Memorial Day traffic warning and safety appeal
An editorial urges Memorial Day drivers to defensively watch for others on crowded roads. It contrasts US battlefield deaths with traffic fatalities, cites Caterpillar data on speeds and safety gear, and stresses vehicle checks, seat belts, and cautious driving to reduce fatalities this long weekend.
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Cambodia
United States
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Hoosierland
Caterpillar Tractor Co
U.S
How's That Senator Fulbright Turned On War Powers
The text notes Senator William J. Fulbright, then chair of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, shifting from opposition to President Nixon’s war powers in 1951. It cites his Jan 22 debate remark that decisions on military strategy belong to the Executive, warning against altering the constitutional balance for political reasons. The piece catalogs Fulbright and allied senators as opposing the President for political reasons.
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Mansfield
Recovery for Auto Industry Takes Time
In a Rogers Spear column, Chrysler shares and a cut dividend reflect a slowing auto market. Domestic model-year sales lag 1962, May drop 23 percent, and 1970 first quarter earnings show a 0.58 per share loss. Long-term outlook remains hopeful with cost cuts, debt retirement, and a minicompact launch planned for 1971. Hold for recovery potential despite near-term weakness.
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Chrysler
Roger Spear
Roger EB
Spear
Anderson Herald
Grand Central Stalin
New York
N.Y
Werewolves and Cold War rhetoric in Moscow and Novosibirsk
A Soviet postponement of a USSR exhibition opening in Novosibirsk shifts to Moscow with a Pravda critique of USIA. The writer notes Soviet hostility to Western culture, praises a silence-only Czech film memory, and reflects on meetings with Soviet officials and journalists about Cambodia and Cold War mythologies.
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Novosibirsk
Siberia
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USSA
Frank Shakespeare
CBS
Frank Stanton
U.S. Advisory Commission
Cambodia
Moscow
Pravda
Arnold Lunn
United States Information Agency
USIA
Fife
Czechoslovakia
U.S.A
Pravds
USA
Ha U.S
Gore Vidal
Washington
Open Letter to President Nixon on Vietnam and Cambodia War
A reader thanks Nixon for sending troops to Cambodia and endorses Vietnamization as the right path. The note argues the 6 day operation may buy time, defends foreign intervention under international law, and condemns opponents seeking political advantage. It praises past military actions and urges sustained support for Vietnam policy.
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Cambodia
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Nixon and Cambodia Embrace a Critical Moment
Holmes Alexander argues Nixon faced a pivotal Cambodia action. He compares Nixon to Jefferson and Roosevelt, noting emergency over decorum and urging rapid success to calm domestic and international critics. The piece critiques Senate resistance and warns of political risk if Nixon fails to secure credit for decisive policy.
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Cambodia
Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
Jefferson
Louisiana Purchase
Theodore Roosevelt
Ithmuth
Panama
Congress
Roosevelt
Nixon
Camabodia
Sihanouk
Congress passes Social Security Amendments of 1970
A House debate concludes with approval of H. R. 17550 the Social Security Amendments of 1970. The measure raises benefits by 5 percent increases the earned income limit to 2000 and expands widow and divorced-woman provisions while liberalizing Medicare and Medicaid rules. Automatic future increases linked to the cost of living are included, drawing criticism for shifting tax decisions to an unelected department head and risking much higher tax bases and rates by 1993. The author supports the bill but objects to automatic tax-base increases and argues for controlling inflation to protect workers.
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Congress
Risa
He.w
Aspects of our times in quotations and misprints
A collage of quotes and humorous mis-spellings on courage caution and society from various sources. Notable touches include remarks about Nixon Eisenhower church reaction Notre Dame and remarks attributed to Carl Van Doren and an unfinished joke about a husband and garage.
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Nixon
White House
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Wade Eisenhower
United Press International Dispatch
Short Thoughts on Wildlife and Economy
Short thoughts note Key deer face extinction as Florida keys hold the world’s smallest white tailed deer. It contrasts airport paving in 1968 with 3,140 of 19,126 U.S. airports. Mink pelt value surpasses other furs, German diabetes awareness rises, and U.S. mint coin output exceeds 1968 by over 600 million pieces.
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Florida ‘Keys
United States
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