Optimism on Cambodia Needs Cautious View
The editorial notes President Nixon hailed Cambodia operations as highly successful and promises of quick troop withdrawals. It warns the Cambodian war expansion remains fluid with border breaches and possible Mekong attacks, and questions persist about long term U S and South Vietnam outcomes despite last week’s optimistic briefing.
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Nixon
Ple
Cambodia
South
Vietnam
Indo-China
United States
South Vietnam
Mekong River
Phnom Penh
Mayor Washington Appoints Youth Council to Advise City
Washington DC Mayor Walter E Washington forms a 47 member youth council and selects 10 youth from high school unions to attend Cabinet meetings. Members will be paid 1.60 to 1.80 dollars hourly. The plan aims to create a citywide job bank counseling service expand youth sports and business arts festivals and advise on juvenile delinquency.
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Washington
Walter E. Washington
District of Columbia
Sunday Sermon on Jinxes and Jonahs in Superstition
The sermon denounces long running superstitions from fear of thirteen, black cats, owls, mirrors, and cutlery taboos. It cites Bible verses and moral lessons, arguing superstition harms thoughts and actions and urging rational faith over old wives tales. It notes anecdotes of businessmen and personal cautions about breaking jinxes.
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Our Republic
Jinxes
Jonahs
Whiskers and a North Carolina Homecoming
CAPUS WAYNICK recalls the 1903 First North Carolina Reunion in Greensboro where migrants from 31 states gathered to celebrate, many sporting heavy moustaches. The event drew 236,087 natives, inspired the renaming to Homecoming Week, and highlighted a culture favoring whiskered men and establishment conformity.
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Capus Waynick
Fassifern
Kate Shipp
North Carolina
Greensboro
Charles Duncan McIver
Woman's College
Haw River
Orange County
John Smith
Missouri
FTC Awakens under Weinberger purge of top FTC officials
Washington observes a sweeping shakeup as Caspar Weinberger plans to retire or reassign six of seven high ranking FTC leaders. The targeted officials include Joseph Shea Cecil Miles Charles Moore Frank Hale Rufus Wilson and William Jibb with Michael J Vitale likely to survive the move Stringer has already been eased into retirement. The drive aims to strengthen public protection against deceptive advertising and corporate misconduct amid political resistance from influential backers.
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Washington
Federal Trade Commission
Caspar Weinberger
FTC
Weinberger
Joseph Shea
John McCormack
Shea
Charles Moore
Strom Thurmond
S. C. Moore
Frank Hale
Rufus “Duke” Wilson
Wilson
Joel
Michael J. Vitale
Vitale
Picayune
Henry Stringer
Furs
Stringer
Geritol
Justice Department
Campbell Soup
Soldiers Sing During Pause Before Storming Forts
A World War I era scene recalls soldiers singing Annie Laurie while in the trenches as a morale moment before planned assaults. The poem of Bayard Taylor is cited, and the piece notes the camp life and the shared bonds among troops.
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Britain
Annie Laurie
Bayard Taylor
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