Don Edwards Shocks Nation With Retirement From Ninth District
The editorial notes Congressman Don Edwards will not seek re election, stepping down to pursue other interests. It praises his clarity and communication while criticizing his liberal stance, and forecasts a bruising 1970 primary in South County as reapportionment may shift districts.
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Congress
House of Representatives
Alameda
Santa Clara County
Alameda County
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Fremont
Newark
Union City
Livermore-Amador Valley
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Te House
One American Activities Committee
Eugene McCarthy
Washington
Jack Stevenson
Francis Dunn
South County
Airborne transit idea prompts jokes among Bay Area planners
Stanford professors propose an airborne rapid transit system linking Fremont Hayward Oakland San Ramon Palo Alto and Redwood City at speeds up to 250 mph. Skeptics recall Wright brothers jokes and urge NASA to invest in practical projects rather than classroom fantasies. Bible Thought follows.
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Stanford
Bay Area
Fremont
Hayward
Oakland
Sanronce Palo Alto
Redwood City
Soviets Accelerate Military Buildup Shocks Cap Hill
Barry Goldwater reports a high gear Soviet arms surge with parity in intercontinental missiles, a resumed space bomber system test, and NATO notes of Med fleet superiority. He cites TAS S and strategic assessments as evidence of a rapid, piecemeal expansion ahead of any arms center talks.
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Russia
Krem Mn
Capitol Hill
Institute For Strategic Studies
London
United States
Soviet orbital bomb fear fuels ABM politics in defense debate
The piece argues the Soviets lead in ABM deployment and could use orbital bomb systems to strike unseen. It notes U.S. actions like canceling the Manned Orbital Laboratory and suggests Moscow will pursue its broad military buildup despite a limited missile defense.
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Defense
Melvin Laird
Year around schools debated by NEA urban committee
The National Education Association urged support for year around schooling in a report from its urban education committee. It argues benefits to students teachers and communities outweigh adoption challenges while facing potential resistance from students and faculty.
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National Education Association
Urban Education Committee
NEA
United States
New York State Education Department
Hayward's Park School
New York
Waxhrew Adams
Office of Education
Adams
James Kilpatrick on the SST and federal subsidies
Kilpatrick argues President Nixon errs in backing federal subsidies for the SST. He warns the craft would be a luxury, costly to taxpayers, with limited payoff, risking Boeing 747 sales and U.S. balance of payments while offering marginal national prestige.
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Nixon
Henry Jackson
Senate
Seattle
Boeing
Capitol Hill
Comorde
Soviet Union
U.S
France
England
Air Force
Paris
Brickbats and Bouquets From the Wailing Wall
Morrie Ryskind laments a shift in American values as readers’ letters split over his critique of U S policy in Vietnam and Ho Chi Minh. He notes a mix of support and sharp rebuke while condemning nihilistic trends and Rousseau as a possible founding influence.
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Ho Chi Minh
George Washington
Hitler
Stalin
America
Rousseau
Founding Hospital
Rosseau
Perils of Vietnam Truce Debate Reopens in 1968 Context
Analysis notes U S and South Vietnamese leaders opposed observing the Ho Chi Minh funeral truce while critics urged acceptance. Past truce history shows North Vietnam exploiting pauses to mass forces. after earlier truces, heavy offensives followed with thousands killed or wounded.
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U.S
United States
South Vietnam
Tueu
Congressional
Thien
Vietnam
Fey
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