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Newspaper
Oswego Palladium Times
Location
Oswego, New York, United States of America
Date
Dec 14, 1968
Page
6
An editorial mocks a proposed commission to boost government pay, projecting raises for Congress, judges, and top officials up to 200000 a year for the president. It cites concerns about inflation and a Domino Theory of wage hikes spreading to local governments, urging restraint.
Oswego lawmakers seek to block HUD funds tied to a beautification grant that would require public toilets at Franklin Square and Oak Hill parks. The editorial argues such facilities invite crime and vandalism, urging the city to win an exception while supporting playground improvements and tree planting.
The piece extols in plain terms ongoing dieting and light exercise as preventative care. It recounts a grandmotherly voice urging ankle exercises and a heel-toe drill to improve posture balance and leg slenderness while noting public reluctance to adopt such routines.
The article traces gift giving from the Three Wise Men to St Nicholas and Father Christmas, noting early Christian hesitance, Boxing Day origins, royal patronage, Puritan opposition, and immigrant traditions. It highlights Nelson notes on St Nicholas as patron of sailors, Christmas seals widely used, and global variations including Dutch Sinterklaas, Kris Kringle, and Pere Noel, with regional practices in Newfoundland, Italy, Iceland, and Denmark.
AP analysis argues that the fine tuning theory behind the New Economics collapsed under political pressures. It notes imperfect forecasting, rising inflation, and higher than expected business spending despite tax cuts and spending restraint. Paul McCracken named Nixon adviser signals shift away from fine tuning.
Oswego Palladium Times masthead lists editors and staff with rates for home delivery and single copies. It notes annual and short term subscriptions, advertising agency, and Associated Press affiliation and request for corrections of misleading statements.
Washington columnist Andrew Tully compares Buckingham Palace unfavorably to the White House noting the palace’s origins as a rowdy amusement center, its costly expansions, and its late royal occupants. He recalls Queen Victoria and Albert’s happier times and jokes about royal fittings and values.
The 1650s through 1820s recount royal interest in Mulberry Garden from James I’s mulberry planting to George III purchasing the site for 85000 dollars, Buckingham House, and George IV’s modernizing plan by architect Nash with a projected two million dollar price tag.
Judge C Munch and his wife relocated from their country home to a new town residence. They transplanted 17 white pines and a large maple saved from the Shelbyville dam project. Trees were loaded and carried by machine with no extra handling in the move.
Prayer asks guidance to cope with minor irritations and avoid harming others when hurt. It seeks restraint in expressing pain and encouragement to share others’ suffering, attributed to James W. Kennedy of Cincinnati Ohio, director and editor at Forward Movement Publications.
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