Cromley Column Not All Was Lost
Washington-1 columnist Ray Cromley recalls moments from South Vietnam near the Cambodian border. He highlights villagers building a school with American aid, nurses aiding civilians, and soldiers helping with crops and farming programs. The piece notes farmers forming cooperatives and elections showing local agency, suggesting enduring American-influenced progress despite war.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
South Vietnam
PTA
Tam
United States
Hanoi
South
Speaking Freely Jobs And Graduates
More than 1.25 million college graduates are expected to graduate this spring with about 4 percent fewer job offers than last year. Liberal arts majors face the worst prospects while engineers and business grads remain in demand, prompting calls for better planning and internships. The CPC urges early career planning and govt help to improve outcomes.
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Don Oakley
College Placement Council
CPC
Alva C. Cooper
Council
Blairsville Tar-famed Tear eas raid sparks arrests
A Sunday morning incident in Blairsville led police to arrest visitors and the proprietor at a disorderly house tied to a tar-like substance called Tear eas. The Blairsville Dispatch reports over twenty people faced detainment as authorities responded to the disturbance.
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Blairsville
Blausville
Steele Clark
Cherry Tree
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Offige
Mafia Tomatoes From Marcello Taint U S Military Purchases
Washington column details Defense Department buying 1.1 million dollars of Marcello linked tomatoes, inspected by Agriculture Department and shipped to Army Navy and Air Force bases in Alabama Florida Georgia Louisiana Mississippi and Panama. Notes pressure from Justice Department against firms with Mafia ties and Marcello’s Secret Files history.
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Jack Anderson
Les Whitten
Washington
Defense Department
Carlos Marcello
Agriculture Department
Army
Navy
Air Force
Alabama
Florida
Georgian
Louisiana
Mississippi
Panama
Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Marcello
Mafia Generalissimo
Justice Department
New Orleans
Kefauver
Joe Valachi
Pelican Tomato Company
Pelican Tomato
Joseph Matussa
Matassa
Tomato
Martin
Ford
Tiede Column Finking On The Boss By TOM TIEDE
Washington observations raise questions about FBI and CIA abuses and suggest a Senate panel may push for drastic reforms. Former FBI agent Arthur Murtagh asserts a 90 day restructuring to empower whistleblowers and impose internal policing to curb misconduct. He cites risk of retaliation and notes his own experiences with wiretaps and isolation for opposing dishonesty. The plan envisions a self policing bureau not a Gestapo, improving accountability while preserving honest officers.
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Tom Tiede
Washington
Senate Subcommittee On Intelligence
FBI
CIA
Senate
Arthur Murtagh
Murtagh
Upstate
New York
Subcommittee
Hoover
U.S
Bureau
Martin Luther King
Congress
April origins and curious facts from a varied scroll
The note mixes historical curios about the Black Prince's Ruby in Britain's crown and Roman month names with weather, egg production, sled dogs naming customs, and Peter Minuit's 1626 purchase of Manhattan for 60 guilders, translating to modern land value.
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Henry V
Agincourt
Britain
Peter Minuit
Manhattan Island
Manhattan Land
Am a Camera on News and Its Unseen Bias
In a dialogue with a TV camera, the camera reveals its quest for conflict to drive nightly news. It mocks coverage of refugees, college protests, the White House, Watergate, and Kissinger, noting the emptiness of many scenes and the power of selective framing.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
Ford
White House
Congress
Henry Kissinger
Henry
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Japan Trade Center
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John P Saylor
Arthur E Sunvertield
Yatesboro
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Scranton Hall
Indiana University
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Saigon
Joint Chiefs
Vietnam
Thieu
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