Death of Field Marshal Montgomery a British military icon fades
The obituary recalls Bernard Law Montgomery known as Monty, his age, stature in British history, and role in World War II. It notes his stubborn patience before action, clashes with American leaders, and leadership during the Ardennes period as Allied forces closed on the Rhine.
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Bernard Law Montgomery
Viscount Montgomery
Alamein
Monty
Douglas MacArthur
Congress
Duke of Wellington
Great Britain
Montgomery
Rommel
Italy
France
Germany
Holland
21St Army Group
U.S
Ninth Army
Ardennes
Omar Bradley
Bureaucratic Responsiveness and GSA Land Sale
The General Services Administration plans to convey a 17 acre Nike site near Herndon to the Northern Virginia Community College for warehousing and a learning institute six miles from the NVCC campus. Senators Byrd Scott governors and congressmen urged park use, but the GSA option reflects bureaucratic responsiveness.
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General Services Administration
Carson City
National Archives
Nike
Washington
Herndon
Fairfax County
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
William L. Scott
Mills E. Godwin, Jr
Virginia
Herbert E. Harris
Joseph L. Fisher
GSA
Carl Sell
Fairfax County Park Authority
Northern Virginia Community College
NVCC
Senator Soaper Automobiles Financing Four Years
A columnist notes the shift to four year financing for Senator Soaper automobiles reflecting longer product lifespans. The piece then shifts to Kansas City facing a hotel shortage during the Republican convention and jokes about the party sleeping in the streets. It closes with a psychiatrist praising cooking as therapy and a playful jab at past culinary trends.
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Kansas City
Rhodesia and Mozambique: a warning from de Toledano
Ralph de Toledano argues that rushed black majority rule across Rhodesia and Mozambique will trigger violence, economic collapse, and mass white emigration. He condemns international pressures from Britain, the UN, and the United States, warning of chaos and regional instability.
John Chamberlain on Soviet Atlantic Policy and fears
The author argues the Soviet Union uses long term strategy and map reading to shape events, while the United States reacts to past crises. He critiques slogans like have no more Vietnams and contends Moscow sustains costly proxies such as North Vietnamese, Cuban forces, and other satellites to die for its glory.
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Norway
Oslo
Iceland
NATO
Seaboard
America
U.S. Navy
North Atlantic
Africa
U.S
Frank Church
Idaho
George McGovern
South Dakota
Ford as conservative on surface yet liberal in policy
Analyzes President Ford's campaign image as a conservative appealing to Republicans while backing or endorsing liberal actions in Detroit busing quotas in the District of Columbia and legal services reforms. Critiques appointments and foreign policy stance, contrasting rhetoric with actions and warning of Soviet naval and geopolitical maneuvering affecting U.S. interests.
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Washington
Gerald Ford
Mr. Foard
Ronald Reagan
Ford
Welkin
Detroit
District of Columbia
Legal Services
Legal Services Corp
Norway
Foreign Policy Institute
Kola
NATO
Comparative Paragon letter to the editor
James H. Rademacher, president of the National Association of Letter Carriers, defends the USPS in a letter to the editor. He notes 89 billion pieces of mail last year, claims over 99.9 percent delivery on time, and argues U.S. rates are the lowest among major countries while other nations face financial and efficiency troubles.
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Washington
Rhodesia
Salisbury
Mozambique
Portugal
United Nations
Samora
Editar
USPS
Theister
Postal Service
Government
Free World
Great Britain
West Germany
Sweden
Austria
France
American Postal Service
James H. Rademacher
National Association of Letter Carriers
Parting Shots and Political Fallout in a Campaign
A candidate drops out after his partner's efforts with a cherished family recipe and voters seek true character. Schools face the TV generation, retired teachers recalled, Capitol Hill aging lawmakers retreat to family life and pensions. Gerald Ford appears strong as voters demand real impressions and await potential vetoes to shape law.
World Too Small For Such Foes in Cold War Arms Race
A Washington column argues that from Ford to Brezhnev the superpowers pursue a slow, multi-year arms buildup rather than a crash program. It warns against assurances of no first strike and stresses the danger of Soviet scientific gains amid domestic pacifism and public fatigue with defense spending.
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Washington, D.C
Laurence Sterne
Toby
Ford
Brezhnev
Russia
Defense Department
Soviet Union
Defense
Donald Rumsfeld
Congress
American Defense Department
Capitol Hill
United States
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Fisenhower
Second Army
U.S. First Army
Roer River
Rhine River
Rhur
Senator Soaper
Ralph de Toledano
Machel
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Gulag
Machet
Britain
Henry Kissinger
John Chamberlain
South Vietnam
Angola
Moscow
Mr. Stanton Evans
Walter Washington
Tosen
John Tunney
Calif
D-S.d
Nelson Rockefiler
James Schlesinger
Fidel Castro
Panama
Jacob
Esau
Tropics
Atlantic Ocean
South Africa
Zambia
Indian Ocean
Atlantic
Kerneth Kaunda
London
American-African Affairs Association
Kaunda
South West Africa
South Atlantic
Arctic
Kola Peninsula
D.C
Henry
Gaisis
Leitner, Morain, Hinderer
THE
State Department
Lovage
Doszel
Holmes Alexander
Danville
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