Crisis for the U N as Nasser tests Middle East peace
The piece portrays Egyptian President Abdul Nasser as a chronic provocateur who threatens to bar Israeli shipping from the Gulf of Aqaba. It argues the latest crisis tests the United Nations peacemaking role after U N troops left the gulf, with Egyptian forces moving into the shipping lane. It questions global resolve to condemn and resist new aggression and criticizes the UN record of action.
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Gulf of Aqaba
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Israel
California National Guard Faces Rank Debate Over Size
Sen George Murphy argues to keep California Army National Guard at two divisions totaling 25000 to 30000 men to cover disaster flood nuclear strike and civil disturbances. Defense Department proposes trimming to three brigades reducing total force by about 3000 while preserving retention of two-division command structure. Murphy notes flood and earthquakes frequent and stresses rapid deployment between northern and southern metropolises.
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Calif
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Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Bolsa Island water desalinization bold joint venture
James J Kilpatrick reports on the Bolsa Island Project a proposed large scale seawater desalination plant off Los Angeles. The plan includes two nuclear plants 150 million gallons daily output by 1977 a private public and federal funding mix and a goal to price drinking water around 27 cents per thousand gallons. If successful it could ease Colorado River disputes and spur future nuclear powered water and energy solutions.
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Los Angeles
Hoover Dam
Bolsa Island
Colorado River
Metropolitan ‘Water District
California
A Prayer For Today Blessing of quietness and peace
A devotional fragment asks for the gracious Father in heaven to send Thy Spirit of quietness and peace amid world changes and tensions. It seeks abiding love so we may be settled, established, and strengthened through Jesus. Amen.
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Jesus
Dr. Russell
J. W. Fulbright
Robert Kennedy
Wayne Morse
The Age Of Leisure Glorifies Mediocrity
IT. N. ALEXAKOS argues against the idea that shorter work weeks and more leisure will cultivateself improvement. He contends leisure risks crime and crowding out genuine achievement, criticizing sociologists and labor leaders who praise universal self betterment through idle time.
Patriotism as a Virus in Morale and My Nation
Morie Ryskind argues patriotism is a dangerous virus sweeping the land again. He links public displays of flag devotion to anti peace protests, cites a New Left UCLA teach in 1986 and VIVA, and laments doves urging Ho Chi Minh to peace talks. He mentions senators, labor leaders, and figures like Fulbright and Morse in critique.
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Dorothy Healey
UCLA
VIVA
Victory
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Vietnam
Notable events from 1787 to 1964 in brief
A quick review notes the first regular session of the U S Constitutional Convention at Independence Hall in Philadelphia in 1787. It recalls Babe Ruth's 714th and final home run in 1935 with the Boston Braves in Pittsburgh. It mentions Shanghai falling to Chinese Communists in 1949 as Nationalist troops left. It cites the 1964 Supreme Court ruling that closing public schools to avoid integration in Prince Edward County, Virginia, was unconstitutional. A thought from Ralph Waldo Emerson on health and pomp concludes.
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