Editorial Viewpoint on A Bomb Decision Reviewed
In a TV interview Justice Douglas mused that he might have been president in 1945 and would not have dropped the Hiroshima bomb. Physicist Mitchell Wilson recalls Japanese views on a possible prewar demonstration, suggesting such ideas were myths and that Truman’s 1945 presidency shaped the actual decision.
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Supreme Court
William D. Douglas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Fdr
Hiroshima
Douglas
Mitchell Wilson
New York Times
Japan
Tokyo
United States
Nagasaki
Wilson
William C. Douglas
Harry Truman
U.S
Timely quotes on war, politics, and economy
A collection of brief remarks includes Yitzhak Cohen recalling Nazi death camp survival and a McGovern quip about loving America more. Senator Proxmire credits the Nixon administration for economic handling amid a stagnant job market and low output.
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Yitzhak Cohen
Auschntz
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Council of Economic Advisors
Niza
No Official Record Of Hanoi Offer Aimed To Negotiate
Washington notes argue Sargent Shriver and Averell Harriman witness a Hanoi offer to withdraw 90 percent of troops as Nixon took office. The piece questions whether such an offer existed, who received it, and if senators were in contact, raising cross examination doubts about the truth and chain of communication.
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Earnest Coneo
Washington
Sargent Shriver
Hanoi
Vietnam
Nixon
Averell Harriman
Shriver
Harriman
Saigon
Viet Cong
U.S
State Department
Laos
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on Election Line and Hiccup Oddities
The column mocks campaign strategy and party rhetoric noting seven weeks to election day. It cites a California man who hiccupped 160 million times over eight years and mentions prayer to St. Jude as an unproven cure. Richard Nixon and George McGovern figures appear in a political jab.
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California
World Almanac
St. Jude
Richard Nixon
George McGovern
Sargent Shriver
Averell Harriman
U S Envoy Hurd Behind Controversial Capetown Hunt
The article accuses U S Ambassador John Hurd of joining a capetown hunting trip near Robben Island with South African officials and possibly prison workers. It notes prior remarks about blacks and a lack of official comment from the State Department while recounting related diplomacy and a separate piece on Armand Hammer and Lenin.
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Washington
Capetown
South Africa
Robben Island
U.S
Ramsey Clark
John Hurd
Hurd
Ben Schoeman
Charles Diggs
D-Mich
State Department
Schoeman
Baytown Sun Editorial and Publishing Details
The Baytown Sun lists staff roles including Fred Hartman John Wadley and Paul Putman in editorial and advertising departments. It notes mailing address 1301 Memorial Drive Baytown Texas and P O Box 9 77520 with subscription rates and rights information for republication.
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Fred Hartman
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Ann B. Pritchett
Baytown
Texas
Associated Press
Tom Sawyer Film Seeks Arrow Rock Location Switch
In Missouri, producers drop Hannibal for Arrow Rock to shoot a musical Tom Sawyer. Director Don Taylor aims for 2.5 million budget, with Reader's Digest backing and local extras. The story follows pantomime scenes and old town look amid a divided town reaction.
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Arrow Rock
NEA
Hannibal
Mark Twain
Missouri
Don Taylor
Arthur P. Jacobs
Taylor
David Lean
Lean
Reader's Digest
Noah Keen
Becky Thatcher
Tom Sawyer
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Jack Anderson
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Interst
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Armand Hammer
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Dr. Hammer
V. I. Lenin
Lenin
Julius Hammer
Urals
Hammer Sr
Communist Party
New York
Russia
The
Baytown Sun
Preston Pendergrass
Jim Finley
Wanda Orton
Dwight Moody
Leon Brownee
By Dick Kleiner
Movie
Tom Sawyer” Company
Sherman Brothers
Richard
Robert
St. Joe
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
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