Immigration policy shift sparks debate on unemployment and growth
A column argues liberal U S immigration policy worsens joblessness amid 5.2 million unemployed, noting 3.9 million immigrants since 1965, including families. It cites LBJ signing the act at the Statue of Liberty and contrasts pre 1965 national origins limits with the new first come first served system.
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United States
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
LBJ
Statue of Liberty
New York Harbor
Europe
Great Britain
Germany
Ireland
Immigration policy reshapes ethnic balance and jobs picture
The June 25 1971 Frederick News Post opinion argues Johnson era immigration reform widened ethnic diversity, shifting from British Isles to Chinese and Filipino newcomers. It warns of job competition, lower wages for new immigrants, and strain on West Coast cities and Chicago schools amid 350,000 unemployed veterans and Vietnam troop withdrawals.
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British Isles
West Coast
Chicago
America
Labor
James Hodgson
United States
Vietnam
International Standards Shift Urges U S Trade Policy
The piece argues U S industry faces artificial barriers from American provincialism and outdated practices. It highlights Europe’s blue oxygen hose standard, nonconformist U S appliances, and English measurement limits. The International Voluntary Standards Cooperation Act of 1971 seeks active U S participation to avoid technological isolation as Europe plans 18 000 new standards this decade.
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U. S
Europe
Department of Commerce
Senate
U.S
Democratic National Convention to Reform Practices in 1972
The 1972 Democratic National Convention will ban bands banners and spontaneous floor demonstrations shorten nominating and seconding speeches and reduce favorite son candidacies. Roll calls will be decided by lot reflecting public fatigue with televised quadrennial circuses.
State's school plan faces big costs and governance changes
Governor Mandel faces backlash as first 17 months show 445 million in School Construction costs with Frederick County at 15.7 million. A new Interagency Committee absorbs staff and budget control, while debate over guidelines and local impact grows ahead of June 25 deliberations.
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Marvin Mandel
Frederick County
Board of Public Works
Interagency
Mandel
PTA
Blair Lee
Committee
Alford R
Skip’’ Carey Jr
Gadabout
Department of Education
Mi Carey
Court of Last Resort
Frederick
Howard
Baltimore
Carey
William S. Moore
Maryland Association of Boards of Education
Louis L. Goldstein
Brezhnev Tightens Labor Discipline In Soviet Union
In a Washington analysis of the 24th CPCU congress and allied Soviet bloc gatherings, officials flag rising labor dissent and corruption. Brezhnev response calls for stricter enforcement, police and party oversight, central planning, and limited liberalization as per capita income forecasts remain weak and investment targets favor agriculture electric power and heavy industry.
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Washington
NEA
U.S.S.R
Leonid Brezhnev
Communist Party of the Soviet Union
Brezhnev
United States
Plans and politics mix in a 1921 and 1951 Maryland clipping
Plans for the September primary are set with dates between the 8th and 12th, plus an intermediate registration. A school budget delegation urged acceptance by the county commissioners. In 1951 Frederick faces heat and pests as Lansdale Tube delays and Nixon image analysis dominates, with talk of tax cuts and defense relations.
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Board of County Commissioners
County Commissioners
Board of Education
Washington
Joe McGinnis
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Milton Pitts
Pitts
H. Freeman & Son
Philadelphia
John Mitchell
W.C. Fields
Mitchell
Treasury
John Connally
White House
The
Republic
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Maryland Environmental Service
Ray Cromley
By Ray Cromley
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
News-Post
Frederick City
Lansdale Tube Company
Philco Corporation
Chamber of Commerce
Fairground
GOP
Laos
By Jack Anderson
Berry's
Archie
DW Spa
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