Opinion: Are We Really Getting Our Viet Forces Out
The piece argues the Nixon administration claims of winding down Vietnam are offset by claims of an intensified air war. It cites Branfman and various officials noting reductions in ground troop levels while air campaigns remain active, with data on sorties, aircraft in Southeast Asia, and bomb tonnage suggesting a complex wind-down rather than full escalation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vietnam
Nixon
Orr Kelly
Washington Star Syndicate
U.S
Southeast Asia
Washington Monthly
Fred Branfman
Laos
International Voluntary Services
Johnson
Indochina
Air Force
Robert C. Seamans
United States Air Force
Branfman
Washington
Pentagon
Middle East
Navy
Defense Department
John Pastore
Senate
Rhodes Island
West Virginia
Arch Moore
Potomac
Floyd Graham
Moore
Huntington Advertiser
Tom Miller
Miller
Sen
Jennings Randolph
Robert Byrd
Two Committees Just Aren't Needed
An Alabama House amendment to end two funding lines for the State Sovereignty Commission and the Commission to Preserve the Peace is praised as wise. Rep. Finis St. John III leads. critics note $210,000 over two years with no legislative accounting requirements. Senate support is hoped for to streamline state oversight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
House of Representatives
Finis St. John, III
Cullman
House
Senate
State Sovereignty Commission
Commission
Alabama Department of Public Safety
Washington advisers feud over Nixon economic reversal
The article details a public rift between Arthur Burns and George Shultz as Nixon pivots from wage and price controls. Burns urged firm action while Shultz pressed steady policy, leading to a tense White House clash and a late pivot back to Burns’s counsel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
Nixon
Federal Reserve
Arthur Burns
George Shultz
Burns
White House
Shultz
Congress Forgetting Promise To People on Postal Rates
Viewpoint by David Lawrence argues second class mail rate hikes threaten magazines and newspapers. He notes a 142 percent rise by 1976, estimates $130 million yearly for magazines, and warns higher costs could reduce circulation and quality. He urges modest increases and recalls Congress promised favorable rates for educational public info.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Life
Time, Inc
Postal Service
Independent Postal Rate Commission
Congress
Republic
Postal Rate Commission
House
Senate
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
Happiness and the two kinds of joy in faith
The text distinguishes material happiness as temporary and worldly from spiritual happiness rooted in God. Material success fades, while enduring joy comes from Christ who fills a God shaped void in the heart and offers true eternal happiness despite life’s afflictions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Job
Christ
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Hilgo
Lockheed
California
University of Chicago
Arthur
Joint Congressional Economic Committee
Paul McCracken
Treasury
John Connally
Ted Kennedy
D-Mass
John Tunney
D-Calif
Viewpoint
David Lawrence
THE
Decatur Daily
W. R. Shelton
Decatur
Tennessee Valley Printing CO. Inc
P.O
Decatur. Ala
Associated Press
Billy Graham
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