Navy court martial looms for Evans ship officers
The destroyer USS Frank E. Evans was cut in two after a collision with the Australian carrier Melbourne, costing 74 sailors. Captain Albert S. McLemore and Lt. Ronald Ramsey face court martial for negligence. even with adequate orders, the captain bears full responsibility. The probe, amid harsh naval discipline, weighs on futures, while civilians deem the Navy autocratic. The sailors’ kin urge full accountability.
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Cmdr
Albert S. McLemore
Frank E. Evans
Ronald Ramsey
Evans
Rier Melbourne
Thhey
Aleutian Islands
Latins Move Out Ahead in Peace Search
Secretary General U Thant visited Mexico City to hail 14 Latin American nations for creating OPANAL, under the Treaty of Tlatelolco to confine nuclear energy to peaceful uses. Argentina has not ratified. Brazil’s ratification depends on Cuba and Soviet Union China protocol. The move signals restraint and potential denuclearization amid mixed compliance.
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Latin America
U Thant
United Nations
Mexico City
Organization For the Proscription
Tlatelolco
Opanal
Argentina
Brazil
Cuba
Soviet Union
China
Corrections on Pata house tale and faith remarks
Letter from Barbara F Hooeptl of Long Beach notes errors about construction dates and occupants of the Pata house on Signal Hill. She cites Ecclesiastes and Billy Graham to urge focus on alleviating hunger poverty and justice through disciplined effort.
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Pata
Signal Hill
Vernon
Alamitos No.j
Signal Hill Pit
Rear-guard strategies burn brass in Vietnam withdrawal debate
New York dispatch notes growing tension as President Nixon hints at troop withdrawals and generals Abrams and Westmoreland resist rapid pace, signaling a possible clash before a firmer White House position. Westmoreland gains support from an unnamed general.
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New York
Nixon
Vietnam
White House
Creighton .Abrams
William Westmoreland
Army
Westmoreland
Vietnam policy rifts surface as generals push for action
Earle Wheeler and top staff circulate reports of demands for confrontation with the President. Generals insist on progress in Vietnam as Hanoi shows no intent to limit fighting, while Washington debates negotiations. Bunker presses domino theory backed by Thieu’s frail cabinet, amid fear of another withdrawal delay and possible South Vietnamese collapse.
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Earle Wheeler
Joint Chiefs
Nixon
Gen. Abrams
Abrams
San Clemente White House
Wheeler
California
Vietnam
South
Hanoi
Pentagon
Paris
Averill Harriman
O.S
U.S
Johnson
Washington
Saigon
Ellsworth
Bunker
Southeast Asia
Laos
White House
Thien
Thieu
Defense Laird
State Rogers
Truman
Douglas MacArthur
MacArthur
Poll plan should be defeated in favor of district method
Washington lawmakers debate a constitutional amendment urging direct popular election of the president. The speaker argues against the plan, calling it too radical and endorsing a district approach that would keep Congress out of presidential management while pursuing reforms.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Judiciary
Congress
Reform of presidential selection via district plan favored
James Kilpatrick argues against a radical national election system replacing federalism. He promotes the district plan as a moderate path that preserves the federal framework while abolishing independent electors and winner take all. He cites 1964 Florida as example, noting district splits would yield 7-7 instead of 14-0.
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Brent George Wallace
Nixon
Humphrey
Wallace
Syste
Tors
Johnson
Florida
Goldwater
Congress
Senate Snips and Smog Jibes in Washington Bits
A collage of sharp witticisms on politics and daily life in Washington. Jibes rail at Medicare costs, seniority rules, and smog alerts while poking fun at bank robbers and a cartoon asteroid Grograghos passing Earth. References to Nixon and expenses hint at the era’s mood.
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Nixon
Pat
Illustrated History and Sports Books Highlight Reviews
A roundup of recent books includes Andre Maurais’s illustrated history of the United States with a postscript by Malcolm Cowley, and Richard O’Connor’s Pacific Destiny surveying U.S. Far East encounters. Carl Sandburg’s Chicago Race Riots reissue is noted, as is Say It With Words by Charles W. Ferguson and The Story of the Olympics from 776 B C to 1968. Ends with To Make a Duck Happy by Carol J. Lester, a nature tale about a duck and a Sausalito ark home.
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United States
Andre Maurais
Malcolm Cowley
Viking
Pacific Destiny
U.S
Far East
Richard O'Connor
Little, Brown
Carl Sandburg
Chicago
Witch
Ralph McGill
D.C
Sokur Kieran
Arthur Dailey
Kieran
Kailey
Greece
Mexico City
Grenoble
France
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Aline Independent, Press-Telegram
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Maurais
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Siberia
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Harcourt, Brace and World
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Charles W., Terguson
University of Nebraska Press
Carol Ei. Lester
Harper and Row
Carol J. Lesier
Sausalito Ark House
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