Nixon seeks systematic approach to foreign policy
The 119 page foreign policy report to Congress marks a new, more structured, and broader view of U.S. interests. It emphasizes international partnership and negotiation while maintaining strength, and details a formal decision making framework under Kissinger. It argues the United States must assess its interests and avoid trying to police the world alone.
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Nixon
Congress
U.S
White House
National Security Council
Henry Kissinger
Defense Program Review Committee
Tts
United States
America
Law IS subject to debate over Tap Brown amendment
The piece questions if the 1968 civil rights act expansion, voted for by 82 senators led by Fulbright Mansfield McGovern Muskie Ribicoff Nelson Bayh Gore Tydings Church and others, stemmed from conservatism or a response to threats against political conventions in 1968. It notes President Lyndon Johnson signed the law after broad legislative support. It asks whether the sponsors were politically conservative or acted for national security reasons.
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Chicago
Lyndon Johnson
House
Senate
Tap Brown
J. William Fulbright
Mike Mansfield
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Abraham Ribicoff
Gaylord Nelson
Claiborne Pell
Albert Gore
Joseph Tydings
Frank Church
Birch Bayh
Ralph Yarborough
Joseph Clark
Ernest Gruening
Panda Quits Soviet Suitor to Court Neighbor Jackass
The item satirically notes Chi-Chi the London zoo panda choosing a local jack donkey over a Soviet boy friend. It claims she isn’t the first woman to fall for a jack as many and wife will at est. Senator Margaret Chase Smith criticizes NASA consultants who spend their $100 daily fees dining with officials.
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Chi-Chi
London Zoo
Jacki
Many
Will Atest
Margaret Chase Smith
NASA
Space Agency
Soviet Journalist Burkov Sees U S as Dictatorship
Holmes Alexander recalls a breakfast with Boris Burkov a Soviet journalist and cultural diplomat. Burkov defends strict social norms while criticizing American press indecency and alleged capitalism backed media, prompting a widening gap in views on liberty and censorship.
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Washington, D.C
Spiro Agnew
Boris Burkov
Supreme Soviet
National Press Club
Burkov
Novosli
Union of Soviet Journalists
U.S
Bbs
Volpe Order Slows Highways to Protect Displaced
The article contends Secretary Volpe will curb federal highway bulldozing by requiring re apartment housing offers before routes are built, praising a shift from aggressive construction to consideration of affected residents and urban renewal’s harms. It cites Indianapolis and Detroit as cautionary examples and notes Congress moved to enforce humane relocation policies.
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John A. Volpe
Volpe
Massachusetts
Waller ‘Hickel
Interior
Washington
Alaska
Federal Bureau of Roads
George Romney
Michigan
Detroit
Nixon
Congress
Indianapolis
Tridianapolis
Peace Corps faces funding cut and policy reviews in 1970 debate
Washington voices question the Peace Corps role as Congress weighs reducing requested 96 million dollars for 1970-7. Observers cite demonstrations abroad by corps members in Ethiopia Liberia Tunisia Afghanistan Chile Peru Kenya Niger Turkey Brazil Thailand Togo as straining US relations and policy aims.
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Washington, D.C
Peace Corps
America
Sile
William P. Rogers
Spiro T. Agnayw
Peace
Executive Branch
Congress
Ethiopia
Liberia
Tunisia
Afghanistan
Chile
Peru
Kenya
Niger
Turkey
Brazil
Thailand
Togo
Rogers
Agnew
Rhode Island
ABM
Spito
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Joseph H. Blatchford
Bay of Pigs haunt colors a flight over Cuba and Vietnam
Benny J. Taylor reflects on the Bay of Pigs as a turning point linking Cuba to Vietnam. He argues Kennedy’s tenure produced a cascade of missteps and catastrophes, from the Cuban missile crisis to later U.S. involvement in Southeast Asia, with Sharp critique of wartime decisions and international diplomacy.
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Kennedy
United States
Bay of Pigs
Cuba
Vietnam
Russia
U.S.S.R
Theodore C. Sorrensen
Kannedy
First patent for false teeth granted in 1822
1822 Charles Graham of New York City received America's first patent for false teeth. The history note recalls a major strike ending in 1947 after 440 days as UAW and Case Manufacturing settled in Racine Wisconsin. A 1952 West German coal mine disaster killed 31 miners. Svetlana Stalin defected to the United States in 1957.
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New York City
United Auto Workers
Case Manufacturing Co
Racine
Wis
West Germany
Josef Stalin
Svetlana
United States
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