Texas Affects Construction Boom Across Amarillo and State
Building activity in Texas climbs with Amarillo ranking eighth among SMSAs for per capita construction. The Texas Business Review notes February’s total construction index up 52 percent from a year ago and 33 percent from 1967 base, led by office bank buildings and apartments. Austin tops the list. May shows a $1.8 million month-over-month rise in Amarillo.
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We Waited Too Long on Vietnam Minefields
The piece reviews U S Navy mining in Vietnam waters from 1967 and compares it with 1972 efforts. It cites Vice Admiral Cagle on minefields in the Song Ga Song Giang Song Ma Kien Giang and Cua Sot rivers and notes limited enemy traffic, salvage of river commerce, and ongoing restraint in mine warfare. It contrasts White House risk tolerance with Churchill’s wartime mining philosophy.
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Song Ma
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Quang Tri
Agnew
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Laird
Debated airs and opinions in McGovern Humphrey clash
New York coverage notes McGovern looks confident while Humphrey sounds raspy and desperate in the second debate. The piece criticizes Humphrey for apologies and unclear stances on busing, subsidies, and war, highlighting McGovern’s stronger positioning on Vietnam and social rapidity themes.
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PA Od
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Congressional Quarterly Inc
Fantastic voyage or grim truth in Moscow summit scenes
From the Blue Ridge to Moscow the piece blends dreamlike impressions of the Moscow summit with stark Vietnam war reports. It contrasts Nixon and Brezhnev dining amid caviar with bomb blasts around Kontum and An Loc as a tank and a U S truck lie ruined, symbolizing conflicting truths.
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Imes
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Nixon and Peace Talk In Match of Realism and Moonshine
The piece contrasts a formal summit communique with stark doubts about peaceful coexistence under communism. It argues Nixon’s bold visits to Peking and Moscow mark real risk and initiative, while warning that Soviet aims remain dominationist. The analysis labels caviar rhetoric as mere theater in a broader geopolitical harvest.
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Mexico Plans to Summit By John Chamberlain
Mexico eyes a Washington summit as President Luis Echeverria travels with a San Antonio stop. Key topics include Colorado River water, migrant workers, and rising economic isolationism influenced by the Burke-Hartke tariff proposals.
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