Kissinger Versus Pentagon Sparks Policy Power Battle
TOM BRADEN argues that revelations of spying in the Nixon White House reveal a clash over who controls U.S. foreign policy. He notes Kissinger’s rise and Pentagon pushback, framing a looming contest between diplomats and generals for influence over decisions toward China and beyond.
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Washington
State of the Union
White House
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Henry Kissinger
Nixon
Pentagon
National Security Council
Kissinger
Pakistan
India
China
Congress
Taiwan
State Department
Privilege clashes in Watergate era press and church cases
The piece surveys claims of privilege from Nixon over executive materials, a journalist jailed for contempt in California, and Rev. Paul Roe’s assertion of clerical privilege in the Wounded Knee matter. It cautions against federal common law and urges constitutional balance and compromise.
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Nixon
Senate Watergate Committee
White House
California
Manson
Minneapolis
Paul Roe
Wounded Knee
S.D
Dr. Roe
Supreme Court
Boe
AIM
Dissolving mandate shadows Mao health fears in China
The 80th birthday of Mao Zedong sparks外 speculation about his deteriorating condition and China’s fragile leadership. Key ministries sit empty since the cultural revolution, and the 10th Party Congress remains overdue, signaling instability under Mao and Chou Enlai.
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Mao Tse-tung
China
Mao
Nation calms fears on nuclear power argues for Ray backing
Dr. Dixy Lee Ray, chair of the Atomic Energy Commission, speaks calmly on nuclear energy as a solution to the energy crisis. Her credentials and measured judgments counter fears of plant accidents and urge urgent attention to the industry under strict control.
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Dixy Lee Ray
The
Atomic Energy Commission
Ray
Remember When in Middletown Little Hatchet Club Tales
In Middletown on Jan 20 1920 old timers at the United States Hotel recalled the Little Hatchet Club chaired by Judge W H Todhunter. They spoke of days without autos radios or telephones and recalled social norms and local anecdotes from potato days to poker raids.
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United States
Little Hatchet Club
George Washington
W. H. Todhunter
Middletown
Shaker Village
Middletown & Cincinnati Railroad
Arlington House
Central and
Broad
Middletown Journal Ad Rates and Delivery Options
The Journal Published daily by the News Journal in Middletown Ohio lists subscription rates for weekday and Sunday issues. Delivery options include home delivery by newspaper boy motor route and mail with advance payment terms and annual rates for local and out of area readers.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Not-so-limp wife gets a hand from husband inventor
Claire Low, disabled by polio, has continued her art and travel with support from her husband Frank Low. His Contourpedic seat aids mobility, helping space from bed to chair and into vehicles, planes, and venues. Tested at NYU Bellevue and Rusk Institute, produced in Ridgefield, New Jersey.
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New York
Claire Low
Westchester County
N.Y
Frank
Frank Low
Low
Contourpedic
Ridgefield, N.J
Dennis the Menace and a hospital bedless life at home
The piece recalls Dennis the Menace at Goldwater Memorial Hospital in New York and Gov. George Wallace’s use of a Contourpedic disk after a spinal injury. It credits Frank Low for devices enabling mobility for his sculptor wife and their infant to move between pen, high chair, and playpen with improvised lifting and safety gear.
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Goldwater Memorial Hospital
New York
George Wallace
White House
Franklin Roosevelt
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