Editorial on Bo Kinh killings in Vietnam and U S pacification policy
The piece cites Peter Arnett on North Vietnamese incursions into Bo Kinh An Hoa and Vam Thu, 380 homes destroyed, 19 civilians killed, 50 injured. It questions U S strategy, recalls a Viet Cong tactic to lure bombing, notes rebuilding with aid, and asks when Americans will accept locals’ desire to be left alone.
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Bo Kinh
Vietnam
America
Peter Arnett
Associated Press
Ba Kinh
An Hoa
Vamn Thu
Arnett
Ra Kinh
U.S
Cans
Saigon
Long An
Bo Kink
Boy Scouts
Study links alcohol and emotional distress to Houston driver deaths
Baylor University medical school analyzes Houston area fatalities showing 72 percent had alcohol in blood and 80 percent faced emotional disturbance before crashes. Findings stress that driving under stress or alcohol is dangerous and urge calm and extra caution when driving.
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Houston
Baylor University
Medical School
West Virginia Opens Self-Service Alcohol Store
South Charleston launches the states first self-service liquor store with bright lighting air conditioning carpets and neat shelves. Kanawha City and other locations plan similar openings as the Beverage Control Commission shifts toward a service role praising Commissioner Robert Conaty and Gav Moore.
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West Virginia
South Charleston
Kanawha City
Leoha! Beverage Control Commission
Robert Conaty
Gav, Moore
Memoir of Rep Rivers at Paris Air Show Sparks Debate
Washington Post reports Rep L Mendel Rivers leads a U S congressional group in Paris for the air show. Rivers, chair of the House Armed Services Committee, is depicted discussing U S military policy and defense procurement with French officials and colleagues amid suggestions of leveraging district interests for military sites and equipment.
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Washington Post
Washington
Paris
Rep. L. Mendel Rivers
House Armed Services Committee
Charleston
South Carolina
Rivers
Monsieur Rivers
Hatica Armed Simiene
Secretary of Defense
Joint Chiefs of Staff
de Gaulle
Readers Forum Voices on Vietnam and Welfare Debate
Letters express antiwar profits argument for Vietnam and praise for the American Friends Service Committee. Contributors critique war profiteering, discuss draft information services, welfare funding, and support for reformers like Ken Hechler and Ralph Nader.
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the Gazette
Charleston
Ken Hechler
Ralph Nader
Dr. I. Bull
UMWA
Welfare Fund
Glenn D. Beer
Locust St. S
Buckhannon
Burger Nomination sparks questions on leadership qualities
The piece critiques President Nixon’s selection of Judge Warren Burger as chief justice, noting his less unified record on the D.C. Court of Appeals and his tendency to justify decisions. It questions leadership and temperament while recalling the era’s WASP dominance and the need for broader competence.
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Washington
White House
Nixon
Warren Burger
Earl Warren
Burger
Senate
U. S. Court of Appeals
District of Columbia
Warren
Court of Appeals
Ony
Duce
Distressing Scene on Return to Washington Amid National Tensions
The writer laments returning to Washington as spring yields to summer while highlighting clashes on college campuses, the Fortas echoes, Nixon Thieu talks, and the controversial reelection of Los Angeles Mayor Sam Yorty. He argues militant action by blacks and students advanced civil rights, condemns scapegoating, and urges humane response to Sirhan Sirhan’s case.
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New York Times
Washington
Fortas
Nixon
Thieu
Europe
Asia
Sam Yorly
Los Angeles
Yorty
Berkeley
Martin King
Selma
Sam Yorty
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Sirhan B. Sirhan
Assassi
America
Robert F. Kennedy
Morgantown
W. Va
Ramsey Clark
Sirhan
Elder Statesman George U and Horatio Humphrey in Atlanta
A feature on George U and Horatio Humphrey profiles the elder statesmen in Atlanta Georgia with emphasis on their public service roles and ongoing influence within the city and region.
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Horatio Humphrey
Elder Statesman
Atlanta, Ga
All-Black Gary City? Ironies in a Northern Mill Town
The Gary, Indiana, portrait contrasts Elbert H. Gary’s statue with a city shrinking white as Richard Hatcher governs for black and white unity. Street gangs and turf wars threaten progress, while Hatcher’s reforms try to steer Gary toward shared civic life and economic redevelopment.
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Gary
Ind
Elbert H. Gary
Richard B. Hatcher
Cary
Civ
Watcher
Hatcher
Sam
Abbert Gary
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Tom Wicker
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