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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1972
Page
2
The passage argues freedom is a God given gift not a political grant. It contends freedom must be bounded by self-control and rejects license or anarchy. It cites biblical commandments the Golden Rule and the Declaration of Independence as guiding truths.
A Ventura school board meeting on busing to create racial balance drew about 200 parents. Barry Schur of the State Department of Education said, The schools do not belong to you or the neighborhood they are creatures of the state. The board voted unanimously to proceed with busing 2,000 students.
Retailers fear a $2.00 minimum wage will force a four per cent price rise beyond the Price Commission’s 2.5 per cent inflation target. Stores report payroll comprises half of margins and wage hikes will ripple through general merchandise pricing, challenging the stabilization program.
Copley News Service reports Iowa Republican Rep. H R Gross led a drive against bloated content in the Congressional Record. Taxpayers funded 18 000 for 136 pages of notes on Rep. Bella Abzug's bill and a Reader's Digest condensation by another congressman. The Record should cover only congressional proceedings.
Rep Charles J Carney of Ohio published the names of St James Church Youngstown attendees in the Congressional Record upon returning to Washington The Record spans 514 pages with names and cost 852 50 charged to taxpayers not the congressman
Notable events on this date include Ada Keple’s graduation from Union College of Law in 1870, Truman's 1950 Korea troop transfer, Alaska statehood in 1958, the Pentagon Papers ruling in 1971, and the Soviet cosmonauts' death. Also 1879 birth of Walter Hampden and a quoted thought on ancestry.
General William Westmoreland retires after 36 years as Arthur Abrams takes command as Chief of Staff. The Army, smallest in a quarter century, fields 13 divisions with about 861,000 soldiers amid morale and discipline concerns. Officers at Carlisle Barracks warn of future challenges and potential depopulation of West Point and the officer corps.
A two year UCLA study led by Albert F. Bush and associates claims CV-100 added to leaded gasoline cuts carbon monoxide and hydrocarbons by up to 50 percent while boosting fuel economy 10 to 15 percent. The additive works with all liquid fuels, including diesel, and may reduce diesel odor. Test marketing underway in the United States and Canada with CY-100 Products, Inc. of Salt Lake City producing the additive.
The California Senate approves using Ms as a voting registration identifier challenging traditional titles. The text argues Ms offers unclear identification and traces how Mrs Miss and Mr shape perceived status. It comments on social implications of addressing women with titles and hints at evolving etiquette.
British cigarette makers experiment with substitutes like pulp wood blends and charcoal cloth filters in a $10 million effort to satisfy health concerns. Reports say one prototype smells and burns like tobacco and could appeal to smokers seeking reduced risk.
The piece explains that Nixon did not authorize the salary raise and Congress voted to increase from 35000 to 42500 dollars for Senators and Representatives. It notes opposition but overall approval and cites ongoing government spending and debt fueling inflation and potential devaluation. It argues taxes and spending control are needed to avert economic collapse.
A political column argues that excess partisanship harms the nation. It weighs Nixon and McGovern, questioning their plans on the B 1 bomber SALT policy and food stamp spending, and critiques political "reason" versus real strategic interests.
A degraded OCR listing shows state lawmakers including William Dean Barrow Dempsy J Baron Mavlory BE and others with boxes and phone numbers in Crestview Panama City Tallahassee and Winter Park. The fragment also references offices at the U.S. Senate building and Bob Sikes Office Court House with residence lines.
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