Inflation and Labor Strikes Underscore Economic Strains
Editorial argues Ford contract and railroad wage demands push inflation higher despite presidential alarms. It critiques current policy shifts from balanced budgets to deficit spending and warns that four decades of government economic tinkering fail to curb inflation as incomes must eventually meet outgo.
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Ford Motor Company
Ford
Council of Economic Advisers
Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
United States
On With The New Year End Reflections And Forecasts
The piece reflects on January and Janus as symbols of looking both backward and forward. It discusses year end reviews and forecasts as timeless human habits. It notes forecasting is risky for markets and politics and laments mass communication's burden on society while urging cautious optimism about tomorrow.
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Ronan
Janus
Patrick Henry
Welfare ruling lets California teacher collect summer aid
Education USA reports the California Department of Welfare approved $344 monthly aid for July and August to an Oakland teacher earning $11 000 yearly. The teacher, a mother of two, had challenged a county denial under Aid to Families with Dependent Children. The decision may set a precedent allowing teachers to receive welfare during vacations if eligibility rules are met.
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Five Welfare A Bad Name Education USA
National School Public Relations Association
California State Department of Welfare
Oakland
Alameda
Education Us.a
California
Boyle's Column exposes workplace double standards on women
In a satirical critique, the columnist notes how men are judged for similar behaviors that women face with harsher bias. The piece argues decades of male supremacy shape office norms and hints that change is coming as gender-guided expectations shift.
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Louise Cook
Associated Press
NEW York (Ap
John Doe
Jane Doe
John
Jane
The Sun Classified as Average Sized Star
The World Almanac notes the sun is a star of average size with a diameter of 864000 miles and a surface temperature around 10000 degrees Fahrenheit. its interior reaches about 35 million degrees.
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World Almanac
Texas Legislature Sees Taxes Redistricting as Top Issues
Texas lawmakers anticipate heavy tax demands and major redistricting overhauls in 1971. Senators and representatives say new revenue is the foremost problem as the 62nd legislature begins January 12. Other key concerns include appropriations, welfare, education funding, crime prevention, and liquor laws.
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Garth Jones
Associated Press
Austin
Texas
House
Ronald Brieges
Corpus Christi
Ben Barnes
Legislative Budget Board
Quick Quiz Q and A on history and facts
The item lists brief Q and A pairs covering origins of the Mormon church, who called England a nation of shopkeepers, the official name of Westminster Abbey, average human blood, and blooming frequency of century plants. It notes the creator as Newspaper Enterprise Association.
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England
Napoleon Bonaparte
Westminster Abbey
Collegiate Church of
Saint Peter
A Closer Look at Russias Libs
A U S News & World Report critique compares Soviet gender roles with American liberal aims. It notes women predominate in labor but men hold top posts, and true equality is limited by politics and domestic labor.
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Russia
U.S. News & World Report
U.S.S.R
Soviet Union
Kremlin
Communist Party
U.S. News
Carpet Tile Market Surges with Consumer Demand Rise
Industry executives forecast carpet tile sales will reach 875 million dollars this year and grow to 400 million by 1975. The tiles are dense foam backed squares installed like carpet and finish with a breadloom appearance.
Total Failure of Leadership in Nixon Trade Bill
Washington editorial attacks President Nixon and Congress for failing to lead on a broad protectionist trade bill. It cites Nixon’s July 20 veto stance, later shift toward the Senate House package, and calls the leadership failure a vacuum that invites special interests and weakens U.S. foreign economic policy. It notes figures like Russell Long and J. W. Fulbright, with McCarthy and Stans offering minimal resistance.
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Washington
NEA
Senate
Nixon
Congress
House
U.S
Russell Long
Maurice Stans
White House
J. W. Fulbright
Senate Finance
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
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