Visitors eye JFK Center amid vandalism and funding plea
The John F. Kennedy Center seeks a 1.5 million emergency appropriation to stay open as vandals strip chandeliers, rugs, and fixtures. Public apathy toward environmental beauty is blamed as guards struggle to curb destructive behavior by visitors and looters.
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Matthews critique highlights Latin aid shifts and Castro Allende contrasts
The piece argues Fidel Castro’s economic failures in Cuba mirror Chile’s Allende and credits Accion International with private aid success across Latin America. It notes Accion’s expansion from Caracas to four countries, Costa Rica contracts, and Brazil’s credit program, urging governments to heed private expertise.
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Allende
Chile
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Nixon
Latin America
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Accion
Caracas
Venezuela
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Alliance For Progress
Peru
Colombia
Brazil
Costa Rica
Central America
Terry Holcombe
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Overseas Private Investment Corp
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George McGovern and Nixon Paris peace talks
A columnist uses a neighborhood cocker spaniel named George McGovern as a metaphor for the Paris peace talks with Hanoi. The piece recalls Nixon's negotiator stance, the credibility gap, and a call for serious talks while warning against further domestic political theater.
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Nixon
Paris
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Hanoi
McGovern
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Meier on Israel two Israels and world Jewry
William F Buckley Jr interviews Golda Meir in Jerusalem about Israel as a state and as a homeland for Jews. She discusses dual roles, the need to defend sovereignty, and the tension between socialist origins and modern power. The piece reflects on Israel’s identity and religious as well as secular shrines.
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Golda Meier
United States
Israel
Mrs. Meier
Jerusalem
Rome
S.Y. Agnon
Amos Elon
Shimon Peres
Transportation and Communications
Church of the Nativity
Bethlehem
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DuPre Fiction Tale Sparks Publisher Fallout
In a look back at literary intrigue, George DuPre’s tale of Nazi Germany was exposed as fiction after Reader's Digest and Random House paid for it, with Quentin Reynolds lauded yet the yarn debunked as fabrications.
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Confederacy
Davis
Zachary Taylor
Franklin Pierce
Jeff Davis
New York
McGraw-Hill
Life
Reader's Digest
Random House
George DuPre
Nazi Germany
Quentin Reynolds
DuPre
House
Random
Donald Klopfer
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