Base Closings Bring Mixed News Across America
The Defense Department plans to shut 274 bases, risking 26 200 civilian and 16 600 military jobs while some communities fear economic harm. New Orleans enjoys gains from a large base shift, and study groups note rebound in non defense jobs and training facilities where closings occur, prompting a debate on a true peacetime economy.
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J. C. Martin
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Newport
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Congress
Alan L. Otten
Wall Street Journal
Congressional Quarterly
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House Armed Services Committees
New Orleans
F. Edward Hebert
House Armed Services Committee
Hebert
Omaha
Carl Curtis
Nebraska
Congressional
Congress For Peace Through Law
MCPL
A First for Admen in Gasoline Crisis Ads
Editorial notes a historic shift as oil and auto ads urge restraint and promote conservation. It highlights campaigns asking customers to use less gas, consider public transport, carpool, and tune cars for efficiency, signaling a move from abundance to frugality amid shortages.
World Trade Week highlights trade as deadly financial game
AP analysis notes the US ran a 2.7 billion trade deficit last year as exports rose mainly on agriculture and imports surged on industry. The piece links currency slumps, stock declines, and commodity nervousness to trade imbalances and US global role. It cites dependence on foreign inputs in autos, telecoms, and newsprint and discusses ongoing economic tensions and fortunes of free trade advocates. The piece also presents a sidebar on the first US printing press by Stephen Daye in 1638 and The Bay Psalm Book.
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John Cunniff
New York
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U.S
World Trade Week
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Korea
Europe
Japan
Stephen Daye
Cambridge
Mass
Bay
Kidnap extortion pays off in Mexican case
Within two days of the U S Consul General Terrence Leonhardy’s release, Mexican authorities rounded up five men suspected in the kidnapping. The price was freeing 30 political prisoners to Cuba plus an $80 000 payment. Critics fear more political prisoners will be used as ransom in future plots.
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Terrence G. Leonhardy
Leonhardy
Cuba
Mexico
Today in History May 22 1973 Associated Press
May 22 1973 marks the 142nd day of the year with listed events from 1819 the SS Savannah voyage to liverpool to 1972 political events. Notable items include Martha Washington's death in 1802 and Burr treason trial in 1807. Lawrence Olivier birthday noted. Thought for today cites C P Scott.
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Savannah
Liverpool
England
Martha Washington
Aaron Burr
Richmond
Richard Wagner
Leipzig
Paris
Congress
Greece
Turkey
Canada
United States
Birmingham
Ala
France
de Gaulle
National Assembly
Nixon
Moscow
Laurence Olivier
C.P. Scott
Origins of chess traced to India and Persia
The World Almanac notes chess likely began in northern India around A.D. 500, evolving from the Hindu game chaturanga. The term chess comes from the Persian shah meaning king, with checkmate signifying the king is dead. Arabs later spread the game to Europe in the 600s.
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India
Shah
World Almanac
Persia
Europe
Memory’s picture book of simple times and longing
HAL BOYLE reflects on memory as a timeless picture book drawn by life itself. He recalls small joys and fears of midcentury American life from penny ante poker to front porch twilight, schoolyard pranks, radios, and the sense of progress and risk that colored daily existence.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Sin
Letters to the Editor Guidelines Issued by Paper
The notice outlines requirements for letters to the editor including the need for the writer’s signature and address, withheld if requested, a maximum length of 500 words, general interest content, and a ban on poor taste. It sets expectations for eligibility and publication.
Senate speech urges 60 day federal trial goal to end court backlog
Senator Lloyd Bentsen argues Congress must empower federal courts with modern management to clear untried cases within 60 days of arrest. The plan phases deadlines over three years, aims to punish delays by lawyers, and ties case dismissal to noncompliance to protect speedy trials.
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Congress
Arrogance and Rigidity Mark Nixon Aides
A political observer links a narrow, rigid outlook to Watergate aides, noting beliefs in rightness justifying any action. The piece recalls Mark Sullivan on Harry Daugherty and warns Nixon aides may face indictments as evidence mounts, while they claim vindication.
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NEA
Nixon
Mark Sullivan
Harry Daugherty
Warren Harding
Daugherty
Sullivan
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CIA
FBI
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