Editorials Secret of keeping secrets
The New York Times Pentagon papers case shows slow declassification and years of delay. Declassification promised by Melvin Laird faded, with officials delaying to avoid strains with other nations. The Monitor notes officials admit they will take their time, while press scrutiny wanes. The piece argues delay was aided by Pentagon concerns over international impact.
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J. William Fulbright
Pentagon
Christian Science Monitor
Nixon
Monitor
The
the Times
New York Times
Return of the half moon privy stirs nostalgia and ecology
The piece argues for a revived outdoor privy as a compromise between nostalgia and ecological concerns about flush toilets. It notes critics say toilets consume vast water and disrupt soil, urging a new ecologically sound flush system and a mail order catalog to spur demand. The idea hinges on a nostalgic half moon design.
Court reform gains national push through new center
A Minnesota county court system is cited as a precedent and now national action follows. Under Justice Paull Reardon and with support from President Nixon and Chief Justice Burger, the National Center for State Courts aims to push improvements and uniformity in state courts. Ten national legal groups back the effort, signaling a major step for U.S. justice administration.
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Minnesota
Paull. Reardon
Massachusetts Supreme Court
Nixon
Burger
National Center For State Courts
American Judica- Iuve Society
United States
August in Nantucket The Garden and the Attic Soundscape
A vivid satirical sketch set in a Nantucket summer, lampooning August’s decadent heat, loud stereo culture, and vacationing Americans. The narrator notes oppressive garden imagery, domestic decadence, and a town paralyzed by music from nearby houses as waves of August excess crash through the scene.
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Nantucket
America
June
Amicrica
Nelson Eddy
Calentia
London sours Covent Garden by vast redevelopment plan
A critic laments the planned demolition of Maiden Lane and the Rules restaurant to make way for a vast Covent Garden redevelopment. He argues greed drives wholesale change, eroding London’s organic cityscape for a convention center and hotels, risking loss of character and charm cherished by locals and visitors.
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London
Maiden Lane
Covent Garden
Hales
Rules
Dickens
Central Market
Greater London Council
Opera House
Ada Louise Huxtable
Letters to the editor war critique and travel note
A reader criticizes United Nations power and wartime actions while recounting a family trip through Solvang La Purissima and Lake Cachuma, praising California heritage sites. A second letter defender argues Los Alamitos Naval Air Station is safe and calls for investigating developers and zoning officials rather than anti military petitions.
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Lake Cachutha
Solvang
Lompoc
la Purissima
California State Historical Park
Concepcion
California
el Camino Real
Civilian Conservation Corps
Naval Air Station
Los Alamitos
Department of Defense
Seal Beach
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Milt Gross
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Fumio Niwa
Kenneth Strong
Tuttle
Japan
Wumia Niwa
Rolling Stone Zone
Poliman
Russell Baker
NEW York Times News Service
Antony Lewis
U.N. Fosters War
Maldive
Indian Ocean
General Assembly
United Nations
U.N
TLS
Huntington Park
Cleon Cicory
Anfield
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