New Hope for the United Nations as Waldheim Takes Helm
Kurt Waldheim of Austria succeeds U Thant as United Nations Secretary General. The former foreign minister and diplomat vows to act within mandate while seeking budget reform and charter revision. He calls for wide member cooperation and notes veto power among permanent Security Council members must be reconsidered. The piece cites U.S. funding pressures and Soviet veto usage in past crises.
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U Thant
Burma
United Nations
Kurt Waldheim
Austria
Waldheim
U. N
Waldh
United States
U.N
Security Council
Russia
India
Time Magazine
Nixon
East Pakistan
West Pakistan
Dilemma of the democrats in the 1972 campaign
The piece notes Democratic leaders shift focus from Vietnam to economic issues ahead of the 1972 election. It cites 6 percent unemployment, labor funding pressures from AFL-CIO head George Meany, and two proposed curbs on labor political influence, including a right to work push with limited public support.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Southeast Asia
White House
Organized Labor
George Meany
Afl-Cio
House Administration Committee
Congress
National
Right To Work Committee
Reed Burton
Penny helps picture metric scale in US debates
A reader-friendly explanation uses a penny to visualize metric units. Carl F E Dutton of the U S Geological Survey notes that the date numeral is one millimeter long, the reverse inscription is two millimeters high, and the Lincoln Memorial top is ten millimeters wide, illustrating progress toward metric adoption.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Carl FE. Dutton
U.S. Geological Survey
Nursing homes trap elderly in a for profit system
A pamphlet cites 23 000 facilities housing over one million elderly Americans many run for profit with substandard care. It cites government subsidies and rising costs, poor training, and neglect while calling for federal standards ratings and stronger licensing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Nixon
U.S. Department of Labor
Garvin
Senate
Ralph Nader
Nader
Nursing Homes For
Special Committee On the Aging
Gov
David Pryor
D-Ark
Washington, D.C
Pryor
New Year Resolutions Tips From Hal Boyle
The columnist argues resolutions should include replacing bad habits with good ones and mixing doable goals. He humorously suggests gradual smoking quit, modest drinking cuts, sparing uses of power, reading poetry, aiding others, and appreciating nature while avoiding drastic self blame.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Ft. Knox
Washington’s uneasy relation to false teeth revealed
Dr Reidar Sognnaes of UCLA told a Smithsonian lecture that the first President disliked being known for using dentures. One set used elephant tusk lower teeth and hippo tusk upper teeth with wooden pegs, and another set weighed a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reidar Sognnaes
UCLA
Smithsonian Institute
Washington, D.C
Pecos Chronicle Highlights Involving Ranchers and Community News
Ranchers Beau McCutcheon and Will Crow from the Davis Mountains shipped twenty nine cattle cars to Fort Worth from Pecos via Toyahvale and Saragosa, while Oates sent one car. Community notes cover a Christian Woman's Board meeting, a major joint dairy livestock and poultry campaign at the Pecos courthouse, local social events, construction work on Pecos Furniture's awning, and defense bond drives. Other items mention a marriage engagement to occur in Austin, inaugural invitations for local residents, church circle committees, and Pecos Daily News moving to larger quarters.
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Beau McCutcheon
McCutcheon Brothers
Will Crow
Davis Mountains
Pecos
Fort Worth
McCutcheons
Crow
Toyahvale
Mr. Oates
Saragosa
Court House
West Texas
Overpromising in American Politics At 1972 Threshold
The column critiques politicians especially liberals for sweeping pledges to end war poverty rebuild cities provide health care and erase racism. It argues such promises are financially and practically unfulfillable and lead to government failure. The piece calls for realism and hard work over inflated expectations.
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Washington
NEA
Muskie
Humphrey
Lindsay
Jackson
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Pecos Enterprise
Steve May
Oterrall Pally
Mike Oestreicher
Georgia Stroud Family
South Cedar Street
Texas
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Janis Lan
MGM Records
Ours
R.M. Garvin
RK. E. Burger
Burger
Bedlam
la Jolla
Calif
Convalescent Hospital
Jfowomw
Boyle
Christian Woman’s Board of Mission of the Christian Church
Seth Lewis
Ray Arnold
Ray
Carolina Glover
Waters Farmum
Odessa
Conway Clingan
Wink
John Ivy
Pecos Furniture
L. J. Wood
Sam Precit
Reeves County Defense Savings Committee
N. F. Chapman
Mary Ellen
Clifford Lane Boyd
Austin
University Methodist Church of Austin
Wayne Ervin
Alpine
Webb Armstrong
B. A. Tolliver
First Baptist Church Woman’s Missionary Union
East Circle
S. W. Ward
North Circle
Price Francis
West Circle
R. M. Hammett
Price Daniel
Ben Ramsey
John Dennison
Joe B. Pouns
Trinity Lutheran Ladies Circle
L, Weichaman
A. Krause
O, Carlson
al Carlson
G. Waltisperger
T. Thompson
H. Cook
R. Howell
H. Klawitter
Eva Grammer
Farrell Eldridge
Dewin Wilkerson
City Gin Company
J. T. Prewit
J. F. Hightower
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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