Walls of Jericho and the King Era Nearing End
The piece reflects on a Natl Educational TV conference with Martin Luther King Jr. and Ralph Abernathy as they discuss the Poor People’s Campaign. Abernathy urges nonviolent disruption of the Pentagon and threats against Justice and Congress while King cautions militants to choose clear, attainable aims and nonviolent methods.
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Martin Luther King
National Educational Television
Ralph Abernathy
King
Abernathy
Pentagon
Mr. Abernathy
Congress
California lawmakers linked to pricey mailing list arrangement
Taxpayers fund a $180000 yearly lobbyist to prep a five million voter list with free Post Office updates for Sen. Cranston. Cranston may share the list with Republicans, a practice critics call unsavory and ripe for a campaign issue.
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California
Post Office
Alan Cranston
Cranston
Ed Reinecke
Kenneth A. Ross Jr
Ross
Senator Cranston
Thomas Kuchel
Clair Engle
Editors reflect as Viet Nam Moratorium closes national HQ
Washington Evening Star notes maturity in quitting and praises four leaders Sam Brown David Tank David Mixner and Marge Sklencar who steered the Viet Nam Moratorium. It cites waning originality and funding, Nixon’s troop withdrawal push, and the split with New Mobilization while defending nonviolent protest and lasting influence.
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Washington
Sam Brown
David Tank
David Mixner
Marge Sklencar
America
Nixon
Vietnam
Letters on Navy dress norms and student demands
Readers critique Moorer era base regulations and a gate incident over jeans and sandals. A second letter argues that demands by youth are overused and ineffective, suggesting older voices tire of the term while urging faster change.
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Moorer
U.S. Navy
Naval Station
Long Beach
Richard F. Sprague
Nixon Administration Lacks Human Element in Policy Voice
A critical view of the Nixon administration argues its leadership is tidy and cautious but emotionally distant. It notes optimism in public messages, yet charges a deficit of conviction and human warmth, amid Vietnam withdrawal and inflation challenges.
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Nixon
See
Vince Lombardi
Washington Redskins
Lombardi
White House
Vietnam
Tammany Hall
Madison Avenue
Liberal views on farmworker strike expose blind spot
The piece argues that liberal defenders of personal freedom falter on union issues and farmworker rights. It describes the five-year UFWOC strike in California and critiques liberal attitudes toward collective bargaining in agriculture.
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Washington
California
United Farmworkers Organizing Committee
UFWOC
Labor tensions rise as California grape contract looms
The piece examines the end of a strike led by Cesar Chavez and the UFWOC, claiming growers’ contracts give the union exclusive bargaining rights, require membership, and enable payroll deductions. It argues workers lacked real choice and protection under NLRA rules, highlighting evictions for noncompliance and large union gains.
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Afl-Cio
Cesar Chavez
Chavez
la Causa
California
UFWOC
U.S. Department of Labor
NLRE
UFI
TNE
Teamsters
UFWCC
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Capitol
Justice Department
Southern Christian Leadership Conference
SCLC
Dr. King
Iron Fist In Mail List
Washington Evening Star
Flarald Stassen
Long
Louis
Harris
Nixon Adinistration
Republic
Middle East
Vienna
James Reston
James ‘Kilpatrick
Charleston
New Orleans
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