Editorials Tie War and Music Across Ages
The piece traces a thread from ancient and medieval ideas linking music to warfare to modern Pentagon planning. It cites Nicolas Poussin's 1647 note on painting in the Phrygian mode, then quotes Maxwell Taylor and John McNaughton on shaping war as orchestration and crescendo to influence audiences and public opinion.
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Nicolas Poussin
Johnson
Maxwell Taylor
Pentagon
North
John McNaughton
Court upholds DUI conviction despite novel defense
Melvin Baker argued that a 3.1 percent blood alcohol level made him unable to decide to take a Breathalyzer. The New York Court of Appeals rejected the theory 7-0, affirming the DUI conviction and underscoring that a drunk driver cannot escape responsibility for driving crooked.
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Melvin Baker
Sunrise Highway
New York
Nassau County
Baker
California
Editors recall martini ad sparks backslide to cocktails
A column recalls vows to avoid martinis but admits a tempting ad sparked renewed talk of the drink. The piece notes the martini’s evolving vermouth gin ratio and argues rum has no place in a proper martini, while praising a well-made daiquiri as a counterexample.
Books at a Glance Passengers and Legends
A glance at mass produced early cars such as Ford Model T and Rolls Royce with color illustrations notes comfort features. Also reviews 19th century New England legends and folklore by Samuel Adams Drake with Nantucket Shoals and Cambridge references in reissued 1084 edition.
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Maxwells
Rolls Royces
Mercedes
New England
Samuel Adams Drake
Tuttle
Nantucket
Shoals
Satom
Cambridge
Rhode Island
Maine
Boston
Nahant
Nixon backs Thieu as Vietnam effort presses on
Nixon will continue to support the Thieu government in Saigon as Vietnamization proceeds and Thieu consolidates power amid rising opposition. The United States will sustain aid to the Thieu regime, but long term survival depends on ongoing American backing and potential air support, with withdrawal and political pressure looming in the coming year.
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Nguyen van Thien
Vietnam
Thieu
United States
Americas
Nixon
North Vietnam
Thien
South Vietnam
Hanoi
Indochina
China
Peking
Red China
Republic of China
Formosa
Fugure
Saigon
Congress
Nixon's Asia reception questions timing and style
Asian officials in Peking and Tokyo question Nixon's sudden China and economy moves, praising policy goals but unsettled by abrupt timing and method. Observers note a clash between admiration for pragmatism and doubts about future direction and consistency.
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Tokyo
Nixon
China
Peking
Washington
Asia
Publi
Letters to the editor spark community concerns and views
A series of reader letters discuss local issues and opinions. A Long Beach transplant criticizes a new freeway and urges mass transit. Another writer notes South Vietnamese election posters feature water buffalo. A third defends Goodwill’s as is yard and yard sorting policy.
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New York City
Bixby Hills
Long Beach
Long Beath
Vivien Arluk
Martha W. Reese
Abby
Thorburn Spricier Goodwill Industries
Lifeguard Program Praised by Parents in Long Beach
Lt Pat Flynn and Dick Miller lead the junior lifeguard program through an eighth week training. Parents Mr and Mrs Harold Roice urge continued support and possible extra funding to maintain the program’s positive effects on maturity and behavior.
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Pat Flynn
Dick Miller
Harold Roice
Long Beach
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McNaughton
U.S
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
T. R. Nicholson
Macmillan
Richard
Wilson
Cambodia
Laois
Kissinger
United Nations
Japan
Taiwan
James Reston
NEW York Times News Service
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