New Town Strategy Aims To Contain Urban Growth
The text describes the global push to create New Towns around major cities to absorb migrants and ease congestion. It cites New Delhi with rapid growth and squatter settlements, noting the need for public land control and centralized planning. Cities like Seoul Rangoon Taipei Bogota and Caracas are named as adopters, illustrating a worldwide race against time and cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Developing World
New Delhi
England
France
London
Paris
Seoul
Korea
Rangoon
Burma
Taipei
Republic of China
India
Singapore
Istanbul
Turkey
South America
Bogota
Colombia
Caracas
Venezuela
New York City Ends Social Promotion In Reading Plan
The New York City school system tightened reading requirements and will not automatically promote students more than a year behind grade level. Remedial programs will help lagging pupils catch up, ending social promotion and stressing literacy as the foundation of education.
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New York City
New York
Vidal ridicules Founding Fathers. Washington’s greatness affirmed
Gore Vidal names presidents and Founding Fathers with sarcasm while praising Washington’s leadership. He notes Washington’s height, sacrifices, and choice to reject kingship, countering Vidal’s cynicism about the era and its leaders.
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Gore Vidal
Vidal
Nixon
Jane Fonda
Jefferson
Washington
White House
Beard
Arab Oil Embargo Could Drag World Toward Conflict
Washington observers say Arab oil producers have shown strength by pressuring Western Europe and Japan to back their stance on Israel. The key players remain Israel, Egypt, the Soviet Union, and the United States, whose actions will shape any peace deal amid threats of renewed fighting if demands are overextended. The United States opposes a resumption of hostilities, awaiting Geneva talks, while warning that miscalculation could trigger wider catastrophe.
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Washington
Saudi Arabia
Kuwait
Syria
Algeria
Israel
Europe
Japan
Western
Bargo
Egypt
Soviet Union
United States
Jordan
Geneva
Letters On Nixon From U S Heartland
A senatorialsized tapestry of reader letters from states like West Virginia Oklahoma Texas Florida and Pennsylvania voicing support for President Nixon. Contributors cite faith patriotism and respect for his leadership while noting criticism of the press and political foes. The piece notes a strong religious and nationalist current in the heartland and suggests a view of Nixon as capable amid national turmoil.
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Washington, D. C
West Virginia
America
Southwest
Oklahoma
Nixon
Tennessee
Ohio
Jesus
Louisiana
President Nixon
Lovers of
Texas
Richard Nixon
Connecticut
Pennsylvania
Alabama
Nevada
Aftermath of Vermont Hunting Season 1973
The author reflects on northern New England deer season in Vermont. He rejects ideological opposition while condemning reckless hunters who hunt from vehicles, drink, and damage property. He notes incidents of harm and concludes the season is over for the year.
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New England
Vermont
Ernest Hemingway
Outdoor Goods
Abercrombie and Fitch
Col. Cantwell
Francis Macomber
Green Hills
Africa
Abercrombie’s
Spain
Spontaneous Cooperation Powers Energy Savings Plan
The piece argues that independent citizen action and common sense measures can ease winter energy shortages. It cites Montgomery Ward and Mr Donnell detailing orders to curb cooling, inspections, and public tips, plus the Natalie Hamilton campaign urging 14 energy steps and road rule revisions to improve efficiency.
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Woodrow Wilson
Bernard Baruch
White House
Congress
Edward S. Donnell
Montgomery Ward Company
Donnell
Rocky Mountain
Midwest
Montgomery Ward
Natalie Wales Hamilton
Committee To Unite
America
Britain
Washington
Nixonism in the heartland as campaigns race to 1972
The text targets Birch Bayh and Ted Kennedy, suggesting Democrats aim to overturn the 1972 election results. It contrasts the candidate’s repeated presidential bids with a political climate shaped by Nixon supporters and opponents amid a fourth campaign attempt.
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Birch Bayh
Ted Kennedy
The Monroe News-Star Staff and Ownership History
A reader familiarizes with the Monroe News-Star’s long lineage listing publishers from 1929 to 1979 and current leadership including Board Chairman Robert Ewing Brown and General Manager Jack S. Campbell. The notice outlines ownership, staff roles, Associated Press affiliation, national advertising representation, and its stance as an independent newspaper.
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John C. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
Wiliam H. Bronson
News-Star World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Wave Streets
Monroe
Robert Ewing Brown
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown Jr
Robert Ewing II
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Jensen
Kenneth C. Barranger
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Virginia Clay Hill
John A. Hendrick
Secree Cae Res
Jack S. Campbell
Edmond G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Pres
Associated Press
Focal
Creer
Bramham-Moloney Company
New York
New Orleans
Chic Islanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapoli
Dallas
San Francisco
Lo Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
Monroe News-Star
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Dever
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Colonies
Saratoga
Trenton
Yorktown
Valley Forge
Mount Vernon
By Crosby S. Noyes
Persian Gulf
U.S. Heartland
Florida
By Holmes Alexander
Archibald Cox
Indiana
Small Society
Hoo-Boy
Jeffrey Hart
Suez Canal
John Chamberlain
Committee To Unite America
Maine
Delaware
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