Our Opinion on Americas Compassion and Global Image
In Our Opinion America-So Compassionate And So Soundly Disliked. Young travelers report the United States is persona non grata abroad, despite decades of benevolence from the Marshall Plan onward. The Kennedy assassinations are cited as the sharpest black mark, reflecting a paradox of generosity and disdain in world opinion.
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Kennedy Brothers
John
Robert Kennedy
Harrisburg Notebook Sees Wallace Impact On Nixon Gain
Harrisburg column note weighs Wallace as a wild card in Pennsylvania. Republicans grow confident they can back Nixon, while Democrats fear Wallace could tilt House control and key offices if his antiwar third party bid gains 10 to 15 percent support.
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Nixon
House of Representatives
Wallace
Polands stance in wake of Czech crisis and Soviet pressure
Drew Pearson surveys Polish reaction to Soviet aggression, noting Warsaw's mixed loyalties to Russia, its wary hope to avoid a new war, and the cooling of Western cultural ties after Prague's invasion. The piece recalls Poland’s 1955-66 reforms, the 1966 UN talks, Muskie’s Polish links, and a continuing domestic political ferment moderated by Gomulka’s hard line.
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Tron Curtain
Warsaw
Kremlin
Czechoslovakia
Voclav Theatre
University of Illinois
Nikolai
New York
Muskie
Poland
Europe
Asia
State Rusk
Jozef Winiewicz
UN Assembly
Winiewicz
Mike Mansfield
D-Mont
Southeast Asia
Corry Notes from 1948 and 1928 Local Briefs
It recounts a 1948 event with the Pennsylvania Railroad Buffalo division meeting Lovell's Station and the 1948 note of Roy Swart elected worthy master of Corry Grange No 55. It also recalls a 1928 project at Clinton Street as work begins on a Ford Garage addition to a concrete block one story 54 by 100 feet.
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Buffalo
Renova Division
Pennsylvania Railroad
Lovell’s Station
Roy Swart
Corry
Ford Agency
Von Hippo of Berlin Zoo Survives War’s Onslaught
Jim Bishop recounts von Hippo the hippopotamus at Kurfürstendamm Zoo who endured the Battle of Berlin. The creature, once a free African bull, faced nets, captivity, and bombs as civilians suffered. After six years of war, Hitler’s fall and the zoo’s chaos, the hippo remained, yearning for the jungle.
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Reichschancellery
von Hippo
Innocent
Fat
Fanny
Today In History on September 20 1968 highlights
On this date in history several events are noted. 1946 President Truman asked for Henry Wallace resignation after a critical speech. 1797 Constitution launched at Boston Navy Yard. 1850 Congress banned slave trade in DC. 1873 NYSE closures marked Panic. 1881 Arthur became 21st president after Garfield's death. 1990 Hurricane hit Long Island New Jersey New England with 682 deaths. 1962 Meredith blocked at UM by Gov. Barnett. 1962 MLK stabbed in NYC while autographing books. 2003 JFK and joint US Russian moon plan discussed at UN. 1969 Israel claimed sinking three Egyptian boats in Suez Canal. Five years prior MLK stabbing noted.
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Henry Wallace
Wallace
U.S
Soviet Union
Constitution
Boston Navy Yard
Congress
District of Columbia
New York Stock Exchange
Chester A. Arthur
James Garfield
Long Island
New Jersey
New England
James H. Meredith
University of Mississippi
Ross Barnett
Martin Luther King
New York
John F. Kennedy
U.N. General Assembly
Israel
Suez Canal
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