Editorial on civil defense planning and wind tests in disasters
The column riffs on Chicago’s past civil defense leader and a wind based disaster drill that sent officials and reporters to a helicopter escape. It contrasts real risk with Miami’s mock disaster tapes, noting officials prefer to be informed rather than surprised, and mocks the dramatic, Welles like script.
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Chicago
City Hall
Oak Park
Richard J. Daley
Miami News
Orson Welles
New Jersey
Miami
Civil Defense
Davis supporters clash with trial timing over pretrial comment
The piece argues for a restrained media footprint before Angela Davis's trial, criticizing calls to release her and praising the court’s ban on pretrial lawyer statements. It cautions that lifting limits could turn the case into a press event, hindering juror impartiality and fair proceedings. The writer hopes to wait for evidence at trial.
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Albert Harris Jr
Miss Davis
Harris
Selected Poems and Other Books Review Notice
Books Review lists Selected Poems of Sandor Weores and Fergng Justasz translated from Hungarian by Penguin. Also notes News from NW Cy: Bougainville through 1760 1784 edited by T Davis Tammond Minnesota Press. New Yugoslav writing introduces 46 authors with poems stories and prose from Fadil edited by Berard Johnson.
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Sandor Weores
Fergng Justasz
Penguin
Bougainville
Wayane
T Davis Tammond
Minnesota
Tablis
McCloskey Moves Toward Impeachment Challenge in Nixon Era
The piece examines Rep. Paul McCloskey's call for a national dialogue on impeachment as a response to U S involvement in Southeast Asia. It weighs political risks for Republicans, rivalries within the party, and McCloskey's potential paths toward Senate or presidential contest, set against Nixon's shift on domestic policy and war.
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Nixon
Paul McCloskey
Pete
United States
Indochina
McCloskey
William Douglas
Laos
Cambodia
Vietnam
John Lindsay
John Gardner
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Clifton White
James Buckley
Senate
New York
Center
Korea
America
New Hampshire
Letters to the Editor on policy and fishing warnings
A reader urges immediate withdrawal from Indochina and questions Nixon policy while another letter warns readers about trout fishing regulations in California. Additional notes discuss national debt costs, paper money history, and veterans’ pay concerns, with opinions on motorcycle use and public access to open land.
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Southland
Rick Cobb
California
Modov
Lassen
Plumas
Kings
Tuolumne
Alpine
Mono
Inyo
Topaz Lake
Mono County
Owens River
Pleasant Valley
Linemaha Reservoir
Crowley Damon
Alpine County
Crowley Lake
Congress
Secretary of Treasury
United States
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Theodore White
Euac
Lou Cannon
Saigon
the Way Out
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