Thoughts for Today Seeds in Good Soil
A compact quotation collection highlights the parable of the sower from Mark 4 8 9 with forty reflections on listening and growth by Will Durant contrasting the reach of great minds with the receiver's readiness.
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Will Durant
We Never Knew About The Drugs Tragedy Of David Beggs
The Mendham New Jersey teen David Beggs, 16, son of a Union Camp vice president, hanged himself ten days after leaving school. In his suicide note he describes trying pot then LSD, pleading with his parents not to blame themselves and urging warning to his younger brother and girls.
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Tom Watson
Sunday Enterprise
Union Camp Corporation
Union Camp
David Beggs
Mendham
N. J
Mom
Andy
David
Foreign Investment In America Faces Shifting World Flows
The piece reviews a rising foreign investment into the United States since 1968, noting assets abroad at roughly $100 billion vs $16.17 billion held domestically, and cites Arab oil money as increasingly sought after amid global stock declines and inflation. It discusses policy debate, Chamber of Commerce stance, and historic funding from Europe and Britain.
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United States
U.S
Congress
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Department of Commerce
France
Holland
Spain
London
Paris
Amsterdam
Europe
New York
Henry Ford II
Lefrak sues oil firms over shortages and prices
New York apartment owner Samuel Lefrak claims illegal acts by oil companies threaten his organization and the 100 million East Coast residents fearing shortages and price inflation. He cites a law-and-order President blocking information for Congress and a federal grand jury. Alabama observer notes sweeping black candidate wins in May primaries.
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New York
Samuel Lefrak
House Committee
Robert C. Byrd
D-F. Va
Alabama
Nixon Foundation and What It's Done in Washington
The Nixon Foundation, a charity with tax exemption, has made only one grant of 7500 dollars for a Richard Nixon portrait and 21000 dollars to Ed Nixon for a Nixon library site search. Founders include Haldeman and Ehrlichman, later indicted, while audits and IRS reviews surface. Ripley of the Smithsonian ran costly bird expeditions at taxpayer expense, plus a 12 week Himalaya safari funded by the government for ornithological work, drawing controversy over travel bills and duties. The impeachment inquiry in the House Judiciary Committee showed initial Republican support and conservative Democrats backing Nixon, with some Democrats skeptical of impeachment and pressure influencing votes.
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Washington
Richard Nixon Foundation
Richard Nixon
Smithsonian Institution
Norman Rockwell
National Portrait Gallery
Rockwell
Nixon
Smithsonian
Aegean
Himalayas
Ripley
Greece
Sens
Alan Bible
D-Nev
Ted Stevens
R-Alaska
The
Bhutan
India
White House
House Judiciary Committee
Alabama
Walter Flowers
Arkansas
Ray Thornton
South Carolina
James Mann
Peter Rodine
D-Mj
Illinois
Robert McClory
Tom Railsback
Railsback
Hamilton Fish Jr
Rn.y
Baruch Korff
Judiciary
Community standards clash in obscenity and bus ing rulings
The Supreme Court wrestled with defining community in obscenity and busing cases. Local standards vary, raising questions whether Harvard or Middlesex County should set limits. Detroit’s segregation ruling treated cities as the unit, highlighting de facto patterns and state power over education.
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Supreme Court
Las Vegas
Orange County
Cambridge
Mass
Middlesex County
Harvard University
Middlesex
Harvard
Willynilly
Burger
Detroit
Impeachment Morass Tests Presidency and Public Trust
The piece argues that high standard of trust governs public office and cites Roosevelt Cleveland and Cardozo. It contends evidence supports Articles of Impeachment against President Nixon, urging swift House action for a Senate trial while stressing the presidency’s survival and integrity.
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Washington
Oliver Wendell Holmes
Senate
House
Grover Cleveland
New York
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Gov. Roosevelt
Sealy
James
J. Walsh
New York City
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H. R. Haldeman
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IRS
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