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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 16, 1972
Page
2
A survey of natural and man made calamities notes fire floods earthquakes and storms as sudden forces. The piece cites the 1906 San Francisco quake and rapid city flood among examples and discusses widespread destruction and homelessness.
A Congress bill slated for action would, as the Chamber of Commerce bulletin notes, largely cancel any local or national tax relief by increasing social security taxes. The bulletin warns the net effect on taxpayers would be negative.
A letter from L A B describes a seizure emergency where a neighbor refused aid despite claiming Christian principles. The writer and others discuss forgiveness and reconciliation. The piece also references a 1972 Social Security bill with a five percent benefits increase and automatic rises, noting a $4.2 billion workers and employers tax rise and a $57 billion six-year total, framing it as both economic and political in nature.
The column notes key events on this date: Valentina Tereshkova’s first woman space flight in 1963, Harrodsburg Kentucky’s first settlement in 1774, Lincoln’s 1858 quote, the Alaska gold rush in 1897, League of Nations first public meeting in 1920, the Maginot Line withdrawal in 190, Eisenhower canceling a Japan visit in 1960, and Laos feuding princes seeking coalition in 1960.
A satirical plea from Miami describing rodent rights and urging readers to donate to a personal fund. The piece lampoons animal experiments and pokes fun at researchers while listing humorous scenarios involving mice and rats. It ends with a call to support a so called Research Center and mentions buying laboratory humans.
The Top Secret memo details a 24 July 1967 Hanoi meeting arranged by Kissinger via Herbert Marcovich and Raymond Aubrac. Ho Chi Minh opposed the phrase peace in Vietnam and noted that Pham Van Dong controlled negotiations while stressing US aggression.
On a campaign charter flight after a California defeat, Sen. Hubert Humphrey weighs his future and McGovern's path to the nomination. He questions youth radicalism, predicts Nixon vulnerability on the economy, and hints at possibly withdrawing or shifting strategy while vowing to press for delegates.
A collection of small joys and life moments that bring meaning and comfort. The piece reflects on childhood steps, bedtime fatigue, grief support, finding gas, reunion worries, dieting mishaps, skyward bird lines, shelter from rain, and family pride in an election, pay raises, and gifts.
Jeffrey Hart analyzes George McGovern's shifting positions from tax and amnesty stances to Israel security, arguing Republicans could exploit inconsistencies to paint him as foolish or fraudulent. The piece also recalls Nixon's reluctance to launch a harsh attack and the 1968 slice of Humphrey’s Salt Lake City speech as a tactical study.
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