Angkor Wat Damaged Amid Southeast Asia Conflict
An editorial notes that Angkor Wat and Angkor Thom suffer damage from fighting as Southeast Asia turmoil grows. The piece places the event in a long history of war harming cultural monuments from Monte Cassino to the Parthenon, stressing humanity’s pattern of sacrificing heritage for conflict.
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Southeast Asia
Angkor
Cambodia
Angkor Wat
Angkor Thom
Phnom Penh
Italy
Germany
Dresden
Europe
Poland
Warsaw
Acropolis
Greece
University of Akron study ponders dirty words and eye contact
Psychology student Ted Speroff tested 10 male undergraduates on campus. Subjects recited the alphabet and answered neutral questions while a hidden stopwatch measured eye contact and a tape recorder logged response times. When asked to recite five dirty words, participants hesitated and avoided eye contact, often stuttering, suggesting lingering discomfort with obscenity despite liberal attitudes.
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University of Akron
Ohio
Ted Speroff
Speroff
Forests go from guns to helicopters for tree planting
Foresters in Georgia Pacific tree farms are using helicopters to seed lands with two inch encapsulated seedlings fired by an inertia gun. One worker can plant up to 2500 trees daily improving spacing and reducing seed losses to birds and rodents. The method may trim growth cycles from 40 to 35 years.
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Georgia-Pacific
Life experiences span common dreams and personal growth
HAL Boyle reflects on life’s rare private moments shared in common experiences from unfulfilled romances to school mishaps and first loves. He notes the universal longing for privacy, the joy of learning, and the belief that keeping the mind young sustains vitality, echoing Ford’s maxim.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Grand Canyon
John
Henry Ford
Johnson Library dwarfs all other presidential libraries
The Lyndon Baines Johnson Library on the University of Texas campus will cost the federal government over 850000 yearly to operate, four times the 1965 estimate. The eight story complex, built for 18.6 million, with 31 million documents and 500000 photos, will be run by GSA. the Archives funded preparation and processing of the papers. The project’s scale prompted officials to note inflation and larger collections than anticipated.
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Washington
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Congress
Nixon
Spiro T. Agnew
Johnson
Great Society
University of Texas
General Services Administration
National Archives
Archives
Fom
Federal Treasury
GSA
Office of Education
Sid Richardson
White House
Johnson Library
Daniel J. Reed
James B. Rhoads
Roosevelt
Eisenhower
Truman
Timely Quotes and Public Figures On War and Protests
A collection of brief quotes from Sen Edmund Muskie President Nixon Donald Straus Bob Lamb Sen Hugh Scott and Ralph Nader on topics including nuclear weapons inflation antiwar protests and Amtrak. The remarks touch on security demonstrations economic pressure and government action with strong language and defender positions.
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Sen
Hugh Scott
Washington
Nixon policy crash course draws fire from both sides
In a UN context critics from both conservatives and liberals challenge Nixon's push for closer ties with China. They warn against recognizing Beijing and easing the Taiwan issue, while Moscow watches a potential détente with suspicion.
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United Nations
N.Y
NEA
Nixon
Red China
United States
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Taiwan
China
Moscow
Red World
Bloc
Washington
Southeast Asia
Red
Lenin
Russia
Soviet Union
United Nations Security Council
General Assembly
Nixon Faces Televised Conference Stitching Confidence
Nixon endures heavy stress before a rare televised news conference with aides noting his insecurity and careful phrasing. Observers say he may appear confident yet feel unease, risking a paradox of delivering major actions while seeming uncertain. The piece cites views from insiders on how his public image may affect the 1972 reelection landscape.
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Washington
NEA
Richard Nixon
H. R
Bob) Haldeman
Nixon
Calley
Sion
McCloskey
Dilemme
Vietnam
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Bonnie Ceakles
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Reed
Public Buildings Service
Johnsons
National Youth Administration
Texas
Harry Middleton
Berry's
Edmund S. Muskie
Donald B. Straus
American Arbitration Association
Bob Lamb
Mayday
Ralph Nader
Amtrak
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