Editorial Page In Our Opinion Contagion Must Be Kept In Middle East
An opinion piece denounces the Beirut airport raid as an act of retaliation and calls for halting arms to Israel and Arab states. It argues for a Middle East quarantine, warns of World War III risk, and urges the United States and Soviet Union to avoid escalating conflicts while promoting peace talks and economic penalties for continued hostilities. It proposes strict monitoring to prevent wider contagion and insists on nonintervention unless both sides seek dialogue.
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Lebanon
Athens
Israel
Middle East
United States
Russia
Soviet Union
Mediterranean
United Nations
U.S.A
U.S.S.R
America
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National Manpower Council
Robert S. McNamara
U.S
Rep
H.R. Gross
Iowa
McNamara
Dulles International A
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Washington
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Nixon
William P. Rogers
Smiles and Confidence in Leadership Across Eras
Paul Harvey reflects on how contagious confidence shapes public mood, contrasting Nixon and Johnson with Roosevelt Churchill Eisenhower and MacArthur. He argues a smiling, assured leadership can lift a country amid divisions and rising foreign entanglements, urging a return to optimistic unity for Americans.
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George
Johnson
Lincoln
Nixon
Douglas MacArthur
Nonsense fragments rewrite car and arts phrases
A jumble of stray phrases about engineering leadership car designs singing aria boxing and drawing lines. The lines contain mixed imagery and garbled translations with no coherent report or clear event.
Johnson delays Phantom jet sale to Israel amid Near East debate
Washington insiders say President Johnson has hesitated to cancel the sale of 50 Phantom jets to Israel as final decision looms for the Nixon administration. The dispute centers on regional balance, with Allon and Dayan shaping Israel’s posture, while Johnson seeks leverage over Arab reactions and potential peace progress.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Israel
Johnson
Nixon
Near East
de Gaulle
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Egypt
Yigal Allon
Allon
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Moshe Dayan
Stee Oe
Beirut
Dayan
Allen
Abba Phan
Humphrey
White House
Lbj Ranch
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Humphy
Allen Surme
Jerusalem
Nasser
Cairo
B’nai B'rith
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Paris
Eyewitness notes crime and other varied items from Washington
Maclean recounts a downtown robbery confrontation seen from his car and reflects on inaugural balls, readers’ contributions, student protests, TV tuning as character, and space travel fears. The column blends light social musings with brief political jabs and anecdotes from Dulles Airport.
Washington vote drop hits Humphrey in cities study
Washington sees a sharp fall in Democratic support as Congressional Quarterly findings show Humphrey’s net vote across 60 major cities is about 500000 below Kennedy’s 1960 level and five million below Johnson’s 1964 sweep. Urban decline, migration to suburbs, and higher non voting rates among the poor are cited.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington Correspondent
Washington
U.S
Democratic Party
Humphrey
Congressional Quarterly
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Wallace
Richard Daley
Chicago
New Jersey
Richard Huces
Hudson County
Jersey City
Nixon Faces Foreign Policy Tests with Built-In Protections
Washington notes that President Nixon inherits a turbulent foreign scene with Vietnam, Middle East crises, and tense East-West links. The article argues Nixon gains leverage from Johnson’s decisive if risky moves, plus strategic room to pursue or pause Moscow talks, while balancing Israel aid and UN pressure over Lebanon.
Three Minutes A Day by Rev James Keller
A freshman misregistered at Northern Michigan University thinking it was Eastern Michigan University, and traveled 550 miles to Ypsilanti. The piece stresses careful attention to directions for life goals, urging accuracy and focus on eternal aims.
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James Keller
Northern Michigan University
Eastern
Biddeford Saco Journal Business Directory Note
The Biddeford Saco Journal lists Adams Street P Ingalls as managing editor and provides telephone numbers for editorial and business departments. It includes subscription rates payable in advance: one month 2.60 dollars, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. The paper is an Associated Press member and notes republication rights for local news.
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Ingalls
Associated Press
Biddeford
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