What Will It Look Like for Madison County Courthouse
An editorial-style piece notes $4 million in bonds sold and two years of rent for temporary offices while demolition of the old courthouse proceeds. Yet no architect drawing has been shown for the proposed building, prompting concerns that taxpayers may be buying unseen plans and could be surprised by the final design.
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Madison County
Volkswagen
Riviera
Sylvia Porter
Field Enterprises, Inc
Cultural Annihilation Too Steep A Price
Chinese parents in San Francisco appeal to the Supreme Court to block busing of about 6,500 Chinese Americans among 48,000 pupils under federal court reassignments for the new school year. They warn that disrupting neighborhood patterns would harm culture and education and invite crime and unhappiness.
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San Francisco
Supreme Court
Federal District Court
Open Societies Debating How History Is Written
The Great Soviet Encyclopedia revises Vishinsky's role in 1930s purges noting overemphasis on coercion. Earlier volumes praised him. later editions reflect scrutiny of past leaders and caution against erasing history. The piece argues that public memory evolves with time and voter safeguards prevent erasing history.
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Andrei Vishinsky
Stalin
Vishinsky
Russia
At Wit's End Comedy On Nixonomics For Housewives
The humor column riffs on post Nixon economic changes and family budgets. It imagines a suburban housewife calculating bank overdrafts and gas cards while jokes about Everglades trips and a Volkswagen baby payout. It notes government freezes on prices and salaries with sharp social satire.
Scoop Jackson as Democratic Hopeful Faces Liberal Threats in 1972
Washington Senator Scoop Jackson appears as the main Democratic potential nominee, yet his conservatism risks alienating liberals. Analysts warn a national left liberal third party could siphon votes, boosting Nixon’s re election odds and complicating Jackson’s path in 1972.
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Washington
White House
U.S
Henry
Jackson
Young Americans For Freedom
Houston
YAF
Senator Jackson
Nixon
Scoop Jackson
Mario Procaccino
New York City
Procaccino
Democratic Party
New York
John V. Lindsay
Lindsay
California
Michigan
Pennsylvania
Wisconsin
King Features Syndicate
Extremism and Its Reagan-era Echoes in U S Political Discourse
A reflective column by Holmes Alexander argues that extremism once stirred public nerves and national resolve but has now become passe. It recalls historical episodes from McCarthy to Nixon, critiques media sensationalism, and warns of emergency powers creeping into the presidency.
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Washington
D.C
Democratic National Committee
John Kennedy
America
Joe McCarthy
Richard Nixon
GOP
Alger Hiss
Pete McCloskey
Iostheen
Aviation Week
Space Technology
Don Fink
Paris
Fink
France
Office of Emergency Preparedness
Nixon
Mansfield
Mathias
McNaught Syndicate, Inc
Chou En-lai interview and Buckley commentary sparks debate
The Right columnist Buckley discusses an extensive interview with Chou En-lai conducted by Mexican journalist Julio Scherer Garcia. Chou defends China’s stance on national liberation, dismisses parliamentary democracy, and contrasts Maoist and Nixon influences while warning against US hostility and bloc politics.
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Latin America
Chile
Mexico
Chou En-lai
Julio Scherer Garcia
Excelsior
Mexico City
Chou
Kennedy
China
Scherer
Two Reasons Why the Rising Generation Rebels
In a 1971 column Gen Fea argues affluent parents and oversized public schools fuel youth rebellion. He cites generous allowances enabling narcotics use and the impersonal mass of large high schools as key factors. The writer recalls a Detroit suburb upbringing and Plymouth’s coming “educational park” as examples of alienation and future backlash.
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Detroit
Lord Percy of
Newcastle
Plymouth
Gen
Fea. Corp
NASA's mailroom path challenged by budget cuts and a reverse career plan
NASA faces a reverse career experiment as budget cuts force demotions and transfers, turning a 17,000-dollar annual scientist into a mail clerk. The scheme aims to trim payroll while keeping top talent, sparking criticism of government efficiency and possible effects on federal pay and job ceilings amid talks of a July pay deferral and broader cuts.
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Washington
National Aeronautics
NASA
Becme
Nobel
Space Agency
Greenbelt
Moon
Congress
National Council of Technician Service Industries
Defense Department
Nixon
NCTSI
White House
Defense
Army
Navy
Air Force
Sys
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Charles W. Laughlin
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