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The moon landing is hailed as the era-shaping triumph yet questions persist about its earthly value. Luminaries argue it spurs progress or distracts from urgent needs while urging restraint, responsibility, and reinvestment in humanity. The piece weighs optimistic ambition against critics who see space spending as waste.
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Louis XIV
Versailles
Marshall McLuhan
Jules Verne
Kurt Vonnegut
Phillip Hart
D-Mich
Lake Erie
Richard S. Lewis
The
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists
Earth
Johnson
Congress
Bernard Lovell
Telecar Baggage System aims to speed luggage to passengers
Virginia Payette reports on a Dallas based Telecar Baggage System that uses computers to route suitcases from drop off to retrieval within three minutes, promising fewer misdirected bags and less human handling. The system automates memory linking between bags and flights, promising arrivals at claim checks in about 180 seconds and reducing airline costs from misplaced luggage.
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Virginia Payette
Dallas
Telecar
Coney Island
Gage Counter
Docutel
New York
Nixon in awkward spot during India visit
President Nixon arrives in India amid internal splits in Indira Gandhi's Congress and growing friction over US aid and Vietnam policy. The piece traces US-India ties, past arms deals with Pakistan, and shifts in Washington's stance as Desai resigns and Desai's wheat aid debate shadows Nixon's trip.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
India
Indira Gandhi
USA
Congress
Asia
South Vietnam
China
Saigon
Russia
John Foster Dulles
Johnson
United States
U. S
Vietnam
Israel
U.N
State Department
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Eisenhower
Pakistan
U.S
Kashmir
U. S. Senate
Iran
Turkey
Pentagon
White House
Desai
Congress Party
Gandhi
Ehru
Abe Fortas
Supreme Court
R. Desai
Mac’s World U S in another dilemma
London columnist Don MacLean riffs on war coverage from the BBC press club bar. He mocks unclear geography and questions how U S defense pacts would apply if El Salvador and Honduras clash, wondering who would defend whom.
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London
el Salvador
Honduras
BBC
National Press Club
Washington
British Broadcasting Company
Dunkirk
Vietnam
Central America
U.S
U.S. Information Agency
Latin America
Bay Staters Vacationing in Maine Spark Kennedy Row
Readers urged to write to Washington and call for Kennedy's resignation after a speech seen as seeking sympathy. Grace Bryant of Ocean Park criticizes the senator and suggests political accountability from Bay Staters. The note follows a local salute to Biddeford-Saco Journal coverage of District Four Little League playoffs with praise for writers and photographers.
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Journal
Maine
Kennedy
Biddeford-Saco Journal
Dick Charles
Bill Casavant
Dick Danforth
Danforth
Twin Towns
Edible packaging promises odd food future
The piece imagines edible wrappers and containers as a solution to packaging waste. Inventors foresee flavors for future food wrappers and beer cans, while noting still edible price tags may be the hard part to swallow.
Journey to eternity and memories of Norma Johnson
The piece memorializes Norma Johnson, 92, who lived in Michigan, with a personal burial, a lifelong library, and readings from old authors. It reflects on death, immortality, and the soul, citing Newman, Gerontius, and 19th to 20th century shifts in time and space. It blends Norma's life with meditation on faith, culture, and mortality.
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Norma Johnson
Norma
Miss Johnson
Michigan
Kinsfolk
Nebraska
Brontes
Dickens
Trollope
Mrs. Gaskell
Walter Scott
Wilkie Collins
Rider Haggard
John Henry Newman
Gerontius
Nixon updates tactics as 1970 races loom
Washington politics shift under Nixon with new staff and reorganized committees. Dent anchors White House ties while Airlie House sessions refine party mechanics for Capitol Hill. Yet 1970 momentum is clouded by bungled patronage, past election losses, and risky moves that could weaken the GOP drive.
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A. Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Nixon
Republican National Committee
White House
South Carolina
Harry Dent
Airlie House
Warrenton
Capitol Hill
U.S
Massachusetts
William Bates
House
U.S. Senate
Senate
Paper boats and ancient voyages prove risky travel
Microscoops note that Thor Heyerdahl suggested paper boats float but poorly. He implied that out of every 1,000 aper boats the Egyptians launched toward America, only two or three likely reached their destination, highlighting peril in long sea crossings.
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