Toward A National Absurdity on Unitry School System
A discussion of court orders requiring cross bus ing and district consolidation to create a unitary school system across Richmond Detroit and beyond. It notes rulings by Judge Merhige Roth and appeals by NAACP counsel Louis R. Lucas and cites Senator Sam J. Ervin critiquing broad consolidations. The piece warns of expanding unitary systems from cities to regions and the threat to federalism.
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HEW
Danville
Richmond
Robert R. Merhige, Jr
Henrico
Chesterfield
U.S. Fourth Circuit Court of Appeals
Merhige
Richmond School Board
U.S
Stephen J. Roth
Detroit
Roth
Wayne
Michigan
Louis R. Lucas
NAACP
Supreme Court
Frank Kelley
U.S. Supreme Court
U.S. Senate
Sam J. Ervin
North Carolina
Fourth Circuit
J. Braxton Craven, Jr
Pathers
Doors Ajar Policy As Nixon Kissinger visit Tokyo signals open doors
The Nixon Administration shows it has not closed Tokyo's door while opening one to Beijing. Kissinger reports constructive talks with Prime Minister Eisaku Sato, suggesting solid friendship with Japan. Japanese diplomacy and citizen gestures are cited as signs of enduring international understanding and compassion.
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Tokyo
Peking
Henry Kissinger
United States
Nixon
Eisaku Sato
China
Kissinger
New York City
Hoisting Iron City Beer Faces Boycott Over Hire Deal
A Pittsburgh area boycott of Iron City Beer follows a hiring agreement with the NAACP to increase Black representation. The NAACP secured a contract with Pittsburgh Brewing Co after a prolonged Black community boycott, while earnings decline. The piece notes local reactions and urges continued consumption in Allegheny County taverns as political tensions unfold.
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Iron City
Pittsburgh
Our Man In Pittsburgh
NAACP
Pittsburgh Brewing Co
Gandii
Martin Luther Wing
Allegheny County
Tron City
Brotherhood of Man
Nixon as Wilson or Not A Review of Whalen Book
John Chamberlain discusses Richard J. Whalen the author of Catch the Waiting Flag analyzing Nixon in 1968 his staffers Ehrlichman Haldeman and the president and contrasts Nixon with Wilson and Chamberlain He notes Nixon's pragmatism and fear of open policy stance while praising Whalens critique of Nixon seeking to govern not reign and urging more focus on Nixon Kissinger and foreign policy dynamics.
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Richard J. Whalen
Dick Whalen
Wall Street Journal
Fortune Magazine
Quuit
John Ehrlich
Bob Haldeman
Nixon
John Mitchells
Whalen
Nixon Dick Whalen
Ehrlichman
Haldeman
Tomain
Wooding
Wilson
Woodrow Wilson
United States
Washington
James D. Hodgson
Amalgamated
Clothing Workers Convention
Sonian
U.S. Senate
Afl-Cio
George Meany
George McGovern
Hodgson
Asia
Moscow
Peking
Fulbright
McGovern
McGovern Support, California Vote, and Kennedy Machine
McGovern outspent Humprey in Southern California on TV ads and volunteers but failed to win the region. A Field poll late in the contest inflated his lead, leaving him with questions about nomination prospects. Mills criticizes McGovern for backroom deals and wavering on programs amid a shifting Democratic power play.
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George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
Los Angeles
McGovern
California
Melvin Field
Miami
Democrate
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Walter Reuther
House
Senate
Capitol Hill
Wilbur Mills
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
South
Treaties With Russia Reframe Parity In Nuclear Dialogue
Washington observers note Congress was unsettled by the Moscow arms limit accord and Nixon's deft handling. The piece explains a shift in the concept of parity to reflect a generation gap and the balance of Russian and American capabilities, with emphasis on leadership dynamics at Summit 72.
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Washington, D.c
Congress
Nixos
Capitol Hill
Eisenhower
Geneva
Kennedy
Vienna
Johnson
Glassboro
Nixon
Kremlin
White House
Defense
Laird
Ussr
Parting Shots on Arms Race and Summit Warnings
A compact column critiques Cold War anxieties amid Senate and House debates on the arms race. It notes calls for new multi billion dollar programs like Trident subs and B 1 bombers under treaty terms, while lawmakers demand clarity on costs, NATO withdrawals, and the ABM shield. President's summit is seen as a promising start, with Congress needing persuading and oversight.
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Congress
Defense Department
George Mahon
Laird
Mansfield
NATO
Proxmire
Washington, D.C
Prexte
McGovern Alters Stance On Abortion And Tax Plan
The piece analyzes Jeffrey Hart and George McGovern pivoting from anti abortion to state based abortion policy and questions rising from his tax and redistribution proposals. It notes critics’ view that McGovern’s figures are off by about 20 billion and that his plans could strain the middle class, while he seeks to appear more market friendly.
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George McGovern
McGovern
McGovern’s shift in stance amid California surge analysis
The piece analyzes McGovern’s political moves at the Governor’s Conference in Houston. It contrasts his tax reform stances with Mills and notes a Wall Street Journal ad where he retracted prior economic proposals. It highlights California polling shifts from 20 to 5 percent and argues McGovern’s protest candidacy perception faded as he became frontrunner. It questions if Republicans will allow a decisive shift.
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McGovern
Congress
Mills
Chainman Mills
Democratic Party
Edward Kennedy
California
Miami
Houston
Wilbur Mills
Ark
Wall Street Journal
Humphrey
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