Senate Votes for Big Spending and New Aide Proposals
The Senate approved 69 to 22 a budget plan totaling 365 billion dollars for the coming fiscal year and adding 70 billion to the public debt. Proposals seek hundreds of millions for personal assistants for each senator, with two for major committees and one for minor ones. Virginia’s Senator Byrd warned against the philosophy of expanding deficits and urged restraint. He urged Congress to honor Edna St. Vincent Millay with an Economics Award and quoted her lines about lighting a candle at both ends.
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U.S. Senate
Washington
Senate
Virginia
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Muskie
United States
Byrd
Congress
Edna St. Vincent Millay
Republicans Press Open Meetings To End King Caucus Control
The House Republican Conference votes to open meetings to press and public, urging Democrats to join. 59 Republicans approve while 17 oppose, arguing secrecy blocks debate and harms governance. Representative Bill Frenzel says action may smoke King Caucus from his room, warning closed sessions are dangerous to political health.
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House
Bill Frenzel
Minnesota
King
Royal Discrimination and the Royal Succession
Britain's new sex discrimination act could alter the line of succession. Princess Anne, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II, ranks fourth under the 300 year old settlement. If she ascends, her three brothers would be displaced. the tradition favors male heirs with Prince Charles first, then Prince Andrew and Prince Edward.
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Britain
William II
Anne
Elizabeth I
Prince Philip
Prince Charles
Prince Andrew
Prince Edward
Princess Anne urged to use law for succession
Bruce George, a Labor MP, urged Princess Anne to use sex discrimination act provisions to place herself ahead of her two younger brothers in the line of succession. He called it an undoubted right once the act becomes law, noting Labor’s usual hesitance to boost the crown or have women in leadership roles.
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Bruce George
Labor
George
Anne
San Clemente
Richard Nixon
Vietnam
Nixon
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
John Milton
No Easy Victim South Korea Sets Example For Asia
The piece argues against domino theory fears and praises South Korea as a democratic, battle ready nation that rebuilt rapidly after the war. It contrasts South Korea with Iran and Israel while highlighting its strong industrial rise despite limited early technology. The author defends U S Vietnam policy critics and stresses Koreans’ resilience.
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South Korea
Israel
Dick Daley
Cook County
Asia
South Korea's Rise and Global Stakes in Koreas Split
The piece argues South Korea transformed rapidly with American and Western help, citing tech schools and factory growth. It contrasts Park Chung Hee's government with North Korea, notes Korea's export strength, and warns against Marxist influence while praising private ownership and free trade under a strong state. It likens Korea to Israel and Vietnam and stresses potential regional implications for Japan and China.
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Inchon
South Korea
Hanoi
Zurich
U.S
Mike Mansfield
Saigon
Israel
South Vietnam
Jake Javits
Scoop” Jackson
Pusan Technical School
Japan
Park Chung Hee
Hiroshima
Peking
Moscow
Sung
Park
North Korea
Kim Il Sung
Harry Luce
Time, Inc
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
A Time For Reflection
Opinion piece reflecting on liberal critics after the Vietnam War and U S policy. It critiques detente, foreign policy, Latin America neglect, Panama Canal, and prestige, arguing for restraint and a cautious stance while praising resilience and future focus.
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Moscow
Saigon
United States
Latin America
Venezuela
Ecuador
Persian Gulf
Panama Canal
Panama
Cuba
Chile
Paris
Southeast Asia
Europe
Middle East
Germany Turns From Terror to Force in Stockholm Crisis
The German government refused to yield to Baader Meinhof demands after terrorists seized their Stockholm embassy. Five were freed, one killed himself, and the group faced 31 imprisoned members. The piece argues force preserves state security and warns against capitulation to extremist hostage takers.
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Stockholm
Germany
Argentina
Helmut Schmidt
Parliment
Federal Republic
West Germany
Sweden
Israel
Parting Shots and Famous Names in a Pageantry of Words
A playful essay riffs on talking to animals and plants and notes that fame in the press box requires poets. It mentions Paul Revere, Tinker to Evers to Chance, and the Four Horsem en, plus economists and alumni fundraising. Bobby Fischer and Billie Jean King are floated as a pairing. A hook promises a guide to writing words that leap off the page.
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Paul Revere
Tinkers
Evers and
Chance
The
Four Horsemen
Nixon Memoirs Excerpt Reflections From San Clemente
Washington column pieces together an unfinished portrait of Richard Nixon from exile. The writer likens Nixon to a fallen leader and Henry Kissinger as a surviving subordinate, and muses on Watergate, Vietnam, and the burden of forgiveness amid national reckoning.
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Washington, D.C
Richard Nixon
San Clemente
Rose Wi
Nixon
Robert E. Lee
Stonewall Jackson
Lee
Jackson
Henry Kissinger
Stonewall
Marie
Robert
Kissinger
United States
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Cambodia
Laos
South
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Adam Smith
Marx
Engels
Harry Truman
U.N
William F. Buckley Jr
Turkey
Greece
Portugal
Peru
Indonesia
James Reston
Tievcely
Prince Sihanouk
Supreme Court
Bonn
Bobby Fischer
Billie Jean King
Holmes Alexander
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