Are love letters a vanishing art
Vancouver librarian John Martin at West Vancouver Public Library curates a small collection of love letters to show personal items still matter in local history. He seeks attic finds and has read a 1892 letter praising devotion, while he blames the ballpoint pen and tech like phones for making modern love prose rarer.
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Vancouver
UPI
John Martin
Bill Point
Martin
West Vancouver
Grandma
Grandpa
Oxbow
Sask
Mar
Malcolm
Thieu warns communists still plan to take over South Vietnam
In a Armed Forces Day address in Saigon President Thieu urged world not to heed Communist peace appeals. He accused the Communists of an ongoing plan to retake South Vietnam by force and cited ceasefire violations. A flyover and parade followed as U.S. supplied arms were showcased. Northern Quang Tri and areas near Ninh Binh Thanh remained under Communist control.
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Thieu
Saigon
UPI
Neuyen van Thieu
South Vietnam
Thien
Thieuw
U.S
South
Quang Tri
Ninh
Calley defense seeks White House probe in My Lai case
Lawyers for Lt. William L. Calley Jr. ask the U S Court of Military Appeals to order release of interviews, logs, and other White House records linked to My Lai investigations. They cite Caulfield Ulasewicz and alleged White House involvement to challenge witness honesty and seek grounds to overturn the conviction.
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Calley
White House
Washington
UPI
William L. Calley Jr
My ‘Lal
U.S. Court of Military Appeals
New York
John J. Caulfield
Anthony F. Ulasewicz
Caulfield
Ulasewicz
John D. Ehrlichman
Nixon
J. Houston Gordon
Gordon
Army
William’ G. Westmoreland
Military selects Geisel as Brazil's next president
Brazil's military rulers pick Ernesto Geisel, a 64 year old retired four star general and Petrobras head, to lead the country as elections remain banned. Geisel will succeed Emilio Medici, with Medici's term ending March 15 and a formal electoral college vote seen as a formality. Geisel must resign Petrobras by July 15 to be eligible for the presidency.
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Brasilia
Brazil
UPI
Ernesto Geisel
Geisel
Emilio Garrastazu Medici
Medici
Joao Goulart
Stazil
Petrobras
Army veteran dies at 101 last of Indian fighters
Chicago memory recalls Fredrak Fraske, 101, last Army veteran of American Indian wars born in Hamburg Germany, emigrated at three, served in Wyoming Territory in the 1890s. Died Monday, long tied to a long-past era, daughter Lillian Fraske recounts his life, battles, and wish for a military funeral.
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Chicago
UPI
Fredrak Braske
Lillian Fraske
Fraske
Hamburg
Germany
United States
Wyoming Territory
Miss Praske
Veterans Administration
Veterans
Cambodian Troops Reopen Highway to Coast After Siege
Cambodian forces linked up on Highway 4 south of Phnom Penh ending days under siege as a convoy reached the city. No U.S. or Cambodian air attacks were heard in the capital. Rebels fired near escorts, wounding one soldier, while the Mekong convoy faced several hits but sustained minimal damage.
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Phnom Penh
UPI
U.S
Mekong River
Kompong Sam
Cambodia
Paris
White House
Henry A. Kissinger
Hanoi
le Duc Tho
Vietnam
13Th Brigade
Ang Saou
Thuai Totung
Mekong
IRA ends warnings in new Belfast policy shift
In Belfast the Provisional IRA announced it will strike without warning, citing actions by the Ulster Freedom Fighters. The UFF claimed responsibility for death notices for Roman Catholics Daniel Rouse and James Kelly, as police sought tips to curb the group amid rising sectarian violence.
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Belfast
UPI
Irish Republican Army
IRA
Ulster Freedom Fighters
UFF
Hich
Provisional Ira
Daniel Rouse
James Kelly
Northern Ireland
Rouse
Kelly
Michael Wilson
Tommy Herron
Ulster Defense Assocation
UDA
Herron
Wilson
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Rex Reed
Joanne Woodward
Maggie Smith
Timothy Bottoms
Bottoms
Williamstown
Stanley Kubrick
Prs Agane
Tontoni Sentac Ggre
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Bennington Banner
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Banner Publishing Corp
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Ene -New York Times
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Moter
Vermont
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Controm
Peer
Burt al Nol
Panavision
Warner
Endwance
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VT Mall
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