Intercept Side Effects Prompt Call to Temper Policy
The piece argues Operation Intercept on the U.S.-Mexico border has reduced narcotics flow but caused side effects. It notes rising drug prices, potential shift to stronger drugs from Africa, widespread searches straining border commerce and U.S.-Mexico ties, and urges tempering the program to balance smuggler disruption with tourism and revenue.
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Operation Intercept
Mexico
United States
Africa
Miss Brooks Becomes Second Woman to Lead UN General Assembly
Liberia official Angie Brooks elected president of the 24th UN General Assembly becoming the second woman to hold the post and the third African. Brooks, Liberia assistant secretary of state, studied at Shaw University Wisconsin Howard University and is noted for African leadership in the UN. The passage ends with a biblical verse from Romans.
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Angie Brooks
United Nations General Assembly
Miss Brooks
24Th
General Assembly
Liberia
American Colonization Society
Vijaya Lakshmi Pandit
Jawaharlal Nehru
Mongo Slim
Tunisia
Ghana
Alex Quaison Lackey
Middletown Bonds Outline to Lure Industry and Parks
Middletown residents circulate petitions for a special election on issuing 10000 dollars in bonds to buy land and spur new industry. City leaders and editors argue bonds could revive employment, tax base, and fortunes, while critics warn of trust domination and population loss.
Mood Of America Reflections On Civil Unrest And War
Washington writer surveys national mood amid crime rise racial friction and civil rights tensions. The piece notes protests in Wisconsin, fears of disorder, funding demands from some leaders, opposition to Vietnam War and international concerns about American strategy, inflation and public discontent.
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Washington
America
Wisconsin
Vietnam
United States
Congress
Hanoi
Paris
London Daily Telegraph
Middletown Journal Publication Rates Notice
The Middletown Journal outlines subscription prices for its daily and Sunday editions. In city and suburban areas the paper via newspaperboy or motor route costs 70 cents per week, while mail rates vary by area from 21 dollars yearly in the trading area to 39 dollars outside it. All subscriptions require advance payment with an international rate of 38 dollars per year outside the U S A.
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Middletown
Sorg Tobacco Factory
Wilson-McCallay
U.S.A
Latin America as a testing ground for U.S. policy
The piece argues that U.S. Alliance for Progress funding is small relative to national wealth and long-term needs. It notes Congress trimmed aid, discusses motivations for quick results, critiques Kennedy and Johnson eras, and questions the blanket notion of Latin America as a single region with diverse cultures and identities.
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Latin America
Johnson
Alliance For Progress
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Punta del Este
Vietnam
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Richard Goodwin
Rio de la Plata
Spain
Brazil
Guatemala
Haiti
Goodell Plan On Vietnam Troop Withdrawal Sparks Debate
Senator Charles Goodell proposes Congress force a troop withdrawal from South Vietnam by January 1, 1971. William Buckley discusses executive power and compares past presidents, noting critics of expanded presidential authority and liberals vs conservatives.
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Charles Goodell
New York
Congress
Nixon
South Vietnam
Goodell
John Lindsay
New York City
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W. H. Todhunter
Despond
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T. C. Simpson
Dennis the Menace
David Lawrence
the Journal
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William F. Buckley JR
Senator Goodell
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Arthur Schlesinger Jr
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