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Newspaper
Argus
Location
Fremont, California, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1969
Page
2
The report to the nation outlines a plan to wind down U.S. involvement within 12 months and press for early South Vietnamese elections under international supervision. It signals openness to Viet Cong prompted interim coalitions while warning that hasty withdrawal risks future peril and broader alliance damage.
The National Geographic Society reports winters growing harsher and summers hotter across North America and Europe due to human actions. ESA studies link warming to carbon dioxide emissions and air pollutants that trap heat. People keep adding these ingredients to the air daily. Memphis Commercial Appeal.
A congressional group charges billions are spent on faulty weapons contracts. They urge Pentagon reforms and hint at reusing plowshares to forge swords. The Apollo 10 astronauts shaved in space, foreshadowing sponsorships for future space ventures.
The National Council of Scholars, a group linking academia to national policy, endorses the Nixon administration's Safeguard antiballistic missile plan. They credit the Defense Department's rigorous study led by Dr. John S. Foster and urge readiness to adjust if results demand changes. Professor David N. Rowe of Yale chairs the council.
The piece lists numerous scholars on a National Council of Scholars including Joseph Kaplan of UCLA and others from Georgetown Le Moyne Hoover Yeshiva Chicago Dartmouth Drew Notre Dame Bradley Pennsylvania NYU and more. It critiques the Chayes Wiesner Report on ABM and questions Senator Kennedy’s sponsorship and the Senate’s stance on Nixon’s Safeguard Inteneet.
Washington analysts note the slow start to Vietnamization after a 25,600 troop withdrawal pledge begins. President Nixon faces pressure to accelerate South Vietnamese forces training while Thieu and Ky weigh political risk, with prospects of peace talks and future troop reductions uncertain.
Don MacLean shares a humorous Finnish encounter with cloudberries and clownberries. The tale follows mispronunciations, a cloudberry institute visit, and Finnish innovations from fuel to dandruff cures, ending with concerns a blight may end cloudberry production and force substitutes like wood for plywood.
Washington, D.C. commentary argues that Backlash counters Frontlash as Americans average a return to a Golden Mean. It cites legal and political friction from Berkeley to Chicago, Mitchell wiretaps, and Shub's Moscow dissents as indicators of a corrective equilibrium in a free society.
Midway briefs note that the famed goony birds still practice landings while Russia warns China may plan nuclear war. Sen Edward Kennedy expresses uncertainty about the 1972 presidential race as Nixon nears age eighty.
On this day historical milestones unfold with Texas joining the United States after Congress approves annexation in 1845. In 1947 the Taft-Hartley Act passes over President Truman. In 1964 General Manwell Taylor becomes ambassador to Saigon replacing Henry Cabot Lodge. The Senate censures Thomas Dodd in 1967 for misusing campaign funds. A Fenelon quote on courage closes the item.
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