Burden of State Pension on Children Stirs Family Debate
An unsigned note from a state old age pension recipient pleads for her offspring, arguing the state taxes burden her children to support distant welfare recipients. The piece laments past tax policies and urges returning to direct family responsibility, noting three generations once lived under one roof and stressing the need to avoid repeating costly, false assumptions about aging funding.
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Grandma
Grandpa
Almanac highlights and historical birthdays for Aug 14 1972
Today is Monday August 14 1972 the 227th day of the year with 139 remaining. Notable items include Truman announcing Japan's surrender ending World War II in 1945 and other historical markers from 1784 1848 1900 1935 and 1941. Circus impresario John Ringling North is 69.
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Associated Press
Harry Truman
Japan
Alaska
Kodiak Island
Oregon Territory
China
U.S
Peking
Congress
Shipboard
Franklin Roosevelt
Winston
Churchill
United States
Italy
Jerusalem
Belfast
Northern Ireland
John Ringling North
Thailand's political crisis risks growing insurgency in coming years
Cromley reports Bangkok is indecisive as a Communist underground gains traction across central, north, northeast and southwest Thailand. Officials fear a 1977 dilemma like Kennedy era Vietnam, urging strengthens to empower Bangkok to confront the underground with local resources, while highlighting political weakness, rural alienation, corruption, and limited public confidence in government programs.
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Washington
Bangkok
Thailand
Peking
Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
United States
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Poral Thailand
Amon
Southeast Asia
Laos
Looking Back Odessa Thunderstorm Trims City Power
A pint-size thunderstorm on August 1 1962 struck Odessa causing power outages toppling trees and injuring at least one building as winds reached 73 mph with hail accompanying the storm.
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Odessa
Odessa Chamber of Commerce touts Chuck Wagon Gang in Lions issue
Twenty years ago on August 1 1952 Odessa Texas the Chamber of Commerce announced international publicity for the Chuck Wagon Gang. The feature appeared in the Lions International publication The Lion signaling growing recognition.
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Odessa Chamber of Commerce Chuck Wagon Gang
the Lion
The
Lions International
Odessa Country Club Expands to 200 Members
On August 14, 1942, Odessa Country Club officials announced it will accept 50 additional memberships, raising total club membership to 200.
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Odessa Country Club
Cumberland Gap And The American Spirit In 1970s Era Debate
The piece traces the Cumberland Gap as a historic gateway shaping western expansion and links frontier bravado to later political debates. It condemns New Left influence, praises traditional enterprise, and critiques federal ventures like Soul City funded by a 14 million dollar HUD bond guarantee as impractical uplift for poor farmers.
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Cumberland Gap
Tenn
Virginia
Alleghaney Range
Kentucky
Thomas Walker
Daniel Boone
United States
Blue Ridge
South
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
The
Washington Post
McKissick
Urban renewal and subsidized housing costs at issue
Commentary argues urban renewal inflates costs and displaces communities. It cites HUD Secretary Romney on subsidized housing running about 20 percent higher than private builds and quotes a Human Events piece noting $75 000 per unit for Washington DC Shaw neighborhood town houses. The piece questions land value suppression and higher public burden from such programs.
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HUD
Romney
Shaw
Washington, D. C
Crossword Puzzle Clue Grid From A Historic Page
A string of crossword style clues appears with numbered entries and fragments including names such as Mesere and Musial, various incomplete words, and scattered language hints. The readable items suggest a page fragment featuring a puzzle with missing letters and inconsistent spellings.
Secret Paris talks hint at Vietnam peace chance
Washington reports indicate Kissinger met Le Duc Tho in Paris on July 19 and Aug 1 in secret sessions. Officials say there is cautious progress toward a negotiated settlement, centered on South Vietnam’s postwar leadership, with possible Communist concessions while electoral timing looms. The scenario includes a staged delay, a potential ceasefire without prisoner releases, and possible battlefield moves to pressure Nixon before the 1972 election.
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Stan Carter
Washington
Paris
Henry Kissinger
le Duc Tho
Tho
South Vietnam
Nixon
Vietnam
Aissinger
U.S
George McGovern
McGovern
Hue
Hanoi
Soviet Union
People’s Republic of Chi
Johnson
Kissinger
America
Plac
Nguy¢ van Thieu
Sou
Bac
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the Odessa American A Freedom Newspaper
Odessa American
Toa
Gill Fox
Cromley
By Ray Cromley
Newspaper Enterprise Association
London
Vno
Seaboard States
Thse
By Edward Rowe
and Howard Kershner
Kershner
Christian Freedom
Furne Brace
Rattar
the Uit
Lawyer’s
Afta
Yeatlow
Lordon
Dukes
Missoun
Oakley
Pacific Sea
Ukraine
Mr. Musial
Wal Fabric
Capitol
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