Peru Press Freedom Crisis Warns Against Totalitarian Rule
Editorial condemns Peru's military regime for seizing independent newspapers and dictating editors under a claimed freedom law. It argues this Newspeak erases press independence, risks universal censorship, and urges US and international action to defend the right to informed public.
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Peru
Robert Brown
Inter-American
Velasco
United States
Human Rights Commission
Organization of American States
Human Rights Committee
The
United Nations
Muzak shakes off wallpaper for synomorphic era
The Muzak company, evolving from Wired Radio, Inc., gathered its executives for a 40th birthday, signaling plans to persist. It aims to sell “physiological and psychological applications” of background music under new terms like synomorphic and ecology, promising future debates on its impact in daily life and dentistry.
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Wired Radio, Inc
Muzak
National Commission For Serenity
Muzakians
Cal
Muzak Board
James Keenan
John Glenn
Neil Armstrong
Dallas
Einstein
Hank Aaron
Babe Ruth
Carusoes
Kreislers
Bernstein
Kathleen Daniels
North Long Beach
Mike Benefield
Long Beach
San Francisco cleanup salaries spark city debate
In San Francisco, 180 street cleaners face proposed raises to 17 059 a year starting June, sparking criticism of wage fairness. Comparisons to Chicago and Boston wages, editorials, and a pending contract interpretation suit frame the debate as residents question value amid a claimed city grime problem.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
The
San Francisco Chronicle
Chicago
Boston
Without real heroes a nation yearns for enduring icons
A reflective piece laments a heroless America, arguing Lindbergh’s era proved authentic courage and youthful aspiration. It contrasts fading reverence for pioneers in war, literature, science, and arts with rising celebrity culture. The author warns that postwar generations lack lasting figures in politics, science, and culture.
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Wasitington
Ora
Charles A. Lindbergh
America
Lindbergh
Readers Debate Nixon Amnesty And Press Freedom
Letters to the editor discuss amnesty for young Americans who opposed the war and for Nixon. They argue to let the judicial system work, defend the press, and condemn labels like haters or traitors while noting the era’s political debates and the role of Watergate reporting.
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Raws
iYow
Nixon
John Dean
Mr. Nixon
Sandra Layitt Lakewood
Richard Nixon
AMN
Samuel Whitman
Long Beach
Soaking the poor and the new inflation trap
The writer laments a perceived oil profits gap behind a new President and a one cent gas tax, arguing price or wage controls won’t curb inflation. They question why consumers always bear costs, suggesting big business absorb half the rise. They cite higher auto insurance and fuel bills as examples and predict passthrough to employers.
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Nixon
The Hiss connection and press bias critique
The writer questions a link between Richard Nixon’s alleged assassinations by media and the Alger Hiss scandal. They cite a Truman frame and accuse the press of partisanship as Hiss lectures at colleges. The letter ends with a warning to the public about media influence on youth.
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J. W. Fox
Richard Nixon
Bob Woodward
Carl Bernstein
Ron Ziegler
America
Hobeson
Richard M. Nixon
Alger Hiss
Truman
Hiss
H. Williams
Los Alamitos
Nixon’s War End Claim Reexamined in Letter Praise
The piece challenges repeated assertions that Nixon ended the Vietnam War. It argues his 1968 plan and the 1969 settlement delayed action, noting the Viet Cong’s demand to stop fighting and go home. It contends economic pressure and public disillusion forced the outcome.
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Mr. Nixon
Hanoi
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Hemingway
Faulkner
Walt Whitman
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Arthur Schlesinger
Herbert Marcuse
Kenneth Galbraith
Theater
Ettistens
Mozart
Brahms
Picasso
Paris
Ralph Nader
England
Wellington
Churchill
Eisenhower
Richard
Wilson
H. NM. Wolbrecht
Congress
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