Rockefeller Latin America mission needs balanced view
The piece argues that editorial writers harshly blame Gov. Nelson Rockefeller for his Latin America tour. It notes his long experience in inter American affairs and government service, and contends the criticism unfairly overlooks his background and the request from President Nixon for the mission.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Latin America
Rockefeller
United States
Bay of Pigs
Roosevelt
Gov
Nixon
State Department
Brazil
Carlos Lacerda
Guanabara
Rockefeller mission eyed for value in Latin American relations
The piece notes John S. Knight and a North American delegation will submit reports and policy recommendations to the President. It argues Latin American grievances stem from U.S. capital influence, trade, and aid while acknowledging Riots and protests around Rockefeller visits. It warns of lost Latin loyalty to U.S. policy and the risk of Russian influence.
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Latin America
United States
U.S
Gabriel Valdes
Chile
Nixon
Big power and the paradox of restraint
The author argues that nuclear powers face a paradox: greater power demands careful use, provoking anger when nations refuse massive responses to provocations. He notes this applies to the United States and other atomic powers, highlighting ego and restraint as central tensions in international behavior.
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U. S
U.S
Quiet diplomacy versus gunboat power in a nuclear era
Sydney Harris argues that modern diplomacy favors careful protests over force. He cites Ghana’s seizure of two Russian fishing ships and warns larger powers risk escalation and loss of sovereignty as nuclear weapons render nationalism obsolete.
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Newspaper Enterprise Association
Russia
Ghana
Merrimac
Monitor
Teddy Roosevelt
Long Beach budget aims for police professionalization
George Robeson comments on Long Beach City Council examining Long Beach Police Officers Association budget requests. He supports a new detective rank as police agent, 30 college units for recruits, higher clothing and flight pay, and helicopter observer pay, while urging council discretion on base pay and maintaining professionalization goals.
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Long Beach
Long Beach Police Officers Association
Police Association
Daily News
New York
Air Force
Police
Pioneering Naturalists and Loyalist Studies in New Books
Lewis and Clark shown as pioneer naturalists with 1804 expedition fauna and artifacts. The Good Americans reassesses Tory Loyalists of 1776 with new insights. Ten Centuries of Spanish Poetry offers bilingual anthology from 11th century to 1898 with broad poetic canon.
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Lewis and Clark
trans-Mississippi
England
America
Brown
Eleanor L. Turnbull
Johns Hopkins Press
Spain
From Riches to Rags Bumper Wheat Crop Brings Gloom
U.S. and Canada face a global wheat glut as demand falls from 1960s highs. World supplies in 1967 near 2 billion bushels while price slips to 1.50 a bushel. Farmers see reduced returns, subsidy supports cut, and storage of surplus looms amid high interest costs and uncertain markets. Kansas producer cites big crop with few buyers and looming acreage cuts.
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U.S
Canada
Argentina
Australia
France
Questions and frictions in 1950s public life and media
A collection of clipped quotes reflects the era’s concerns about urban planning near airports, radio wakeups versus alarms, daily political meetings, boxing relevance, presidential integrity, and a note on columnist Ben Zincer’s illness.
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University of Illinois Press
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