Weather lore and whimsy from a Vermont observer
A Vermont author muses on weather forecasting by amateurs and satellites, sharing humorous anecdotes from Scotland and Ireland, contrasting regional climate quirks with Vermont’s cloudy days. He notes Vermont averages, snow as half of precipitation, and jokes about local attitudes toward cold and rain.
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Key West
Florida
Inniskillen Eagle
Ireland
Vermont
Southern Strategy Struggles With Desegregation Orders
Washington battles over Southern school desegregation as court orders trigger white resistance in towns like Midfield Alabama and Sandersville Georgia. Governors in four states oppose integration while George Wallace readies a 1972 bid. President Nixon must enforce court rulings amid political pressure from Southern and Northern factions.
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Washington
George Wallace
Abraham Ribicoff
White House
Deep South
Midfield
Ala
Sandersville
Mississippi
Louisiana
Alabama
Georgia
Mobile
Claude Kirk
Florida
Supreme Court
South
Sen. Ribicoff
Connecticut
Senate
Jts
Worth
Nixon
HEW
Robert Finch
Harry Dent
Wallace
Prince Philip Calls for Strong Antipollution Action
Prince Philip urged drastic political action to clean up pollution at a conservation conference in Strasbourg. Citing Lake Erie as a horrible example, he warned that starving millions are used to justify agricultural and toxic chemicals, and urged accepting restrictions to preserve a civilized existence.
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Strasbourg
France
Lake Erie
Prince Philip
Council of Europe
TV packaging of Nixon still tops best-seller list in Annapolis
McGinniss's The Selling of the President 1968 remains the top seller after three months. The article outlines how Madison Avenue ad men shaped Nixon’s image through television, the campaign team, and the enduring impact of TV on politics, noting critics and supporters alike.
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Nixon
Annapolis
JO McGinniss
Trident Press
John G. Sehneider
Cornell
Rinehart
Nincompoop
McGinniss
Philadelphia
Madison Avenue
Slesh
Ripon Society
Holy Cross
Murray Kempton
Batten
Barton
Dursfine & Osborn
Ike
Lewis Douglas
Fdr
Tmany
Marshall Mcluhan
LPR
Norman Mailer
Is TV Team
Punch
Malcolm Muggeridge
Christ
Lincoln
Ronald Reagan
Camelot
L.B
Leonard Garment
New York
Tie
Sax
Woody Herman
Kennedy
Garment
NBC
Monitor
Lawrence Welk
Frank Shakespeare
CBS
USIA
Harry
Treleaven
Prescott Bush
George
Texas
Gene Jones
Vietnam
Roger
Mike Wallace
Objectivity and reasoned argument defend universities
Kingman Frewster Jr warns that without adherence to evidence universities risk a dark age and moral abdication in rational choice. Jenne C. Davis foresees a decade where technological progress and ecological trauma determine survival or disaster. Norman Mailer notes nuance, while Judge Hoffman orders a direct answer.
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Kingman
Frewster Jr
Yate University
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Boston
Jenne C. Davis
RVI
Vermett
Normar Mailer
Chicago
Julius J. Hoffman
Fust
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