Moscow summit marks turning point toward peace
In three months the world moved closer to real peace thanks to Nixon's missions to Peking and Moscow. The accords with China and the Soviet Union, anchored by the SALT arms treaty, offer a path to lasting stability though distrust remains. Trade talks faltered, and no close public access in Moscow, yet a joint Declaration of Principles and extended cooperation in space and science signaled historic progress.
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Peking
Moscow
Winston Churchill
China
Russia
Brezhnev
Antarctica
Moon
U.S. Senate
Helsinki
Vienna
Kremlin
Paying the Piper for Fat Decades Editorial
In a postwar era of growth, public trust in business faded as costs of pollution and environmental neglect surfaced. C Howard Hardesty Jr urges a national energy policy balancing supply and environmental protection to close the energy gap and avert bankruptcy from cheap energy.
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America
Opinion Research Corp
C. Howard Hardesty Jr
Continental Oil Co
Chambers of Commerce
Hardesty
Cotten
McGovern Edges Wallace Hold, California Primary Seen
Bruce Biass reports from Los Angeles on California's blue collar suburbs shaping the June 6 Democratic primary. McGovern leads Humphrey with Wallace as a lingering alternative, while voters express protest sentiment and concern over defense cuts, welfare reforms, and economic strains.
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Los Angeles
NEA
California
San Joaquin Valley
George McGovern
Hubert Humphrey
George Wallace
Wallace
Maryland
McGovern
Humphrey
Humphrey-McGovern
Wisconsin
San Francisco Bay Area
Boyle's column on the social life of American offices
HAL BOYLE notes the U S business office has become a social center for workers, a place where business is only one function among rest, recreation, and casual activities. He cites conference rooms, desks, washrooms, and cafeterias as sites of varied activities from meetings to flirting, naps, or side ventures, questioning how business gets done.
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Hal Boyle
New York
U.S
The Date Line Begins The Calendar Day
The World Almanac states that the Date Line zigzag around the 180th meridian marks where the calendar day starts. The line roughly follows the 180th meridian on the globe.
Today in history on Friday June 2 1972
June 2 1972 marks the 154th day of the year with 212 remaining. Notable events include the 1966 moon landing by Surveyor, Maine enacting prohibition, Grover Cleveland’s White House marriage, US citizenship for American Indians, a Brenner Pass meeting between Hitler and Mussolini, Italy voting to abolish monarchy, Elizabeth II coronation in 1953, and contemporary events from a decade, five years, and one year ago. Birthdays include Constantine II and Charles Conrad Jr. Thought for today is a Chinese proverb about keeping a shop open.
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Associated Press
United Stated
Surveyor
Maine
Grover Cleveland
Frances Folsom
White House
United
Campha
Pimen
Greece
Constantine II
Charles Conrad Jr
Letters to the Editor Guidelines for Signatures
The notice invites letters to the editor limited to 500 words with signature and address, withheld on request, requiring general-interest content and prohibiting poor taste. It emphasizes sign and address retention policy and word limit.
Hamilton Returns From Fort Worth Trip With Optimistic Farm Report
W E Hamilton, back from a two week visit near Fort Worth, reports Pecos County crops in fine condition with wheat yielding twenty to thirty bushels per acre. He built Precinct No. 1 roads and plans to depart for Fort Stockton to contract for a large dam in Leon Valley to aid irrigation. He is viewed as a sound judge of soil and prospects.
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W. E. Hamilton
Fort Worth
Mr. Hamilton
Precinct No. 1
Pecos
Fort Stockton
Leon Valley
United States
Hamilton
Memorial Day Reflections on War and Peace in a Turbulent World
The essay recalls war’s legacy from the Civil War to Vietnam and notes Memorial Day as a moment to view global conflicts and domestic violence. It cites rifts in Pleasantville May 1971, fears of political violence, the Vatican attack, Yale portraits slashed, and urban unrest. The author laments contemporary brutality while affirming humanity’s enduring struggle for rights and justice.
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Pleasantville
N.Y
Southeast Asia
Ireland
Middle East
Martin Luther King
George Wallace
Maryland
Charlie Chaplin
America
Rome
Vatican
New Haven
Yale Divinity School
New York
Londonderry
San Diego
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Lawmakers face indictments over stamps and hiring cousins
A former state legislator received a four year prison sentence for using state postage stamps to buy a used pickup. Four other current or former lawmakers were indicted for varied schemes. Ex Rep Walter Knapp of Amarillo led the cases joined by Sen David Ratliff of Stamford and Rep John Allen of Longview in a plan to hire each other’s children as aides without work. Tom Holmes of Granbury was indicted for using House stamps to pay most of a truck price. Former Rep Hudson Moyer of Amarillo faces charges for using stamps to cover a $6,000 loan payoff. Travis County DA Robert O Smith oversaw the investigations.
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Walter Knapp
Amarillo
David Ratliff
Stamford
John Allen
Longview
Tom Holmes
Granbury
House of Representatives
Hudson Moyer
House
Travis County
Robert O. Smith
Gus Mutscher
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Linda Oestreicher
South Cedar Street
Texas
Ress Association
Sylvia Sandoval
David Poling, D.D
Radie
Democratic Executive Committee
Roy Orr
San Antonio
John White
Cleburne
Supreme Court
Texas Electric
State Health Department
University of Texas Bureau of Business Research
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