Robert E. Lee as a Unifying Figure in Civil War Reflections
The piece argues time has softened views of Robert E. Lee. It notes his prewar emancipation of slaves, aristocratic bearing, and reluctance to fight against his native state. It credits his postwar efforts to heal the nation and reunify, comparing him to Lincoln and imagining if the South had won, Lee might have been revered as a founding leader.
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Robert E. Lee
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Lee
South
Lincoln
George Washington
Being Heard by Militants in Modern Student Leadership
Howard K. Smith of ABC News argues today's students seek their way, not to be heard, as militants push sit ins occupations or violence. The piece notes militants dominate media coverage while some leaders resist ceding control of colleges and government.
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Howard K. Smith
ABC News
Try and Stop Me by Bennett Cerf 1971 humor collection
This excerpt from a 1971 Bennett Cerf humor column features light vignettes about Washington in the Fifties and Sixties and playful quips about Texas state pride. It includes beach jokes, a shell-collector gag, a boardwalk auction warning, and a Worst-jokes feature.
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Bennett Cerf
King Features Syndicate
Daily Crossword Across 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Puzzle Notes
A cryptogram style crossword with clues across and down plus cryptic hints. It presents answers by letter codes and provides sample cryptoquote quotations and a dated syndicate credit. The page includes a prior puzzle solution and a quotation attributed to an Ing ersoll line.
Conservative Awards Dinner Highlights Rising Movement
A Washington party for 600 conservative writers editors and lawmakers showcased the movement’s growing clout. Vice President Agnew attended and Sen. James Buckley emerged as a standout, signaling potential presidential interest amid a youthful, campus rooted base.
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Congress
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American Conservative Union
National Review, Human Events
Young Americans For Freedom
Spiro T. Agnew
U.S
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New York
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New York States
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Conservatives rally in Washington urge 1976 reform
A Washington gathering showcased a roster of editors publishers and scholars aligning with a rising conservative movement. Senators Strom Thurmond Clifford Hansen and Paul Fannin plus several House members signal a strong, energetic right flank bent on major reforms and opposition to welfare expansion.
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Strom Thurmond
South Carolina
Clifford Hansen
Wycoming
Paul Fannin
Ariona
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U.S
John Ashbrook
Ohio
LaMar Baker
Tennessee
William Colmer
Mississippi
Phillip Crane
Illinois
Durwood Hall
Missouri
William Scherle
Iowa
John Schmitz
California
Floyd Spence
Daley's Chicago machine suffers setback in House
Washington reports that Chicago Mayor Daley loses grip over the Chicago delegation as Rep. Dan Rostenkowski fails to win re election as House Democratic caucus chair. Ward politics and factional shifts in Illinois help explain the upheaval. Teague wins caucus post as Albert misses approval.
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Henry Cathcart
Central Press
Washington
Chicago
Richard Daley
May Sto
Windy City
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Daley
Rep
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D-1
House
House Democratic Caucus
Chul Bo
Rostenkowski
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Barratt O’hara
Congress
Mikva
Chicago 12
Carl Albert
John McCorm
Albert
Illinois
Olen Teague
Texas
Teague
Hale Boggs
D-La
Almanac for Sunday February 28 1971
Today is February 28 1971 the 59th day of the year The moon lies between new and first quarter The morning sky features Mercury Venus Mars and Jupiter with Saturn as the evening star Notable birthdays fall under Pisces Historical notes include 1849 San Francisco gold seekers ship arrival and 1942 Japanese forces landing in Java Astronauts Elliot See and Charles Bassett are mentioned for 1966
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Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
San Francisco
New York
Java
Netherlands East Indies
Elliot See
Charles Bassett
Romney withdraws from 1968 Republican presidential race
The fragment notes a plane crash in St. Louis killing people and mentions 1968 when Michigan Governor George Romney withdrew his candidacy for the Republican nomination.
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St. Louis
Michigan
George
Romney
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