Fremont hearing frames Bay Area pollution fight
President Nixon highlighted a $10 billion nationwide clean waters program and urged local action. The Fremont session before the Bay Area Regional Water Quality Control Board tests local control over water pollution and could shape regional environmental reform and future state and federal roles.
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Israel Aims at Containing War Not Expanding It
The Tel Aviv view holds that recent raids near Suez deter Arab states from pursuing a full conflict. Israel reports a drop in border attacks since December and January tactics seek to prevent a broader Middle East war that could draw the United States and Soviet Union into direct involvement.
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Thieu Says US Troops May Be Needed After 1970
South Vietnam President Thieu warns that U S combat troops will be required beyond 1970 to retain stability. If he seeks to stay in office, continued presence may be permanent. A separate court ruling in London upholds an employer’s right to dismiss a carpenter for excessive careful craftsmanship slowing production.
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Gradualism the path to the American dream critique
The piece argues that Black Americans cannot secure the dream by force or haste. It criticizes Shirley Chisholm’s call for a share of the dream, urging instead gradual improvement through moral imagination, public duty, and steady work rather than delusional instant utopia. It questions the value of dream-centered politics and favors practical self-improvement.
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Portugal’s African Wars Seen Through Portuguese Lens
Holmes Alexander argues Nixon may face limits in backing Portugal as Lisbon resists decolonization. He details Soviet and Red China arms support to Guinea, Angola, and Mozambique, Portugal’s four year draft, and the regime’s hierarchy driven by Forty Families, industry, and military leadership. The piece questions Western tolerance and urges open-mindedness toward Portugal’s stance.
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Bernstein criticized by Rabbi Kahane over Black Panthers fund drive
Rabbi Meir Kahane of the Jewish Defense League condemns Leonard Bernstein for hosting a 91 guest Park Avenue fundraiser to aid legal defenses of Black Panthers. Kahane warns such support endangers Jewish and public attitudes, arguing the Panthers’ aims oppose minority rights and promote violence.
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This Day In History: Key 19th and 20th Century Events
Highlights events from 1861 to 1990s including Kansas becoming a state, the founding of the American Baseball League in 1900, France voting against Britain joining the Common Market, a 1984 US unmanned Saturn mission crash, and 1990s inflation signals with a De Gaulle remark reflecting on wartime loss.
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