Rail crisis prompts nationalized rail debate and public loss
Editorial warns massive railroad crises risk public welfare as strikes disrupt lines from Baltimore and Ohio to Southern Pacific across 16 states. It notes past government mediation, questions crew size rules, and argues for a rational system balancing all interests to avoid a public injury.
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Penn Central
Draff
Baltimore and Ohio
Louisville
Nashville
Southern Pacific
Europe
Marines Bring Back Horse Patrols at Miramar Air Station
Marines at Miramar Nava Air Station near San Diego resume horseback patrols on 15,000 rugged acres after phasing out the practice for motorized vehicles. The effort centers on restoring a traditional mode of reconnaissance and security for the vast base.
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Miramar Nava Air Station
San Diego
Swearing-In Interrupted by Alarm in Oval Office
A lower-echelon Commerce aide was being sworn in in the Nixon era oval office when the presidential alarm system alarmed. A Secret Service agent exclaimed that someone wore a gun, but no weapon was found. the man being sworn in wore a weight-reducing belt, his face red with embarrassment.
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Department of Commerce
Nixon
Oval Office
Secret Service
Grapes and French Immigrants in Reeves County History
A reader cites Virginia H. Taylor’s The Franco Texan Land Company noting the 1890s French wine makers who settled Pecos and Reeves County after land certificates financed the Memphis El Paso and Pacific Railroad. Describes artesian wells and a rise of grape cultivation shaping Texas wine culture and immigration patterns. The writer seeks Pecos grape growing information for a historical sketch.
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Reeves County
Franco Texan Land Company
Virginia H. Taylor
University of Texas Press
Austin
France
Memphis, el Paso and Pacific
Texas and Pacific
Texas
Pecos
Galveston
U.S. Concho
West Texas
Memphis
el Paso
Pacific
Boyle's Column explores American individuality and shared dreams
Hal Boyle reflects on how Americans differ despite common goals of wealth and consumption, listing assorted experiences from driving a car to meeting royalty. The piece notes varied personal histories and ends with a line on melanism as the condition of abundant dark pigmentation in some species.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Futurte
Elizabeth Blackwell First Woman Doctor in Modern Times
The World Almanac recalls Dr. Elizabeth Blackwell attended Geneva Medical College in Geneva New York in 1849 and later trained nurses for the Union during the Civil War before opening the Women’s Medical College of the New York Infirmary in 1868.
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Elizabeth Blackwell
World Almanac
Geneva Medical School
Geneva
Peers
Blackwell
Union
Omen's Medical College
New York Infirmary
Purposes Explained Womens Strike Set Aug 26
The article outlines a planned general strike by American women on August 26 led by Betty Friedan NOW to push equality in education work and rights. It details nonviolent protests, economic boycotts, and symbolic actions across major cities with endorsements from prominent activists and organizations.
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Lymm Sherr
AP Living Today Department
Associated Press
Sparta
Athens
Betty Friedan
National Organization For Women - Now
Greece
New York
Manhattan
Chicago
Civic Ceset
Milwaukee
Buffalo
N.Y
Syracuse
Dr.Spock
Karen de Crow
NOW
Los Angeles
BITCH
Demonstrators in Washington See Conflicting Involvement
NEA correspondent recounts a Fourth of July scene near the Lincoln Memorial where a bystander swept up in a mob cheer led to shouting at police. He reflects on how crowds influence behavior and the difficulty of separating conviction from emotion in mass demonstrations.
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Washington
NEA
Lincoln Memorial
Washington, D.C
Billy Graham
War Memorial
Anyel
Hitler
Grim Glimpse Beyond Curtain
East German checkpoints and patrols deter visitors as reporter Bruce Biassot details a brief, wary tour from West Berlin to East Berlin and deeper into the Curtain. He notes grim officials, travel restrictions, sparse towns, and a stark contrast with free Germany, illustrating pervasive oppression.
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Frankfurt
Oder
East Germany
Nea
West
America
S-Bahr
West Berlin
East Berlin
Friedrichstrasse
Volks Polizei
Vopos
Paris Herald Tribune
U.S
Unter den Linden
Berlin
Budapest
Iron Curtain
Free Germany
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