Cornell president seeks exit as campus crisis fuels search
Editorial warns that Cornell's James A. Perkins invites a successor by delaying action during an armed student occupation. The board urged a new president after gun rights debate and campus unrest, while faculty criticism grows and administrations change across colleges.
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Grayson Kirk
Columbia
Buell Gallagher
CCNY
James A. Perkins
Cornell
Dr. Perkins
Nation pays for wars forever, Paul Harvey argues
Paul Harvey laments war’s enduring costs across generations. He cites veterans benefits, lost future leaders, and demographic damage from World War I to Vietnam, arguing war drains society of its strongest people and weakens future progress. He invokes Pearl Buck, Fulbright, and historical parallels to warn of persistent societal harm.
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Paul Harvey
France
Guadalcanal
Vietnam
J. William Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pearl Buck
China
Ghengis Khan
Alexander the Great
Ancient
Greece
Spain
England
Hitler
United States
Nixon Thieu seek coalition pace in Midway talks
Washington column says Nixon and Thieu aim for a coalition path in Saigon to end the Vietnam war, with Thieu resistant to full coalition while the United States pledges not to abandon South Vietnam. Briefer talks, troop reductions and diplomacy with Park and Chiang Kai-shek are noted as maneuvering moves ahead of Midway. The piece also corrects a prior error linking the Peace Corps to the CIA and praises the Peace Corps record.
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Washington
Nixon
Thieu
Saigon
Pikes Peak
Vietnam
Midway
Senate
Seoul
Park
Ieu
Taiwan
Chiang Kai-shek
United States
South Vietnam
White House
Johnson
LBJ
Victam
Creighton Abrams
Mid - Pacific
Peace Corps
CIA
Accion
Joe Blatchford
South America
Donner Foundation
Donner
William H. Donner
Kennedy
Shades of Shaw in Washington mini column by Don MacLean
Washington columnist Don MacLean jokes about political misadventure and public spending. He riffs on Speaker McCormack, Rep. Yates, and Shaw, then critiques projected costs for a 100 mile subway, rat control budgets, hotel woes for fans, and infant care literature while lampooning congressional waste and foreign aid quirks.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Sidney R. Yates
Ill
John McCormack
Nixon
Congress
George Bernard Shaw
Shaw
London
John N. Ehlenborn
Gilbert Pons
Ponses
Miami
New Orleans
Pons
Benjamin Spock
Charles M. Teague
Ren
Waste and pests devastate world's food supply
Washington columnist Bruce Biossatt argues global hunger stems from massive waste and pests. He notes 15 to 35 percent losses to pests diseases and weeds, with Latin America and India suffering major spoilage. He cites FAO data and remarks that inefficiency and self-destructive farming end practices fuel the problem.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
America
Nelson Rockeffeller
Latin America
Robert Robinson
Lester Brown
U. S
Partment of Agriculture International
Free World
South America
India
Nigeria
Biafra
Africa
Mexico
U.S
FAO
Nixon to address nation to win ABM support
President Nixon plans a nationally televised address to appeal directly to the country for congressional approval of the anti ballistic missile ABM system. The move follows intense lobbying by ABM supporters, with the House seen as pivotal and Senate opposition lingering among Democrats and some Republicans.
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William 8. White
Washington
Nixon
Senate
Democrats
Ress
Tme
Congress
Youth revolt and aging views in Harold Coffin column
In a witty op ed, Harold Coffin argues that youth revolts risk self-sabotage as older generations influence outcomes. He notes some elders rival the youth in defiance, warns today’s rebels may become tomorrow’s traditionalists, and humorously contemplates societal attitudes toward age and conformity. The piece also touches on taxation and dry cleaning industry curiosities as social foils.
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