Ebony debunks Lincoln and Jefferson warts in bicentennial critique
In Ebony magazine and later commentary, Lincoln is praised for leading the end of slavery despite possible racism, while Jefferson is grilled as hypocrite who owned slaves. The piece urges broader reassessment of heroes, weighing legacy over flaws, and suggests more focus on Africa’s emergent nations and Black emigration stories.
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Ebony Magazine
Abraham Lincoln
Ebony
Lerone Bennett Jr
Bennett
Lincoln
Thomas Jefferson
Carlyle C. Douglas
United States
Jefferson
Douglas
America
John Brown
Africa
Jaundiced Helsinki cartoon draws flames of irony
Editorial argues a Canadian cartoon mocking Ford Kissinger and Brezhnev at the Helsinki summit misreads U S politics Brezhnev may not be elected and retirement rumors prevail while Hazlitt quotes warn against improper comparisons amid political power and succession questions
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Helsinki
Ford
Rockefeller
State Kissinger
Leonid Brezhnev
Brezhnev
Canada
Soviet Union
William Hazlitt
Flukes in Economic Signals Spur Cautions
AP Business Analyst John Cunniff argues statistical flukes skew views of the economy. He notes mixed readings in balance of payments, a July retail sales rise masking real volume, and doubts about unemployment figures due to discouraged workers. He warns of potential October revisions and persistent measurement quirks.
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John Cunniff
New York
Washington
First National City Bank
Sindlinger & Co
Albert Sindlinger
Pres
Today in history for August 19, 1975
The date marks events from 1934 Hitler election to Hindenburg successor, 1992 witchcraft executions in Slem, 1812 Old Ironsides defeats a British frigate, 1890 DAR organized, 1940 Italian conquest of British Somaliland, 1955 Northeastern flood, 1966 Turkish earthquake, Vietcong kill tally near Da Nang, 200? anniversary of St Stephen, and the Cyprus embassy shooting death. Births include Jockey Willie Shoemaker and Philip Potter. Washington's 200th birthday note.
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Associated Press
Adolf Hitler
Paul von Hindenberg
Slem
Mass
U.S
Old Ironsides
North Atlantic
Daughters of the American Revolution
British Somaliland
Africa
United States
Connecticut
Turkey
South Vietnam
da Nang
Hungary
St. Stephen
Rodger Davies
Nicosia
Cyprus
Willie Shoemaker
World Council of Churches
Philip Potter
Evacuation in Cambodia Seen as Humane Move Not Death March
William Goodfelllow of the Institute for International Policy argues the city evacuations were a lifesaving response to famine, not a Western sensational death march. He notes food in the countryside, limited transport, and fuel shortages drove the displacement, which also allowed new leaders to replace urban civilian infrastructure.
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Cambodia
William Goodfellow
Institute For International Policy
Goodfellow
Patty Hearst case still unsolved years after kidnapping
The article notes 18 months after Patty Hearst's disappearance the case remains mysterious. FBI efforts, costs, and manpower are extensive, yet searches yield no breakthrough as critics and agents debate police methods and public cooperation. It emphasizes changing attitudes toward law enforcement and public ambivalence as barriers to solving the case.
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Washington
Nea
William Saxbe
California
FBI
Patty
Patty Hearst
Charles Bates
United States
Clarence Kelley
Kelley
Bates
Hearst
Congress
Justice Department
Edgar Hoover
Jack Scott
U.S
Scott
America
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Lindlinger
George Washington
Thomas Gage
John Tower
Senate
Austin
W.E
Pete’’ Snelson
Capital Building
Texas
Dick Slack
Pecos
5Th & Cypress
State Board of Education
M.C. Brockette
Texas Education Agency
E. 11Th St
Ben R. Howell
el Paso
Tom Tiede
Amb
ISA
O’ferrall Pauly
Texas Press Association
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