Eisenhower Supreme Commander profile of a wartime leader
Stephen Ambrose’s The Supreme Commander surveys Dwight D. Eisenhower’s rise to command in World War II and his later presidency. It highlights his Pentagon years under George C. Marshall, his role alongside Patton Montgomery and de Gaulle, and his ability to manage allied partners.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
Europe
Stephen Ambrose
Ambrose
Eisenhower
Pentagon
George C. Marshall
Army Chief of Staff
France
Marshall
Supreme Command
George C. Patton
Bernard Montgomery
Germany
Charles de Gaulle
Andrew Jackson
Ulysses S. Grant
Why Not Let Em Try Women Barred From World Outboard Championship
The World Outboard Championship at Lake Havasu Arizona will exclude women. Melinda McCune and Dorothy Coo ley told they cannot compete for $60,000 in prize money due to their sex. The race committee justifies by saying the average woman isn’t capable of handling the big fast boats. Critics question why women should be denied a chance to prove their skill against male competitors.
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Lake Havasu
Arizona
Wome
Melinda McCune
Dorothy Cooley
Ing
It Happened In Canada The Green Dragon Crisis
Washington reports a presidential crisis after two cabinet officers vanish and a militant group is blamed. Civil liberties are suspended as Congress grants wartime powers. In three days 434 people are arrested nationwide without warrants amid arrests and controversy. One cabinet member is later found strangled. another remains missing. The episode tests civil rights and government authority domestically and echoes historical fears.
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Washington
Joe McCarthy
United States
Green Dragon Society
Congress
FBI
Fifth Avenue
Green Dragons
Mexico
U.S
Radio of Free Asia battles Hanoi over POWs
New York radio broadcasts target North Vietnam to press Hanoi over American prisoners. ROFA, backed by the Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation, plans expanded transmitters in Southeast Asia to flood Hanoi with Geneva Convention compliant messages and show world opinion unity with the POW cause. The piece notes Park Chung-hee’s support and ends with a satirical ad about burning a New York Times for heat.
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New York
Free Asia
North Vietnam
Hanoi
Paris
Radio of Free Asia
Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation, Inc
Connecticut Avenue
N .W
Washington, D. C
Seoul
Bo Hi Pak
ROFA
North
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
America
Chung Hee Park
Republic of Korea
Korean Cultural and Freedom Foundation
National Defense Comes Back as Top White House Issue
John Clamberlain argues the defense budget swelled while social programs grew rapidly, noting defense rose from 47 to 73 billion dollars between 1952 and 1971 while welfare spending exploded. He warns unilateral disarmament invites Soviet aggression and urges reordering national priorities toward strategic weapons and continued SALT talks.
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White House
New York
John Lindsay
John Kenneth Galbraith
Americans For Democratic Action National
Joe Duffey
Stanford University
Roger Freeman
Lindsay
Ken Galbraith
Mr. Freeman
Korea
Vietnam
Middletown Journal Publisher Information Notice
The Journal Published daily by News Journal Inc. offers subscription rates for city, suburban, and mail delivery. Rates include 10 cents per weekday, 20 cents on Sundays, and annual mail options with prices varying by region. Subscriptions must be prepaid. Founded in 1857.
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The
News Journal, Inc
First
Middletown
Ohio
Averday
USA
Bud Nelson on election day and beer ban
Wiser but thirsty Bud Nelson Ohio highway safety director predicts Roger Cloud will lose to Gilligan. On election day bars close and a waitress confirms no beer. Includes brief items on a classroom Halloween poem, bumper sticker vinyls, and a Christmas countdown.
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Bud
Warren C
Bud) Nelson
Ohio
Roger Cloud
Lebanon
Cloud
John J. Gilligan
Tee
Vietnam War: Ending the central crisis in American politics
John P Roche argues the Vietnam War was never the sole issue. He contrasts Johnson's cautious 1965 policy with Nixon's Vietnamization and cease fire stance, noting antiwar hawks, isolationists, and patriotic voters shaped by credibility crises and political calculation. He urges shifting perspective beyond Hanoi victory narratives.
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Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
United States
Nixon
Hanoi
Southeast Asia
North Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Hawks
Asia
Hanoi Hawks
Saigon
Boston
New York
Brooklyn
Vietnam
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Marianne
Canada
Bob Considine
New York Times
Agnew
John Clamberlain
National Defense
Middle East
Cuba
Stanford
Pat
Moynihan
Tocmesche
King Features Syndicate
Minuteman
and Miniman
the Journal
Springhill
Helen Rosenfelder
Jeff Ellis
Jeff
Walter Powell
P.D
Harry
John P. Roche
Cambodia
Southeast
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