Postmaster Patronage Faces End Under Open Competition
The article notes that 3400 new postmasters and rural carriers are appointed yearly, often via political patronage. It discusses President Noxon and Postmaster General Biountz planning to end patronage, favoring open competitive exams, while Congress resists to protect patronage and local posts, arguing delivery efficiency may improve.
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Congress
Rep
Daniel
Noxon
Winton M. Biountz
Buount
PMG
End of Grace Period in University Disputes
The piece argues that campus unrest driven by militant minority student groups has escalated after initial attempts at negotiation. It asserts universities offered a grace period, now needing disciplinary action to restore calm, with revolutions labeled as violent disruptions by a disciplined minority. It references Madison Berkeley Duke and San Francisco scenes and notes Mao and Viet Cong symbolism among some militants.
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University of Wisconsin
Madison
Students For A Democratic Society
Wisconsin
University of California Berkeley
San Francisco State College
Duke University
Durham
Mao Tse-rune
Mao
Ho Cui Minu
Liao Ho-shuh
Gobbledygook
Hague
Netherlands
U.S
Washington
Warsaw
Peking
Lina No-shuh
Taiwan
Taipei
China ‘Post
Robert A. Scalapino
Berkeley
California
Far East
Scalapino
Mao Tseiung
China
Asia
Mao Tse-tung
Red China
Dr. Scalapino
U.S. States Department
Moscow
Nixon
Hahn Resignation Debate Hits Virginia Tech Board
An executive session over Hahn's gubernatorial bid reveals he offered to resign. board members say no formal action was taken. The editorial argues the university should remain nonpartisan and free its president to pursue politics, returning VT to full-time education.
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Virginias Tech
Board of Visitors
T. Marshaly Hahn
Haun
Hann
MarsHal
Hahn
Virginia
Virginia Tech
Dr. Haun
VPI
U.S. Foremostness Questioned by D. C. Column
Holmes Alexander discusses American military and industrial flaws, citing Apollo, submarines, air disasters, and U S Soviet competition. He cites Nixon and Stennis proposals as right steps, critiques “doctors plot” to curb profits, and condemns postwar reform aims toward sufficiency over excellence.
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Washington, D. C
Ralph Nader
Forrestal
Enterprise
Scoprion
Thresher
Aeroflot
House
Armed Services Committee
Ussr
USA
Senate Preparedness Committee
Nixon
Stennis
Preparedness
Catbird
Armed Services
Russell
Appropriations
Defense
Laird
White House
Senate
Defense Department
Washington Post
Realist view on Red China and Soviet moves in Cuba
The column argues Red China may cool to deeper U.S. ties while Moscow presses a world power bid. It notes Maoist hesitation, Soviet gains near Cuba, and Cuba becoming a nuclear base with Cuban facilities and Russian labs. It calls for tougher U.S. surveillance and counterintelligence before any nonproliferation treaty Senate vote.
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Nixon
Kremlin
Soviet Union
Moscow
United States
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchevv
Soviet Ministry of Defense
Mediterranean
Cuba
America
Managua
Havana
White House
Cabal ‘W
U.S
San Antonio de Los Banos
Cuban Aeronautics Authority
Central ‘Intelligence Agency
U-2
Air Force
Johnson
Robert “Strange |McNatmara
Defense
Melvin Robert Laird
Senate
Senator Soaper Says on politics and culture mix
A collage of opinions and jokes on politicians and culture. References include Henry Ford II beating Howard Hughes for outstanding 1968 businessman, Congress approving a 41 percent pay raise, and debates over poverty. Mention of sycamore paper products and Nixon Roosevelt quips appear amid a satirical voice.
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Henry Ford II
Howard Hughes
Arizona Solar and Sky Observatory Rise in 20th Century
Geographic Arizona emerges as a premier region for astronomy due to clear air and high mountain observatories. By 1972 Kitt Peak will house the world's second largest reflecting telescope, while Lowell and Tombaugh history mark Arizona as a growing hub of planetary and solar research with ongoing development along Papago lands.
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Arizona
National Geographic Society
Hope
California
Mount Plaomar
Kitt Peak
Tucson
Mars
Percival Lowell
Amy Lowell
Hovard University
Abbott Lawrence Lowell
Boston
Earth
Lowell
Papago
National Astronomical Observatory
Ee-ee-toi
McMath
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Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Congressional
Valentine
Holmes Alexander
Ralph de Toledano
Russia
Post
Tomas
Richard Stubbing
John
Chamberlain
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Cleveland
Soaper
Dick Nixon
Theodore Roosevelt
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