Cities grapple with crisis relocation plans across U S cities
The article surveys civil defense proposals for evacuating cities in a major war, detailing plans and reactions from Los Angeles Baltimore Memphis and Boulder. It notes debates over who qualifies as a key official who should be evacuated and critiques from governors and officials about feasibility and ethics.
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Los Angeles
Baltimore
West Virginia
Memphis
Boulder
Colo
U.S
Civil Defense
Billy Ray Schilling
Military and Veteran Affairs Department
Robert L. Kingsbury
Kingsbury
Los Angeles County
Kenneth Hahn
Los Angeles Times
Soviets Find Troops Not Physically Fit
Moscow AP report cites Krasnaya Zvezda noting a mechanized infantry battalion had only five soldiers attend a fitness test. one private took 15 minutes for 1.8 miles and the company commander failed to appear. The article highlights broader fitness shortages across conscripts and career soldiers.
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Moscow
Defense Ministry
Krasnaya Zvezda
Red Star
Aitmukhametov
Sleeping beauty duchess Windsor near 10th anniversary of death
Paris report says Wallis Simpson now frail and largely unresponsive since her husband’s death on May 28, 1972. She remains meticulously dressed and coiffed in the Boulogne woods mansion where Edward VIII exiled her in 1937, with nurses aiding her daily routine.
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Paris
UPI
Duchess of Windsor
Edward VIII
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Boulogne Woods
France
Windsor
Duke
Cleaver Facing Hostile UC Berkeley Crowd During Talk
Former Black Panther Eldridge Cleaver speaks at Berkeley amid protests calling him traitor and boot licker. A man throws a tricolor shoe, lunges on stage, and Cleaver’s glasses are knocked off before followers of the Moonies escort Cleaver away. Cleaver condemns communism and praises the United States after touring Cuba and the Soviet bloc. He fled the U S in 1975 to avoid a 1968 police shootout. charges dropped in 1980.
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Sun Myung Moon
Moon
Unification Church
Cleaver
United States
Cuba
Soviet Union
Spider Dan Goodwin eyes New Orleans climb
Spider Dan Goodwin the climber known for scaling Chicago’s 100 story John Hancock Center told a Chicago judge he plans to scale a 27 story building in New Orleans on June 22. Judge Harold Seigan ordered a hearing for more information on probation compliance with the request.
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Chicago
UPI
Dan” Goodwin
John Hancock Center
New Orleans
Goodwin
Harold Seigan
New Tide of Racism Alarms Japanese Americans
Japanese Americans report renewed hostility across the United States driven by xenophobic portrayals and workplace tensions. lawmakers of Japanese descent describe abusive calls while media and ads draw sharp lines between Japanese people and economy.
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Mike Murase
Little Tokyo
Los Angeles
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