Scope of Automation and its impact on modern life
The piece explains automation beyond computers and mass production, comparing it to mechanization's historic disruption. It argues automation will rapidly reshape production and education, rendering industry era language like man hours and labor force obsolete as society moves beyond traditional measures.
Record of 70 years of American consumption
The text cites estimates like 26 million tons of water and 14 tons of milk per person, comparing total resource use to a pyramid. It argues abundance brings both disposal challenges and the capacity to meet future challenges, contrasting with societies that only produce basics.
Hughes' Golden Sheen Tarnished in Las Vegas
Las Vegas faces a shift as Howard Hughes money fuels casinos and real estate while losses mount. Maheu's ouster, Hughes Tool reorganizing, and a Nevada governance clash test Hughes' influence and his willingness to appear publicly.
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Chester Davis
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Mystery of creating blight resistant city trees
Scientists seek to improve on nature by studying resilient urban trees. A tree geneticist calls this a major biological mystery, suggesting urban survival could guide breeding for blight resistance and temperature tolerance.
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National Arboretum
Nuclear test shock and global reactions cited in Star Files
The item notes a nuclear test discussion at a nonaligned nations conference after shock over a Russian test. It also mentions UAW's proposal to GM on profit sharing, Romania reparations demand, Italian frontier adjustments, milk price rise in Winchester, and Sloan Kuykendall joining Shenandoah Valley National Bank board.
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Winchester
Shenandoah Valley National Bank Board of Directors
R. Gray Williams
Daily Meditation On Healing By Earl L. Douglas
A brief meditation notes renewed interest in divine healing and argues it is God’s will that healing continue. It cites Jesus as a channel of perfect power and explains healing as the contact between God’s perfection and human imperfection through compassion and faith.
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Jesus
God
Heaven
Christ
Winchester Evening Star masthead and staff list
The snippet provides the Winchester Evening Star address and masthead with staff titles including General Manager and Executive Editor Jack F. Davis News Editor Eugene P. Miller and Managing Editor Douglas B. OConnell. It also lists subscription rates for carrier and mail delivery in Winchester Virginia.
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Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
A Kind Word for the Doctors
President Nixon’s inflation fight delays Family Assistance Plan and national health insurance. The piece argues Americans have top notch private medical care, counters Kennedy’s push for national health insurance, notes rising doctor numbers and costs, and urges defending the current system during the budget freeze.
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Nixon
Senate Finance Committee
Congress
Edward Kennedy
Massachusetts
Europe
Why Do Questions Stump Seldom? Hal Boyle Column
New York AP by Hal Boyle surveys a string of humorous and probing questions about life, politics, travel, and society. The column ends with a teaser for answers on page 2 and a short quiz of ten general knowledge items.
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Vienam
Diogenes
On Road to Expansion U S Business Boost Follows Wage Freeze
American business aims to expand as confidence grows after the wage price freeze. The plan includes tax relief proposals from President Nixon and changes to standard deduction plus investment credits. Officials expect more hiring and factory reopenings as unemployment declines, while debates over excess profits taxes and wage boards continue. A reader letter from a Cather, Rt. 4, Box 101 calls for moral renewal and better town standards.
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America
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Nixon
Wilbur Mills
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