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The article offers information on the shortage of newsprint in the U.S. in 1973. "The Wall Street Journal" revealed to readers that it was cutting editorial, news and advertising space and limiting on newsstand copies. In addition, dailies and weeklies with no big standing orders from suppliers, no capacity to stockpile big quantities of newsprint and no private mills were taking more drastic steps. The "Rapid City Journal" has already halted publishing Saturday editions to economize dwindling paper supplies.

The article features former U.S. President Lyndon Baines Johnson. According to Johnson's friends, he was a hill-country rancher who helps lay irrigation pipe, worries on the weather and his cattle and works on his papers and memoirs. It relates that the Austin, Texas became a major administrative center during his tenure as vice-president and president of U.S., adding about 5,000 jobs to the area. Moreover, Ronnie Dugger of "Texas Observer" speculates that Johnson has retreated into history.

The article focuses on the growth of Los Angeles City in Southern California, the fastest-growing megalopolis in U.S. that began as a pueblo settlement. It relates on several areas in the city that experienced development such as Wilshire Boulevard, San Fernando and Palos Verdes. It says that the city has three good hotels, 350 telephone subscribers and 27 churches. Moreover, it mentions several members of the Chamber of Commerce including Reese H. Taylor, Edwin W. Pauley and Frank L. King.

The article reports on the real double-digit inflation in the Soviet Union and other communist countries. Accordingly, basic services such as housing, medical care and mass transit in the Communist countries are generally cheap, but prices for other items like cars and quality foods have long been set so high that they remain beyond the reach of most Russians, Poles, East Germans, Czechs, Rumanians, Hungarians and Bulgarians . Chairman Vladimir Sitnin of the Soviet Union's state price committee has said that production costs and prices are correlated but not directly. It adds that undisguised inflation exists in sectors not subject to iron-fisted government control.

The article focuses on the different impacts of the global inflation. It notes that rising prices and low wages and profits have greatly affected Americans and have reduced the living standards in the country, and argues that such inflation would result to the weakening confidence in the democratic governments around the world. In addition, it notes that European countries, the U.S. and Asian nations have attempted to address the worldwide inflation by implementing wage-price controls and other tax and monetary tinkering, however, these efforts have been proven to be unsuccessful.

The article reports on the social and economic condition in China in 1961. It highlights some of the country's economic problems during the year including the lack of sufficient food for its people, the shortage of electric supply and its dispute with other countries worldwide. It notes that some of its citizens decided to flee in Hong Kong and Macao to escape their ill-condition in the country.

The article reports on the financial condition and performance of automobile manufacturer General Motors Corp. in 1966 and its impact on the future of the engine market in the U.S. It states that the concerns regarding the direction of the economy are reflected on Wall Street where millions of Americans have a stake in the stock market. It mentions the significance of the automobile industry in the economy as it accounts for the 51% of all sales in steel, plate glass, and rubber.

The article describes the economic conditions in Shanghai, China after the first year of ruling by Communists. The province has experienced unemployment in various industries such as rubber and cotton textile, papermaking, and silk-weaving. The Communists also impacted the province's business community by forcing government loan. Businesses that suffered the most due to falling prices include restaurants, fashion shops, and department stores. There is also slight chance of real reform in Communist policy.

The article offers information on the political and economic condition of the nations in Central America. Costa Rica is described as the most prosperous, democratic, law-abiding and literate country in Central America. Guatemala has largest number of Mayan population in the region and is headed by President Miguel Ydigoras Fuentes. El Salvador has a cultivated lush coffee-land with 571 housing units.

The article reports on the denial of Mayor Leland Larrison of a wire service story that he had promised to rid prostitution and gambling in Terre Haute, Indiana. Because of this, Alan C. Runkin, president of Indiana State University, was troubled because his school was infringing on the Tenderloin. He was also irritated by the local conviction that students account for a significant amount of the prostitutes' business. A brief history of the economic decline of the city is offered.

The article offers information on "A Maine Manifest," a published result of the study by The Allagash Group in Bath, Maine, which proposes steps on how the residents might regain control of Maine's economic development without destroying natural environment. It states that the publication proposes tax reform on property tax, acquisition of land by land bank, and community-development corporations. It says that Richard Barringer of Harvard University has prepared the study aimed to change Maine.

The article offers information on the economic condition in Wall Street, New York City. It mentions that the Dow-Jones index of industrials in the first four days of trading on the New York Stock Exchange has tumbled more than 15 points to 696.03, which made a total drop of nearly 40 points. It adds that market analysts in Wall Street have the best record for forecasting recent economic gyrations and agreed that the behavior of the Dow-Jones index is decidedly not signaling a recession.

The article focuses on the tourism and rate of foreign travelers in the U.S. It states that in August 1967, there were 191,494 foreign travelers came in the U.S. which in 50.2% increase in the number of travelers in August 1966. According to the survey of the U.S. Travel Service (U.S.T.S.) in 1966, tourists perceived the U.S. less when it comes on vacation land which made U.S.T.S equipped personal approach in its tourist program such as offering advice regarding local customs.

The article focuses the economic condition of the U.S. in 1966. It says that the new hiring by industrial production, business inventories, and industry showed a downtrend, but the nation's factories got 93% of capacity. The Labor Department reported that consumer prices jumped by 0.3% in September, while unemployment decreased to 3.8% of the labor force in the same month. It mentions that the gross national product rose by 13.6 billion dollars and corporate profits achieved new highs.