Nixon's Debt Gamble Faces Doubtful Economic Gamble
Editorial argues Nixon reverses prior anti‑debt stance by proposing a 40 billion dollar debt expansion to boost the economy. It cites Burns and Hansen Berle as opponents of debt finance and notes skepticism from GOP critics Scott and Tower about gambling on inflationary stimulus in 1972.
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Arthur F. Burns
Federal Reserve Board
Harold G. Moulton
Brookings Institution
Nixon
Johnson
White House
A.A. Berle
Alvin Hansen
Hansen
Berle
Stuart Chase
Abner
Burns
Scott
Pennsylvania
Tower
Texas
Crisis in Higher Education Warns of Widespread Crisis
Henry J. Taylor reports the Carnegie Commission on Higher Education finds about 400 colleges seek new presidents amid 500 in acute financial trouble and 1,000 in danger. Endowments concentrate in few schools while costs rise and tuition covers only a third of a college’s costs. The report condemns management failures, empire building, staff chaos, and student unrest, urging strong administrator support to avert a national education decline.
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Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Commission
Harvard
Yale
Carnegie Commission of Higher Education
Empire Building
Carnegie
Empire Builders
How's Your I Q Based On 100 Questions
A multiple choice quiz notes daily scores from 9 10 correct equals Memory Genius 7 8 Very Superior 5 6 Excellent 4 Good. Then page two has answers and ten sample questions including sphygmomanometer purpose type thermometers berry color on mountain ash prie dieu Utah residents name and meat consumption lower house of Canadian Parliament Mexico language natural gasoline origin and checkerboard squares.
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Utah
Dominion of Canada
Mexico
Tax Burden Shifts As Income Figures Show Rising Tax Take
A Tax Foundation analysis calculates that with a $10 000 annual income the combined federal state and local taxes consume about one third of the taxpayer’s daily wage. The average person would work about two hours and 37 minutes in each eight hour day to pay taxes, making them the largest single family budget item. The piece notes growing tax increases and revenue sharing concerns.
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Foundation
Community notes from Turner Ashby chapter and local events
J Frederick Larrick spoke at the Turner Ashby Chapter United Daughters of the Confederacy meeting with Mrs Bridgeforth introducing him. Nearly 400000 of a 1 million goal for Memorial Hospital was subscribed at a community hospital dinner. Virginia proclaimed Shenandoah Valley Week April 21 to 30. Frederick County officials approved welfare budget 9210.50 and added 25000 to school operating expenses. Philip R Fowle elected Commander of Veterans of Foreign Wars with officers listed.
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J. Frederick Larrick
Turner Ashby
United Daughters of the Confederacy
W.E. Bridgeforth
Memorial Hospital
Gov. Almond
Shenandoah Valley
Virginia
Frederick County Board of Supervisors
Frederick County School Board
Frederick County Welfare Association
Philip R. Fowle
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Richard Eddy
Harry W. Butler, Jr
William Caytor
J.G. Fosbrink
JE. Keffer, Sr
Hugh Clark
Which Side Are You On In The World Of Doubt
Daily meditation argues that doubt drives discovery and progress. It notes great scientists asked many questions before breakthroughs and warns that doubt is not always wisdom. The piece ends by challenging readers to choose a side.
Supreme Court in Throes of Change
Washington commentary notes shifts in the Burger Court, with mixed 5-4 rulings and a move toward strict construction. The piece cites Miranda v. Arizona rulings, loyalty pledges, accessibility to the poor, and 18 year old voting, calling the court highly flexible and hard to predict.
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Supreme Court
Abolition of Nuclear Arms Clearly Needed
The defense report to Congress by Melvin Laird warns that the Soviet Union and Red China threaten U.S. security with growing missile programs. He urges advancing Safeguard ABM deployment and argues for mutual restraint and agreement to abandon nuclear weapons.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Congress
Melvin Laird
Peking
Red China
Laird
Nixon
Russia
U.S
Free World
Moscow
Sunnyside Youth Basketball Post Torn Down
Roger L. Miller of Sunnyside complains that seven years of community youth effort to build a basketball post and board on the Sunnyside Presbyterian Church lot was vandalized on March 6, 1971. He urges church and neighbors to support safe play and more playgrounds to keep children off roads.
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Sunnyside
Sunnyside Presbyterian Church
Wars and Rumors of War Teach Peace Abroad
Quoted scripture and Hugo Black urge restraint and global effort for peace and prosperity. The lesson from wars and depressions is that lasting happiness at home requires helping establish stability abroad.
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Hugo L. Black
U.S. Supreme Court
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Oan
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Burger
Warren” Court
Earl Warren
Arizona
Warren Court
Evens Saebels
By David Lawrence
The
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Winchester Evening Star
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Winchester
Jack F. Davis
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
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