Editorials Next step Syria in Arab Israeli talks
The first stage of Arab Israeli talks yields Egyptian territorial gains while Israel holds a strong defense. Kissinger’s personal diplomacy earns praise from Anwar Sadat and Israelis, with Syria remaining intransigent and Moscow urged to pressure by withholding further arms.
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Egypt
Israel
Henry Kissinger
Anwar Sadat
Kissinger
Syria
Soviet Union
Dr. Kissinger
Cooking as history in a French gastronomy course
At Sacramento State University Claude Duval teaches a history of French gastronomy blending language and cuisine. His course uses culinary topics to explore politics economics and social history and even reimagines figures like Joan of Arc through edible anecdotes. He offers off campus wine lessons and suggests other universities replicate similar food history courses with local scholars.
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Sacramento State Universiary
Claude Duval
M. Duval
Juan of Arc
Oxford
Cambridge
Readers share police, beagles, and budget concerns
Letters to the Editor discuss police conduct and community harmony citing a 1972 Long Beach arrest and a mother’s treatment. They call for human policing and better screening of officers. A second letter condemns Air Force beagle research and seeks Rep Les Aspin to oppose a $3 million funding plan.
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Southland
Helen Graham
Long Beach
Schliesmayer
J Jst
City Hall
Ife
Catherine Jackson Bellflower
U.S. Air Force
Vietnam
Air Force
Marine Corps
Air Force Academy
Les Aspin
Questioning police car use in a Jan letter
A reader asks why police summoned more squad cars amid a confrontation involving Mrs. Schliesmayer. The editor replies that safety first guides law enforcement decisions and notes the risk a youth may flee home for a gun.
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Alex Dechko
Joanne Schliesmayer
Kissinger’s Shuttle Diplomacy Draws Backlash and Risk
The piece argues Kissinger’s personalist two way shuttle diplomacy in the Middle East risks boxing him in, worsening European and U.S. alliances, and hindering other duties as secretary of state. It notes Sisco’s Kuwait visit refusal, Sadat’s influence, and a looming high-stakes chain of Arab capitals, with potential harm to broader policy.
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Washington
Middle East
Henry A. Kissinger
Kissinger
Mideast
Joseph J. Sisco
Kuwait
al Sabah
Sisco
Damascus
Europe
U.S
Nixon
Kenneth Bush
White House
Watergate
Rush
Mr. Nixon
Damacus
Tel Aviv
Cairo
Jordan
East Jerusalem
Palestine
Egypt
Israel
Vietnam
Tel Aviv- Cairo
State Department
Monstrous idea of Nixon being a crook grips his inner circle
A former Nixon ally argues the 18 12 minute tape erasure shows deliberate tampering. He asserts impeachment could only fit a high crime and urges the president to testify under oath to dispel the belief of wrongdoing. The speech marks a climactic shift as the tape controversy intensifies.
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H.R. Haldeman
Democratic National
Watergate
Nixon
Matthew Byrne
Ellsberg
Richard Nixon
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