The Modern Irreconcilables and Postwar Debate
A historical look at the Irreconcilables in the Senate who opposed the Versailles Treaty and later ghosted U S foreign policy. It names Henry Casot Lopee and J William Fupricut among leaders, cites figures like Fulbright and Kennedy, and notes antiwar sentiment after Midway.
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Senate
Wilson
Henry Casot Lopee
Massachusetts
U.S
Paris
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
J. Willliam Fupricut
Arkansas
Nixon
Vietnam
Teachers Face Coercion Over Compulsory Union Fees
Grand Blanc English teacher Mrs Applegate opposed a compulsory agency contract that forced all district teachers to pay dues to a reformed education association. She was fired after refusing dues, despite petitions. The case goes to the State Tenure Commission as editors critique voluntarism and claim schools serve all people, not a union.
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Caron Applegate
Applegate
GBEA
Kerry Burcer
Board of Education
State Tenure Commission
Grand Blanc News
Paris Air Show showcases advanced airborne weapons
The Paris Air Show highlights defensive arms with notable exhibits. British Aircraft Corporation presents the Rapier low level guided system. A West German firm pitches a compact rocket. The U S shows a reconnaissance fighter sold to 15 countries since 1962 at 1 million each. 500 built, 500 planned. Italy proposes a light attack helicopter. Yugoslavia displays low winged jets. Most buyers are not aligned with the Soviets, making it a free world defense fair.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
House Armed Services Committee
British Aircraft Corporation
Strategic Bomber Command
West
United States
Italy
Yugoslavia
The Marvelous Cranks and the Funny Fringe of Yesteryear
A humorous lament on outdated eccentricists once seen as entertaining oddities. The piece mocks modern critics who lack wit, contrasts old gags and figures like Old Man Henderson with current complacency, and notes changing attitudes toward technology and sex education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Becks
Max Sennett
Henderson
Laugl
John Borch Society
Vietnam
King Lardner
Brief Letters to the Editor Urge Concise Points
Readers urge brevity in Letters to the Editor, emphasizing that concise writing best conveys the author’s point. Propelled by a preference for clarity, the notes stress not exceeding 400 words to ensure readability and impact.
Postal Service Reform Stalled By Congress and Unions
Ralph de Toledano argues that Congress and postal unions resist a Nixon Blount plan to transform the Post Office into a government corporation. He condemns deteriorating service, mismanagement, and political patronage while predicting self sufficiency and improved efficiency if the reform proceeds, though lawmakers remain cool and threats of labor opposition persist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Nixson
Winton M. Blount
Postal Service
Post Office
Washington
New York
Nixon
Lawrence O'Brien
Chicago
Denver
Congressmen
Daley
Executive Branch
Capitol Hill
House
Senate Post Office
Unions
Blount
Uncle Sam
Berkeley Campus Faces Crisis of Academic Freedom and Order
National Guard and police deployed to Berkeley as protests disrupt the campus. The piece argues for firm action against radicals while warning that leniency by faculty risks eroding Western civilization teaching. It suggests emergency measures by state authorities or royal commissions to restore order and protect genuine professors and students.
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National Guard of California
University of California At
Berkleley
Telegraph Avenue
National Guard
Academy of Lagado
Berkeley
Roger Heyns
Hardin Jones
America
Britain
University of California At Berkeley
University of California
Ronald Reagan
Suburban summer exercise teased with mower cart and motor
A clipped editorial voice mocks politicians while describing a suburban American summer workout. It suggests a senator and President Nixon style authority may fail to hold attention. The piece notes common suburban tools like a riding lawnmower golf cart and outboard motor as oddly portable ways to stay active.
Kennedy on practical policy and problem solving in government
Holmes Alexander Kennedy, Treasury Secretary, discusses limits of computerized solutions and the human element in education and poverty. He criticizes over selling domestic and foreign aid programs, favors training apprentices to ease housing and inflation, notes complex aid programs, and cites his background with the Federal Reserve and Treasury. He stresses steady, pragmatic governance and willingness to take heat to pursue policy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Chicago
David Kennedy
Treasury
Kennedy
Warren
Alliance For Progress
Mr. Kennedy
Defense Department
Presidio
San Francisco
Treasure Island
Golden Gate Bridge
HUD
Romney
Nixon
Hamilton
Gallatin
Morganthau
Dillion
Treasury Department
Federal Reserve System
George Humphrey
Teller Presses ABM Defense In U.S. Security Debate
Edward Teller urges a pilot Safeguard ABM deployment and defends nuclear deterrence while warning that Soviet anti missile capabilities are advancing. He cites past wartime and research work and argues for timely action despite unresolved scientific questions.
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Edward Teller
J. Robert Oppenheimer
Teller
Jerome B. Wiesner
Abram Chayes
Edward Kennedy
Nixon
Congress
U.S
Tyuratam Space Center
Cape Kennedy
Atra
Dr. Teller
Russia
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Fulbright
McGovern
South Dakota
GayLorp Nelson
Wisconsin
Stephen Youne
Ohio
EugEne J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Edward M. Kennedy
Midway
Davin Abernathy
The
Raleigh News and Observer
Pentagon
Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Los Angeles
Miami
Ralph de Toledano
Russell Kirk
Senator Soaper
Holmes Alexander
John Chamberlain
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