Cuba’s Safety Push Under Castro Shifts Car Use
The Associated Press notes Cuba’s safety gains from traffic controls under Castro since 1959. Vehicle bans and later gasoline rationing reduced private cars from 300,000 to under 100,000, diminishing traffic deaths and pollution while limiting nonofficial motor use.
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Castro
Batista
Havana
Rome
Paris
Associated Press
Cuba
Communist Party
Soviet Union
From Dulles to Tegel a tale of two airports
The piece compares Dulles International and Washington National, noting Dulles’ beauty yet limited traffic and the challenge of city distance. It parallels West Berlin’s Templehof and Tegel, detailing Tegel’s postwar rise, 1948 airlift, and a 150 million Deutsche Marks modernization plan to handle five million passengers annually, shaping future jet travel.
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Dulles International Airport
Washington National Airport
Potomac
Virginia
Dulles
Washington
West Berlin
Templehof
Tegel
U.S
Berlin
Withdrawal Makes Start of U S Military Reductions
The article notes 25,000 troops to withdraw from Vietnam but only one infantry battalion is marked for deactivation. It highlights a broader plan to shrink the U S worldwide military presence while maintaining strategic reserves and ongoing commitments. It questions the pace and scope, citing costs and global impact.
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Vietnam
U.S
Careerism in government sparking name debate and insult
Joseph Young of the Washington Star praised a government official as a careerist, prompting a dictionary clash over the term. The official cited Webster to define careerism as advancing one’s career often at integrity’s expense. The debate questions what to call government workers civil servants.
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Joseph Young
Washington Star
Young
Webster's Dictionary
Which Road For Pompidou in France After De Gaulle
Political observers weigh Georges Pompidou stance toward de Gaulle era policy and possible shifts in France’s foreign and economic course. The piece analyzes Pompidou’s likely approach to Europe, the United States, and NATO, with attention to Israel Arab talks, French monetary woes, and domestic unrest.
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M. Pompidou
S Gaulle
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France
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Germany
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Pompidou
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Georges Pompidou
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Soviet Union
Israel
Tasy
Egypt
Syria
Sixmandale
National Assembly
Europe
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Fertile Crescent
Pompeou
United States
NATO
Nulea
le Grand Charles
Nixonite policies and Train face conservation clash
Holmes Alexander surveys Interior Secretary Russell Train and Secretary Hickel amid debates on conservation versus exploitation. He notes Train’s anti-business leanings within a Republican era, hints at a proposed Department of Natural Resources, and foresees a tough 1972 campaign with smear tactics.
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Russell Train
Interior Department
Hickel
Senator Mondale
Minn
Mondale
Senate
Train
Theokel
America
Trai
John Hanlon
Ashas
Georg Pompidou
Vrain
Department of Natural Resources
Mwe
Alaska
Millard Fillmore
Arctic
May Day Slogans Signal Tough Soviet Foreign Policy
Washington Post Moscow correspondent Anatole Shub exposes Novosti selling news to Western media at high rates, while Radio Liberty and the Institute for the Study of the USSR dissect May Day slogans. Analysts warn of intensified Cold War rhetoric, stalled reforms, and a hardening Soviet stance toward the West and Vietnam. Richard Allen notes policy stays unless domestic arrangements change.
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Anatole Shub
Washington Post
Moscow
Novosti
Washington
Herb Klein
Nixon
Scotty Reston
New York Times
Arthur Burns
Daniel Patrick Moynihan
Shub
Soviet Union
Radio Liberty
Institute For the Study of
Ussr
Institute For the Study of the
Kremlin
Richard Nixon
U.S
Carpathian
Czechoslovakia
Christian Duevel
Mr. Duegel
Ota Sik
Prague
Lars Herman Achminov
Central Committee
Achminov
Europe
United States
Duevel
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Paris
Saigon
Richard Allen
Radio Liberty Institute For the Study of
Mr. Allen
Mediterranean Fear as Soviet Sail Returns to Power
Italian officials and Yugoslav leaders warn Moscow seeks dominance in the Mediterranean as the Sixth Fleet’s authority wanes. Nenni and Tito push for direct talks on Mediterranean issues amid growing Soviet naval activity, including the Moskva carrier and patrols at Alexandria Latakia and Mers-el-Kebir.
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Russia
U.S
Vietnam
West Europe
America
Italy
NATO
Tito
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Luigi Longo
Longo
Kremlin
Nenni
Albania
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China
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Moskva
Thomas H. Moorer
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Mers-el-Kebir
Algeria
Israel
Black Sea
Soviet Union
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Asia
Africa
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
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