Worker motivation a national concern across industries
A government report and industry leaders warn that worker motivation is falling across white collar and blue collar ranks, costing billions in absenteeism and turnover. Companies like Electronic Data Systems adopt open dialogue, performance feedback, and shared decisions to rekindle effort and pride in production.
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America
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Roy W. Walters
USA
Congress Debates Vietnam War Funding and Peace Prospects
The editorial argues Congress is spinning its wheels over cutting military funds for Vietnam. It says Hanoi could end the war by freeing prisoners or accepting a ceasefire, while Nixon and Kissinger should push for a peaceful settlement. It warns antiwar pressure could push South Vietnam to fend for itself and urges a minimum, cooperative agreement.
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Congress
Vietnam
Senate
Mike Mansfield
North Vietnam
Hanoi
America
Nixon
Indochina
South Vietnam
Defense
Melvin Laird
United States
Henry Kissinger
Viet Cease-Fire Policed Not Feasible Says Bruce Biossat
Bruce Biossat argues that a Vietnam cease-fire in place is unenforceable due to patchwork front lines and insufficient policing forces. He compares to Korea where a large, persistent presence kept the border quiet and notes both sides remain committed to winning, making a durable cease-fire in Vietnam unlikely.
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Vietnam
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Saigon
North Vietnam
Korea
Commission
South Korea
Paris
Gravity Research Foundation awards for gravitation essays
The Gravity Research Foundation in Boston offers five awards from 100 to 1000 dollars for short gravity essays. Submissions should be 1500 words or less and light treatments may be viewed unfavorably. The note links gravitation to the saying what goes up must come down. Mauzi, 46, named senate president pro tempore. A Texas study committee urged groundwater overpumpage regulation across multiple regions including the San Jacinto Monument Baytown area. An Austin representative seeks a special committee to probe Rep. John Allen of Longview over a misdemeanor nepotism fine from last year.
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Gravity Research Foundation of
Boston
Today in History January seventeenth highlights 1973
Historical notes mark events from 1945 Soviet and Polish forces liberating War saw to 1707 Franklin birth and 1773 Cook Antarctic crossing. Also US Virgin Islands purchase in 1917 and a 1956 armored car heist. Birthdays include Adm John S McCain Jr and Nicholas Katzenbach. Thought for today follows.
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Associated Press
Warsaw
Benjamin Franklin
Boston
Holy Roman Empire
Prussia
James Cook
Antarctic Circle
United States
American Virgin Islands
Denmark
New York
Italy
Mediterranean
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
West
Pacific
John S McCain Jr
Nicholas Katzenbach
Royal yacht Britannica to undergo 4.4 million renovation
The British Defence Ministry announced repairs to Queen Elizabeth's royal yacht Britannica costing 4.4 million dollars. The 18 year old vessel carries a crew of 250 and the project is expected to at least double its service life.
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London
Britannia
Defence Ministry
Winter ailments as social fears headline Boyle column
HAL BOYLE jestingly catalogs mock illnesses tied to winter, naming phobias such as chronophobia and cremnophobia while joking that these fears spare readers from coughing or sneezing. The piece lampoons class and social status through humorous phobia labels.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Tokyo
London
Quick Quiz Facts From a Historic Page
Question and answer snippets cover tapioca origins from bitter cassava, note that Louisiana has parishes and Alaska has boroughs, and identify Herbert Bayard Swope of the New York World as the first Pulitzer Prize for reporting recipient.
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Louisiana
Alaska
Herbert Bayard Swope
New York World
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Submissions
The notice explains that letters must include the writer’s signature and address, which can be withheld upon request. Submissions should be no more than 500 words, cover general topics of public interest, and avoid poor taste to be considered for publication.
Texas Legislature opens with Briscoe and Hobby inaguration
New Austin Tex. Texas began an energetic session with Dolph Briscoe of Uvalde and William P. Hobby Jr. of Houston inaugurated as governor and lieutenant governor on Jan. 16. Price Daniel Jr. won election as House speaker and pledged swift committee actions. Outgoing Gov. Preston Smith announced a $9.7 billion biennial budget with a projected $300 million surplus. The session saw reform proposals, state appointments to UT System and other agencies, and a push for an equal employment opportunity panel in state government. Sixteen senators drew four-year terms. others drew two-year terms in a lottery affecting political futures for 1974.
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Tex
Texas
House
Spen
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
William P. Hobby Jr
Houston
Price Daniel Jr
Liberty
Price Daniel
State Supreme Court
Preston Smith
Daniel
Smith
Constitutional Revision Commission
Allan Shivers
Ed Clark
James Bauerle
San Antonio
University of Texas System Regents
A. G. McNeese
Wilmer Smith
Wilson
Richard A. Goodson
Dallas
Clyde H. Wells
Granbury
Texas A&m University Board of
Edwin R. van Zandt
Beaumont
Texas Board of Mental Health and Mental Retar
Texas Legislative Council
Bill Braecklein
Ron Clower
Tom Creighton
Mineral Wells
Robert Gammage
Glenn Rothmann
Mike McKinnon
Corpus Christi
Bill Moore
Bryan
Walter Mengeden Jr
Jack Ogg
D. Roy Harrington
Bill Meier
Fort Worth
Peyton McKnight
Tyler
W. E.snelson
Midland
Jim Wallace
Nelson Wolff
Betty Andujar
Charles Herring
Oscar Maury
John Traeger
Seguin
Low Bid Contracts Fail to Deliver in Defense Purchasing
A NEA analysis notes repeated failures when agencies award contracts to the lowest bidder for first-of-a-kind technical equipment. An engineer recounts bids that were too low to meet deadlines, causing delays and extra costs, mirroring past Litton shipbuilding trouble and broader government procurement flaws.
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Washington
NEA
Defense Department
Litton Industries
Navy
Litton
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