Editorials on paying descendants of past wrongs in Alaska
The editorial notes the Senate approval of ten million acres of land and one billion dollars in cash to Alaska aboriginal citizens as a partial remedy for century old injustices. It questions whether compensation can ever fully right historic wrongs while urging focus on present justice for all.
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United States Senate
Alaska
United States
Russia
Congress
Senate
America
Solomon
Alcatraz Island
California
California votes to lower voting age to eighteen
The California Assembly passes a 59 to 13 measure to grant 18-year-olds the vote while keeping a prohibition on alcohol for new adults. Debate centers on maturity and the misalignment with other adult rights and duties. Governor Reagan signals possible support if the Senate and voters approve for a 1972 effective date.
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California Assembly
Supreme Court
California Senate
Reagan
Boyle's Column Finds Jokes In City Life And Oddities
HAL BOYLE riffs on urban life in New York with satirical vignettes about weather, track meets, beef stew versus steak, parenting, reading habits, fears of follow or lead, street hawkers, and a cheapskate joke about a blind beggar’s pencil.
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Hal Boyle
New York
America
Cheetah Catches Speed Record At Seventies Almanac
The World Almanac notes the cheetah can reach speeds of 70 mph in short bursts. It explains speed evolved from stalking prey and outrunning it, and notes cheetahs have been used by humans for hunting and are relatively easy to tame.
Western Union in Texas fades as messengers retire
In Texas towns Western Union windows have closed as the company shifts to fast computers and contracted partners. A district official cites rising costs and convenience, noting many services move through drugstores, florists, banks, and new internal centers while a few areas still retain singing messengers and bicycles.
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Jim Brigance
Associated Press
Western Union
Colliers Or
Liberty
Texas
Western Union Singing Messenger
Times
Pat Stonecipher
Western Union District
Ma Bell
Highspeed
Long
Farmer’s Branch
A&p
Western Unions
Stonecipher
Growth of airline traffic staff in coming decade
Employment of airline traffic personnel is expected to rise rapidly this decade due to growing passenger and cargo demand. Over 35,000 people work as traffic agents and clerks for scheduled airlines, with thousands more employed by supplemental and foreign-flag carriers operating between the U.S. and overseas points. Agents handle ticket selling, reservations, and cargo duties, while reservation agents provide flight schedules and fare information by phone.
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America
Remee & Arm
Up in the Air Careers Inside Airline Jobs
The article outlines airline job roles from teletype based reservations to ground handling and cargo weight checks. It notes ticket agents, baggage tasks, and weather data use, with potential advancement for those with transportation training and experience in air operations. It references a US department role in reinstatement.
Patent law tests usefulness of inventions in light of public benefit
A Chicago man earned patents for quirky ideas from alarm clocks that spray cold water to balloon art drawn by eagles. The piece notes that while odd ideas can be patentable if useful, laws forbid perpetual motion and deceptive devices, citing Franklin and law examples.
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Chicago
Alexander Graham Bell
Wright Brothers
Congress
Benjamin Franklin
Franklin
Burr In Bonn's Inflation Arms Cost
West German leaders face rising inflation while considering higher military spending shares for U.S. troops in Europe. Brandt backs easing defense costs with Bonn bearing more, but German inflation and fiscal policy lag behind. A potential troop reduction and burden shift to Europe looms, tied to Poland border talks and a non aggression pact with Russia.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Willy Brandt
Nixon
Europe
U.S
Germany
Indochina
Brandt
West Germany
Bonn
Free Democratic Party
Social Democrats
United States
Center
NATO
Vietnam
Bundesbank
U.S. Federal Reserve
Russia
SALT Talks Persist as World Hopes for Nuclear Restraint
Vienna reports indicate the United States and Soviet Union are edging toward broader agreement on limiting strategic arms. While no concrete concessions have emerged, observers note continued dialogue amid Vietnam, the Mideast, Berlin, and Warsaw talks. Dialogue itself is seen as a strategic asset despite slow progress and frequent postponements.
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Vienna
United States
Soviet Union
Indochina
Mideast
Paris
Vietnam
Berlin
Poland
China
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Pegs Enterprise
Bob Moore
Ord Roden
Bonnie Dearley
South Cedar Street
Pecos
Boyle
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Union Pacific
Badwater
Wyo
North Texas
Wichita Falls
By Ernie Hood
Newspaper Enterprise Assa
United States Department of
The
American Bar Association
State Bar of Texas
Will Bernard
Burr
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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