Editorials on unemployment and ecological hopes
The piece argues unemployment rose mainly due to defense cuts during Vietnam withdrawal, noting May 1969 to May 1970 work totals and a 1.1 million net rise. It links 80 percent of job losses to military downsizing, defends policy shifts, and discusses environmental schemes with Penn State research on strip mining waste and sewage pollution, praising cautious ecological efforts.
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Defense Department
Nixon
Army
Navy
Air Force
Marine Corps
Vietnam
Asia
Pennsylvania State University
Penn State
Good news for wildlife at Heron Pond Swamp near Vienna
A press release from Southern Illinois University highlights the 1200 acre Heron Pond Swamp near Vienna as a near pristine landscape. The Illinois Nature Preserves Commission calls it a top nesting site for great blue herons and American egrets with vultures and cottonmouths present and boasts primeval bald cypress groves. The write up hints at potential sale or development by others, contrasting conservation praise with possible exploitation.
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Southern Ilinois University
Illinois Nature Preserves Commission
Illinois
Vienna
Pricey Capitol Speech Records Prompt Inflation Quip
A sly jab notes that the Congressional Record may raise its price as the rate remains fixed at 1.50 per month for years. The quip jokes that much of the rhetoric within has been inflated for a long time across the House and Senate.
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Perry
House
Senate
Julie Andrews Seeks Variety After Mary Poppins Fame
Julie Andrews, at 34 and a top box office star, reflects on public image and future roles. She hopes for dramatic or strong comedies, values honesty, adaptability, and learning, and envisions aging with grandchildren and a garden.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Julie Andrews
Julie
Lili
Blake Edwards
Ki’lole
Rock Hudson
Vermont's early universal male suffrage precedent
The World Almanac notes Vermont as the first state to prove universal voting rights for men without regard to property or wealth. It recalls a July 28 1777 convention that approved a state constitution permitting all natural born citizens over a stated threshold to vote.
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Vermont
United States
Dorothy Jester economic envoy guides U.S. interests in Mexico
In Mexico City AP profile of Dorothy Jester 56, the sole female economic counselor in the U.S. Foreign Service in Latin America. Born in Costa Mesa Arizona raised in California, Jester has served in Lima Bonn Frankfurt Mexico Nicaragua Chile and the Dominican Republic. She explains her role handling economic relations and informing Washington as U.S. business interest grows in Mexico. She notes strong Mexican economy and cooperative economists, and says her gender has not hindered embassy dealings.
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Mexico City
United States
Mexico
U. S. Foreign Service
Latin America
Dorothy Jester
Costa Mesa
Arizona
California
Dominican Republic
U.S
Miss Jester
Foreign Service
Lima
Peru
Bonn
Frankfurt
Germany
Nicaragua
Chile
Jester
Washington
Army Tackles Drug Use at Ft Hood With Rehabilitation Plan
At Ft Hood Texas the Army pursues rehabilitation over punishment for 36 000 personnel aged 18 to 24. A three pronged approach targets dependents users and experimenters with open door policy group therapy and clinic help.
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Ft. Hood
Ft, Hood, Tex
Texas Army Post
Jacques Baillargeon
Baillargeon
2Nd Armored Division
Shift of Power to White House fuels cabinet fears
Nixon creates an Office of Management and Budget enlarging White House power and reducing cabinet influence. Ehrlichman and Haldeman emerge as dominant domestic power, with Shultz overseeing department operations. observers warn the reorganization may worsen bureaucracy and centralize control in the presidency.
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Washington
Nea
White House
Nixon
Office of Management and Budget
George Shultz
Key
John Ehrlichman
Robert Haldeman
Haldeman
Ehrlichman
Ash Commission
Budget Bureau
Laws to Observe Ethical Dilemma Provokes Church Reader
An Ohio reader questions the stance of a pastor who urges obeying only laws one feels just. A class tallies 12 laws they deem potentially breakable, highlighting disputes over conscience and civil obedience within church teaching.
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Ohio
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Bruce Bioss
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