Power and isolation in the presidency debated in Johnson Nixon era study
George Reedy argues that presidential power has grown since FDR but isolation and capricious use are not inevitable. The piece contrasts Agnew and Nixon responses to Watergate, noting Agnew’s quick denial and Nixon’s slower public-facing strategy while he prepares a Camp David address.
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Kowtowing Out of Style in Peking Says China Critique
The Chinese government protests New York Times political advertisements from anti Chiang Kai-shek factions and urges editorial alignment. Chou Nan warns Beijing would withhold approval for a Peking bureau if the Times does not conform. The Times defends open advertising as vital to a free press and press exchanges.
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Indian belief links all reality in unified sacred view
The Dakota Sioux lore and Black Elk’s teaching frame reality as an interconnected whole where nature, energy, objects, and beings share a sacred essence. Dr. Joseph Epes Brown notes this native outlook dissolves Western dichotomies, blending monotheism and polytheism while stressing everyday life as infused with spiritual meaning.
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Down the drain unneeded foibles in modern life
Hal Boyle lists everyday annoyances from musical liquor bottles to excess consumer fuss. He lampoons high IQs without motivation high tech shows and TV giveaway greed, urging relief from societal fads and petty pretensions in a light humorous column.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Soldier Returns Home to Laura's Ribbon Greeting
Wayne Astolias came home to Point Marion after 28 months in Germany. His wife Laura welcomed him with 100 yellow ribbons tied around the old trees at the Point Marion Bridge.
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Public not trained to cope with large fires
Harvard Medical School researcher Dr Ann Wight Phillips warns that today’s generation is poorly prepared psychologically for high rise fires. She says safety islands may shelter occupants but people must be taught to use them and to evacuate laterally or upward as needed. She advocates fire department controlled elevators and notes many elevators are death traps.
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Ann Wight Phillips
Factory Mutual Record
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Judge rules Secret Service may not exclude by dress
A federal judge ruled the Secret Service cannot bar people from public presidential appearances based on dress or political views. The decision upheld that safety of the president is a valid reason to keep individuals away, in an $840,000 civil suit brought by youths against Secret Service Director James Rowley and local police officers.
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N.C
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U.S. District Court
James B. McMillan
McMillan
James Rowley
Nixon attends Graham Day protests blocked at Charlotte Coliseum
In 1971 at Billy Graham Day ceremonies President Nixon attended while security barred 14 youths with valid tickets from the interior. McMillan ordered a trial in the suit with no date set. He noted public events at a public building, no weapons suspected, and that exclusions targeted peaceful protesters and dissenters.
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