Spy Plane Triggered Shifts in Cold War Chess
NEA Washington reports that the downing of a U.S. Navy recon plane by North Korea redirected attention from Czechoslovakia and Vietnam. The event spurred a U.S. naval task force toward the Sea of Japan and cut bomb and carrier operations in South Vietnam, while Moscow faces added pressure in Czechoslovakia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Nea
Czechoslovakia
Hanoi
South Vietnam
China
Yenan
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Mao
Vietnam
United States
U.S
Nixon
Soviet Union
Sea of Japan
North Korea
Quick Quiz Answers Look at World Shipbuilding Leader
The Q A facts cover Japan as the top shipbuilding nation with about triple the output of others. It notes sea salt is sodium chloride and John Paul Jones is buried at the U S Naval Academy in Annapolis after a 1905 return. It adds desert ironwood as the hardest wood, dense and tool dulling.
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John Paul Jones
United States
U. S. Naval Academy
Annapolis
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Desert
Nixon Protocol Chief Keeps Calm Under Fire
Ambassador Emil Mosbacher, head of the U.S. protocol office, reflects on hectic moments in the Nixon era. He recalls the Eisenhower funeral surge, long hours, and demanding diplomatic guests. Mosbacher cites lessons in politeness and courtesy from his mother while steering state visits and security concerns through Washington.
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Nixon
Washington
Nea
United States
Emil Bush Mosbacher
America
State Department
Eisenhower
Mosbacher
Emil
Richard Bruce
John David
U.S
Bus) Mosbacher
Dirksen Becomes Mild Nuisance to Nixon Aides
Senate Republican leader Everett Dirksen has unsettled the Nixon administration with free wheeling conduct on appointments. His opposition to a major HEW nomination and clashes with officials like Alexander and the VA chief show his stubborn independence. Nixon aides fear Dirksen’s misstatements and seek tighter party control led by Rogers Orton after Bliss.
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Washington
NEA
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Nixon
Dirksen
Dwight Eisenhower
William Knowland
California
Eisenhower
Sherman Adams
Knowland
Congress
American Medical Association
John Knowles
Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston
HEW
Knowles
Robert Finch
William J Driver
Veterans’ Administration
Clifford Alexander
Equal Employment Opportunity Commission
Defense Department
Melvin Laird
Hilary Sandoval
Small Business Administration
Sen
John Tower
Tower
Capitol Hill
GOP
Lyndon Johnson
Hill
Alexander
White House
1969 Uncirculated Coin Sets To Go On Sale May 1
Miss Eva Adams announced that the U S Assay Office in San Francisco will start accepting orders for 1969 uncirculated mint sets on May 1. She urged a more equitable distribution method, proposing one set per order and limiting blanks mailed to records after the initial period. Prices are 2.50 including mail, with orders via money order or check to the San Francisco office.
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Eva Adams
Mint
U.S
San Francisco
Miss Adams
United States Assay Office
Numismatic Service
DuBoce Ave
Calif
U.S. Assay Office
Margo Russell
Coin World
P.O. Box
Sidney
Ohio
Bureau of the Mint
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Newspaper Enterprise
Assa
U.S. Department of Transportation
Japan
Hollywood
Cloris Leachman
Will Lay
Paul Newman
Joanne Woodward
East
West
Pakistan
India
Protocol Office
White Plains
N.Y
Australia
Dame Pattie
Venn
Frank O'Neal
Ivan
Frank
O'Neal
Ise
All Sansom
Gladys
By Roger Bollen
Burr
Mort Reed
Treasury Department
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