Did Gen Abrams Know About Lavelle's Raids
Senate anticipated Abrams to become Army chief of staff as Westmoreland retires. The piece questions whether Abrams knew of Lavelle's North Vietnam protective reaction strikes and if higher commanders were aware. It warns that knowledge or sanctioning would affect Abrams's fitness for the top Army role.
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Gen. Abrams
Lavelle
Senate
Creighton W. Abrams
William C. Westmoreland
Army
Abrams
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
John D. Lavelle
Gen. Lavelle
Hanoi
Winddown of Vietnam War Costs Hits Half-Billion Monthly
The report notes new military actions in Vietnam are costing about half a billion dollars per month whilst the government begins winding down to ease the national budget.
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Vietnam
Keep It In The Lab At Dugway Proving Ground
Gen. Max Etkin, commander of the Deseret Test Center, toured a secret facility with newsmen to ease mystery around chemical and biological warfare testing. He implied future testing could occur under lab confinement with strict controls, amid concerns from past open air nerve gas experiments that killed thousands of sheep nearby.
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Max Etkin
Deseret Test Center
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Utah Center
Spirit of Law Question Hangs Over Disclosure Fight
Mitchell accuses the GOP of not naming donors who gave 10 million before the disclosure law took effect. The quote from Matthew on private prayer adds a moral undertone to the controversy.
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Mitchell
GOP
McGovern: A Political Technician Turned Pragmatist
The author revisits August 1971 views on Senator George McGovern, now calling him a pragmatic reformer who built a South Dakota Democratic base, planned battles, and turned perceived weaknesses into strengths. He notes McGovern’s tax reforms, cautious rhetoric, and team insights from Pat Caddell, concluding that McGovern has both strengths and notable weaknesses.
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Washington
George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Muskie
New Hampshire
Florida
John Lindsay
Wisconsin
Gen. Eisenhower
Field Marshal
Montgomery
Fred Harris
George Wallace
Nixon
Canadian Intermodal Edge Sparks U S Port Worries
Helen Delich Bentley reports Ottawa's unified regulation in Canada aids intermodal cargo moves across rail road and sea without rate fights. She condemns U S limits from ICC and FMC that hinder container efficiency and warn of lost U S ports and jobs.
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U.S
Canada
Helen Delich Bentley
Baltimore
Richard Nixon
Federal Maritime Commission
Ottawa
J.W. Pickersgill
Canadian Transport Commission
Bentley
Montreal
Halifax
White Sulphur Springs
West Virginia
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates and Details
The Journal published daily by News Journal Inc in Middletown Ohio lists subscription options. Prices cover per-copy, home delivery by paperboy or motor route, and mail within and outside the trading area with annual rates and advance payments. It notes a service charge for Journal tubes and mentions the 1857 founding.
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The
News Journal, Inc
S. Broad
First Ave
Middletown
Ohio
U.S.A
Welcome to the Archie Bunker Club letter
Wilson Lindsey Jr denounces Mr Christiansen’s urban renewal remarks as dehumanizing and mockingly suggests training for blacks would be useless, labeling the stance as uncivil. He asserts the city lacks open housing and ends by inviting readers to consider the Archie Bunker Club.
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Christiansen
Archie Bunker Club
Wilson Lindsey Jr
10Th Ave
Labor remembers McGovern and right to work clash
The piece recalls 1965 events around Taft Hartley 14 b and cloture attempts, noting McGovern’s pledge to vote for cloture then welshed. It links labor distrust to perceived loyalty tests amid farm and wheat lobby ties and reapportionment debates, framing it as lasting labor memory.
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Organized Labor
George McGovern
House
Senate
Mike Mansfield
McGovern
Labor Movement
Paul Hall
Seafarers Union
Russia
Sen. McGovern
Great Plains Wheat, Inc
Richard J. Goodman
South Dakota
Sander Vanocur
Vanocur
Sen. Dirksen
Supreme Court
America
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Andrew Biemiller
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