End of bombing marks new era in Indo China history
The United States ends its longest air war in Cambodia after Congress forced the halt. Lon Nol's government faces a strong Khmer Rouge element as North Vietnam seeks control of the region. Nixon keeps a limited air presence in Thailand, with uncertain futures for Cambodia and Laos and cautious regional hope ahead.
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Lon Nol
Nixon
Congress
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Southeast Asia
United States
Indo- China
U. S
Thailand
Laos
U.S
Indonesia
Malaysia
Singapore
Cuban Liberty Under Castro Described By Critics
The piece portrays life in Cuba under Fidel Castro as systemically deprived, with strict travel limits, rationing, and state control of food, alongside pervasive surveillance and labor camps. It contrasts American freedoms with Cuban repression and notes mixed American views on communism and U S leadership. It also highlights Israel’s strong support for Nixon amid Watergate.
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Cuba
Florida
Fidel Castro
Western Hemisphere
Castro
Casto
United States
Pete Seeger
Seeger
Israel Still Likes Nixon in Dimming Shadow of Watergate
Israeli friends praise Nixon for stance against the Soviets in the 1969-70 war and for delivering Phantom jets while boosting military aid. They say his foreign policy steadiness contrasts with Watergate, though officials worry about hindering his new directions. Peres lauds Nixon as a strong, open leader, while noting Brezhnev’s perils shadowing U.S. politics.
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Nixon
U. S
Israel
Moscow
Peking
United States
United Nations
U.S.A
Golda Meir
Mordechy Gazit
Brezhnev
Persian Gulf
Moshe Dayan
Shimon Peres
Peres
Sen. Jackson
Free World
Agnew Risked Political Future Amid Watergate Allegations
A Washington columnist argues that clearing Spiro Agnew of criminal charges may still not salvage his presidential prospects in 1976. The piece notes Agnew’s alleged $1000 monthly kickbacks, a $50,000 payoff, and critiques media bias during the Watergate era while emphasizing Agnew’s denials as lies.
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Spiro Agnew
Washington
Agnew
Maryland
Many Supposed Events Didn't Happen
A critical look at widely reported events shows many did not occur including dike bombing in North Vietnam and the Guernica bombing. It questions sensational claims about massacres in Mozambique and notes ongoing myths in political history and media reporting.
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North Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Gearing
Guernica
Goering
Nuremberg
National Review
Francis Russell
Nicola Sacco
Charleston State Prison
Mass
Vanzetti
Sacco
London Times
Adrian Hastings
Mozambique
Wiriyarhu
Social Contract And Nixon
Washington column reflecting on Nixon’s circle and reading, comparing Disraeli and Wilson to the President. It questions the reach of government power, constitutional limits, and the idea of a social contract in the Watergate era, pondering the balance between security and rights.
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John J. Wilson
Ehrlichman
Disraeli
Mr. Wilson
Föhrlichman
Halderman
Nixon
Wilson
Republic
The Monroe News-Star masthead and staff overview
The Monroe News-Star publishes weekday afternoons in Monroe Louisiana with offices on North 4th and Olive. It lists publishers from 1929 to 1972, managers, editors, and directors including Ewing family members and other officers. It is an independent paper that prints news impartially and supports its own convictions.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
William H. Bronson
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th
Olive Streets
Monroe
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing Ll
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Monroe la
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Miami
Monroe News-Star
Domino Theory On Potomac
Washington editor discusses the Agnew impeachment scenario using the domino theory. If Agnew resigns or is indicted, Nixon could face impeachment while Carl Albert ascends, then possibly face a caretaker presidency before 1976. a remote chain leads to James Eastland if Albert dies.
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Washington
DFL
Spiro Agnew
Maryland
Richard Nixon
Southeast Asia
Potomac
Nixon
Congressional Democrats
Agnew
GOP
T. Carl Albert
Carl Albert
Albert
White House
Congress
U. S
Democratic Party
Oklahoma State Society
Capitol Hill
House
Mississippi
James Oo. Eastland
U. S. Senate
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James Burnham
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Hastings
Marcello Caetano
England
Brickman
Big Brickman
Washington, D.C
John Kennedy
Spring Valley
Benjamin Disraeli
Queen Victoria
Money
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