Editorial Questions VA Memory of Vietnam Veterans
The piece argues that Vietnam veterans faced neglect and sometimes vilification compared with World War II and Korea veterans. It cites Carnegie Corporation figures on limited benefit use, compares GI Bill provisions, and notes inflation and education access while urging stronger efforts to help veterans access benefits. It concludes that opportunities exist and should be encouraged.
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America
Johnny
Carnegie Quarterly
Carnegie Corporation of New York
Vietnam
Korea
Sam
Carnegie Corporation
Senate
Senator Sam Ervin starts a recording career
Sen. Sam J. Ervin Jr. known for leading Watergate hearings becomes a recording artist with Columbia Records backing a Christmas release. Producers expect up to 500000 copies first week with tentative titles Conscience of America or Senator Sam at Home. The nonpolitical album shares stories from Ervin’s life and folks from North Carolina.
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Charlotte
N.C
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Columbia Records
al Hamm
New York
Sam
Ervin
America
Loonis McGlohan
Morganton
James E. Boyd
Burke County
Joshua Hawkings
Joshua
Boyd
Jericho
New York Readers Bemoan Everyday Nuisances
A humorous AP column lists common irritants from odd cookbooks and unplanned visits by old sweethearts to leaky pens and unwanted gifts. It lampoons modern life, from divorce and dating quirks to fashion fads, mortgage jitters, and eccentric pets, ending with a lighthearted Amen.
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New York
Strauss sets path to rebuild Democratic Party unity
After ten months as DNC chair Robert Strauss pushes reforms to restore party machinery and debt relief. He outlines steps including a new campaign committee, an advisory council, and expanded reform talks while resisting moves to expand the reform commission. He highlights coordinating with Congress and governors and directing a national campaign organization led by Governor Jimmy Carter.
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Washington
Robert Strauss
Democratic National Committee
Strauss
Georgia
Jimmy Carter
Congress
Capitol
National Advisory Council
Judge admits calculation error in IBM antitrust damages
U S District Judge A Sherman Christensen said he erred in calculating 352.5 million dollars in the IBM Telex antitrust case and granted IBM a motion for amending the judgment or a new trial on damages. An Oct 16 hearing will decide the next step.
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Tulsa
Okla
International Business Machines Corporation
Telex Corporation
U.S. District Court
A. Sherman Christensen
IBM
Christensen
New York
Telex
Administration Pursues Cautious Stance in Middle East War
U S officials express unease over Soviet restraint but refrain from blaming Moscow publicly. They see no current evidence of direct Soviet involvement or large arms shipments to Arabs. Officials cite caution, desire for stable talks, and oil concerns as reasons to avoid sharp public judgments while monitoring evolving regional dynamics.
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Nixon
Middle East
U.S
Moscow
Israel
United Nations
Jacob Malik
Egypt
Syria
Kremlin
United States
State Department
Pentagon
Henry A. Kissinger
White House
Kissinger
London
Capitol Hill
Henry A. Jackson
Harrison A. Williams Jr
New Jersey
Cairo
Redskins Across and Down Puzzle Hint List
A crossword style clue list with across and down entries. Includes definitions for words like Dakota redskin idolizes warlike and various other short answers. Provides a set of matched clues such as Altitude ab and Lan terms for a puzzle.
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Brazi
Giant Canada geese thrive at Roseau River WMA Minnesota
The Roseau River Wildlife Management Area in northwestern Minnesota now hosts about 70 pairs of giant Canada geese and, on Oct 1 1973, about 14000 Canada geese and 1000 blue and snow geese used the area for hunting. The first week yielded about 900 geese, signaling a resident flock and a major stopping place with strong hunting and viewing value. Similar progress occurs at Thief Lake Lac qui Parle and Agassiz refuges.
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Leon L. Johnson
Roseau River
Minnesota
Canada
Roseau River Wildlife
Roseau
Thief Lake Lac Qui Park
Agassiz National Wildlife Refuge
Fergus Falls
Minnesota Goose Management Becomes Notable Success
The Roseau program leads Minnesota to a successful goose management effort begun in the 1950s with mated pairs from Grandy and Jamestown. By 1973 the Roseau sanctuary hosted 15 000 geese yearly, while expanding similar efforts in Alexandria Albert Lea Stillwater and other sites to boost hunting, nesting, and decoying migrating flocks.
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Minnesota
Roseau
Goose
GOP faces uphill battle in 1974 Senate races
Washington AP reports Republicans brace for losses as Ohio Senator Saxbe retires and Kentucky Senator Cook plans to leave. Democrats target both seats plus Utah's Bennett. Saxbe's departure marks the fifth 1974 retirement, amid GOP concerns and shifting candidate plans.
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Senate
Ohio
William B. Saxbe
Kentucky
Marlow W. Cook
Utah
Wallace F. Bennett
Saxbe
Bennett
Norris Cotton
New Hampshire
Harold E. Hughes
Iowa
Alan Bible
Nevada
Robert Ray
Hughes
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Stillwater
Albert Lea
Division of Game and Fish
Grandy
Minn
Jamestown
Carlos Avery
Thief Lake
Lac Qui Parle
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