Notable quotes on life and victory from Mann and scripture
A morning reflection presents a biblical mystery about transformation at the trumpet and a Horace Mann exhortation to achieve a victory for humanity. The excerpt pairs religious promise with a secular call to lasting impact.
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Corps ties Logan County dam flood to negligence over act of God label
An Army Corps of Engineers report, released to a Senate subcommittee, rejects the act of God explanation for the 118 lives lost in the February Logan County mine tailings dam breach. It blames the Buffalo Mining Co, the U S Bureau of Mines, and state authorities for failed safety and inspection, citing seepage and poor design. The finding suggests many similar dams exist in the region and urges corrective action.
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Logan County
Army Corps of Engineers
Senate
U. S. Bureau of Mines
West Virginia
Buffalo Mining Co
Corps of Engineers
Censorship Speech Sparks Debate Over Trident Submarine Cost
A released transcript from a House subcommittee hearing reveals censorship of the estimated price of the Trident submarine. Lawmakers react with astonishment at the figure, while the Pentagon defers to the Office of Security Review for cost disclosure.
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Congress
House
Navy
Office of Security Review
New Tarzan Biography Frames Hero as Real Person
The book argues Tarzan lives as an actual individual, mirroring past treatments like Howard Hughes biographies. It contends a political career rests on money, but money only comes via victory, presenting a paradox at the heart of the narrative.
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Tarzan
Howard Hughes
Nixon sees Soviet ties but no clear Vietnam plan emerges
President Nixon's Moscow trip yields agreements and a joint declaration of principles but offers no concrete timeline for Vietnam. Analysts question Soviet impact on Hanoi and Paris peace, while casualties and destruction mount as the United States pressures North Vietnam with air power and diplomacy.
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Nixon
Soviet Union
Vietnam
United Nations
Moscow
Hanoi
Paris
North
South Vietnam
America
North Vietnam
Haiphong Harbor
United States
Reagan’s California role sparks Nixon campaign tension
California analysts warn Nixon must balance Reagan’s value to shore up the right with the risk of alienating voters in a tense home-state bid. Reagan, surprised by talk of staying out, pledges frequent California campaigning while operatives push him to focus elsewhere.
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Nixon
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Reagan
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Midwest
George McGovern
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John Ashbrook
Ohio
San Francisco
Leland Kaiser
Ashbrook
Joseph Crosby
Mr. Nixon
United Republicans of California
UROC
White House
Lyn Nofziger
Nofziger
William Bagley
John Mitchell
ISI Summer Schools Offer Intellectual Focus Across Several Campuses
Russell Kirk praises Intercollegiate Studies Institute summer programs at Hartford Hillsdale William and Mary and Stanford. Courses titled Up From the Waste Land Foundations of the American Heritage The Matrix of Polity explore moral imagination and social thought with scholars like Herberg Hart Molnar and Evans. Scholarships available and Hillsdale grants two credits. programs run about a week each, emphasizing enduring ideas over classroom credits.
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Bryn Mawr Avenue
Bryn Mawr
Pennsylvania
ISI
Intercollegiate Review
University of Hartford
Hillsdale College
Michigan
College of William and Mary
Virginia
Stanford University
Hillsdale
Will Herberg
Jeffrey Hart
John Davenport
Thomas Molnar
Useless But Interesting Congressman Sludgepump in Deadlock
The piece riffs on political brinkmanship and a hint of famine pressure as a convention stalemate looms. It notes a State Department campaign urging civility toward secretaries and hints at Arnold Palmer and Jack Nicklaus vying for the all time money title in golf. It references the 1972 election and the Vietnam issue.
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Sludgepump
Arnold Palmer
Jack Nicklaus
Moonlighting Congressmen Face Conflicts With Bank Ties
A National Committee for an Effective Congress report lists 150 Congress members with outside business holdings. It highlights bankers on committees, oil and real estate interests, and cases of lawmakers who vote on laws affecting their own enterprises.
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Congress
Ashbrook
Zwach
National Committee
Bill Chappell
D-Fla
Bank of Belleview
Fla
House
Banking and Currency Committee
Mel Price
D-Ill
Peter Freylinghuysen
R-N.j
John Ashbrook
Ohio
Wayne Hays
Thomas Morgan
D-Pa
Joe Evins
Dtenn
Jack Brooks
D-Tex
Joel Broyhill
R Va
Claude Pepper
Capitol Hill
Silvio Conte
R-Mass
Dan Rostenkowski
D-Il
Tip O’neil
D-Mass
Frank Row
R-Ohio
House Agriculture Committee
John Zwach
R-Minn
Bob Bergland
D-Minn
John Jarman
D-Okla
House Commerce Committee
John Hammerschmidt
R-Ark
C. W. Young
R-Fla
Crusty
Old Chet Holifield
D-Calif
Committee For
House Ethics Committee
Jerome Waldie
Clem Zablocki
George McGovern
Justice Department
Law Enforcement Assistance Administration
Miami Beach
Charles Rangel
D-N.y
LEAA
Jerris Leonard
Castro's Cuban Bombings Sour U S Cities Shock Wave
A column argues Castro uses world stage trips to legitimize his regime while Cuba trains thousands of saboteurs and terrorists. It links 43 camps near Havana to 10,000 trainees and cites Americans who joined or were affected by the effort, including fatalities and arrests.
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Castro
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Cuba
Ism
Asia
Africa
Middle East
Americas
Havana
Julie Nichaman
States
Ralph Featherstone
William Payne
Maryland
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