Is Hanoi the target or is the U S fooling?
An editorial questions whether Nixon will delay further troop withdrawals from South Vietnam to preserve bargaining power at Paris or to placate Hanoi, arguing that deferring reductions risks repeating Johnson era “bomb and pause” tactics. The piece warns the United States may not end the war without South Vietnamese capability to defend itself.
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United States
South Vietnam
Nixon
Johson
Paris
America
Hanoi
U.S
Law and order possible only after justice for all
Virginia Payette reflects on back-to-school bigotry, race tensions, and the Kerner Commission findings. She notes police escorts of Black students into white schools, white mob hostility, and calls for social and economic reform as essential to ending racism and achieving real law and order.
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Virginia Payette
Swellsville
U.S
Kerner Reon
America
Army probes M-16 flaws amid jamming and exfoliation
Washington reveals confidential Army documents noting M-16 rifles suffer corrosion and exfoliation in humid Delta conditions. Tests show 10 to 50 percent of rifles degrading, undermining reliability in jungle warfare. Army actions include repair kits and field procedures, while soldiers reportedly prefer AK-47s when available. Col. Ike Benton orders rescue heli to Ashland for golfers stranded by floods.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Congress
Army
Mitld Gevin Titiul
Delta
South Vietnam
Vietnam
U.S
Colt Industries
U. S
Virginia
Marine
Antico
Ashland
Ike Benton
Welcome Back to Mac's World Students and Humor
A satirical piece mocks back to school time with a faux university president addressing students. It jokes about returning private papers and office supplies, references missing items like nitroglycerin, and lampoons campus uproar and new courses. The tone mimics a spoof newspaper column from a campus setting.
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Don Maclean Washington
Wong
Academies of Higher Learning
Whiel
Miss Perkins
Washington News Dreamworld liberals on the edge of nondemocracy
Bruce Biossat argues doctrinaire liberals face a threefold dilemma as their loud advocacy masks weak results. Pragmatic liberals criticize them for inaction on urban crises while radicals dismiss them. Fiscal irresponsibility and possible extremist drift push the group toward anti democratic tendencies.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
America
New Republic
To The Point Building trades unions A strangling monopoly
Russell Kirk argues that building trades unions suppress nonunion labor and minority and student workers, driving up costs and limiting job opportunities. He cites crackdowns on hiring nonunion crews in California and warns that continued exclusion could crowd out skilled work and push housing toward prefab trailers for the poor.
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Russell Kirk
Chicago
Nero
Ike
Stamps worth big fortune turn up in small purchase
A businessman paid 1080 cents for 120 stamps at 4 st office Chesterfield England. The stamps carried no price marks and Christie’s valued the lot at 60000 dollars, noting 18 million printed in the series making this a 1.5 million to one chance. The stamps depict St. Paul’s Cathedral in London.
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Chesterfield
England
Christie's
London
St. Paul’s
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