Postal rate history shows Pony Express high charges and shifts
An opinion look tracks U S first class rates from 1792 to present, noting early 19th century changes, 1845 and 1851 revisions, 1885 two cent ounce rate, 1917 3 cents, and recent moves toward five to ten cents. It recalls Pony Express charging five dollars then one, operating at a loss and suspension after 16 months.
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Postal Service
Pony Express
Missouri
California
Congress
Ford faulted for Saigon retreat deception on Vietnam
James Reston argues President Ford faced a crisis worsened by Saigon's unilateral retreat from two thirds of South Vietnam, deceiving the United States and pressuring Ford amid a political and economic backdrop. He notes Thieu sought congressional support but was rebuffed and that North Vietnamese forces violated Paris accords.
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James Reston
New York
Ford
Southeast Asia
Saigon
United States
Thieu
America
Paris
Hanoi
South Vietnam
Washington
Congress
State Department
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Hugh Scott
Henry Kissinger
San Diego
Vietnam
Cambodia
U.S
Palm Springs
Democratic Congress
Tran van Lan
New York Times
Nguyen van Thieu
Dan Nang
Hue
U.S. Army
Frederick Weyand
Weyand
Athens
Dennis Bassen
Bendix Field Engineering Corporation
Saudi Arabia
Bassen
CIA plotted to kill Haiti’s Papa Doc says deposition
Washington report cites sworn deposition by Dr. Robert Pritchard to the Rockefeller commission alleging two failed assassination plots against Francois Duvalier in the late 1960s. It claims poison and a 1968 palace bombing were attempted by the CIA while Pritchard resisted cooperation and alerted officials.
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Les Whitten
Washington
Francois ‘Papa Doc’ Duvalier
Robert Pritchard
Special Commission
Nelson Rockefeller
CIA
Duvalier
Presidential
Dr. Pritchard
Papa Doc
Haiti
U.S
Pritchard
State Department
Arthur Bonhomme
Fidel Castro
Castro
Thieu
Observer Losing nations
Russell Baker riffs on the U S losing nations from China to England. A political figure promises to find and punish the lost states while a White House official explains the deliberate, long game of misplacing countries through coups, espionage, and manipulation, ending with a wry note on a politician’s smile.
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Russell Baker
New York
United States
China
Cuba
Washington
Cambodia
Turkey
Portugal
South Vietnam
Russia
White House
FBI
England
Switzerland
House of Commons
Windsor Castle
York
Manchester
Birmingham
Leeds
Canterbury
Bogner Regis
Obituary notes and staff credits for Foster and associates
A brief notice lists William E. Foster 1881 1963 and Alta W. Foster 1891 1971, along with 1889 1972 entries for W Paul Casavant and staff credits for Charles C. Sutton as Publisher, Gladys M. Whitehouse as President and Treasurer, and B F C Whitehouse as editor.
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W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
Abundant Critique of Cambodia Policy by Nixon Kissinger
Anthony Lewis condemns the 1970 Cambodian invasion led by Nixon and Kissinger. The piece details decisions, dissenting advisors, and the resulting war expansion, starvation, and destruction in Phnom Penh. It urges humanitarian aid and future cautious policy to prevent repetition.
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State Department
Paul McCloskey
Cambodia
Anthony Lewis Bolton
Indochina
Phnom Penh
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Henry Kissinger
United States
Prince Sihanouk
Lon Nol
Nixon
Kissinger
Defense Laird
Rogers
U.S
Anthony Lake
Roger Morris
William Watts
Lake
White House
William Safire
National Security Council
Sihanouk
New York Times
Mankind and Mercy Across Film and Cruelty
Paul Harvey recalls a suburban cinema matinee for kids watching The Towering Inferno and cheers when a security guard rescues a kitten. He argues against animal cruelty, notes public protest of blackbird culling at Fort Campbell, and urges respect for animal welfare while acknowledging scientific testing may require some animal use. He warns that indifference to cruelty persists despite varied efforts to curb it.
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Paul Harvey
Chicago
Angel
O.J. Simpson
Fort Campbell
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Washington Scene
S. Viets
C.I.A
Jack Anderson
Greece
Federal Aviation Administration
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
Alta W. Foster
B.F.C. Whitehouse
Paul Harvey News
Mankind
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