Bureaucrats to Skip Press Briefings on Unemployment Figures
The Labor Department will stop holding press conferences when monthly unemployment and consumer price data are released. Officials say the move avoids policy questions and speeds release, but critics fear it skirts nonpartisan discussion and leaves only positive framing.
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Potomac
Labor
Hodgson
Bureau of Labor Statistics
Labor Department
Washington
Farm Exodus Deepens in Canada as Rural Population Shrinks
The shift from rural to urban living mirrors the United States with fewer than 10 rural Canadian men working on farms. At 1900 the rural share topped 60, by 1931 only 30 percent farmed. Mechanization boosts other benefits though, and many youths leave farms for city jobs, eroding agriculture as a career.
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Canada
United States
Rhodes Bridegrooms Target Women in Flattery Scam
Rhodes officials report a new scam by locals dubbed the bridegrooms of Rhodes. They flatter wealthy female tourists to steer business to shops and collect commissions. Some allegedly blackmail these visitors with letters after departure to extract payments. The mayor warns such acts could deter future tourism.
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Rhodes
Sartorial Campaign Aims for Men to Dress Better This Fall
A clothing industry drive seeks to push men toward traditional raiment this fall. Details await unveilings by clothiers and haberdashers. An observer notes the campaign could persuade men that better clothes help win success, women, admiration, and belonging.
Easter Sunday brings sun but chilly wind for town churchgoers
The Star Files notes an estimated 500 children at the JCC Easter Egg hunt. Miss Charlotte McMurray remains in Congo service as Presbyterian missionary. Sydnor III receives NSF graduate studies grant among ten Virginia students. Walter Bly earns Army Commendation Ribbon at Newton D. Baker Hospital. Ridgeley White Wendell Barney and Mrs Wyatt Richard join Winchester Recreation Council board. Mrs John H. Dunn Jr arrives in NYC aboard the Queen Mary with 29 war brides bound for Virginia.
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JCC
Walter Merlin Bly
Newton D. Baker General Hospital
C. Ridgeley White
Wendell Barney
Wyatt Richard
Winchester Recreation Council
Winchester
John H. Dunn, Jr
New York City
Virginia
Almost Christians and the peril of half measures
The passage contrasts Agrippa’s skepticism with true faith, warning that “almost” Christians and “almost” Christianity offer no peace or salvation. It argues genuine conversion differs from mere agreement with moral rules and the Golden Rule, urging wholehearted devotion over safe, lukewarm belief.
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St. Paul
Agrippa
Agrippas
Jesus
Paul
Heaven
A Blow to the Armed Forces
William S. White argues Lt. William Calley Jr. verdict harms the U S military image and fuels pacifist and isolationist campaigns. He contends the case is used to condemn U S policy in Vietnam and questions whether the act was murder or battlefield hysteria.
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Washington
William Calley Jr
United States
Vietnam
Adolf Hitler
Johnson
Nixon
Calley
John Davis
Georgia
Jack Edwards
Alabama
Fletcher
My Lai
Power Is Name of The Political Game
Analysis of Congress versus the White House over impoundment of funds focusing on the Florida barge canal. Examines constitutional powers of appropriation and execution, with examples from Nixon actions and disputed precedents. Ends with reflections on power and differing opinions in politics and war.
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Washington
Congress
White House
Sam Ervin
Dn.c
Florida Barge Canal
Everglades
Jacksonville Chamber of Commerce
Nixon
Russell Train
Council On Environmental Quality
President Proxmire
Proxmire
House
Florida
Charles E. Bennett
Kendall
United States
Stokes
Bennett
Truman
Nation roiled by Calley verdict prompts clemency push
The United States reels from Lt. William L. Calley Jr. being convicted of mass murder in My Lai. lawmakers and citizens press for executive clemency while protests and appeals flood the White House and Congress.
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Washington
William L. Calley, Jr
My Lai
White House
Congress
Calley
William Brock
Tennessee
James B. Allen
Alabama
Memory Quiz Scoring Rules and Quick Geography Test
The passage describes scoring for a 100 question quiz over 10 days with grade bands Memory Genius Very Superior Excellent Good. It then lists ten sample questions covering capitals borders teeth calendars oils respiration flora fauna tree types and more. Page 2 likely contains correct answers.
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Charlotte McMurray
Congo
Mboi
Giles Granville Sydnor, III
Mrs. Sydnor
Apple Pie Ridge
National Science Foundation
Earl L. Douglas
William S. White
Sunday
New York Times
By James J. Kilpatrick
Pixies
By Wohl
Bar OF US
Tm. Reg US
Verne
Indochina
Peaceniks
Elijah
God
Baal
Mark Twain
By David Lawrence
Henry Bellmon
Oklahoma
Senate
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
North Carolina
Bellman
Democrat
Ft. Benning
Herman Tal A
I.Q
Pennsylvania
Evening Star
N. Kent St
Advertising and Business
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell