Washington Birthday Debate Reflects National Holiday Confusion
The piece laments how George Washington’s birthday is shifted to create long weekends, noting the president’s true birth date was February 22 and criticizing the holiday’s impact on mail, sales, and national memory. It compares historical truth with modern practice and calls out political and commercial uses of the date.
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George Washington
Washington
Great American Postal Service
Valley Forge
Washington Birthday Switch Tied to Zodiac Sign Change
The piece notes George Washington was born February 11, not 22, and the calendar reform shifted his birth date by 11 days. It questions how this moved him from Aquarius to Pisces and how such date changes affected astrological signs for Americans in the era.
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George Washington
George
Washington
Washington Scene Talent aplenty on Kissinger's staff
James Reston surveys Kissinger's State Department setup highlighting a large, talented Policy Planning Staff led by Winston Lord with Samuel W Lewis and Reginald Bartholomew. The piece notes the shift from Kennan era staffing to a modern, expansive team driven by Kissinger, including scientists, advisers, and information officers.
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Washington Scene
Kissinger
James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Henry A. Kissinger
State Department
Larry Eagleburger
State
Department
Dean Acheson
Foreign Service
Kissinger Policy Planning
George Kennan
Paul Nitze
Louis Halle
Winston Lord
National Security Council
White House
Yale
Defense
China
Samuel W Lewis
N.S.C
South Asia
Latin America
Middle East
Africa
Reginald Bartholomew
Dartmouth
Wesleyan University
University of Chicago
Department of Defense
Europe
East Asia
Wrentham E. Gathright
Vanderbilt University
Peter B. Swiers
Fordham University
Man
Richard B. Finn
Harvard
Kennan
Col. B. Conn
Gravel aims to reshape image after Senate debut
Washington column reviews Mike Gravel of Alaska and his makeover after entering the Senate. Aide Jerry Udell urges a shift from publicity stunts to active committee work, higher attendance, 100 percent voting, and a more social, less glamorous approach to fit as a pragmatic legislator. The piece notes Gravel’s past image as a media magnet and his insistence on modest living and real estate investments.
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Mike Gravel
John Birch Society
Jerry Udell
Udell
Mike
Senate
Gravel
Anchorage
Senate United Feature Syndicate
Ford with his helmet on
Ford forced congressional action on energy by imposing a 90 day tariff delay on imported oil. Democrats face choosing a full energy program or a compromise. the debate centers on gasoline price impacts, conservation, and funding for mass transit and research. Henry Kissinger may pressure Congress if oil cuts persist.
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Tom Wicker
New York
Ford
House
Senate
John Pastore
Rhode Island
Gerald Ford
Highway Trust Fund
Democrats In Congress
Henry Kissinger
Middle East
Congress
New York Times
Edelin abortion verdict judged manslaughter not abortion
The Boston trial over Dr Kenneth Edelin concluded the case was about manslaughter due to negligence causing a fetus’s death during an abortion. The jury found he was negligent when a fetus, briefly capable of respiration, was detached during a hysterotomy, though the fetus did not survive or leave the womb alive.
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George F. Will Washington
Boston
Massachusetts
Kenneth Edelin
Boston City Hospital
Edelin
The
Washington Post
Biddeford Voices Wake Up Call on City Involvement
A reader letter questions Biddeford’s civic engagement noting only about 50 of 22 000 residents attended a Monday public meeting. The writer urges citizens and council members to participate, claiming the community should decide the city’s future with broad involvement.
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Biddeford
Foster and Whitehouse Editors Pass in Local Paper
Bideford Saco Journal lists William E. Foster 1881 1963 Alta Foster and B F C Whitehouse 1891 1971 1889 1972 W Paul Casavant publisher Charles C Sutton managing editor Gladys M Whitehouse president treasurer memorial note for longtime staff and leaders of the paper.
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Bideford-Saco Journal
Wm. E. Foster
W. Paul Casavant
Charles C. Sutton
Gladys M. Whitehouse
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