Kennedy era gambles and the hidden background
The article examines how Kennedy faced two major disasters and a minor incident shaping Vietnam policy, the Bay of Pigs and the Berlin Wall, influencing later moves and the space race. It contends McNamara’s papers omit crucial context, including the Cuba and missile crises, and asserts political motives in Kennedy Khrushchev talks and the Turkey base withdrawal.
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Pentagon
McNamara
Kennedy
Southeast Asia
Vietnam
Cuba
Russia
Caribbean
Europe
Berlin Wall
East Germany
Khruachev
Castro
United States
Turkey
Lyndon Johnsan
Campus activism endures as reasoned, not loud, reform
Russell Kirk argues students are not apathetic but seek change through imagination and study. He contrasts Dr. Kerr’s money fix with a need for intellectual effort, noting undergrads identify with their college. Bentley Alexander and LSU speech defend realist teachers and fear as learning from history.
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Zion
Twlane University
Clark Kerr
University of California
Carnegié Foundation
Kerr
Carnegie
White House
United Nations
Supreme Court
Pentagon
Congress
Vatican
Tulane
Mississippi
Bentleyexander
Louisiana State University
Alexander
Nixon image tested as youth opinion shifts in Harris survey
Paul Harvey analyzes a Harris poll showing 11 million more 18 year olds will vote and many youths distrust Nixon. He notes Vietnam, unemployment, and crime figures influence opinions while praising Nixon's courage and integrity. The piece contrasts public rhetoric with factual contrasts.
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Nixon
Vietnam
Pentagon
FB Academy
United States
Petratt
Eisenhower
Daniel
California Legislature Representing Alameda County Areas
Sacramento lawmakers for Southern Alameda County include Senators Nicholas C. Parris John W. Holmdall and Clark L. Bradley. Assembly members are Carlos Lee Robert W. Crown and Marek K. Fong. Districts cover Hayward Union City Fremont Livermore Castro Valley San Lorenzo San Leandro Alameda Oakland. Address letters to the State Capitol Sacramento 96814.
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Alameda County
Nicholas C. Parris
John W. Holmdall
Clark L. Bradley
Livermore-Amador Valley
Castro Valley
Carlos Lee
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Newark
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Alameda
Oakland
Marek K. Fong
Ashland
State Capitol
Sacramento
South County lawmakers and offices listed in imperfect voter roll
A garbled notice lists U S senators and congressmen with districts covering South County including Hayward Union City Fremont Newark and Livermore Amador Valley plus parts of Alameda Santa Clara San Mateo and San Lorenzo. It cites Alan Cramton John Toneny George Miler and others with Washington DC and state assembly mentions.
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U.S
South County
Alan Cramton
Senate
Washington, DC
George P. Miler
Castro Valley
San Lorenso
Livermore- Amador Valley
North Hayward
Alameda
East Oakland
Bebirvertat Des Iaein Berger Bidg
Washington, D.C
South Hayward
Une Jon City
Fremont
Newark
Santa Clara
San Mateo Counties
McCloskey’s Vietnam stance pits politics against POW families
California congressman Pete McCloskey promotes a fixed North Vietnam withdrawal tied to POW releases, drawing sharp criticism from POW families who see his bid as political exploitation. White House surveys show most relatives oppose capitulation for prisoner return, warning against using their pain for partisan gain. McCloskey’s view draws support from antiwar constituencies but alienates POW/MIA families and insiders.
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California
Nixon
North Vietnam
Pete McCloskey
Representative McCloskey
Vietnam
McCloskey
White House
White Burden now guilt shapes policy on China
Holmes Alexander argues that the modern White Man's Burden shifts from civil rights reparations to paying for China's damages in a climate of Fulbright Committee hearings. He critiques calls for subservience to the People's Republic, urging the US to treat Beijing as an equal and resist Vietnam, Taiwan, and UN concessions while noting Premier Chou Enlai's diplomacy aims.
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Bill Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
Kipling
Asia
Africa
Fulbright
China
People's Republic of China
People’s Republic
Michel Oksenberg
Columbia University
Westerers
Oksenberg
People's Republic
Viet- Bam
Taiwan
Peking
Nawrla
USA
West
Formosa
Stanley Lubman
University of California, Berkeley
Chov
Nixon
Chou
Uncle Sam
Japan
Europe
Far East
Vietnam
Russia
Chinese Diet Improves Amid Stop Production Trend
An Agriculture Department report notes Chinese consumers are eating better as record stop production impacts supply. A California psychiatrist cites U S parental violence as a factor in war and crime, challenging child rearing beliefs. NASA will not quarantine returning astronauts, declaring no hazardous objects are brought back from the moon.
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Agriculture Dept
China
California
America
NASA
Moon
This Day in History Highlights and Quotes
This day marks Elias Howe birth in 1818 and Queen Victoria’s act bringing Australia into the British Commonwealth. It notes Sicily invasion, Khrushchev’s Cuba warning, a 1970 helicopter crash killing Maj. Gen. Casey, and Nietzsche’s quote about punishing impulses.
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Elias Howe
Queen Victoria
Australia
Sicily
Khrushchev
United States
Cuba
George Casey
Casey
Vietnam
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