Editorial urges calm after Kennedy assassination
The piece argues American violence is not all there is to the country and celebrates public, nonpolitical responses of sorrow and restraint. It notes surveys showing modest shifts in beliefs after Dallas, credits researchers Shearsley and Bradburn, and calls for continued pride in national maturity and good sense.
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America
George Wallace
Lee Harvey Oswald
Sirhan Sirhan
Presi
Dent John Kennedy
Dallas
John Kennedy
U.S
Paul B. Shearsley
Norman M. Bradburn
National Opinion Research Center
University of Chicago
American Psychological Association
Moscow
Russia
Nixon
Letters to the editor Getting out of Vietnam
A reader criticizes U S policy in Vietnam, arguing Americans were drawn into a fight under the banner of democracy versus communism. The letter urges an honorable settlement and questions the President's handling, stressing personal sacrifice and opposing continued aggression.
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L.A.C
United States of America
Vietnam
Pipeline debate on Canadian route for Alaskan oil
Letters critique the proposed Alaskan oil pipeline across Canada arguing environmental risks and national security concerns. Writers compare tanker transport to a cross border pipeline and urge using Canadian routes to protect wilderness and oil reserves.
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Secretary of the Interior
Rogers C. B. Morton
Morton
Canada
United States
Tong Beach
Jon W. Sering
Law and Order and the Call for Justice
An editorial attacks fashionable calls for law and order while ignoring justice. It condemns demagogues who demand law and order yet skip true justice, citing Russia and Germany as examples and noting historical injustices against Jews, women, and Indians.
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George Putnam
Russia
Germany
U.S
Long Beach
Leaders in Moscow seek limited cooperation across Cold War fronts
This commentary notes decades of U S Soviet tension over Berlin Middle East Korea Vietnam Cuba and Western Europe but observes new talks in Moscow on limited cooperation. It cautions expectations remain low despite shared interests in avoiding major war curbing the arms race expanding trade and space exploration. It mentions Willy Brandt in Bonn pushing ratification of friendship treaties.
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Washington
United States
Soviet Union
Berlin
Middle East
Korea
Vietnam
Cuba
Organization of Western Europe
Moscow
Poland
Nixon
China
Brézithey
Hue
Swan Lake
Bolshoi
Europe
Kremlin
Calley deemed unstable by two psychologists at My Lai massacre
Suppressed reports claim Lieutenant William Calley suffered mental disorders during the My Lai killings. Psychologists independently found instability or possible derangement, while military officials and experts questioned premeditation and adequacy of government testing. The case raises questions about command selection and mental health assessment in combat leaders.
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Washington
William Calley
My Lai
Calley
George Latimer
Latimer
Eugene Stammeyer
Washington, D.C
Arthur Weider
New York City
Isla
Welder
Roosevelt Hospital
American Orthopsychiatric Association
Weider
Nixon may ask Connally to negotiate Vietnam peace
Washington sources say President Nixon might assign John B. Connally to attempt a Vietnam peace settlement after his Treasury tenure ends. The short-term role could precede a party switch or a bid for secretary of state, with a Paris talks option cited and momentum toward tasks after Nixon’s Moscow summit.
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Nixon
Connally
Vietnam
Washington
John B. Connally
Paris
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NEW York Times News Service
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St. Elizabeth's Hospital
Catholic University
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Wilbur Hamman
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