A Question Of National Honor In The Mayaguez Crisis
The Aiken Standard argues the Mayaguez incident shows U S power waning and demands swift, decisive action. It cites Lloyd Bucher and Senator James B Allen urging strong leadership and immediate efforts to secure the crew and vessel or pursue force if necessary.
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Vietnam
United States
Cambodia
U.S
Mayaguez
Hong Kong
Thailand
Ford
White House
Lloyd Bucher
Mander
James B. Allen
Alabama
Mafia tied tomatoes bought by Defense Department
The Defense Department spent 1.1 million on tomatoes strawberries and cantaloupes from Pelican Tomato in New Orleans linked to Mafia figure Carlos Marcello. Agriculture Department approved the produce and Army Navy Air Force and other agencies received shipments. legal and moral pressures arose over mob connections and federal buying rules.
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Washington
Defense Department
Carlos Marcello
Agriculture Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Alabama
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
Panama
Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Marcello
New Orleans
Kefauver
Joe Valachi
Pelican Tomato Company
Pelican Tomato
Joseph Matassa
Matassa
Tomato
Martin
Ford
South Carolinians Vote In Key State Legislative Ballots
Tomorrow at 11 a.m. a joint session votes for a successor to Judge Rhodes on the 14th Circuit with candidates Clyde Eltzroth T Reeve Sams and Gerald Smoak. A runoff机会 could follow first ballots with implications for state jobs and the Public Service Commission seats amid concerns over legislature appointments.
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South Carolina State Senate
House
William L. Rhodes
14Th Circuit
State Supreme Court
Clyde Eltzroth
Hampton
T. Reeve Sams
Beaufort
Gerald Smoak
Walterboro
South Carolina Wildlife Resources Dept
Eltzroth
General Assembly
Mr. Sams
Sams
Public Service Commission
PSC
The Last of the Sovereign Nations
Holmes Alexander argues that Fulbright and Hart advocate sovereignty ending world state ideals. He warns America risks losing independence to a global system, urging strong national self rule and a wary stance toward United Nations power.
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Holmes Alexander
Gary Hart
D-Colo
McGovern
United Nations
Hart
Fulbright
Bill Fulbright
Foreign Relations
Congress
America
USA
Korea
Vietnam
Israel
United States
UN General Assembly
Fulbright and Hart
Pondering Presidential Qualifications and the Administrator
A commentary argues for selecting a professional administrator over lawyer-politician types for the presidency. It cites Nixon era behavior, Eisenhower, Adams, Haig, and Wedemyer as examples. The author advocates executives from commerce and industry, noting no businessman has sought the presidency since Wendell Wilkie amid party debt and bankruptcy concerns.
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White House
Alexander Haig
al Wedemyer
Board Rooms of Commerce and Industry
Wendell Wilkie
John Laurens: Heroic Aid to Washington and Last Stand
John Laurens earned aid from the French for the American cause and acted for Washington in surrender terms at Yorktown. He dueled General Lee, was wounded, and died at 27 on the Combahee River while helping free South Carolina as the treaty neared.
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Graham Martin
South Vietnam
Martin
Saigon
Joint Chiefs
Vietnam
Thieu
John Laurens
John
Franklin
Washington
John Lauens
Laurens
Yorktown
Charles Lee
South Carolina
Combahee
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Adams
Aiken
Samuel A. Cothran
Robert D. Cathcart
Rush John Laurens
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