Big Thicket offers varied tourist attractions
Ray Sasser describes accessible Big Thicket highlights in this Saratoga story. Maps at the Big Thicket Museum aid self guided tours to see giant palmettoes, cypress trees, pitcher plants, loblolly timber and ghost road lore with signs of park plans and historic sites.
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Ray Sasser
The
Lufkin News
Saratoga
Tex
Big Thicket
Big Thicket National Park
Big Thicket Association
Little Pine Island Bayou
Big Pine Island Bayou
Furth
Batson
Moss Hill
Hyatt Estates
Village Mills
Warren
Bragg
Public schools face demand for performance and reform
A Gallup survey of 1,500 adults outlines expected education changes. Public schools would use performance contracts, vouchers, nationwide tests, and year round programs in cooperation with business. Tax reform, reduced local control, and greater focus on career education are foreseen with a new breed of teachers and stricter discipline.
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Gallup
CFE Ltd
Phianthropic Foundation
Black Magic craze spreads across England drawing concern
In England the occult movement gains followers among common people and some breaches of propriety. Clergy warn of rising interest in witchcraft and devil worship as bizarre incidents surface. Police report black magic groups in London and Birmingham involved in fraud and sensational acts.
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London
England
Eleanor Bone
Satan
Tom Willis
Anglican Church
Birmingham
Psychic
Great Queen Street
Cafe Macabre
Alex Sanders
Bone
Castro says world ripe for left wing revolution
Fidel Castro told Chilean leftists in Santiago that global politics favors revolutionary movements and that force would be used only as a last resort. He praised Allende’s election, warned imperialists against Chilean success, and urged unity to defend the Left in Latin America.
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Castro
Santiago
Chile
Fidel Castro
United States
Salvador Allende
Allende
Cuba
U. S
Philosphy of Peace
Big investors dominate the mutual fund market say AP report
The AP reports that large buyers increasingly influence mutual funds with many purchases of 100000 or more while small investors pull back. Standard & Poor's notes show fund inflows from big buyers rising to 370 million in 1971 third quarter and small investor purchases dropping to 730 million. William McChesney Martin urges reform and industry integrity after recent abuses and disclosures.
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New York
Investment Company Institute
Trade Association of the Funds
Standard & Poor’s Corp
William McChesney Martin
New York Financial Writers
Martin
Peking trip may erase old tailings
President Nixon faces a changing world with Soviet parity and influence. The piece notes past hopes for a Moscow visit by Eisenhower and Nixon and analyzes current mistrust on the political right over Nixon's Moscow mission, linking Cold War milestones to present caution.
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Ray McHugh
Washington
Copley News Service
Nixon
Moscow
Eisenhower- Nixon
Dwight Eisenhower
Vietnam
Berlin
John F. Kennedy
Europe
India
China
U. S
Yalta
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Potsdam
Harry Truman
Eisenhower
Geneva
Camp David
Berlin Wall
Nikita Khrushchev
Vienna
Kennedy
Pressure grows for withdrawal of new surcharge
The 10 percent surcharge on imports faces mounting opposition in the United States and abroad. The Council for Economic Development urges lifting the surcharge without delay, while currency realignments fail to achieve the intended dollar strength. Morgan Guaranty Trust data show mixed currency moves since August 1971.
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New York
United States
Council For Economic Development
U.S
Morgan Guaranty Trust Co
Canada
Japan
Australia
United Kingdom
Switzerland
Germany
France
Italy
Belgium
Norway
Piedmont Sells Stock to Continental in Merger Plan
Piedmont Telephone announces its sale to Continental Telephone Corporation. Shareholders will receive an undisclosed number of Continental common shares. Continental moves HQ to Dulles Airport, adding 400 jobs in northern Virginia.
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Haymarket
Piedmont Telephone Corporation
Virginia
Continental Telephone Corporation
St. Louis
Piedmont
Continental
West Texas Telephone Co
Pecos
Dulles International Airport
Syracuse
N.Y
Dulles
Continental Telephone
Canada
Caribbean
Stanley A. Owens
Owens
Piedmont Telephone
IRS workers face unknowns as Nixon wage controls roll out
In Greensboro, IRS staffers struggle with the wage and price controls program as they take toll free calls from North Carolinians. Agents admit they lack rulings and must explain delays while supervisors compare notes and adapt to an unprecedented, rushed rollout.
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TSR
IRS
Lois McGee
TRS
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John Young
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