Nixon's Europe trip shows cautious, influential restraint
A long review notes Nixon's retreats from campaign rhetoric after his Europe journey. He kept policy changes quiet, avoided overclaiming, and signaled openness to talks with De Gaulle and future U.S.-Soviet arms talks. Despite security warnings, he earned respect abroad and broad domestic popularity.
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Washington
White House
Ronald L. Ziegier
Paris
Ziegler
U.S
U.S.S.R
Europe
Step Toward Better Ballot Arguments
Long Beach Assemblyman James A Hayes introduces a bill to curb abuses in ballot proposition arguments printed for voters. The secretary of state could reject irrelevant or factually flawed statements and issue correct-facts statements from public records.
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Long Beach
James A. Hayes
Hayes
Patronage not toughest postal issue on Capitol Hill
Washington Star reports that postal patronage remains the main topic on Capitol Hill as Postmaster General Winton Blount faces mounting troubles. The Alabama businessman and former U.S. Chamber of Commerce president took the cabinet post just last month, entering the role with perhaps too much optimism.
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Washington Star Service
Washington
Capitol Hill
Winton Blount
Alabama
U.S Chamber of Commerce
Los Angeles
Blount
Blount Seeks End to Patronage in Post Office Reform
Navy veteran James Kilpatrick notes Blount calls for abolishing patronage in the Post Office with a national and regional board to appoint postmasters at 400 and 31 800 offices. He cites potential mail service collapse and aims to lift morale by opening career advancement paths while facing pay raise disputes and a looming postal strike.
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Kappet
Blount
Dixie
Alabama
Montgomery
Town
Open Artesia Freeway Boosts Bellflower Image and Business
Interviews with Bellflower residents and shop managers say the Artesia Freeway's opening improves the city’s image and traffic flow. Citizens expect easier access, more shoppers, and increased commerce as the freeway nears completion.
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John McDonald
Bellflower
Jim Ramirez
Artesia
Jay Shrager
Whittier
Uie
Dwarn Kurykendall
Compton
Frederick Meidam
Artesia Boulevard
Symington organizes subcommittee on US security abroad
Senator Stuart Symington organized a House subcommittee named US Security Agreements and Commitments Abroad to investigate how the United States becomes entangled in foreign pledges that could provoke war. The inquiry will exclude Vietnam and run at least a year, with Spain base rights renewal among early cases examined as a textbook example.
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Washington
Stuart Symington
D.-Mo
Pentagon
Air Force
Vietnam
Spain
Spain bases price tests U.S. military policy balance
The Joint Chiefs push to keep three Spanish bases clashes with Spain's high price of 3700 million in weapons over five years. Secret talks fuel a Pentagon State Department rift, signaling a shift in power toward the military and raising questions about how far U.S. support for Franco should go. Symington's subcommittee prepares a sober inquiry into this global balance of power and independence.
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U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Spain
Pentagon
State Department
Truman
Congress
America
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Symington
Madrid
The Loose by Terry and Renny Russell review
Sierra Club Bulletin edition priced at 3.95 presents 63 photographs 57 in color highlighting youthful spiritual awakening through nature. The Russells’ camera art captures Yosemite Point Reyes the High Sierras Glen Canyon the Great Basin and even backyard scenes with calligraphy text by Terry Russell.
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Terry and
Renny Russell
Sierra Club-Ballantine Editions
Russells
Terry Russell
Yosemite
Point Reyes
High Sierras
Glen Canyon
Great Basin
Open Forum on Middle East Settlement and Internal Security
Letter writer argues against an imposed Middle East settlement as a weapon for Russian and Arab gains and urges direct negotiations leading to a durable peace. The piece condemns the House committee rename from Un-American Activities to Internal Security, calling for genuine reform and respect for constitutional due process. Long Beach Peter A. Dworkin.
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Middle East
Israel
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
West Bank
Jordan
Russia
North Vietnam
Asia
Far East
United States
House of Representatives
Committee On Un-American Activities
Committee On Internal Security
House
House Un-American Activities Committee
Free Society
Long Beach
Peter A. Dworkin
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