Courage of Czechs in Prague challenge Moscow
Editorial praises Czechoslovakia under Dubcek for resisting Moscow pressure and pursuing greater independence from the Warsaw Pact. It notes proposed leadership rotation, assurances against intra pact attacks, and external support from Romania Hungary and Yugoslavia amid Soviet maneuvers and Western intrigue.
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Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Prague
Warsaw Pact
Pravda
Dubcek
Hungary
Romania
Yugoslavia
Hanoi
United States
West Germany
CIA
West
Frangi Pangi’s Air Demand Shows Daring King and Premier
In a satire set in Frangi Pangi East of Suez, King and prime minister debate how to obtain American goods and air power. They mock use of force, consider kidnapping an aircraft carrier, and recall wartime slogans to spur bold plans amid tropical heat.
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Frangi Pangi
Suez
Imperial Palace
Newsweek
Tiki
Sihanouk
Cambodia
United States
Oxford
Frangi Pangian
U. S
High Seas
Sihanoul
Brakeman Saves 14-Year-Old From Approaching Locomotive
A railroad brakeman on a Utah locomotive sacrificed himself to push a 14-year-old girl to safety as the train approached at under 20 mph. The girl, returning from school, did not see the oncoming train and was only bruised. The incident prompted a warning to stay alert to protect young people and guide their conduct.
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Utah
Inne Prerigg
Ethics code a big joke on Congress meddling in TV
Washington column argues the ethics code fails to curb lobbying on Capitol Hill and links TV influence to crime rates. It cites lawmakers with broadcasting interests, FCC limits blocked by a House vote, and networks pressuring policy through station ownership and profit.
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Pein
Jack Anderson
Washington
Congress
Capitol Hill
England
France
United States
Federal Communications Commission
FCC
House
Everett Dirksen
R-Ill
Senate
National Association of Broadcasters
NBA
Clarence Brown Jr
Ohio
WCOM
Urbana
Public Broadcasting Corporation
Paul Jones
DMO
KBOA
Kennett
Commission
John Dellenback
Rore
Kmed-Tv
Medford
Ore
John McClellan
Dark
Midwest Video
Television Magazine
McClellan
Mac's World Warward bus to Colombia
A humorous travel essay recounts a trip to Cartagena Colombia from a Washington perspective. The narrator details heat culture and quirks, noting visas delays forts tourists and shopping trinkets as well as hotel rates and local life. The piece blends satire with observations about Colombia Bogota and river pollution potentials and language quirks.
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Vermont
Washington Universities Face Structural Flaws Fueling Student Riots
Washington educators warn that internal university weakness fuels student unrest. Professors cite confusion, disorganization, self interest, and malaise as steady factors behind protests and faculty discontent.
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Ray Cromley
Nea Washin
Washington
Burton R. Clark
Yale University
Shore birds migrate south during July heat spell
Wayne Hanel reports that thousands of shore birds migrate south from New England in late July as part of their annual autumn trek. The piece explains shore bird variety from sandpipers to whimbrels, their Arctic breeding grounds, and rare sightings of long distance Golden Plovers that may cross oceans from Labrador to South America.
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Wayne Hanel
New England
Arctic
Labrador
Newfoundland
South America
Pampas
Mississippi Valley
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Inez Robe
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Virginia
District of Columbia
Equator
New York
Cleveland
Montreal
Houston
Philadelhia
Cartagena’International Airport
Avianca
Chicago
White House
Caribe
Bogota
Tierra Bomba Island
Bomba
Washington News
Arthur H. Scouton
University of Pennsylvania
Richard Axen
San Francisco State College
Fordham University
John J. Meng
Lewis B. Mayhew
Stanford University
Harold Coffin
Temperance
Han
Biddeford -Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business Dept
Associated Press
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