Something-for-nothing strings and Rosetta Stone in a sprawling critique
A historical column contrasts postwar highway rules with attached strings to federal funding and reflects on the Rosetta Stone’s uncovering and British possession. It cites the Indochina war funding debate, noting shifting loyalties, calls for review of foreign aid, and questions about its long term efficacy and impact on relationships with countries like India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Transportation
National Highway Fund
Francois Champollion
Nile Island
Lord Nelson
Ralph Abercromby
Napoleon
Egypt
Senate
U.S
Indochina
India
United States
Time to End Subsidizing Strikes
Dow Chemical sues Michigan Employment Security Commission to stop unemployment payments to 135 Bay City strikers averaging 79.07 dollars weekly. The column argues this system finances strikes and calls for reform, citing a study on abuse of benefits and welfare programs.
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Washington
Dow Chemical Company
Detroit
Dow
Bay City
United States District Court
Michigan Employment Security Commission
Jesse Jackson weighs options in Illinois governor race
Michael Jackson report notes Jackson weighs backing Ogilvie or Walker amid alleged IRS pressure. He cites possible investigations while preferring Republican and independent stances, and maintains opposition to Hanrahan. Separate NY scene shows Podell signaling Nixon vote amid McGovern tensions.
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Washington
Jesse Jackson
Illinois
Dan Walker
Jackson
Internal Revenue Service
IRS
Chicago
Richard Ogilvie
Ogilvie
Nixon
Walker
Charles H. Percy
Roman Pucinski
Cook County
Edward Hanrahan
Law and Order
George McGovern
McGovern
New York
Congress
Rep
Bert Podell
Brooklyn
Yitzhak Rabin
Israel
Podell
James Scheuer
Bronx
How's Your I Q and Tradeoffs in Strikes
The Wharton School note examines how strikes shift costs to taxpayers. It highlights GM and Westinghouse stoppages with food stamps and unemployment payments shaping bargaining leverage. The piece argues generous benefits blunt incentive to settle, urging reform to curb strike costs.
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Wharton School of ‘Finance and Commerce
Armand J. Thieblot, Jr
Ronald M. Cowin
General Motors
Michigan
Genesee County
New York
Pittsburgh
Fisher Body
West Mifflin
Thieblot
Cowin
General
Westinghouse
Delaware County
Don
Old Devil Never Quits Learning Says HAL BOYLE
A column by HAL BOYLE lampoons aging and modern life with quips on learning, football loyalties, grandparent pride, prices, retirement gifts, shopping, and movie endings. The piece blends humor about old age and contemporary quirks with light social commentary.
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New York
Dallas Cowboys
Baltimore
Kansas City
Minnesota
Oakland
Dallas
Space twins return after three million mile world voyage
The Soviet space twins landed in Kazakhstan after a weightless orbit around the globe totaling nearly three million miles. A town crackdown on speeding and reckless driving was set to begin in Winchester today. Joseph P. Achourey Jr. of CIBA Pharmaceutical Company predicted a medical revolution uncovering drugs for most currently incurable diseases in an address to the Winchester Exchange Club.
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Soviet Union
Kazakhstan
Winchester
Joseph P. Achourey, Jr
Ciba Pharmaceutical Company
Winchester Exchange Club
Truman declines labor conference on price cuts proposal
25 Years Ago 1947 President Truman indicated he has no plans to call a labor management conference as the CIO proposed to urge voluntary price reductions. In Winchester 14 year old Jerry Allen White, derby champion, travels to Akron to compete against 135 entrants for national and international honors. Curtis R. Barr promoted to district ordinary supervisor for the Winchester district of Peoples Life Insurance Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Truman
CIO
Jerry Allen White
Winchester
Akron
Ohio
United States
Alaska
Canada
Curtis R. Barr
Peoples Life Insurance Company
Count the Cost of Social Position in Daily Meditation
The essay weighs social rank in cities and campuses, noting the appeal of belonging to elite circles and sororities. It cautions that pursuit can harm health and happiness if it costs jealousy, honor, or well being, urging readers to weigh the true price of status.
Abolish Nuclear Weapons Urged by Public Opinion
Washington editorial argues world sentiment must push to end all nuclear arms. It notes five powers possess bombs, tests continue, and calls for universal conferences, international inspection, and a timeline to render weapons useless.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Russia
France
China
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Rosetta Stone
Nile
Rashid
British Museum
Ptolemy V
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
By James J. Kilpatrick
Justice
Richard J. Daley
Sen
the Star
Middletown
I.Q
Mozart
Dalai Lama
Jack Dempsey
Wharton
Hal Boyle
Old Devil
Tiffany’s
Manhattan
Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Thomas T. Byrd
Douglas B. O'Connell
By David Lawrence
United Nations
Japan
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