Midway troop withdrawals raise questions on de Americanization
Guest editorial argues that announced Midway withdrawals symbolize a de Americanization process in Vietnam strategy. It weighs risks of Hanoi pressing for total control, Saigon’s readiness, and the feasibility of gradual troop reductions while maintaining stalemate and political compromise under international supervision. The piece notes limited impact of withdrawing 25,000 troops and calls de Americanization a guiding policy experiment.
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Nixon
Thieu
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Vietnam
Saigon
WALL
Journal
Fulbright Plan Aims to Limit Presidential War Powers
Washington reports that Senator Fulbright’s national commitment resolution seeks prior congressional approval for major foreign policy moves. President Nixon privately resists. Senator Gale McGee denounces the measure as neo isolationist and a danger to executive authority and Senate influence.
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Gale McGee
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J. Wiliam Fulbright
DK Ark
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Tonkin Gulf
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Lyndon Johnson
McGies
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Foreign Relations Committee
Appropriations Committee
McGee
Earth
Free World
Mulbright
Vietnam
Job Corps Cutback Impacts Clinton Iowa Center
Clinton Job Corps Center, one of seven of 17 women trainee centers to close, will dismantle after two months. The program, run by General Learning Corp, faced high costs and political scrutiny, yet helped 75 to 80 percent of 4,000 trainees find jobs, military, or return to school.
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Veterans
General Learning Corporation
General Electric and
Tima, Inc
Clinton Center
Aie
National Alliance of Business Men
Public Process Disrupted as Congress Sees Tight Security
Vast, silent Senate and House chambers scaled back inquiries on Nixon era unrest. Security halted public access to hearings on Warren Burger and Students for a Democratic Society, with heavy guards, limited press, and no public attendance. The mood on Capitol Hill reflected a deeply unsettled era.
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House
Dakota Plains
Nixon
United States
Warren E. Burger
Senate Judiciary Committee
Burger
John R. Nowpel
Senate Internal Security Subcommittee
Capitol Hill
Norpel
House Internal Security Committee
House Committee On un-American Activities
House Caucus Room
Alger Hiss
Walttaker Chambers
California
Nixson
Students For
Richard H. Jehord
Frank — Jie
Capitol
One More Curious Move In Vietnam War Debate
Walter Trohan surveys reactions to the 25,000 troop withdrawal, noting mixed hopes for peace. He traces the war’s arc from 1946 to Geneva and contrasts hawk and dove views, highlighting containment and shifting U.S. strategy amid criticism.
U S Involvement in South Vietnam Through Key Eras
A compact flagrant history of American aid and troop levels in South Vietnam from 1954 through the Kennedy and Nixon eras. It notes Eisenhower advisers, escalation under Kennedy Johnson, and later troop reductions by Nixon, alongside bombing pauses and strategic goals. It mentions Saigon embassy attacks Haiphong harbor and North Vietnam versus South Vietnam.
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United States
South Viet Nam
Kennedy-Johnsons
Comebat
Nixon
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Saigon
Haiphong
Red Russia
Voices on school funding and student protest debates
Readers complain about teacher pay raises and program curtailments tied to tax defeats. A second letter condemns student protests and draft dodger claims, alleging park destruction and Communist influence, calling for re-education and payment for damages.
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