Our Concepts Of Freedom and Moynihan on July Fourth
Moynihan argues in The Atlantic Monthly that freedom's value is tested by America’s world role after Indochina. He laments Vietnam policy errors, warns against indifference toward democracy abroad, and urges a conscience-guided defense of liberty at home and overseas. Freedom matters, but not for actions that compromise conscience.
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Daniel P. Moynihan
Atlantic Monthly
America
Indochina
Moynihan
India
United Nations
United States
Franklin Roosevelt
China
Vietnam
George III
Fourth of July Reflections on Democracy and History
The piece muses on the July Fourth as a symbol of democracy while noting global fragility of liberty. It contrasts Indira Gandhi's India with Lincoln’s ideals, cites presidential emergency powers, and recalls Nixon's resignation as a limit on executive power. It urges citizens to preserve the republic and invites reader slogan submissions for 1976.
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Indira Gandhi
Richard Nixon
Indira
Newton-John Responds To Kenton On Country Music
Miss Newton-John challenged jazz musician Stan Kenton who called country music ignorant and perverted. She noted a rise of country hits in the pop charts and defended country music as popular while rushing to a Saratoga Springs concert.
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Miss Newton-John
Stan Kenton
Kenton
Nashville Banner
Saratoga Springs
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Projecting the News Nuclear Proliferation Fear of new nations joining nuclear club grows
The piece surveys 1970s trends as India joins the five existing nuclear powers and warns seven nonparties to the NPT Argentina Brazil Egypt Israel Pakistan South Africa and Spain may soon gain capability. It cites Ikle on slow spread and Bloomfield on international regulation while noting efforts in London to curb peaceful use versus weaponization.
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India
China
United States
Thomas A. Halstead
The
Arms Control Association
Washington, D.C
NPT
Argentina
Brazil
Egypt
Israel
Pakistan
South Africa
Spain
Ikle
London
Remembering Childhood July Fourths in Brooklyn
A recollection by John P. Roche recalls July 4th beach openings in Sea Gate and Coney Island during the late 1920s. The writer describes family routines, a lifeguard father, and a fear of swimming instilled by a water-drenched childhood, ending with a mix of nostalgia and trepidation.
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Mom
Brighton Beach
Arthur
Pete
Coney Island
Sea Gate
United States
Watergate
Walter
Where Are My Files Part II Art Buchwald column
Art Buchwald reports on FOIA requests to CIA FBI IRS and State with results. He finds the CIA file scant and notes a single mention, a 1964 memo from Cord Meyer Jr. He also notes IRS denial of records and a $21.50 State Department fee and six passport copies. He suspects deeper files exist and anticipates FBI records revealing his sex life.
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FBI
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State Department
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Moscow
Cord Meyer Jr
Meyer
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McCarthy
Bay of Pigs
White House
Time
Newsweek
CLA
Cord
Barbara Ennis
George Ball
TRS
United States
Clarence Kelley
Edgar Hoover
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Fred C. Ikle
Arms Control and Disarmament Agency
Naval Academy
Lincoln P. Bloomfield
MIT
Foreign Affairs
Bloomfield
John P. Roche
King Features Syndicate
Mother
Art Buchwald
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