Russians and press agentry shape earlier space age stance
Editorial argues Russians discover press agentry could shift international relations. It cites Yury Marinin's sharp reply to a Washington Post piece and suggests that Soviet space tech is first rate while other sectors lag. The piece muses on广告 and PR driving competition and capitalism advancing technology.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Post
Yury Marinin
Outer Space
Science Communicator
Library of Congress
NASA
Robert Kaiser
Marinin
Kaiser
Best Dressed List Spars Wives and First Ladies Debate
A 1972 AP list item prompts editors to question what news is and isn’t. The piece argues that excluding Mrs. Nixon from the International Best Dressed List matters less than what does happen in news. It defends reporting what matters over fashion labels.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
New York
Richard Nixon
Ann Henck
Letters to the editor celebrate Dr Abbot and urge hospitals note
Jessie S Tichenor of Long Beach praises Dr Abbot and the Smithsonian sun studies while urging preservation of state hospitals and the Susanville corrections facility. She lauds local papers for timely articles, regales readers with word cautions, and voices pride in Long Beach.
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Independent
Press-Telegram
Dr. Abbot
Woodrow Wilson
Smithsonian Institution
the Sun
Department of Corrections
Susanville
Senate
Assembly
Long Beach
Jessie S
Tichenor
Nonathlete Harassed and Cited for Leadership Hope
Mrs. E Miller of Long Beach writes to John P. Odell thanking him for remarks about nonathletes and criticizing the culture of judging boys by sports prowess. She recalls her son's 12 years of harassment in local junior and senior high schools due to disinterest in sports and urges leadership beyond political manipulation, referencing Harry Truman as a model.
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John P. Odell
Mr. Odell
Harry Truman
Long Beach
E. Miller
A historian’s view of the Vietnam War through time
A historian predicts that in the 1990s teachers will frame Vietnam as an episode shaped by postwar attitudes, Cold War policy, and presidential choices. The piece notes how Johnson and Nixon eras reflected military thinking, public mood, and a shift toward détente affecting future governance and foreign policy.
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Washington
United States
Vietnam
Polk
McKinsey
Kennedy
Johnson
Hitler
Germany
Malaya
Philippines
Greece
Korea
America
Douglas MacArthur
China
Lince
Wilhelm II
Caar Nicholas IL
U.S
Nixon
Gallup
South Vietnam
Henry Kissinger
U. S
Southeast Asia
Kissinger
Europe
Free World
Kissinger Office
CIA
Wisston
Sparkman ousts Proxmire to keep banking chair
In a party line maneuver, Senator Sparkman of Alabama retained the Banking Committee chair by splitting Wisconsin’s Senator Proxmire into separate subcommittees. Sparkman denied a purge, but Proxmire accepted a reduced role while Tom McIntyre gained the financial institutions panel. The episode underscores banker influence and intra-party power struggles in Washington.
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Washington
John Sparkman
D-Ala
Senate
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
Proxmire
Sparkman
Banking Committee
Financial Institutions
Proxmiré
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Moscow
Soviet Union
Iti
Anatoly Dobrynin
Dobrynin
North Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Henry
Tonty
Hue
Merry
Anderson
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