Will France return to chaos after De Gaulle resigns
An editorial weighs the risk of France slipping back into postwar chaos without a strong leader. It notes splinter parties like the communists seeking power, questions potential Gaullist successors, and warns against a coalition with a large communist bloc. The piece underscores the global fear of chaos, a weakened franc, and unstable Paris governance.
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Paris
Charles de Gaulle
United States
Britain
France
George carries Clinton flood defense as civic surge grows
Paul Harvey recalls Clinton Iowa volunteers rallying to build a dike as residents embrace a "George" persona to motivate sandbagging. Among the helpers are high school students, police, engineers, and Salvation Army workers. The effort transforms civic duty into a communal mission while skeptics watch from windows.
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Paul Harvey
Plains States
Daven
Iowa
Mississippi
Clinton
Army Corps of Engineers
Army
Neiher
George
Peter Johns
Ewless
Harold Domsalla
DuPont
Ninth and
North
Georges
KCLN
Plea on Hill's Beach Front and Flood Risk Debate
A letter from Editor Lemire argues the area is not a city problem while residents on Long Avenue fight erosion and flooding. Pete Lamontagne offers access steps and photographs as evidence of ongoing loss, urging broader help beyond rocks.
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Lemire
Long Avenue
Pete Lamontagne
H R Street
Central Hotel
Hill
Nixon backs Ayres plan on school aid defeat
Washington column details Nixon lauding Rep. Ayres for shaping the two year federal aid bill to favor Democratic support and Edith Green as sponsor while highlighting the backroom maneuvering. It notes related figures and a separate defense reassessment of U S nuclear superiority versus Russia and recalls De Gaulle's influence and Nixon’s 1969 European trip gamble.
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TVA Drain Nation
Maine
Charles Moreshead
Augusta
Tennessee Valley Authority
Congress
Tennessee Valley
Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
William Ayres
Ohio
Bill
Rep. Ayres
Edith Green
Oregon
Ayres
White House
Ing
John Dellenbach
Ore
Marvin Esch
Mich
Senate
Joe Clark
Pennsylvania
James Fulton
John Saylor
Ogden ,Reid
N.Y
Serasenta Ie Pern
de Gaulle
Bordeaux
Britain
Corneas
Winston Churchill
FDR
Sol Bloom
New
LBJ
Johnson
Europe
Ignorance Bliss and a Cadillac Recall
Washington columnist Don MacLean riffs on Rolls Royce envy and Cadillac recalls. He recalls a 1968 Cadillac carburetor fast idle cam that may crack, potentially jamming the throttle. GM urges repairs at no cost and cautions drivers to stop if the throttle sticks. He wryly notes the absurdity of fear and consumer nerves amid auto recalls.
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Washington
Rolls
America
Cadillac
Ralph Nader
General Motors
Cadillac Motor Car Division
General Motors Corporation
Law Day Observed By All In Different Ways
Citizens mark Law Day with diverse actions as good and bad elements unfold. The Supreme Court faces challenges to legality while spouses reflect and set rules at home.
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Supreme Court
Washington News Ex Marxist Cites Goafs By Korean Commandos
SEOUL North Korea failed its November coastal raid on South Korea’s eastern coast. A former Marxist theoretician now analyzes why Kim Il Sung’s tactics faltered, citing faulty team organization poor commissar leadership faulty maps lack of prebuilt intelligence and supply nets and poor diversionary planning.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Seoul
Korea
North Korea
South Korea
Kim Il Sung
Ho Chi Minh
Vietnam
Kim
Kim I Sung
Republicans Map Two Plans to Regain the House
Washington Republicans lay out a two track strategy to recapture the House with a record budget for the Republican Congressional Campaign Committee. They anticipate 1970 losses but aim to influence redistricting via state legislatures in 44 states after the census and shift focus to 1972 races. The plan prioritizes state legislatures to control district lines, projecting a long term payoff for Republicans while warning against 1970 byelections.
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William S. White
Washington
House of Representatives
Republican Congressional Campaign Committee
G.O.P
White House
Nixon
Republican Party
Bob Wilson
California
G.O.P. A
Senate
House
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