In Our Opinion on American Good Things
A compact defense of daily American verities amid doom talk. The piece notes routine acts like mail delivery, fire calls, teaching, and production as signs of resilience. It cites national mood while acknowledging imperfect performance and highlights defense contractors linked to regional ties.
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Tales of the Red Berets Crime Without Punishment
A blistering Army memo accuses the State Department of lax handling of American civilian offenders in Vietnam. It cites currency manipulation, theft of government property, and weak prosecutions, urging discipline of civilians and critique of South Vietnamese prosecutions. The piece links policy tensions with figures like Lester Wolff, Bill Rogers, Mendel Rivers, and Strom Thurmond.
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State Department
Vietnam
South Vietnam
China
United States
Lester Wolff
Editorial Thoughts From Two Local Papers
Lake Worth Florida Herald laments farm losses since the Agriculture Department’s expansion noting 800000 farms and 4.5 million farmers vanished while 20 percent more workers were added. Denver Colorado Herald Dispatch quotes Laurence Gould warning civilization dies from internal neglect rather than external attack.
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Agriculture Department
America
Department of Agriculture
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Agricultural Department
Creeping Tidiness by Hal Boyle
Hal Boyle riffs on spring cleaning from a desk nerd’s view, defending clutter as mental manna. He recalls pranks by office clean freaks and argues his desk represents his mind, a sentimental heap spanning filing cabinets, windows, and a 1938 Butler statement.
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Winchester
Nicholas Murray Butler
Columbia University
This Day in History March 7 1969 Highlights
On March 7 1936 Hitler ordered troops into the Rhineland breaking the Versailles and Locarno treaties. In 1876 Bell received a telephone patent. In 1996 a successful New York London call occurred. A Monterey Mexico report cites 20 deaths from stolen methyl alcohol ten years earlier.
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Rhineland
Alexander Graham Bell
New York
London
Monterey
Mexico
The Diet Carousel and American Weight Bitterness
A columnist laments America’s obsession with dieting and overweight. He describes cycles of dieting and regaining weight, cultural excuses, and failed remedies from amphetamines to walking. He argues for permanent dietary change over temporary diets, citing personal anecdotes and medical cautions.
Maple industry foresees best season after mild break
Early weather break sparks optimism among area maple producers who anticipate a strong sap run and a top year. Marilyn Jewell Denton of Corry High School wins a Pitt University four year scholarship valued over 1200 dollars. The Corry Journal invites brief reader letters with signature and address for publication.
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Marilyn Jewell Denton
Liberty Street
Corry High School
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