On Quemoy And Matsu Editorial Reflections
The piece discusses the uncertain status of Quemoy and Matsu amid post Nixon visit dynamics, recalling bombardment history from 1954 and 1958, and weighing how U S policy and Taiwan relations shape the islets future amid the Taiwan question. It links past wars to current diplomacy and notes potential Western Sinologists’ views on continued Nationalist control.
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China
Nixon
People’s Republic
Quemoy
Matsu
Pr i
Amoy
Taiwan
Far Eastern Economic Review
Peking
United States
Pescadores Islands
Formosa
Congress
Eisenhower
John Foster Dulles
Fisenhower
John F. Kennedy
Peterson Report Prompts Urgent Call to Defend U S Economy
Alice Widener highlights two volume study "A Foreign Economic Perspective" and "The United States in a Changing World Economy" by Peter G. Peterson. The analysis argues reliable knowledge requires full disclosure, stresses global competition from the Common Market and Japan, and warns that anti-business sentiment and shifts in value systems threaten America's high standard of living.
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New York City
United States
Peter G. Peterson
Commerce
Peterson
Attacs
Ion
PT Tailee
Sdhat
West Germany
Communist Party
China
Japan
Soviet Union
United
Nork
U.S.A
Muskie faces temper questions amid French and anti French charges
A report on Edmund Muskie's presidential prospects clouded by an emotional display after New Hampshire paper criticism. The piece links Muskie's tears to attacks over remarks about his wife and alleged attitudes toward French Americans, plus a 1960s era pattern of remarks in New England towns.
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Muskie
Edmund Muskie
New Hampshire
Washington Post
Newsweek
Jane
Godfrey Sperling
The
Christian Science Monitor
Robert Pailbrick
N.H
Democat
Sam Yorty
United States
Muskc
New England
Maire
Biddeford
Old Orchard Beach
Kennebunkport
Falmouth
Cape Elizabeth
Ed Muskie
Kennebunk Beach
Exclusive Colony Hotel
Sen. Muskie
Upper New England
Rumford
New York Times
Josephine
Edmund
Eugene
Catholics Joining NCC Sparks Ecumenical Debate
A 1972 column argues Catholics joining the National Council of Churches would double Christian representation but risk reducing doctrine. It rails at second-class Catholic status, mocks one-fifth parity, and jokes about black Muslims and Armageddon in a provocative critique of ecumenical cooperation.
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National Council of Churches
America
NCC
Kirk
Rome
Republic
St. John
YMCA
Gen
Fea. Corp
Muskie posed as Lincoln in rough political times
Holmes Alexander critiques Senator Ed Muskie in a 1972 McNaught Syndicate column, accusing him of theatricality and poling missteps. The piece cites Muskie tears in Manchester NH, media spin, and past slips on race, loyalty, and foreign policy. It recalls David Broder quotes and editor William Loeb remarks while weighing Muskie’s presidential viability.
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Muskie
New England
Flordia
White House
Geor Romney
Vietnam
Spiro Agnew
Polacks
National Press Club
Richard Nixon
GOP
William Loeb
Loeb
Joe Kennedy
John Kennedy
Kennedy
Bill Loeb
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Taiwan secession urged to resolve island fate
The author argues Taiwan should declare formal secession from China, noting Chiang Kai-shek’s irrelevance to a united China and the United States readiness to support peaceful Taiwan settlement. Acknowledges Taiwan’s self rule for 23 years and shifts in sentiment among Taiwanese away from mainlanders.
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Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Chi
China
Mao
Chiang
United States
Shanghai
Taiwan Strait
Chou
Tai
United Nations
Taiwa
Nce
George
George Washington
Great Britain
Peking
Federal Diary outlines White House limited federal personnel bill
Washington outlines a single bill to create a 7,000 strong career executive corps on 3 year contracts. Nixon backs no early retirement or separate payrolls for clerical, attorneys, or medical staff. Hampton testified on in house studies, productivity measures, and proposals to streamline adverse action appeals.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Civil Service Commission
Robert E. Hampton
Hampton
House Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Oliver
CSC
Federal Executive Service
FES
General Accounting Office
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Roosevelt
Chicago
Hoover
Party of Emancipation
Alice Widener
By Ano
Free World
Calvin Coolidge
America Society of Newspaper Editors
Janly
Coolidge
Anderson Herald
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George C. Crittenberger
Warriet W. Toner
Robert & Jackson
Jane Toner
Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Associated Press
Phillips
By Kevin P. Philips
Waterville
Maine
Jane Gray
Wall Street
Pailbrick
John Sullivan
Merrimack River
Manchester
Sullivan
Holmes Alexander
Washington, D.C
Abe Linccoln
Prairie Sage
Abe
Washinton
Sia
Actors Equity
David Broder
Broder
Manchester Union
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
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William F. Buckley
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