Mideast Peace Awaits Israel Vote Mandate
Israel goes to the polls amid fragmented parties and deep security concerns as Golda Meir's pragmatic belligerency frames debate. The outcome could reshape attitudes toward peace moves, with Arabs and great powers watching closely for a path away from crisis toward potential diplomacy.
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Mideast
Israel
Middle East
Golda Meir
Knesset
Pirates Curse and Insurance Fight Over Camille Aftermath
Jack Anderson surveys Gulf Coast damage from hurricane Camille and exposes how insurers and regulators allegedly shielded firms from payouts. The column rails at Mississippi Insurance Commissioner Walter Davis and the American Insurance Association, detailing letters, screening of adjusters, and lawsuits to blunt wind and flood claims. It also covers witness statements, wind damage vs water damage, and the broader congressional lobbying scene on Capitol Hill.
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Bell-McClure Syndicate
Washington
Captain Pitcher
Gulfport
Miss
Pitcher Point
Gulf Coast
Camille
Mississippi
Walter Davis
American Insurance Association
AIA
Davis
Frank Lewis
W. D. Swift
Walter D. Davis
Leslie Whitten
Jackson
New York
Allied Engineering Services
Raleigh
N. C
M. Gaugher
Allied Engineering
Wright Diamond
Lynn Mutual Insurance Company
Concord
Mass
Andrew Innes
State Farm Mutual
Lynn Mutual
Poems and civic life and Expo in 1970 Japan
Valette Harris publishes a poetry and painting book dedicated to her mother, with civic involvement noted from garden clubs to humane society work. A Bryant Electric bid secures the West Davidson Water contract, enabling expansion. Worth Grants predict 1970 Japan will face mass demonstrations tied to the Security Treaty, Okinawa return, student unrest, and a Baptist World Alliance congress in Tokyo amid Expo 70 attendance.
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Valette Harris
Valette
Harris
High Point
Garden Club of
North Carolina
Junior League
Family Service Bureau
Utopian Study Club
High Point League of Women Voters
Winter Haven
Fla
Bryant Electric Company
West Davidson
Davidson County
United States
Cliff Fitzgerald
Worth Grants
Tokyo
Japan
Okinawa
U. S
Erasmus the Humanist Opens 500th Anniversary Congress
In Rotterdam the Erasmus Congress marks the 500th birth anniversary of Desiderius Erasmus born near Rotterdam in 1469. Queen Juliana sponsors the event drawing scholars worldwide as the Dutch philosopher is celebrated for his humanist influence and works including In Praise of Folly and a new Latin New Testament text.
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Rotterdam
Juliana
Netherlands
Desiderius Erasmus
Paris
England
Erasmus
Thomas More
Henry VIII
Will Durant
Oxford
Martin Luther
Basel
Mary
Christ
Mafia's reach spans gambling to legitimate fronts in 1960s inquiry
A federal task force in New York probes organized crime from heroin and loan sharking to securities forgery and waterfront thefts, with wiretaps under court approval. The Apalachin meeting exposed 63 leaders. 58 were later identified. Grand jury testimony will cover four New York metropolitan families and IRS findings on illicit ties to 159 legitimate ventures.
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Brotherhood
New York City
New York State
Westchester
Rockland
Cabal
United States
Joseph Barbara
Apalachin
N. Y
Barbara
U.S. Court of Appeals
Lucky Luciano
Albert Anastasia
Frank Costello
Joe Adonis
Mafia
Grand Jury
Brotherhood of Evil
New York Grand Jury
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