Origin of Latin motto and bits in American history
A reader asks about the meaning of the Latin phrases Annuit Coeptis and Novus Ordo Seclorum on the dollar bill and the phrase E Pluribus Unum. An explanation covers the origins from English colonial currency bits, the meaning of two bits, and notes on the Brown v. Board of Education decision and its impact on integration. It also mentions the Singing Rambos as a gospel group and clarifies they are a family.
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Supreme Court
Brown Vs. Board of Education
J.D. A
Singing Rambos
Thompson the British guerrilla fighter advising Nixon on Vietnam policy
Sir Robert Grainger Ker Thompson, a British guerrilla fighter, advised President Nixon on Vietnam war policy, promoting the domino theory for Asia. He visited leaders in Kuala Lumpur and Singapore, and his report influenced Nixon’s decision to withdraw more troops. Thompson, 53, long served in Malaya against communism, rising from colonial service to Royal Air Force officer, later guiding labor issues and operations during the Malayan conflict.
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London
Robert Grainger Ker Thompson
Nixon
America
South Vietnam
South’ Asia
Tunku' Abdul Rahman
Kuala Lumpur
Lee Kuan ‘Yew
Singapore
United States
Vietnam
Asia
Thompson
Somerset
White House
Malaya
Church of,England
Marlborough Public School
Cambridge
Colonial Service
Hong Kong
Burma
Royal Air Force
Cheaper Foreign Oil Touted in Trade Speech
Washington report notes a Nixon task force claim of cheaper foreign oil through tariffs and expanded imports from Latin America. Some members argue tariffs are not preferential enough, while the policy aligns with the stated trade promise.
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Washington
Nixon
Latin America
Task-Force
Hollings Admitted to Hospital for Appendicitis
Senator Ernest F. Hollings of South Carolina was admitted to Waller Reed Army Hospital with appendicitis and will undergo immediate surgery. A spokesman said there were no complications and the 47-year-old senator was admitted at 9 am after feeling ill overnight.
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Washington
Ernest F. Hollings
D-S.c
Waller Reed Army Hospital
Desegregation Debate Over Wording in Senate
The debate centers on Scott’s proposed wording to ban federal aid actions that could force school closures or busing. Southern Democrats denounce it as weasel words while Scott claims it upholds the Constitution with support from Finch and the Nixon administration. Senate tensions reflect clash over civil rights and presidential position.
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Scott
Secretary Finch
Nixon
Spessard L. Holland
D-Fla
John Stennis
D-Miss
Woman Waits in Ohio Office Over Soldier’s Death Report
In Richwood Ohio Mrs War ren recounts hopes she clings to the belief her husband John may still be alive after the Army reported his death and later identified a returned body as his. Investigators found discrepancies but ultimately ruled the body was John’s, though the family refused it.
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Wood
Ohio
Extra $100 Million Boost for School Lunches
Washington AP The Nixon administration seeks an extra 100 million dollars for school lunch programs aiming to provide free or low cost meals to every needy child by year end. 6.6 million children qualify. last year 3.1 million ate, with 1.6 million in kitchens in poor facilities.
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Washington
Agriculture Department
Herbert D. Rorex
Newark Mayor and councilmen indicted in federal case
Newark mayor Hugh J. Addonizio and 14 others including councilmen Ruggerio Boiardo and Anthony LaMorte were indicted by a federal grand jury on extortion tax evasion and related charges. The 65 counts allege payments from Construct Inc totaling up to $37,000 to various officials for using official influence to delay Newark sewerage construction in 1965.
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Newark
N.J
Hugh J. Addonizio
Addonizio
Ruggerio Boiardo
Tony Boy
Rugger
Frank
Anthony Giuliano
Corporation
Philip
E.gorton
Norman
Joseph Biancone
Mario Gallo
Ralph Vicaro
Benjamin Krush
Frank Addonizio
Bernstein
Callaghan
Gordon
Giuliano
LaMorte
Morgenthau Fired by Nixon as U S Attorney
President Nixon announced he was firing Robert Morgenthau from the post of U S attorney for the Southern District of New York. Whitney North Seymour will be his successor. Morgenthau, son of former Treasury secretary Henry Morgenthau Jr., has served since 1961 with a brief resignation to run for governor.
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Washington
Nixon
Robert M. Morgenthau
U.S
New York
Morgenthau
Whitney
North Seymour
Ronald K. Ziegler
Henry Morgenthau Jr
Flying Saucer Probe Ends
Washington AP reports the Air Force closed Project Blue Book after 21 years of UFO investigations. Secretary Robert Seamans says continuation cannot be justified for national security or science. Colorado and NAS reviews backed ending the study. No threat to security or evidence of advanced tech or interplanetary ships found.
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Pentagon
Colorado
Edward A. Condon
Air Force
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James
North Carolina
P. O
Willington
Hollings
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Griffin
Hi Scott
Senate
HEW
Robert H. Finch
Harry F. Byrd, Jr
Holland
Finch
Grams
Rorex
Congress
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