Media duty and bias scrutiny from The Childress Index
A Washington desk column argues media must guard perspective amid press and television campaigns. It cites a Newsweek atrocity report on Dresden and Hiroshima, condemns sensationalism, and defends balanced reporting while noting wartime biases and public reaction.
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Washington
Nea Cone
Aft
Agnew
Newsweek Magazine
Dresden
Hiroshima
United States
Germany
David Irving
Tokyo
Great Britain
Today in History highlights and 1969 events
A digest of historical anniversaries and notable 20th century events. Highlights include Paris worker uprising in 1851, Washington's farewell in 1783, and Rhodes treaties. Also mentioned are WWII conferences, political arrests, and a progression of legal cases including Chromcraft and Alsco corporate links.
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Associated Press
Paris
Lous Napoleon
George Washington
Cief
New York
Brita
Queensland
New York City
Boss Tweed
William Marcy Tweed
Spain
Preston Smith weighs third term option amid Briscoe ties
Gov. Preston Smith signals openness to a possible third term though not ruling it out. Dolph Briscoe reportedly organizes statewide groups for two years hence, while Smith plans a second term and Ben Barnes weighs a bid. The piece notes Smith’s political maneuvering and Briscoe's potential strategy within Texas politics.
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Morris Higley
Preston Smith
Dolph Briscoe
Uvalde
Dolph
Briscoe
Preston
Ben Barnes
Class of 1929 Biographical Portraits at Local Pageant
A list of names and brief traits names students in a local pageant ascribed personalities such as Sally White Susan Shelton Joe O'Donnell Bobby Blackwell Carol Hart Turk Nelson Vicky Trammell Ross Butler John Holland Lydia Shelton David Bradford Norma Hall Cecil Congenial Vicki Mullins Kerry Wood Andrea Rogers Steve Bird Mary West Larry Johnson Cindy Keel Lisa Fowler reflects a community seniors pageant profile with varied character sketches.
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Sally White
Susan Shelton
Joe O'Donnell
Bobby Blackwell
Carol Hart
Turk Nelson
Vicky Trammell
Ross Butler
John Holland
Lydia Shelton
David Bradford
Norma Hall
Cecil
Vicki Mullins
Kerry Wood
Andrea Rogers
Steve Bird
Mary West
Larry Johnson
Cindy Keel
Lisa Fowler
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Hollywood
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Tate
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Mobile
Ala
Charles D. Watson
ING
Armstrong
Larry Lewis
MR. Biimo Burns
Villyards Incorporated
Fort Worth
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Roy
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Burden
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Okla
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