White Flag rhetoric in McGovern defense debate
The Nixon administration brands Senator George McGovern as a “white flag” candidate for defense cuts. Secretary Melvin Laird argues deep cuts threaten U S security and U S Soviet arms talks, urging funding for new weapons while warning surrender signals. The piece notes tensions with Brezhnev and the need to negotiate from strength.
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Ved
Sen
George McGovern
U.S
Melvin Laird
Senate
Congress
McGovern
Nixon
Brezhnev
Washington
Moscow
Hunters defend hunting amid press defection and pressure
The African Safari Club in New York honors conservation minded hunter Kermit Roosevelt. Club president James C. Rikhoff argues sportsmen contribute hundreds of millions to wildlife protection, noting licenses and stamps fund conservation and that most hunters follow rules and lead conservation efforts.
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Ican Humane Society
Congress
African Safari Club
New York
Kermit Roosevelt
National Audubon Society
Year Round Schools Grow Across the United States
More than 100 districts experiment with year round schooling and 1 000 study feasibility to cut costs. Plans run 170 to 190 days with 45 15 or staggered schedules to keep facilities in use year round. San Diego adopts 45 15 to save on portable classrooms and adjust for 52 week staffing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
San Diego
Pacific
Canadian Pro gressive Conservative Plan for Real Income Tax
In Toronto Robert Stanfield outlines a tax reform to tax real income in constant dollars using a 1971 CPI base. The plan would curb inflation driven revenue and force restraint on federal spending with a 1973 start target.
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Washington
KFS
United States
Canada
Progressive Conservation
Robert Stanfield
Toronto
Stanfield
Ottawa
Progressive Conservative Party
Field
U.S
New York City
Madison Avenue
Third
Brainstrom
New York
No Peace Dividend in Postwar Arms Debate
A talk with Hannibal Stone, head of the Association for a Permanent Military-Industrial Complex, after Nixon’s Soviet arms accord. He argues disarmament boosts weapons spending, predicts at least 20 billion more in new arms, and mocks the idea of a peace dividend while urging rapid development of uncapped weapons. The piece satirizes the arms industry’s profit motive amid Cold War tensions.
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Washington
Nixon
Congress
Soviet Union
Hannibal Stone
Association For
Hannibal
Russia
United States
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Moscow
Mexico Faces Dilemma in Building Latin Market
Mexico’s economic challenge is aligning with the United States and Canada while expanding an export base for rural uplift. Horacio Flores de la Pena proposes a multinational, segmented auto industry across five Latin nations to create a shared market and balance of payments, enabling a Latin American Common Market for investment.
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Mexico City
EFL
Mexico
Latin America
United States
Canada
Luis Echeverria
Washington
Horacio Flores de la Pena
Campesino
U. S
Colombia
Brazil
Venezuela
General Motors
Ford
Argentina
Flores de la Pena
Poles Remain Euphoric Over Nixon Visit
Warsaw greets Nixon with festive acclaim after Moscow Warsaw talks. Officials praise improved U.S.-Soviet ties, foresee peace and economic gains for Poland, and recall wartime suffering while eyeing deals with U.S. firms for hospitals and equipment. Some skepticism remains on SALT and troop reductions.
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Warsaw
Nixon
Moscow
Poland
Winston Churchill
Wlodzimierz Janiurek
Leonid I. Brezhnev
U.S.S.R
Uncle Sam
China
Germany
United States
Wladyslaw Gomulka
Edward Glerek
West Germany
U.S
Fiat
Monroe News-Star Publisher History and Staff Listed
The Monroe News-Star, an independent afternoon paper, lists its publishing history from 1929 to 1952 with Ewing family leadership and notes officers directors including William H. Bronson Mildred Hunt Ewing Edmund Graves Brown Jr Robert Ewing II Patricia Ewing Hendrick Esther Ewing Wynn and other directors. It details staff roles and nationwide advertising reps while affirming impartial reporting and nonpartisan editorial stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John C. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
News-Star—World Publising Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing, II
Patricia Ewing Hendrick
Esther Ewing Ynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John DB. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Ann
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Browness
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company
National
New York
New Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
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North Dakota
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Small Society
Henry Kissinger
Eisenhower
Nick Thimmesch
Zbigniew Kot
Perspectives
Mr. Nixon
Robert Kennedy
Che Monroe
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