Memorial Day Observances Across Nation and Abroad
Memorial Day 1971 brings parades wreath layings and protests across the U S. Gen Leonard F Chapman represents the President at Arlington Tomb of the Unknown Soldier while antiwar ads debut nationwide. In France May 30 visitors honor American WWI and WWII graves. Memorial Day originated as Decoration Day in 1868 and honors all American war dead.
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Leonard F. Chapman
Marine Corps
Nixon
Arlington National Cemetery
France
John A. Logan
Grand Army of the Republic
Arlington
John Hinkel
Mississippi
South Carolina
M. C
Billboards and Beauty Policies Span Nation
Six years after the Highway Beautification Act funds begin to compensate billboard owners. The first removal ceremony in Freeport Maine officiated by John Volpe under the act. In Michigan vigilantes cut 81 signs in two months. Artists in New York push art billboards and public protest.
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Lady Bird Johnson
Congress
Freeport
Transportation
John A. Volpe
Michigan
Joseph Jones
Lansing
New York
Linda Charleston
Mood in Europe Favours Mutual NATO Withdrawals
NATO ministers meet in Lisbon and press for a European Security Conference while weighing mutual troop reductions. Brezhnev and Mansfield proposals stir debate as Britain and Western Europe show tolerance for U S pullback yet resist higher defense costs and larger withdrawals.
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London
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
NATO
Lisbon
Portugal
U.S. Senate
Mike Mansfield
Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
West Germany
United States
Mediterranean
Brezhnev
Sen. Mansfield
Senate
Red Army
Eliot Janeway
U. S
Nixon
Heath
House of Commons
Britain
Warsaw Pact
Indiana businessman revives Saturday Evening Post
Indiana businessman Beart Servaas plans a quarterly revival of the Saturday Evening Post starting June 1 at $1 per copy. The first issue, mainly Midwest newsstands, will feature nostalgia and familiar names like Tugboat Annie and Alexander Botts plus new cover art by Norman Rockwell.
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John N. Gregory
Indianapolis
Ind
UPI
Indiana
Benjamin Franklin
Saturday Evening Post
America
Beart Servans
The
Post
New Post
Midwest
Servaas
Mak
Servans
Old Post
Annie
Alexander Botts
Norman Rockwell
Navy Ensign Eisenhower Steps Toward Navy Duty and Wedding Plans
Navy Ensign David Eisenhower departs for his first assignment with the U S 6th Fleet in the Mediterranean while preparing for sister Tricia Nixon’s June 12 wedding in the Rose Garden. He offers outlooks on Edward Cox joining the First Family and notes his wife Julie will be matron of honor. Julie will begin teaching in September at Atlantic Beach Elementary School in Florida.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
White House
Navy
David Eisenhower
Tricia Nixon
Rose Garden
David
U.S. 6Th Fleet
Mediterranean
Harvard
Edward Finch Cox
Julie
Will
U.S
Belgium
John Eisenhower
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Atlantic Beach
Florida
Catholic University
Enduring Texas Hospitality at the LBJ Library Dedication
In Austin a three day celebration marked the dedication of the LBJ Library with Elizabeth Carpenter aiding the ceremony and Tricia Nixon planning a seven tier wedding cake. Julie prepares for a Mayport nearby school while David's ship USS Albany is stationed there. Liz notes feeling strained after weeks with former President Johnson.
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Mayport
David
USS
Albany
Julie
Elizabeth Carpenter
Lady Bird Johnson
Texas
Austin
LBJ
Johnson
Liz
Sam D. Hales retires after 40 years with UPI
Sam D. Hales, longtime UPI newsman and Southwest Division executive based in Kansas City, retires after four decades of covering wars, elections, crashes, trials, and world events. He reported from London during the blitz, on D-Day beaches, and across 12 European nations, later guiding UPI operations in the United States and Europe.
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Kansas City
UPID
Sam D. Hales
United Press International
Hales
UPI
Southwest
Bonnie and Clyde
Pretty Boy Floyd
Machine Gun Kelly
London
Normandy
Norway
Vidkum Quisling
Ding
Louisiana
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Kansas
Missouri
Colorado
Austin
Tex
Dallas
Brussels
Paris
Oklahoma City
Oslo
Vienna
Eisenhower
Dust Watch Out For Inertia In Flight Safety
Inertia governs motion across planes and cars, dictating stopping distances and impact risk. The piece argues people underestimate inertia in air travel and road use, urging greater margins for stopping and safer landings to prevent crashes and injuries.
Republican Leader Blasts War Use as Political Football
Senate Republican leader Hugh Scott of Pennsylvania criticizes Democrats for exploiting the war to score political points, recalling Democratic praise of U.S. involvement in Vietnam during past administrations.
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Vietnam
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Salt Talks Delay and NATO Reform Debate
In a cautious view of US Russian ties, the piece argues Washington may seek limits on nuclear arms, while Moscow pressures for troop withdrawals. It urges a realignment of NATO burden sharing, proposing Europe assume greater ground defense and the US reduce its excessive role.
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Nixon
Moscow
Kremlin
U.S
Europe
Berlin
Middle East
America
Russia
East Germany
Czechoslovakia
Poland
Hungary
Brezhnev
East Europe
Leonid Brezhnev
Mike Mansfield
Senate
United States
NATO
West Europe
Far East
Germany
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Tanya
Sharon
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Lord Fairbanks
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Leon Dennen
Nea
Washington
Mansfield
Nuleiah & Register Democratic
Beckley Newspapers Corporation
Prince St
Beckley
W. Va
Hunter
Tohn Hodel
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Ward-Griffith Company, Inc
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