Visions of China as a working future praised by travelers
The piece cites visitors who compare China’s socialist reshaping to a well tended garden praising corruption elimination public morality and universal health care. Critics note conformity and state control while acknowledging advances in public health and rural medical access. The tone questions whether the future claimed by visitors truly works for all.
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Lincoln Steffens
Soviet Union
Steffens
China
Bronson P. Clark
American Friends Service Committee
Saturday Review
Clark
United States
Dimond
Pay Board to curb inflation by trimming aerospace wage rise
The Pay Board enforces tighter limits on wage contracts after past excesses. Aerospace workers face an 8 per cent cap, with industry hopes for more restraint amid 5.5 per cent guidelines. Virgil Day of General Electric backs automatic rollbacks for future contracts above 7 per cent.
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Aerospace
Virgil Day
General Electric
Day
George Meany
Monkeys and men study on aggression at Wisconsin center
University of Wisconsin researchers led by Drs. Harry Harlow and Allyn Deets report aggression may be inborn in primates including humans. The study links crowding to higher aggression in monkeys, drawing parallels to human prisons and adaptation to crowded living conditions.
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University of Wisconsin
Wisconsin Regional
Harry Harlow
Allyn Deets
Jake Emmerick
Emmerich
Correcting Inaccurate Claims About Nixon at AFL-CIO Visit
Albert J. Zack defends Nixon's AFL-CIO convention reception, countering claims of mistreatment. He notes Meany escorted Nixon to a honored seat, introduced him, and that music and crowd reaction were misrepresented. He cites orderly exit by Nixon and asserts White House misstatements driven by press.
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Nixon
White House
Meany
Mr. Meany
Secret Service
Afl-Cio
Today in History highlights events from 1733 to 1971
On January 13 across history, James Oglethorpe and 130 colonists reach Charleston in 1733 to settle what is now Georgia, Rouen falls to England in 1419, 1813 naval blockades form in Chesapeake and Delaware Bays, 1848 Vancouver Island is acquired, 1915 a central Italy earthquake kills 30,000, 1935 Saar votes to return to Germany, 1953 doctors accused in Stalin era plot, 1963 Common Market farm policy talks, 1968 coup in Togo, 1970 Cambodian-South Vietnamese attack on the sea highway.
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Associated Press
James Oglethorpe
Charleston
S.C
Georgia
Rouen
Chesapeake
Delaware Bays
Vancouver Island
Canada
Hudson’s Bay Company
Italy
Saar
Germany
France
League of Nations
African Republic of
Togo
Cambodia
Jobs to avoid in a young man’s early career
Hal Boyle catalogs a string of unlikely and burdensome jobs from teaching Casey Stengel English to a barber in a hippie commune, noting some roles would stifle a career. He ends with a caution that a wise man avoids overreaching when starting out and should seek fitting, growth opportunities instead.
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New York
Casey Stengel
U.S. Marine
Muhammad Ali
Congress
Women’s Liberation Movement
National Society of Embalmers
Las Vegas
Martha Mitchell
U.S
Blue color of ocean water explained by World Almanac
The World Almanac notes pure ocean water appears blue because salt water does not absorb blue light. It cites the Mediterranean’s vivid blue as due to few rivers bringing impurities and a steady influx of saltwater from the Atlantic.
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Mediterranean
Atlantic
Pecos News Briefs Show Local Appointments and Events
Tax assessor W W Camp installed Joe Duncan as deputy in Toyah. PTA met with President Mrs. W A Hudson. Lucey to perform at court house January 26. Ed Kiser seeks reelection as sheriff and tax collector. he is praised by supporters. Doc Woolsey and Karl run the Ideal Cafe in Toyah. Dr H Byron Lackey expands dental offices in Pecos. A sheet iron warehouse for Precincts One and Four is built west of the county jail. Lloyd Bloodworth resigns as head of the Associated Southwestern Chambers. Dan T White Jr to succeed. M L Swinehart reelected secretary and manager of Pecos Chamber. Alamo Motor Lines to occupy new Pecos office near Crow Packing. 2030 Club elects Luke Owens as president and officers. Earl Bissex and Sam Prewit study camp expansion with state architect. Donna Mae Hart engaged to Gerald Cronin of Fremont Ohio. wedding planned March 2 in Fremont.
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Lloyd P. Bloodworth
Associated Southwestern Chambers of Commerce
Dudley Yard
Pecos
Dan T. White, Jr
el Paso
Mr. Bloodworth
A.Z. Hart
West 2Nd St
Donna Mae
Gerald Eugene Cronin
Earl Cronin
Fremont
Ohio
Cronin
Whirlpool Corporation
Banquet for New Federal Judge Adrian Spears Set in Pecos
A banquet to welcome newly appointed Federal District Court Judge Adrian Spears will be held Friday night at 7 p.m. at the Pecos Valley Country Club. Tickets are available from PEP Club members or at the Chamber of Commerce, 506 South Oak, which sponsors the event. Deanne Grier presided at a Tri K Klub meeting, with minutes read by Kathy Kington and the treasurer’s report by Evelyn Fisher. Zeta Psi Beta Sigma Phi held a January social at Ben’s Spanish Inn with Mrs. Dick Woodruff presiding over a brief business session. Dr. Charles Jarvis of San Marcos is featured speaker for the Chamber banquet set for March 14.
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Federal District Court
Adrian Spears
Pecos Valley Country Club
PEP Club
Chamber of Commerce
South Oak
Deanne Grier
Tri-K Klub
Linda Lawrance
Kathy Kington
Evelyn Fisher
Zeta Psi
Beta Sigma Phi
Ben’s Spanish Inn
Dick Woodruff
Charles Jarvis
San Marcos
Court rules Texas school financing unconstitutional
A San Antonio three judge panel held the states system of funding public schools unconstitutional arguing local property taxes violate equal protection. The Edgewood ISD suit led to two year time frame for lawmakers to craft a new formula while observers warned of reduced local control and possible tax shifts to state sources.
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Bill Boykin
Texas Press Association
Austin
Tex
San Antonio
Texas
Ben Barnes
Edgewood Independent School District
Bexar County
Atty
Crawford Martin
Preston Smith
Smith
Senate Committee On
Occupational Education
Texas Research League
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University of Missouri
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Hong Kong
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Georgia Stroud
Pape
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Albert J. Zack
Department of Public Relations
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Hal Boyle
India
Guardian Angel
Frank Sinatra
New York City
Saigon
Tel Aviv
Eugene McCarthy
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
W.W. Camp
Toyah
Joe Duncan
W.A. Hudson
Thomas Filmore Lucey
Court House
Ed Kiser
Kiser
Doc Woolsey
Brother Karl
H. Byron Lackey
Camp and Dean
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Alamo Motor Lines
North Pecos
Crow Packing Company
E.A. Lancaster
Luke Owens
Mac Gibbs
Bob Shackelford
Ethan McGee
Charles Welch
David Martin
Earl Bissex
First Christian Church
Sam Prewit
Black River
New Mexico
Dan Morgan
Christian Churches
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