Sierra Club Critiques Mineral King Development Plan
The Sierra Club sues to block public access to Mineral King in the High Sierra arguing development harms scenery and natural resources. The editorial rebuts the club while urging tight but broad open access to preserve California’s outdoor heritage.
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THE
Sierra Club
Mineral King Project
Mineral King
High Sierra
Interior and Agriculture Departments
Cabrillo Beach
California
Senate bill 471 would require front side hand cranks
Sacramento debate on Senate bill 471 proposes adding hand cranks to power window cars to provide safety during power loss. The Glendale News-Press notes the measure as an extreme preventive idea, reflecting cautious daily risk extrapolations.
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Sacramento
Glendale
Weather Forecast Hits Gambling World in Nevada Riff
Bill Vaughan jokes that bad weather in early 1969 hurt Nevada casinos, estimating losses while riffing on gin rummy at swimming pools and neon-lit sin cities. He imagines a weather alert for gambling and mocks the idea of weather driving gamblers indoors.
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Nevada
Orriilion
Roeking
Reno
Las Vegas
Weather Bureau
Filoxi
Miss
Michigan Peninsula
Great Plains
Josses
Joseph Napolitano
The
Gaming World
Melrose
Mass
Vila Casino
Napolitano
Do-Gooders Spark National Crisis Warns Hoover
The piece condemns left and right extremism and calls for restoring lawful order. J Edgar Hoover and William C Sullivan warn colleges and industry about dangers, urging knowledge over ignorance, justice over inequality, and freedom under law. The text emphasizes ending nihilism and tyranny while safeguarding education and civic order.
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Washington — F
Old
New
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J. Edgar Hoover
William C. Sullivan
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Sullivan
Hoover
England to enforce fair play in gambling houses
Editorial reports that England will begin enforcing fair play in gambling establishments. It notes a preexisting boom with about 1,200 clubs and a $250 million gross, the Mafia influence, Napolitano's arrest, and plans to license casinos and standardize game rules under a new Gaming Board to curb profits.
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England
Gaming Board
Scotland Yard
London
Britain
House of Lords
Lords
Colony Sporting Club
George Rafts Colony Sporting Club
Old Player Has New Part in Allen and Goldsmith
Washington notes show Defense Secretary Gates and critics clashing over intelligence on the Soviet ICBM gap. Symington and Fulbright accuse doctored estimates as Nixon era ABM debate resurfaces amid concerns over SS-9 deployment and potential Kremlin buildup.
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Washington
Symington
Kremlin
United States
Gales
Kennedy
Robert S. McNamara
J. William Fulbright
D-Ark
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Pentagon
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Nixon
CIA
NIE
Fulbright
Senate
Russia
Symington Group
Nixon deescalation in Vietnam casts long political shadow
Washington views Nixon's plan to withdraw 25,000 troops as a largely semantic move with limited military impact. Critics call it tokenism, while allies and enemies interpret it as a propaganda step that unlikely alters the war's course. The piece warns future concessions may invite greater demands and risks for U.S. strategy.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
United States
Senate
Olfer
George McGovern
South Dakota
Ore
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Leary
Walter Trohan
James Callaghan
Labor
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OSE
Allen & Goldsmith
National Intelligence Board
Office of National Fi
U.S
Intelligence Board
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