Inflation Foe Weintraub Proposes Tax Hit on Management
Editorial questions Professor Sidney Weintraub’s plan to curb inflation by taxing management for demanding unreal wage settlements and passing costs to consumers. It critiques his assumption, contrasts with GM wage policy, and argues for basic taxes income sales and property while boosting state and local tax autonomy. The piece warns about a value added tax and urges restraint and citizen oversight of tax powers.
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Sidney Weintraub
University of Pennsylvania
Weintraub
General Motors
UAW
Nixon
Newsmen Visit SAC Headquarters for Airborne Command Post
A group of national reporters toured Strategic Air Command in Omaha to inspect an airborne computerized command post, hear briefings on SAC functions and future needs, and discuss war and peace with officers. A general reflected on job justification and the desire for a world without nuclear threat.
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Strategic Air Command
Omaha
Neb
America
SAC
United States
Two Party System in Flux After Midterm Election
Analysts dissect a murky midterm to extract facts fitting biases about which party gained. The piece notes no panic over a demise of the Republicans or Democrats, and foresees further debate at the 1972 presidential election.
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Barry Goldwater
Hubert Humphrey
Boyle's Column highlights from HAL BOYLE chatter
New York AP column surveys everyday quirks and trivia. It notes self esteem links to delinquency, criticizes blind faith in machines, cites noise harm for workers, and recalls life expectancy trends. It quotes Jules Podell and Mammy Pachyderm observations while comparing presidents Madison and Taft in weight.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Stanford Research Institute
United States
Jules Podell
Copacabana
U.S
Mr. Little
Mr. Big
James Madison
William Howard Taft
Madison
Humphrey Eyes 1972 Role as Democratic Leader
Hubert Humphrey, back in the Senate, contemplates a possible bid or influence in 1972. He notes Muskie leads the Democrats while Nixon may not run, and signals he could advise, raise funds, and push party unity rather than seek a title himself.
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Washington
Hubert H.humphrey
White House
Minnesota
Senate
Humphrey
Edmund
Muskie
Maine
Nixon
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Shepard Leads Apollo 14 Crew Into Era of Saturn V Power
Alan Shepard will command Apollo 14 with Stuart Roosa and Edgar Mitchell as they prepare to launch from Cape Kennedy on January 31. The interview recalls Shepard’s Mercury flight in Freedom 7, compares old Redstone speed to Saturn V power, and frames the mission as a bridge from early spaceflight to lunar exploration.
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Washington
Alan Shepard
Stuart A. Roosa
Edgar D. Mitchell
Cape Kennedy
Shepard
Mercury
United States
Chou En-lai the Man to Watch in Red China Politics
Washington readers assess Chou En-lai as a rising power within the Chinese leadership. Analysts say his influence could push Peking toward United Nations recognition, a permanent UN Security Council seat, and expanded, subtle foreign operations across the Middle East Africa Latin America and South Asia.
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Washington
NEA
China
Chou En-lai
U.s.-Peking
United Nations
Middle East
Africa
Latin America
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Mao
Lin
Chou
Hong Kong
Red China
United States
Great Britain
France
Italy
Canada
Yenan
Peking
Security Council
South Asia
Enemy Tet Drive Seen in Cambodia
Washington reports predict a substantial Communist Tet offensive around January 26 to 27 aimed at Cambodia’s southern sanctuaries to regain Red safe havens and access to Sihanoukville port. If launched, it could force major cross-border action from South Vietnam with air support and a strong Cambodian defense, potentially stalling Hanoi’s broader war aims.
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Washington
NEA
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Sihanoukville
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Phnom Penh
Kompon Cham
Mekong Delta
Hanoi
Ashan Valley
Hue
da Nang
O'Reilly
Gulf of Tonkin
Saion
U.S
Laos
Plain of Jars
Muong Soui
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