Texas Five States Idea Comes Up Again
The idea of partitioning Texas into as many as five states surfaces again as lawmakers discuss a 1975 referendum. New England also ponders a single state, while Texas would gain ten senators and potential oil, gas, cattle, and cotton influence. Supporters cite regional needs and subsidy concerns. opponents fear loss of identity and national balance.
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Texas
New England
Chapman Stockford
U. S
Texas Ten
Fred J. Agnich
Bob Gammage
Dying 22-Year-Old Teaches Strength and Faith
The author reflects on a 22 year old who learned cancer fate in January and faced death with humor and resolve. The young man traveled to Austin with friends, left lasting memories, and inspired those around him as illness wore him down. He faced death without fear, guiding others through adversity.
Kissinger Seen Failing to Harness U S Power Says Writer
John Chamberlain argues Kissinger loses credibility as he relies on diplomacy over military and economic leverage. He credits strategy flaws, cites SALT I limits, and urges renewed U S power through missiles submarines bombers and grain leverage to resist Soviet and Arab pressures.
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Kissinger
U. S
Arlington House
Phyllis Schlafly
Chester Ward
Vladivostok
Moscow
U.S
William Schneider
James Buckley
New York
Frank Barnett
National Strategy Information Center
State Department
The Making of the New Majority Party critique
Washington commentary weighs William A. Rusher’s plan for a new Independence party to unite economic and social conservatives. The author argues leadership is the missing key, noting Reagan declines and Wallace lacks true conservative stature.
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Washington
William A. Rusher
Rusher
National Review
Independence Party
America
GOP
Ronald Reagan
Reagan
George Wallace
Wallace
Bobby Riggs
Asa Dutton Civil War Continental Soldier and New London Farmer
Asa Dutton born about 1746 enlisted January 1 1776 in Massachusetts for Continental Line service in Connecticut. He served one year as first sergeant under Capt Amasa Mills in Col Samuel Wyllys Regiment and discharged January 1 1777 near Hudson River New York. He later ran a livery stable in New London Connecticut married Clarissa in 1794 and had children including Elijah Fitch Clarissa Emeline Charles Chauncey and others. He died September 1823 in New London. his wife remained there as late as 1838.
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Asa Dutton
Massachusetts
Connecticut
Amasa Mills
Samuel Wylly
Hudson River
New York
Dutton
New London
Conn
Clarissa
Elijah Fitch
Emeline
Charles Chauncey
Duttons
Schlesinger Doctrine for Western Europe
Washington warns that the United States would use tactical nuclear forces in Europe to deter a Soviet blitz and press allies to hold firm. The Schlesinger Doctrine frames a NATO defense relying on battlefield nuclear options to change Warsaw Pact perceptions and push Moscow toward negotiation.
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NATO
Congress
Defense
James Schlesinger
Schlesinger
House
Senate Armed Services Committees
Senate Foreign Relations
House International Relations
Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
Ford Administration
Nixon
Hanoi
Moscow
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U.S
Soviet Union
Pentagon
New York Times
Western
Europe
United States
Warsaw Pact
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