Size and Demagoguery in Lockheed Financing Debate
The piece argues 48 senators opposed underwriting a four million dollar loan to Lockheed, framing it as a question of size and precedent. It compares RFC actions aiding industries and small businesses, suggesting the opposition is rooted in demagoguery and fear of aiding a large, defense tied firm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lockheed
Ntation
Pentagon
Franklin Roosevelt
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
California
RFC
FDR
Senate
Nixon and Mao ready bargainers in tense talks
Column notes Nixon and Mao Zedong are seen as excellent bargainers in talks likely to cover Taiwan and Vietnam. China seeks control of Taiwan, troop withdrawal from Indo China, and potential ambassador exchange, while Russia looms in Mongolia. Martial odds rise. Nixon must avoid losing face at home.
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Nixon
China
Taiwan
Formoda
Indo-China
Vietnam
United Nations
Russia
Siberia
Mongolia
Peking
Rusals
Mao
Correa
America
iTo
India
Japan
Europe
Africa
Nixon's Texas Busing Controversy Shapes 1972 Election
A Texas statewide poll shows strong opposition to school busing for racial integration, with 89 percent of whites against it. The piece links Texas votes to Nixon's presidency, noting Austin court decisions clashing with Charlotte-Mecklenburg rulings and Nixon’s bid to limit busing while appealing cases. The analysis suggests Texas support could decide the next president, amid party tensions and judicial conflicts.
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Washington, D.C
Texas
Nixon
Middle West
Humphrey
George Bush
U.N
John Connally
Austin
Tex
Supreme Court
Burger
Departent of Health, Education and Welfare
Charlotte Mecklenburg
Justice Department
Eliot Richardson
Richardson
Charlotte-Mecklenburg
South
Warren Burger
Raul
Lee
Greece aid cutoff sparks Cold War policy clash
Henry J. Taylor warns that U.S. Congressional action halting military aid to Greece jeopardizes NATO security. He argues Greece is a strategic Mediterranean hinge, surrounded by Communist states, and that Congress, influenced by media doublespeak, sacrifices trusted allies for political expediency.
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Indy Athens
George Sapadopoulos
S.A
Greece
Nixon
Mediterranean
NATO
Italy
Turkey
Kremlin
Congress
Balkan
Albania
Yugoslavia
Bulgaria
Ikea
U.S
Andrew Goodpaster
Cpnnot
New York Times
Judicial restraint in courts overstepping on law
Russell Kirk discusses the drift toward court activism and the erosion of judicial restraint. He cites Indiana's Brooks v. Robinson and Michigan’s recent stance on interspousal immunity, praising Chief Justice George B. Hoffman Jr for defending stare decisis and separation of powers amid calls for social change.
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Felix Frankfuler
United States Supreme Court
Appellate Court of
Indiana
Brooks Vs. Robinson
Michigan
Supreme Court
Indianapolis
George B. Hoffman Jr
Hoffman
Brooks
The Human Cost of Communism in China study
In a review of The Human Cost of Communism in China professor Walker and Conquest discuss fatality estimates from major campaigns in China. The piece argues the People’s Republic's rule rests on large-scale killings and terror, urging careful U.S. policy toward Beijing.
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Washington D.C
Nixon
Peking
Dodd
Conquest
Richard Walker
University of South Carolina
China
Walker
Institute of International Studies
University “of Sout Carolina
Russia
People's Republic
This Day In History Highlights Mixed 19th 20th Century Events
The record recalls Virginia Dare born August specifying the first white child in America, the 1856 patent office approval of condensed milk, Germany declaring war on Russia in 1914, Lincoln birthplace becoming a national shrine in 1916, a 1940 joint U S Canada defense plan, and 1860 Truman seizing railroads to avert a national strike.
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Virginia Dare
America
U.S. Patent Office
Germany
Russia
Abraham Lincoln
Hod Penville
U.S
Canada
Harry S. Truman
Representatives in Washington District Includes South County Areas
In Washington DC addresses and party data are listed for U.S. Senators and Congressmen serving parts of South County. Names include Senator Alan Cranston Democrat and Senator John V. Temney Democrat with placeholder rooms and offices. Congressman George burn Building Washington DC 2535 appears corrupted.
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South County
Alan Cranston
Washington ,D.C
John V. Temney
Roomey
New
Senate
Offie Baling
Wasington
George P. Miller
George
Burn
Washington, D.C
Sharon
San Leandro
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore
Amador Valley
Noria Hayward
Alameda
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Senda Clara
San Mateo
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Linn Brown
Richard Wilson
U.S. District Court
Henry J. Taylor
Israel
Tunisia
Morocco
Malta
Sicily
Dom Mintoff
Houari Bowmedienne
Red
Merz el-Kebir
Algiers
Ussr
Gibraltar
Gibraltar Strait
Sun Fleet
Moscow
Algeria
Libya
Syria
Soviet Union
Russell Kirk
Holmes Alexander
Tibet
Washington
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