Railroads at risk as ICC cites financial strain and rising costs
Editorial argues the Interstate Commerce Commission recognizes economic strangulation in U S railroads with 71 percent profit drop last year. It cites inflation, wage settlements, competition, and poor relief as factors while noting Penn Central and other majors face bankruptcy and a looming union strike, urging realistic rates and cost cuts.
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Penn Central
Lehigh Valley
Central of New Jersey
New Haven
Boston
Maine
ICC
Nixon
National Railroad Passenger Corporation
Letter Responds To Street People Critique In NYT
Otto F. Reiss of New York argues in a New York Times letter that street people rely on a rich capitalist system for shelter food and cash to sustain addictions. He contends a less abundant economy would hinder their ability to survive without bourgeois society.
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New York Times
United States
Otto F. Reiss
New York
Chicago
Black Panther
Bobby Rush
Albert North Whitehead
Professor McNeill
One of these days in Boyle’s rainy hour
HAL BOYLE muses in a reflective column about daydreams in a rainy hour. He riffs on wishful feats from surviving dental bills to writing a Miltonic sonnet and chasing impossible rewards, ending with a wary nod to time and aspiration.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Capri
Milton
Thoughts on Law and Morality from Philosophers and Prophets
A compact reminiscence compiling quotes on law religion and ethics from James Paine Ford Job and Pythagoras. The selection links neighborly love to civic duty and warns that law alone cannot achieve constructive results.
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Henry Ford
Quotes on freedom truth and integrity
A collage of quotes from II Peter 2 19 Dante and John 8 45 and Oliver Wendell Holmes on freedom corruption belief and truth. The lines contrast slavery to vice with liberty and assert resilience of truth against mockery or testing.
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Peter
Quote Starkness and Faith in a Historic Christian Message
A compact reflection highlights a biblical verse from Philippians 3 14 urging progress toward the heavenly prize and a Huxley quote on ambition. It concludes with Psalms 127 1 on divine blessing while emphasizing diligence under providence.
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God
Christ Jesus
Cuba School For Radicals Examines Campus Revolt
The piece surveys the antiwar and civil rights movement amid Cuba’s revolution influence and Vietnam’s war, contrasting McNeill’s optimism about the end of mass campus unrest with radical leaders Sid ney Lens and Bernardine Dohrn. It notes the movement’s loose coalition, 2000 to 3000 active radicals, and debates on race and unity.
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Anglea Davis
Bernardine Dohra
Spiro Agnew
Abbie Hoffman
University of Chicago
William H. McNeill
McNeill
Vietnam
Weathermen
the Weathermen
Adams
Colonies
England
Thomas Jefferson
United States
New Haven
Conn
FBI
Bernardine Dohrn
Congress Sluggish and Voters Apathetic in Key Session
In a rare lame duck session, Congress stalls on seven appropriations bills while public trust declines. The piece notes minimal party gains in recent elections, stagnant reform, and low voter awareness of congressional benefits. It uses historical seat-change patterns to underline apathy and inaction.
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Washington
NEA
Congress
House
Senate
GOP
John F. Kennedy
Barry Goldwater
Gallup
Shocked Oyster Caper Opens Shells With Microwave Power
National Marine Fisheries Service reports success using microwave energy to open oysters without cooking them. Gloucester researchers tested vacuum, electric shock, ultrasonic methods before achieving energy levels that prevent clams from closing. The method promises labor savings, higher production, and fewer shell fragments across shellfish.
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National Marine Fisheries Service
U.S. Department of Commerce
Fisheries Service
Gloucester
Mass
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