UCB faculty to probe free speech threats on campus
The Faculty Committee on Academic Freedom at UC Berkeley announced a full investigation into dangers to free speech for non-radicals on campus. It argues that disruption and intimidation by student-led radicals undermine the university’s mission and open debate, urging orderly procedures and rational discourse.
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UC Berkeley
Jacques Barzun
Columbia University
LIC Berkeley
U.S
Berkeley
Third World Liberation Front
Stanford
California
UCB
Theodore M. Hesburgh
Notre Dame University
Mercury in seafood sparks calls for action and health reforms
The FDA reports tuna supply clear of excess mercury but 57 percent of swordfish tests show high mercury. The writer jokes about halting tuna imports, hints at Ecuador seizing boats, and cites Nixon urging more health care with less paperwork, including reducing doctor bills from the reforms.
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FDA
U.S
Nixon
The Fox crusade against pollution rocks Chicago shores
A nameless vigilante known as The Fox targets industrial pollution, placing signs and staging dramatic protests against U S Steel and others. He has dumped foul dye and left a coffin with dead wildlife to shock corporate players, earning public sympathy for his environmental crusade. He operates from near Aurora in the Fox River valley and remains unidentified.
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Chicago
The
Fox
Carrie Nation
United States Steel
Indiana
Lake Michigan
U.S. Steel
UB. Steel
Aurora
Fox River Valley
Kane County
Sheriff's Office
David
Bien Goliath
T. N. Alexakos Youth takes on the world
A narrator delivers a rambling, provocative monologue on fame, vanity, guilt, and social pressure as a youth narrator confronts polished faces, superficial glamour, and the harsh realities of activism and consumer culture in a hostile, roiling milieu.
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Isle of Man
Nixon initiates Laos incursion amid Vietnam war plans
The Laos operation was a Nixon initiative to disrupt Communist supplies and deter a larger North Vietnamese offensive. Delays were due to building 33 bridges, not airfields, with a goal to finish by the dry season’s end in May. The move followed White House debates and a belief it would shape events and deter escalation.
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Washington, D.C
Laos
Nixon
White House
South Vietnam
Saigon
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Sihanoukville
Cambodia
Congress
Mideast
America
Soviet Union
Middle East
Sixth Fleet
United States
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Enterprising President Seen Pushing Vietnam War Endgame
Holmes Alexander profiles Vernon J. Veritas, a truth teller, arguing Nixon's Vietnam strategy, Cooper Church amendments, and the aim to outmaneuver Hanoi. Veritas credits Nixon with aggressive measures, including arming Laos and censuring news, claiming progress toward victory and a possible South Vietnam withdrawal by the next election.
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Cooper Church
Veritas
Nixon
Laos
Richard Nixon
Mr. Veritas
Hanoi
Washington lawmakers for South County districts listed
Representatives and senators serving parts of South County are named with their Washington mailing addresses. The list includes Senator Alan Cranston, Senator John Turmey, Congressman George Miller, and Congressman Don Edwards, with district details and home districts noted.
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U.S
South County
Alan Cranston
Senate
Washington, D.C
John V. Turmey
Cannon
George P. Miller
Rayburn
San Leandro
Castro Valley
San Lorenzo
Livermore-Amador Valley
North Hayward
Alameda
East Oakland
Don Edwards
South Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo
Ed Wynn signs first regular radio program deal
On this day in 1922 Ed Wynn, a vaudeville and musical comedy star, became the first major show business figure to sign for a regular radio program. The item notes other historical events from 1945 1964 and 1970 including Iwo Jima fighting King Constantine’s regency and a Tigers pitcher suspended for gambling.
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Ed Wynn
Iwo Jima
Pacific
Price Constantine
Greece
Paul
Constantine
Dennis McClain
Detroit Tigers
William Gladstone
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Paul Harvey
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Safeway
Richard Wilson
Holmes Alexander
Vernon J. Veritas
Bill Pulbright
Frank Church
Eugene McCarthy
Ernest Gruening
Trafalgar
Waterloo
Ho Chi Minh
Fulbright
Church
McCarthy
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Indochina
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Albert Gore
Charles Goodell
Joe Tydings
Paris
Lyndon Daar
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Gino
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