Editorials on UN, Taiwan and Labor in 1971
Washington Iowa editorial page discusses Taiwan's UN status and calls Taiwan an island nation deserving identity within the UN. It also analyzes Department of Labor Sept 1971 figures showing 79.5 million at work, 4.8 million seeking work, and 3.5 million Vietnam veterans employed, with unemployment trends and reactions from organized labor to Nixon's Phase Two economy program.
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Taiwan
China
Assembly of Nations
Department of Labor
Nixon
Campus rocks glued down to curb student riots at Illinois
Investigators find rocks used in campus stone throwing come from ornamental landscaping. University of Illinois Urbana Champaign tests coating rocks with plastic to form a rigid mass. If successful, the campus will plaster rocks in place to reduce police stoning during student riots.
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University of Illinois In
Urbana — Champaign
Almanac notes and historical milestones for Oct 28 1971
United Press International Almanac for Thursday Oct 28 1971 notes today falls on the 301st day of the year with Saturn as the morning star and Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter as evening stars. It lists notable birthdays, quotes, and historical events including Harvard’s founding, the Statue of Liberty dedication, and stock market losses in 1929. Also included are Washington, Iowa publication details and subscription rates.
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United Press International
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Jonas Salk
Harvard University
Massachusetts
Bedloe’s Island
New York Harbor
New York Stock Exchange
Slam in a perfectly logical contract bridge play
In this Becker column a South hand facing Wes leads jack of diamonds shows how to avoid two losses and seize the slam. By misdirecting with a low diamond and careful play of clubs and spades, the reader is guided to twelve tricks despite an apparent loss on opening lead.
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West
Ngiston
Dummny
Soma
Sunimay
Postal rates threaten church magazines and papers
UPI report notes the US Postal Service plans a 146 percent hike in second class mail rates, threatening to triple mailing costs for religious journals by 1976. Publishers warn the rise may end many publications despite subsidies and donations keeping them afloat.
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Ay Louis Cassels
UPI
Postal Service
Nixon
Congress
Naval Imetest
Ome
Washington Ey Oct 28 1971 Letter on Postal Rates
A reader letter criticizes 146 percent postal rate hikes for private individuals while third class rates used by advertisers rise 25 percent. The piece laments religious illiteracy “purported nation under God” and calls for action by concerned citizens.
PASS It On column notes quirky facts and reader jokes
A McNaught Syndicate PASS IT ON column dated 1971 offers a collage of trivia jokes and observations. It cites Connecticut as the state with minimal federal land, jokes about Edison Ford Einstein and a talking dead machine, food curiosities like baby bees in soy sauce, and light commentary on Italian and German ancestry. The note invites reader letters to L M Boyd in Fort Worth, Texas.
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Connecticut
U.S. Bureau of Engraving and Printing
Baltimore
The
Society of the Cincinnati
Thomas Edison
Henry Ford
Albert Einstein
Shakespeare
L.M. Boyd
P.O
Fort Worth
Texas
Dear Abby advice column on obscene calls and social woes
Abigial Van Buren advises a mother to seek psychiatric help for her 16 year old who makes obscene phone calls. A second note warns a neighbor about a false prowler alarm tactic, and a third asks how to avoid overbearing social friends. Abby suggests polite refusals and offers her booklet for a fee.
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Abigail van Buren
Chicas Tebane
N.Y. News Synne
Abby
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George Bernard Shaw
United Nations
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Red China
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Chiang Kaishek
Peking
Nevada
Missouri
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Washington Evening Journal
Ee Fashington
Town
Marion Ave
der, Shannon & Co. Inc
Lows United
Prema
William "Shannon
O Charles “Morris
Robert Shaffer
Blewellyn
Cee Mall
Nes
Imber
Cora Ano
B. Jay Becker
Har In
South Dealer
Rable
Ort
Jack of Diamonds
Peramer
Christian Herald
Christian Century
Christianity Today
America
Commonweal
Episcopali Presbyterian Life
L.m.boyd
Ayther
Don Quimby
Tokyo
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Dean Arbby
Chicken
Los Angeles
Cal
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