How Wrong They Were Editorials on Nixon Vietnam War
A collage of editorials and columns from The New York Times The Washington Post CBS NBC and others critique Nixon Vietnam policy while praising his persistence for peace. Critics accuse antiwar media of distortion and question bombing tactics while defenders argue he acted in the nation’s best interests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Indochina
The
New York Times
North Vietnam
Tom Wicker
James Reston
Washington Post
Joseph Kraft
Nixon
America
St. Louis Post Dispatch
Hanoi
Eric Sevareid
CBS
Europe
Midwest
Marvin Kalb
Moscow
David Brinkley
NBC
Arkansas at a Glance: Little Rock’s Growth and State Prospects
The narrative notes Little Rock as Arkansas's economic and cultural hub, highlighting the capital's Greek Revival capitol, modern banks, and diverse industry. It discusses mechanized agriculture, new plants, and workers transitioning from farms to skilled manufacturing, with nuclear power and fiscal caution shaping future policy and business influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Little Rock
Ark
Arkansas
First State Capitol
Midwest
Army City
Arkansas Territory
Arkansas Power & Light Co
Arkansas Nuclear One
Southwest
Russellville
Music and mood in TV: stories behind theme songs
A reader recalls how TV uses familiar tunes to set scenes from Ben Hur to Bonanza and News broadcasts. The note reflects on a journalism teacher who improvised music for silent films and the ongoing habit of pairing programs with recognizable melodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter Cronkite
Eric Sevareid
Wally Schirra
U.S
West
Lubboff
Wisconsin
Ohio
Field Enterprises, Inc
Debating Executive Power and Congressional Checks
The piece weighs McGovern Proxmire and Nixon alarms against real checks. Ervin Byrd and others push for Senate confirmation of the OMB Director, arguing for limits on White House power and avoiding conflicts of interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Ervin
D-N.c
OMB
Senate
Ervin
McGovern
White House
Roy Ash
United States
Robert B
W.va
Byrd
Congress
Congressional
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Rescue for the Big Horn in Arizona Hunters support desert sheep recovery
Paul Harvey notes hunting waning as programs fade to conserve. Arizona’s bighorn sheep, once hunted for permits, now benefits from volunteer efforts by the Arizona Desert Sheep Society and game and fish leadership. Volunteers haul cement, drill water holes, and restore habitat to aid desert rams’ survival. Only one ram allowed per hunter in a lifetime.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Big Horn
Harvey
Arizona
Game and Fish Department
Arizona Desert Sheep Society
Sheep Society
Should religious insights be excluded from science
A 1973 column argues the National Academy of Sciences oversteps by urging schools to omit teleology from science texts. It contrasts secular and religious explanations, cites Eliade and Joad, and questions banning dialogue between science and faith while noting evolution theories and mutations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Academy of Science
California
Academy
State Board of Education
Charles Darwin
Academy of Science
Mircea Eliade
Albert Einstein
C.E.M. Joad
Joad
Isaac Newton
Gen. Fea. Corp
Connally as 1976 GOP Nominee In Nixon Era Debate
Washington column weighs John Connally as a 1976 Republican contender. It contrasts liberal and conservative GOP factions, notes Agnew opposition to ex Democrats leading the party, and suggests Nixon may back Connally to sustain a New Majority.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
RFS
Richard Nixon
John B. Connally
Connally
GOP
Masschusetts
Edward Brooke
Brooke
Senate
Texas
Agnew
South
Nixon
White House
Harry Dent
Pite
America
Joan Connally
U.S
John Connally
Spiro Agnew
Where To Write Your Legislators
Directory style listing names and rooms for U S lawmakers in Washington D C including Sen Hartke Bayh and Reps Dennis Hillis with office locations and district notes covering parts of Indiana Madison Delaware Hancock and Henry counties troubled by garbled text but indicating district scope and contact rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David W. Dennis
Longworth
Washington, D.C
Madison
Delaweare, Hancock
Henry Counties
Elwood H. Hillis
Meltdi Longworth
Hamilton
Grant End
Tipton Ou
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ABC
Phil Brady
John Hart
Anthony Lewis
trans-Mississippi States
Italy
By Erma Bombeck
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert E. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Andersen
Herald
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D. C
George McGovern
Wolf
Oxford University
Japan
Britain
France
Hitler
Shepherd Boy
Sen
Bill Proxmire
Proxmire
United States of America
Alexander
Paul Harvey News
Kirk
Phillips Survey
By Kevin P. Phillips
R. Vance Hartke
Birch E. Bayh Jr
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