Focus Editor Debates Archie Bunker as Worker Archetype
Foscus editor Bob Kasen argues that Archie Bunker insults workers by portraying them as dull and racist. He asserts many real workers are thoughtful, compassionate, and capable, and he cautions against treating a fictional TV character as the average worker. The piece cites literary and biblical allusions to critique oversimplified labor stereotypes.
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Teamsters Union
Foscus
Focus
Bob Kasen
Archie Bunker
Arthur Miller
Kliasen
Avon
Kasen
TV War Echoes 1940 Blitzkrieg in Vietnam Debate
Jeffrey Hart contrasts 1940 French British collapse with Vietnam invasion in Quang Tri. He notes TV images of tanks refugees and mechanized units reshape American perception, suggesting Nixon now faces renewed political leverage. He cites McGovern and others opposing martial action as the war becomes a live televised front.
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Alistair Horne
Telstar
Marshall McLuhan
Alistair. Horne
Heinz Guderian
Heinz
Quang Tri Province
Highway One
Hanoi
Nixon
McGovern
Muskie
Lindsay
U.S
Humphrey
Jackson
Wallace
Vidal Play Targets Nixon As Broadway Parody
Gore Vidal’s new Broadway work parodies Richard Nixon using actual Nixon lines from his political career. The play, titled An Evening With Richard Nixon, is described as a scorcher on Nixon’s public persona, highlighting perceived feints, religious cautions, and wartime stance, while likening it to MacBird in its provocative aim.
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Johnson
Mac Bird
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Gore Vidal
MacBird
Sen. Kennedy
Middletown Ohio Newspaper Subscription Rates Notice
The Journal Pop is a daily newspaper listing subscription rates for weekdays Sundays by mail and motor route. Prices include 10c per copy daily 20c Sunday 347 per year via canal installments 320 yearly by four week periods 30 yearly outside the trading area 38 outside U S A per year.
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Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Nixon's Options in Vietnam Deemed Limited by LBJ Memo
Nixon faces a short list of war options from a classified Johnson era study. The piece outlines potential moves from intensified air campaigns to withdrawal, the risks of striking Haiphong and Soviet ports, and the wider consequences for arms talks, China, and allied trust. The analysis notes U S troop levels and the political peril of any drastic action.
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New York
Johnson
White House
Jack Anderson
New York Times
Vietnam
North Vietnam
LBJ
Nixon
Soviet Union
Eisenhower
Francis Gary Powers
Many Misunderstand War's Issues
President Nixon stands firm on aid to South Vietnam against North Vietnamese expansion with Soviet and Chinese support. Some Democratic candidates call for immediate U.S. troop withdrawal, risking loss of self determination for smaller nations and potential Communist gains. The U.S. has reduced ground troops but keeps air power to aid South Vietnam while pressing Moscow and Beijing to curb aggression.
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South Vietnam
China
Hanoi
U.S
Nguyen van Thieu
Saigon
United States
Indochina
America
Asia
Nixon
Lyndon Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
A Most Insidious Tax Letter to the Editor
A letter urges readers to contact their congressman against a planned value added tax for 1973. It condemns VAT as hidden in prices, cites international rates, and warns against federal uses of VAT revenue while criticizing Washington spending and a state income tax cut impact on Ohio residents.
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Washington
West Germany
Norway
Sweden
Ohio
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Vito Marcantonio
Stevenson
Communist Party In America
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Country
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Fea
the Journal
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Shanghai
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