
Yellow Springs
East Church Street
Selective Service Office
THE
News Post
Chambers
Westminster
Alger Hiss
Hiss
By Bruce Biossat
Chicago
Windy City
Wsa
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