North Vietnam’s prison policy draws international scrutiny
The State Department’s push to spotlight U S prisoner mistreatment in North Vietnam provokes a swift Hanoi response. Hanoi’s press counters U S claims while recalling past war prisoner outcomes and praising medical care for captives as a political pivot.
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North Vietnam
U.S
Song My
U.S. State Department
Hanoi
Vietnam
Thomas Ragsdale Jr
Ragadale
South Vietnam
Saigon
Paris
Gestapo
Nhan Dan
United Nations Social Committee
Tlandly
Setun
Vietnam Courier
State Department
Washington
Hanui
Reds
William Sullivan
Laos
Sullivan
Congress
Countdown A controversy over miniskirts in Russia
Controversy spreads as Russia debates miniskirt fashion drawing broad attention. Nixon urges a consumer bill of rights while Britain’s BBC plans sex education for Band S year-olds term cradle to cradle education.
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Russia
Won Nixon
Bow
Britain
BBC
Russian writers defend creative freedom under total state rule
In Soviet Russia writers resist oppression with Solzhenitsyn as a symbol of courage. Lydia Chukovski, 60, lauded for defending imagination. Kornei Chukovski, 77, a critical yet productive figure who prospered without ideological submission. The piece praises Chukovski for elevating children's literature and moral imagination against Communist pressure.
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Soviet Russia
Salzhenitsyn
Oilver
Solzhenitsyn
Hig
Lydia Chukovski
Kornei Chukovski
Chukovski
Stalin
Wilde
0. Henry
Whitman
Dick & Jane & Spo
Chu
America
Chakovski
Why scientists afraid of brave new world
A Harvard Medical School team isolated a gene type, sparking fear among researchers about genetic engineering. They warned that selecting traits could lead to sex choices and a society of sameness, with the government potentially prescribing traits for future generations.
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USC
Michigan
Jonathan Beckwith
James Shapiro
Dr. Beckwith
Graffiti Contest Sparks Wit Across Washington
Readers submit cheeky graffiti lines from sidewalks and walls across the capital. Notes include quotes about Vince Lombardi, God coaching at USC, and playful jabs about girls, grits, and Tiny Tim.
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Earl Miller
Vince Lombardi
Carol Fitzgerald
Maryland University
God
USC
Mark Matthews
Eleanor McCankey
Washington
Georgetown
Ts Park
Iit
South Africa race problem complicated in UN debate
Henry J. Taylor argues the United Nations is being used to push Britain to back military action against South Africa. He critiques the UN for equating nations with populations smaller than major cities and notes internal African, Indian, Arab, and Jewish tensions within South Africa, stressing the complexities of tribal and language divisions and the government’s limited ability to address racial strife.
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United Nations
Britain
Republic of South Africa
Gabon
New York City
United States
U.N
Wichita
Kan
Botswana
Lesotho
Guyana
Topo
Gambia
Dean Rusk
U.N. General Assembly
South Africa
Capetown
Table Mountains
Plymouth Rock
Dag Hammarskjoid
Africa
Europe
Zanzibar
United Party
Phi Beta Kappa Founded at William and Mary in 1778
This day in history notes Phi Beta Kappa organized at William and Mary College in Virginia as America’s first scholastic fraternity. It also recalls Polk’s 1848 California gold discovery, Utah’s 1983 ratification of the 21st Amendment, and the 1963 death of former New York governor and senator Herbert H. Lahman.
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America
Phi Beta Kappa
William and Mary College
Virginia
James Polk
California
Utah
Herbert Lahman
New York
Jonathan Swift
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Tiny Tim
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