A Chance For Survival in Nuclear Age War Debate
The piece argues that nuclear weapons have restrained large wars and kept Soviet and Chinese expansion in check, justifying continued U S leadership in nuclear weapons research. It stresses that brush fire wars persist, that free elections and economic growth in South Vietnam show Western superiority, and warns against abandoning nuclear deterrence to prevent broader conflicts.
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Korea
Vietnam
Soviet
Russia
Europe
United States
Asia
Middle East
Countdown Oxford Press Dictionary Shifts English Ahead
The piece notes Oxford University Press releasing a new dictionary introducing American terms as traditional English usage evolves. It mentions a Canadian motorist arrested for blocking train tracks and delaying freight, illustrating public reaction to rail disruptions and language change.
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Oxford University Press
Pre
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Unanswered question in the Fortas matter fuels criticism
Washington reports press a crucial inquiry into whether former Associate Justice Abe Fortas intervened in the Wolfson investigation after arranging a $20,000 yearly stipend from the Wolfson family foundation. The probe hinges on credibility and potential criminal conduct tied to Fortas and his ties to Wolfson and possible SEC matters.
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Fortas
Supreme Court
Abe Fortas
Louis Wolfson
Wolfson
Justice Department
Securities and Exchange Commission
Defense
Clark M. Clifford
William P. Rogers
Jimmy, Hoffa
Bobby Baker
Edward Bennett Williams
Clifford
Willams
Rogers
Baltic peoples drift toward erasure under Soviet dominance
Russell Kirk reviews Res Baltica edited by Sprudzs and Rusis, noting Vardys describe Soviet plans to assimilate Latvia Lithuania and Estonia by urban migration and cultural suppression. He cites denial of recognition for Baltic independence and warns of continued minority status and cultural extinction under Russian rule with western inaction.
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Old League of Nations
United’ Nations
Thy
Lituvlia
Latvia
Estonia
United States
Guam
Adolf Sprudzs
Armins Rusis
Leyden
Netherlands
Lijthoff
V. Stanley Vardys
Vardys
Baltic Lands
Baltic States
Soviet Union
Don MacLean Sneaks Into East Berlin
Don MacLean recounts a perilous escape into East Berlin during a border crossing. A driver misreads signals at Checkpoint Charlie, passports vanish, and MacLean navigates bars, buses, and guards while a tense chase unfolds amid divided city lines.
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Checkpoint Charlie
Exploring the faded life of Columbus and early explorers
The article traces Christopher Columbus from his Genoa birth to his death in Valladolid and Seville, noting his diaries, voyage era, and later reburials. It references Phoenician and Carthaginian seafaring, Norse prehistory, and Europe’s Age of Exploration, highlighting Magellan, Albuquerque, and Iberian explorers.
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Columbus
University of
Pavia
Rome
Nero
Europe
Valladolid
Seville
Spain
Hispaniola
San Domingo
Island
Havana
First Democratic National Convention Opens in Baltimore
On this day history notes the 1837 Democratic National Convention opening in Baltimore. Other items include Clara Barlow forming the American Red Cross in Washington in 1881 and FDR declaring an unlimited national emergency seven months before Pearl Harbor in 1941.
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Clara Barlow
American Red Cross i
Washington
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pearl Harbor
American Medical Association
Kennedy
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