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Newspaper
Southern Illinoisan
Location
Carbondale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Aug 17, 1971
Page
7
Economists give mixed reviews to President Nixon's proposals to boost the economy. Some bankers express cautious approval while others predict limited long term effectiveness as the plan faces skepticism about its durability. The Associated Press notes varied expert reactions.
Nobel laureate Samuelson criticizes $4.7 billion cutback, fearing job loss and weaker overall policy. Galbraith calls it a mixed step, Friedman supports spending and tax cuts but dislikes the wage price freeze, Leichle argues the freeze fails long run.
Gov. Richard B. Ogilvie signed a 24 million special appropriation bill for Malcolm X College and criticized the Chicago junior college system for shortchanging the school. He noted the college attracts far more students than estimates and that funding for equipment, furniture, and library materials was insufficient.
Mayor John V. Lindsay requests 61.9 million from the federal government to fund 8,216 municipal jobs including 2,000 teaching posts under a national employment program. He cites a city budget need to cut more than 3,000 teachers and outlines job targets across Model Cities, Human Resources Administration, and civilianization efforts in police, fire, and sanitation. He notes 30,000 unemployed Vietnam veterans in the city and that 50 percent of hires would be veterans while 30 percent would be heads of households.
U S informants allege North Vietnam grows vast opium for export to China and the Soviet Union. A defector, Nguyen Ngoc Mai, claims poppy fields span Ha Giang Son La Lai Chau and Cao Bang with foreign help. He says the opium may reach Saigon as heroin, but motives remain unclear.
A New York Times analysis draws on reports from over 125 bookstores in six U S communities. Top titles include The Exorcist The New Centurions Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee The Shadow of Lynx The Bell Jar The Drifters The Gift Horse and Capone among others with noted authors and editions in a period rounding out the year’s reading trends.
Thomas Lask critiques Harold Seymour’s Baseball The Golden Age, praising its rigorous ledger-like analysis of 1903 to 1930 MLB economics, ownership, and personalities. It challenges glamor and myths, arguing the book reveals how greed and business shaped pennants and legends while preserving core figures like Cobb Ruth and Landis in clear historical context.
A sportswriter reviews Baseball The Golden Age, arguing early baseball combined economics and security with sport, disputes the idea of a pure pastime. Seymour, a historian and ex bat boy, presents independent conclusions, noting the lively ball's origins and post Landis era scandals. The tone is brisk, not nostalgic, yet it connects to readers’ youth and dreams.
Doctors found Preparation H ably reduces swelling in infected inflamed hemorrhoidal tissue and provides hours of relief from pain and itching. Tests show the medication works in many cases with no prescription needed for Preparation H ointment or suppositories.
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