Arms balance deemed sufficient in US Soviet standoff
Dr George W Rattens argues in The Future of the Strategic Arms Race that the United States and the Soviet Union maintain a sufficient strategic balance, with both sides capable of inflicting unacceptable damage in a full nuclear exchange and that further force increases offer no new political options. Nixon favors efficiency over parity or superiority in military preparedness.
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United States
Soviet Union
George W. Rattens
Carnegie Endowment For International Peace
Institute For Defense Analysis
U. S. Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Sor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Rattens
Nixon
Ratten
The New Diplomacy and Youth Protests Worldwide
The piece notes a surge in street demonstrations across capitals over Iraqis executions, urging Jew and Arab communities to flee to Israel while Gaza riots by Arab schoolgirls erupt under Israeli control. It argues youths increasingly influence global issues, predicting fewer street bloodshed but questioning youth-led governance.
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Vietnam
Czechoslovakia
Iraq
London
Paris
Brussels
New York
Washington
Israel
Gaza
Enviromental control center aids asthmatic children
The Hospital for Sick Children in Washington unveiled a $200000 environmental control unit to study asthma in kids. The sealed two room setup will simulate sea and high air conditions while doctors adjust pollution free atmosphere and humidity with aim of improving child health.
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Hospital For
Washington
D. C
Simu
North Pole
The
National Center For Air Pollution Control
Drug use linked to phocomelia in babies
Northwestern University expert Dr Henry L Nadler reports six or more babies born to drug using mothers in six months show phocomelia a limb deformity from thalidomide or similar drugs. Most cases occurred in hippie communities using drugs to ease LSD withdrawal.
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Henry L. Nadler
Northwestern University
United States
Nadler
Lessons From Pueblo Shape Navy Security Upgrades
The Pueblo incident prompted the Navy to install scuttling devices fast-acting sinks, 20 mm defensive cannons, and automatic destruction gear for intelligence material. Cmdr. Lloyd M. Bucher’s testimony accelerated these changes. The service shifts from reliance on sea law to protecting intelligence and even merchant vessels in dangerous areas.
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Cmdr
Lloyd M. Bucher
The
Pueblo
Naval Court of
Bucher
McCarthy Backers Face Reform Commissions Split
Curtis B. Gans says the Democratic National Committee created two commissions to reform convention policies before 1972 with McCarthy backers largely excluded. One panel lacks McCarthyites. the other has a liberal majority but is less urgent. Ann Wexler warns reform must move within weeks as 16 states begin delegate selection in 1970.
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Carl P. Leubsdorf
Associated Press
Washington —P
Eugene McCarthy
National Democratic Committee
Curtis B. Gans
Fred Harris
Gans
McCarthy
New Democratic Coalition
George S. McGovern
South Dakota
Michigan
James G. O'Hara
McGovern
Hubert H. Humphrey
Maine
Edmund Muskie
Edward M. Kennedy
Massachusetts
Democratic Party
Ann Wexler
Connecticut
The Last Will And Testament of a Comic Dream
A humorous vignette follows a man seeking a will at Zincoln firm, meeting Smuggles who lists items from a life of free advice to a $100,000 lottery ticket. The mock will costs $51.11 and leaves the client with two cents, while the absurd assets include a cemetery lot and seashell collection.
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New York
Zincoln, Samilovitch
Smuggles
Salvation Army
First world constitution draft read to Paris peace conference
The Messenger notes President Wilson presented the League of Nations draft during the Paris peace talks. Prices at Frank's Store in Nelsonville listed beef steak 25 cents, pork chops 35 cents, and rice 10 cents per pound. Britons claim successful local attacks near Cassino as Fifth Army regains initiative. Americans advance 200 yards house to house. Applications for mustering-out pay in Athens filed by Francis Lavelle for veterans discharged after December 7, 1941.
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Wilson
League of Nations Organization
Paris
Frank
Poplar Street
Nelsonville
Rome
Fifth Army
Cassino
Francis Lavelle
Athens
Romney outlines housing goals and high mortgage rates
Housing and Urban Development Secretary George Romney described the administration plan amid record 7 14 percent government insured mortgage rates. He said 500 000 units is unattainable and warned inflation hits the least able to afford housing while higher rates slow construction but keep the market alive. Senator Sparkman supports raising the interest ceiling to spur housing, calling it the only way to increase output.
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Housing and Urban Development
George Romney
Romney
Johnson
John Sparkman
Alabama
Senate Banking Committee
Scouting Ideals and Leadership Path Highlighted
The Messenger letters emphasize Boy Scouts of America's values and leadership roles from patrol leader to senior positions. It notes the Order of the Arrow honor and the emphasis on camping, rank advancement, and good citizenship for boys age 11 and up. Michael Disko, 16 Briarwood Dr, Athens.
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the Messenger
Boy Scouts of America
Order of the Arrow
Michael Disko
Briarwood
Athens
Old Red, Our Station Wagon, A Beloved Family Car
Old Red is gone, traded for a new station wagon while the garage sits empty. For six years and 65,000 miles she carried the family through milestones from youth to college and football trips. Despite a lingering oil leak and worn parts, memories outshine any trade-in value.
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Red
Old Red
Tom
Williamstown
Massachusetts
Senate to Probe Another Pueblo Style Capture Incident
Senator John Stennis chairing a broad inquiry after the Navy court of inquiry into the USS Pueblo capture, aiming to satisfy public demand for fuller information on similar incidents.
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Naval Court of Inquiry
Pueblo
Senate
John Stennis
Senate Armed Services Committee
Navy
The Athens Messenger Publication Rates and Address
The Athens Messenger lists prices for daily and Sunday single copies and mail delivery plans. Rates vary by in state Ohio and West Virginia or elsewhere in the U S with multiple week and yearly options and notes Second Class Matter status and the publisher address at 43 W Union St Athens Ohio 45701.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
U.S
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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