Nixon's presidency defies critics with unexpected moves
Editorial lauds President Nixon for defying expectations. It cites cabinet appointees Finch Romney Hickel Burger Mitchell and policy shifts from welfare reform to postal reform and military draft elimination. It credits Nixon with Vietnamization SALT and Middle East diplomacy while noting mistakes and a flexible approach to governance.
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Nixon
White House
Robert Finch
George Romney
Health, Education and Welfare
HEW
Housing and Urban Development
HUD
House
Finch
Romney
Walter Hickel
Alaska
Interior
Hicke
Warren Burger
Supreme Court
Earl Warren
Burger
American Bar Association
John Mitchell
Mitchell
South
Kennedy-Johnson
The Picturephone Arrives in Pittsburgh and Beyond
The Bell System introduces the Picturephone to Pittsburgh with early growth focused on business customers. Western Electric VP Guy Accentura notes expansion to Chicago New York Washington Detroit Cleveland Newark and Philadelphia in coming years. By 1975 the service is planned for 24 cities. It requires Touch Tone service and compatible local offices.
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Bell System
Pittsburgh
Guy Accentura
Western Electrics
Chicago
New York
Washington
Detroit
Cleveland
Newark
Philadelphia
Boyle and Film News From New York in One Column
HAL BOYLE poses a light hearted mental health quiz noting how society’s mix up affects perception. Separately Columbia Pictures seals deals to film Setting Free the Bears directed by Irwin Kershner with John Irving writing the screenplay.
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New York
Columbia Pictures
Jerry Tokofsky
Irwin Kershner
Kershner
Tokofsky
Columbia
John Irving
Vienna
Agatha Christie A Remarkable Woman
Britain's queen of crime story writers turns 80 on September 15. Agatha Christie has produced more than 70 stories from a portable typewriter and tape recorder, introducing sleuths like Hercule Poirot and Jane Marple to readers worldwide. His books have sold about 350 million copies, not counting pirate editions.
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Donald M. McNicoll
Associated Press
London
Agatha Christie
Miss Christie
Britain
Hercule Poirot
Jane Marple
Agatha Christie and Whistler Highlight World Almanac Notes
The World Almanac recalls James Whistler’s Louvre painting Portrait of My Mother and Whistler’s early drawing lessons in St. Petersburg. It also profiles Agatha Christie, detailing her London hit The Mousetrap, personal life, marriages to Archibald Christie and Max Mallowan, travels, and reflections on aging and writing.
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James Whistler
Louvre
Paris
The
World Almanac
Academy of Fine Arts
St. Petersburg
Russia
Whistler
Moscow
Styles
Poirot
Christie
Devon
Frederick Alvah Miller
New York
Agatha
Col
Archibald Christie
Max Mallowan
Iraq
Miss Christie
Lady Mallowan
Max
Rosalind
Dia
Mary Westmacott
Queen Mary
Research Bares Perils of Pot
Washington insights from the National Institute of Mental Health warn of harm from chronic marijuana use. Studies link brain changes, behavior shifts, and potential prenatal risks with long term smoking. experts call for decisive action amid debates of proof and policy.
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Washington
NEA
U.S. National Institute of Mental Health
Constandinos Miras
UCLA
NIMH
Miras
William McGlothlin
Jolyon West
Department of Psychiatry
Oklahoma University
Harris Isbell
D. J. Jasinski
C. W. Gorodetsky
Germany
Georgia University
Geber
Herbert A. Raskin
Wayne State University
Martin H. J. Keeler
Clifford Reisler
Myron Liptzin
University of North Carolina School of Medicine
James C. Munch
Film About Christie Murderer Filmed Near His Former Home
New York报道剧组在拍摄 Christie 罪案题材电影 由 Filmways 为 Columbia 制作 Richard Fleischer 指导 Richard Attenborough 主演饰 Christie John Hurt 饰 Timothy Evans Judy Geeson 饰 Beryl Evans 本片聚焦 Christie 案情及 Evans 无辜被定罪的历史。
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New York
Rillington Place
John Christie
Christie
Richard Fleischer
Filmways
Columbia
Richard Attenborough
John Hurt
Timothy Evans
Judy Geeson
Hurt
Beryl
Letters Praise Pecos Visitors Efforts By Local Citizen
A Texas travel couple from El Cajon California write to Pecos Chamber of Commerce praising local service station operators for hospitality. They parked behind a station with electricity water and toilet facilities and were given a town tour and dinner gratis. The note, dated 1970, ends with well wishes for the citizen and family.
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Chamber of Commerce
Pecos
Lee
Belle Liford
Acacia Trailer Park
el Cajon
California
Space
Firemen On Call In Rome Rely On Rare Big Fires
AP report notes Rome fire crews rush through streets for potential fires in the ancient city. Chief Col Michele Stella says large blazes are rare in two decades, with no deaths remembered in major Rome area fires.
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Rome
Nero
Col. Michele Stella
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Cedar Street
Texas
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Hal Boyle
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Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Berry's
By Gill Fox
Ben Matta
Pecos Chamber of Commerce
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