Peaceful stance after Iowa City police station bombing
A statement by Iowa City leaders condemns the bombing of the Civic Center Police Station following two nights of antiwar rock throwing. University and student leaders urge nonviolence, legal action to end the Indochina war, and unity. They caution violence harms the university and nation.
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Iowa City
Loren Hickerson
Southeast Asia
University of Iowa Student Association
University of Iowa
Washington
Kent State
Indochina
Nixon sifts China role in United Nations
Roscoe Drummond assesses the Nixon push to normalize United States relations with the People's Republic of China. He weighs critics who fear a hostile Peking in the UN against arguments for engagement, noting China’s secure regime, Taiwan's fate, and that isolation harms peace. He cites Henry Cabot Lodge's nuanced support and cautions on expelling Taiwan.
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Washington
China
Committee
United Nations
People’s Republic of China
United States-China
Chou En-lai
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
Nixon
United States- China
Peking
Castro
Mao
North Korea
South Korea
Tibet
Nehru
India
North Vietnam
South Vietnam
Moscow
Henry Cabot Lodge
Security Council
General Assembly
OSS Tales of Donovan and the OSS's Hidden War T: OSS Tales of Donovan and the OSS's Hidden War
A vivid reminiscence recalls the Office of Strategic Services formed by William Donovan, its daring pranks and deep cover work in World War II, from spy theater at dinner to sabotaging enemy schemes and the red faced consequences of a test gone wrong.
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CIA
OSS
Lincoln
Pinkertons
Wild Bill” Donovan
Office of Strategic Services
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Horace Schmahl
Donovan
Schmahl
Navy
To your good health health advice column excerpts
A series of brief Q and A notes from Dr. Thosteson covering constipation, moderate alcohol use in a diabetic, arthritis milk inquiries, and notes on vitamin B complex. The column also touches on anxiety affecting pregnancy and points readers to a booklet for constipation remedies.
Extra baggage at airports defines liberated wives
An Associated Press feature describes how traveling with a husband often relegates a wife to mere appendage status. From booking tickets to customs and hotel checks, officials address and serve the husband while the wife is overlooked, searched, or required to sign as Madam only when returning home.
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New York
MacSorley’s
London
Customs Bureau
Mng
First strawberries head to market from Southern Illinois
Our yesterdays note reports the season’s first berries appearing in the market at 35 cents, from Southern Illinois. Adan Reuling is thanked for a dish and offers berries by the box or in ice cream.
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Iinois
Adan
Thomas Abott
Muscatine
Hawke's
John Bon
Today in history May 10 1971 highlights and anniversaries
On this date various historical events are noted including the completion of the first transcontinental railroad with the golden spike at Ogden Utah in 1869 Amerigo Vespucci's first voyage in 1497 the capture of Ft Ticonderoga in 1775 Confederate president Jefferson Davis capture in 1843 Alsace Lorraine cession in 1871 German invasions in 1946 Rudolf Hess parachute landing in 1941 and related anniversaries including Lyndon Johnson Asian tour Mao Zedong photos and a 1970s auto workers plane crash anniversary.
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Associated Press
Ogden
Utah
Amerigo Vespucci
New World
Ethan Allen
Vermont
Green Mountain Boys
Ft. Ticonderoga
N.Y
Jefferson Davis
Irwinville
France
Alsace
Lorraine
Germany
Belgium
Holland
Luxemburg
Rudolf Hess
Scotland
Lyndon
Johnson
U.S
Mao Tze-tung
Communist Party
Prayer for Presence in the Modern Age
A devotional prayer asks divine presence in a world of science and machines. The speaker acknowledges human limits and asks for guidance to let God into daily life and modern practice.
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Roscoe Drummond
The
Small sOcIety
Brickman
Miral
Adolf Hitler
Stanley Lovell
Lovell
Gestapo
Philadelphia
FBI
Philadelphia Navy Yard
Mr. Rogers
Mr. Kissinger
Jim
George C. Thosteson, M.D
M.R.L
By Louise Cook
Europe
EB. L. McCoim
Walter Kellar
Chicago
First Methodist Episcopal Church
Mrs. Judson
Newcomers Club
YWCA
Walter P. Reuther
United Auto Workers Union
Michigan
the Daily Prayer
Hazel
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