Blount Order Shuts Postal Workers From Congress
Postmaster General Winton Blount issued a directive prohibiting postal employees and union leaders from any direct or indirect contact with congressional offices on postal service matters. Critics say the move undermines workers rights to petition Congress and overreaches the new system’s goal of reducing patronage.
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Winton Blount
U.S. Postal Service
Blount
Congressional
Federal Mail Service Corporation
Congress
Congressional Liaison
Champagne harvest praised for abundance and quality
Lots. Of Good Bubbly France Actuelle notes the 1970 Champagne grape harvest nearly double 1969 and of top quality. The Comite Interprofessionnel du Vin de Champagne hails the sound luscious and structured grapes with expected alcohol around 9.5 to 10 degrees and good acidity, promising superior champagne.
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France Actuelle
France
Comite Interprofessional du Vin de Champagne
de Comite
GI orphans in Saigon left behind by departing troops
The article reflects on the fate of war orphans in Saigon shelters and clinics located in Sai Gon and An Luc Phu My, noting scant Saigon government aid and praising American humanitarian volunteers who provided food, shelter, medicine, and education. It also profiles David B Lockton, a lawyer turned racing impresario who built the Ontario Motor Speedway, detailing its vast facilities, business model, notable clients, and upcoming events with substantial prize money.
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New York
Vietnam
My Lai
An Luc
Phu My
Saigon
Pope Paul VI
David B. Lockton
Ontario
Calif
Lockton
Indianapolis
Elderly woman seeks missing record from blind readers program
An almost blind Park Place resident asks for help locating a missing book record taken from her bank cart. She left five records in a vestibule and one vanished. The record is mailed to the government agency that provides blind readers with 66 books last year. The owner fears others who are blind will lose access to this subsidized program if the record is not found.
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Park Place
First National Bank
Does any president satisfy all critics in Washington
David Lawrence reflects on presidential leadership amid endless criticism. He notes the president relies on advisers, cannot master every detail, and must balance complex policy with public relations. War has driven public policy costs since WWI, shaping budgets and fortunes through decades. He cites Nixon facing Vietnam and ongoing global pressures.
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Washington
United States
White House
State, War and Navy Departments
Taft
Wilson
Harding
Coolidge
Hoover
Franklin Roosevelt
Truman
Eisenhower
Kennedy
Johnson
Nixon
President Nixon Faces Global Duty and Domestic Welfare Push
The president warned Southeast Asia against aggression and warned China and the USSR, saying war could have expanded to Australia and the Philippines. He stressed ongoing efforts to improve welfare programs, noting patience amid opposition and two‑year limits to achieve major policy goals.
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Southeast Asia
China
Soviet Union
United States
Australia
Philippines
Asia
Middle East
Congress
Nixon
Brandt Ostpolitik Threatens NATO and Western Unity
The analysis argues West German Chancellor Willy Brandt’s Ostpolitik endangers NATO and the European Common Market by moving toward detente with the East. It links Bonn Moscow diplomacy to potential Soviet gains, warns Washington and Bonn of political traps, and notes East German leader Ulbricht’s susceptibility to Moscow pressure amid unrest in Poland and Baltic ports.
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Atlantic Council
Rome
Willy Brandt
Ostpolitik
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Ulbricht
German Democratic Republic
Bonn
NATO
Comecon
Council For Mutual Economic Assistance
Moscow
Poland
Oder-Neisse
Brandt
Warsaw
Washington
Henry Kissinger
George Ba!r
Europe
Pankow
East Germany
Walter Ubricht
Walter Ulbricht
Joseph Stalin
Lavrenti Beria
Beria
Baltic
Wladyslaw Gomulka
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Middletown
Ohio
Post Co
USA
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