Early 1930s City Governance Chronicles
The record traces evolving city rules and plans from 1936 to 1938. It notes dance hall closing hours, mayor and council elections, and ordinances on contraception prohibitions and postal delivery. It details sewer, auditorium, and municipal building projects, cemetery management transfer, and early PWA financing efforts. An August–September 1938 election approves four bond issues for sewer, streets, buildings, and sewer system expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Starley
M. D. Cowan
F. D. “Tuffy
R. G. Middleton
Dudley Yard
George Ross
Pecos
H. R. Holland
Fairview Cemetery
Public Works Administration
U. S
PWA
Editorial: Arabs Blame U S for Israel Beirut Raid
The piece argues Arabs blame the United States for Israel's raid on Palestinian guerrilla headquarters in Beirut, accusing Arab leaders of avoiding responsibility for their failures. It criticizes Egyptian, Soviet, and Chinese positions and likens Arab claims to Nazi tactics while predicting further clashes and setbacks.
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United States
Israel
Beirut
Lebanon
Middle East
Mohammed el Sayyat
Rome
United Nations
Soviet Union
U.N
U.S.S.R
U.S
John Scali
New Orleans
Spain
Cuba
Dublin
Ireland
China
John F. Kennedy
W. Averell Harriman
Moscow
Laos
Earth
Moon
Barbra Streisand
Robert Penn Warren
Consumer money crisis seen as painful in surveys
AP reports from New York that Michigan SRC surveys show a steep drop in consumer optimism due to rising living costs. Families fear inflation and unemployment while some hoard gas and buy big-ticket goods ahead of price rises.
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John Cunniff
New York
Nixon
Survey Research Center
University of Michigan
SEC
Albert Sindlinger
Sindlinger & Co
Swathmore
When Old Age Strikes the Office Half A Century On
HAL BOYLE reflects on aging with wry observations about memory, vanity, insurance, Congress, inflation, and the drift from ambition to comfort. He notes how older years blur self and society as jokes turn to reality.
Oldest Cheese Kishk Dried Goat Milk
Quick quiz answers note kishk as the oldest cheese made from dried goat milk. The selective service began in World War I with the first draft drawing on June 5, 1917. Reporters can access Congress via the Press Gallery. The president need not take the oath in Washington. Lyndon Johnson did so on an airplane after Kennedy's assassination.
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U.S. Selective Service
Congress
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Succeeding in business via marriage study says men fare better
Industry Week reports a Tropman University of Michigan study of 6000 men aged 45 to 54 finds married men three times more likely to advance than divorced or widowed peers. Bias favors couples as a “package” and aids informal networking through entertaining. The study notes women’s careers are less affected by marriage unless they have children.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Industry Week
Magazine
For Managers
John Tropman
University of Michigan
School of Social Work
Tropman
Record Fire Toll Rises to 896 in Britain 1972
Fire claimed 896 lives across Britain and Northern Ireland in 1972, a record high announced by the Fire Research Station. The death toll surpassed the 865 deaths in 1968 and exceeded the four year average by at least 100.
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London
Britain
Northern Ireland
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Readers
The newspaper invites letters up to 500 words bearing the writer’s signature and address, kept confidential if requested. General-interest topics only, with poor taste letters rejected.
Fuel crisis stems from lack of foresight and funding
Ray Cromley argues the United States holds vast fuel sources and outlines long range solutions from solar and fusion to breeder reactors. He calls for a crash energy program funded like space efforts, comparing needed investment to the Apollo program and urging immediate action.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
NEA
United States
Middle East
U.S
Space
First American newspaper Boston News Letter born
On April 24 1704 the Boston News Letter became the first American newspaper printed regularly. The day marks early press history with the origin of regular newspaper publication in the colonies.
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Associated Press
Boston News Letter
Edmund Cartwright
U.S. Congress
Library of Congress
South
World Almanac Facts Snapshot of 1972 Tire Spending and History
Americans spent about 4.9 billion in 1972 to buy 148 million replacement tires and lost roughly 250 million from underinflated tires. The World Almanac urges regular tire checks with a simple gauge for better wear. It also lists varied historical notes from 1898 to 1971 and birthdays and proverbs.
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U.S
Eighty One Percent Pass Matriculation in Edmonton Evening Classes
In Edmonton Alberta eighty one percent of adult students in the public school board evening classes achieved matriculation after December Grade 12 department exams. Four hundred ninety four adults wrote exams and spent eighty four hours on the course versus one hundred thirty two hours for regular seniors.
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Edmonton
Alta
Edmonton Public School Board
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Just Musin
By Alton Hughes
Post Office Department
Mio
Sindlinger
SRC
Boyle
Hal Boyle
Rover
Bobbsey
Insurance
Goverment
Pecos Enterprise
South Cedar Street
Texas
Press Association
New Cochinn
Ray Cromley
By Ray Cromley
Dick Turner
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