Corruption Charge Shocks South Vietnam Military Scene
Brig. Nguyen Van Toan faces misuse of combat funds, profiteering, and providing transport for Da Nang businessmen in Saigon. The case marks a rare high level indictment by Thieu’s government and tests public trust amid U S troop withdrawal and ongoing war.
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Nguyen van Toan
Saigon
da Nang
Thieu
South Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Nego Bao Dai
Dai
Ae Peing
World War II fears rise as Russian power grows
James Kilpatrick argues that Soviet expansion in nuclear naval and space fields raises the probability of a major conflict. He warns the United States risks isolationism, with Russia and China likely to vie for global leadership and potentially spark a new world war.
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Soviet Union
United States
China
Russia
Southeast Asia
Germany
Kremlin
Middle East
Continents
Israel
Vietnam
Vbigniew Brzezinski
Columbia University
Ecowater Magazine
America
Moscow
Galahad Romney Faces Inflation Fight in Housing Drive
Washington reports Secretary of Housing and Urban Development George Romney, praised for moral strength, challenges labor inflation with a bold housing program. A June 17 contract between Stirling Homes Corp and the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners AFL-CIO allows factory-made module houses, signaling a major shift in construction and inflation strategy.
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Washington
George Romney
Housing and Urban Development
Romney
Building and Construction Trades Department
Afl-Cio
Mitchell
Laird
Ibis
Hone
Intelse
United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners
Stirling Homes Corp
Maurice Hutcheson
Anion
David Stirling, Jr
California Board Sets Eighth Grade Proficiency for Graduation
California's State Board of Education, in Sacramento, established that high school graduates must demonstrate eighth grade reading and mathematics competence. The move, tied to the Miller Act, allows an optional remedial one semester course in grades 9-12 if needed. Questions arise about eighth grade standards for earlier and later graduation.
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California State Board of Education
George Miller Jr
Sacramento
California
Ie Board
Stats
Mas Rafferty
New York Times
Bull River Bugle
Mitchell J. Voydal
State Education Department
Bureau of Elementary and Secondary Education
Erratum Sparks Luke Warm Confusion Over City and Campus Critique
Morie Ryskind notes a misnaming Milwaukee as Minneapolis in a mayoral report and cites editorials on liberal indoctrination at Chico State and Los Angeles City College. He praises Pepperdine and Rockford and adds Temple Buell College as a suggested traditional-value option, touting academic freedom and discouraging government subsidies.
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Milwaukee
Minneapolis
Chico State College
Los Angeles City College
Iere
Black Students Union
BSU
Karl Marx
Joe
Pepperdine
Los Angeles
Rockford
Ill
Temple Buell College
Colorado Woman's College
Denver
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John J. McCuen
National Defense College
Col. McCuen
United States Army War College
North Vietnam
James Kilpatrick
Berlin
Western Europe
Ruth Powers
Leary
Childre, Ni
Holmes Alexander
Galahad
Bryce Anderson
Yee
Morrie Ryskind
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