In Our Opinion Hiroshima Pearl Harbor Debate
A two part opinion piece questions the Hiroshima Nagasaki anniversary fuss and defends Pearl Harbor as the war catalyst. It contrasts attacks as a sneak wartime strike versus a military campaign, urging focus on Pearl Harbor and the broader Pacific war context. It then reviews Pentagon spending on unproven drugs for GIs, citing Polymagma Dimetapp Ornade and Robaxisal with safety concerns and cost.
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Franklin Delano Roosevelt
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Pentagon Drug Purchases Raise Questions About Costs
A critique of Pentagon drug buys shows Rabaxisal cost far higher than aspirin and potential risks. Taxpayers spent 86,861 to place it in Pentagon pill boxes as Sen. Gaylord Nelson probes Defense Department medicines. officials promise an official accounting amid defense of market approvals.
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Gaylord Nelson
Defense Department
Wisconsin
The Naval Secret Society and Its Aging Scold
A critical profile of Vice-Admiral Hyman Rickover and the U S Navy, arguing that a hidden cadre controls policy, hides failures from the public, and props up costly shipbuilding while stoking fear of war. It cites disasters, court-martial delays, and alleged establishment pressure, calling for Congress to open Navy files.
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Hyman Rickover
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Rickover
Bureau of Ships
Puebla
California
Lloyd Bucher
U.S. Navy
Naval Operations
Thomas Moorer
Stark
Admiral Kimmel
Hawaii
Short
Bull Halsey
Pittsburgh
Grass Roots Opinion From Diario Las Americas
In aMiami Diario Las Americas column the author argues that the United States grew into military, economic, and industrial power only after building a serious republic with internal political stability and civic responsibility, asserting that stability was the foundation before other advances.
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Miami
Fla
Diario Las Americas
United States of America
Referendum Aims at Potato Marketing Plan in Pennsylvania
A referendum on a proposed marketing agreement and order program for handling Irish potatoes grown in Pennsylvania will run from August 21 to 25. Niles J. Weldon, Erie County Potato Marketing Committee chairman, announced the plan today.
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Pennsylvania
Niles J. Weldon
Erie County Potato Marketing Agreement Committee
Real estate reformer warns lenders may take control
New York real estate figure Abel Berland warns that tax changes and rising lending demands threaten urban redevelopment, affordable housing, and stable rents. He cites lenders seeking 3 to 4 percent of gross profits and free equity, risking developers losing control of valuable property. Berland argues bigger corporations may dominate future projects if current trends persist.
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Abel Berland
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Berland
American Society of
Chicago
Berland Ower
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Lome
Berland Gundédes
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