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A melancholy Fourth of July mood in a call for national reflection
The piece reflects a somber national mood as the United States marks the 197th independence anniversary while grappling with Watergate. It questions historical perspective, calls for accountability of leaders, and urges a renewed commitment to the founding ideals of equality, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness.
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United States
Lemuel Adams
Congress
Climb Up Sierra Madre Across the Pacific Line Tales
Jenkin Lloyd Jones narrates a Sierra Madre journey by Twin Otter from Villa Constitution across Caja and Gulf waters toward Los Mochis and Topolobampo. The trip traces El Pacifico and the Chihuahua al Pacifico line, with memories of Owen and Stilwell, tunnels, canyons, and the Creel high road ending in El Canon de Cobre.
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Villa Constitution
Caja
Gulf of California
Albert Kimsey Owen
Pennsylvania
Atlanta
New Orleans
Owen
Patie
Mexico
Arthur Stilwell
Kansas City Southern
Kansas City
Pancho Villa
el Metrocarroll Chihuahua al Pacifico
Los Mochis
el Canon de Cobre
Grand Canyon
Creel
Obreros
la Junta
Great Loop
San Rafael
Canadian Pacific
Tehachapi
Southern Pacific
Confederate flag clash in Tennessee schools prompts high court debate
Russell Kirk argues federal and state courts protect pupil rights to wear political insignia, while Chattanooga public schools ban the Confederate flag. He notes the Supreme Court recently denied certiorari in related rebel symbol cases, suggesting a evolving view of free speech in education amid calls to erase Confederate legacy.
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SNCC
Chattanooga
Tennessee
Jattersiay
Supreme Court of
United States
Mao
Letters to the editor Wake up you Americans
Worried Castro Valley writes a polemical plea urging Americans to wake up to perceived Soviet and Communist threats. He questions the opening of the Soviet Russian Consulate in San Francisco and criticizes the press and government for alleged pro Communism and inaction. He cites prisons in Soviet Russia and Vietnam, and calls for prayer, penance, and awareness.
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San Francisco
Georgi Kornienko
America
Brezhnev
Soviet Russia
Baltic
Lithuania
Estonia
Latvia
Soviet Union
United Nations
Vietnam
Supreme Court
Communist Party
United States
Sedital corrections on Anderson column about antitrust case links
The letter disputes Jack Anderson’s Monday column asserting a $2,672 donation tied to an antitrust settlement. It argues the golf course project at the Western White House occurred in 1969, predating ITT’s involvement, and that Scott contributed materials since then totaling about $2,072.50 with other lawn care business in 1972.
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Jack Anderson
San Clemente
Gutting Friends of the President
White House
O. M. Scott Company
Scott
California
Anderton
Scall
Sheraton Corporation
San Diego
Convention and Visitors Bureau
Anderson
Washington window How to quiz the President
The piece weighs whether Nixon should face cross examination by reporters about Watergate. A news conference may be the only forum but access to documents and sworn statements would be limited. Reporters would rely on leaks and public testimony, with depth of follow up hampered by time and format.
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George J. Marder Washington
UPI
Nixon
White House
Senate
Walgate
CLA
GTA
Mexico
FBI
John Mitchell
Nixon not a perfect rascal in tough Senate era glare
A Washington column argues that American presidents rarely embody ideal villainy and that Richard Nixon, though flawed, compares favorably to greater scoundrels in history. It cites Washington Adams Jackson Lincoln Grant and others to claim public figures are judged by outcomes over moral perfection. The piece contends the first amendment allows vilification but does not condemn the public’s current view of Nixon.
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Bourbon
France
Britain
Issimos
America
Touguery
Nixon
George Washington
Page Smith
John Adams
Andrew Jackson
Lincoln
Grant
Cleveland
Ervin Committee
Brezhnev
Armission
Vondella
Florida
California
John Dean
Hremlin
Breukner
John Wayne
Paine
Callender
Thomas Jefferson
Pegler
Franklin Roosevelt
J. F. Stone
Richard Nixon
Great Society
Vietnam
Bunkum
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Sierra Madre
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Topolobampo
Pyramids
Parthenon
Eiffel Tower
Russell Kirk
Supreme Courts
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Ihera
Johnny Rebs
Wid Confederacy
Mason's and
Dixon
Robert H. Lee
Washington and Lee University
Tom Jord
Lee
Robert E. Lee
Canada
Grand Army of the Republic
T.S. Eliot
Allen Tate
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Castro Valley
Washington
Holmes Alexander Tie
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Washington, D.C