Nixon's Campaign Plan Becoming 'Perfectly Clear'
Washington reporter Helen Thomas notes Nixon’s security heavy campaign style shaping into a pattern. He uses secure military venues and surprise stops at Selfridge Field Lindbergh Field San Clemente and the Presidio to generate news while limiting protests. He stresses law and order on busing amnesty and military strength, with impromptu appearances in Wilkes-Barre and other sites to bolster support and exploit surprise security.
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Helen Thomas Washington
UPI
Nixon
Johnson
Secret Service
Florida
Selfridge Field
Detroit
Lindbergh Field
San Diego
White House
San Clemente
Calif
Presidio
San Francisco
Dwight D. Eisenhower High School
Utica
Mich
Supreme Court
Lewis Powell
Augusta
United States
California
Wilkes-Barre
George S. McGovern
Pennsylvania
Thought For Today Verse on God’s Army and Judgment
A devotional line from Joel 2 11 emphasizes God’s vast army and His word in judgment The verse portrays the day of the Lord as great and terrible inviting contemplation of divine power and accountability.
Public Broadcasting Under Fire as Nixon Veto Shakes CPB
Beleaguered CPB leader John W. Macy Jr resigns after Nixon vetoes a 155 million two year funding bill. Frank Pace signals new chairman as CPB board, now Republican majority, plans succession and a review of long term financing amid funding growth and rising stations.
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Nixon
John W. Macy ‘Jr
Corporation For Public Broadcasting
CPB
Macy
CPR Board
Frank Pace
Pace
Washington
Public Broadcasting
Clay T. Whitehead
Office of Telecommunications Policy
CPR
Bill Moyers
Chicagoan finds solace in Oberammergau despite noise
A Chicago writer in Oberammergau describes a quiet Bavarian village and its passion play only every decade. He recalls nocturnal motorcycle clashes between young riders and protesting elders, a tense chase as a siren nears, and concludes the town’s charm makes a Chicagoan feel at home away from home.
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Oberammergau
Thieu And You The Vietnam War In 1972
The Nation reports on Nixon pulling ground troops from Vietnam and the paradox of ground losses yet fewer prisoners, with Viet Namization questioned and Thieu as a fragile ally. Congress trims the defense bill and helicopter funding despite ongoing warfare and air losses at Bien Hoa.
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New York Times
New York
Nixon
House
South Vietnam
Bienhoa
Pleiku
Johnson
Thieu
George McGovern
North
South
Vietnam
Mollie McCreery plans rest room tea room and dress shop
1922 Raleigh Register notes Mollie McCreery intends to open a rest room tea room and dress making business at Prince and Kanawha streets later this month. It will host women's exchange dinner parties bridge events and similar social gatherings.
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Raleigh Register
Mollie McCreery
Prince and
Kanawha Streets
Chestnut Seed Hope Emerges From Egeria Tree Sample
Forestry experts see a glimmer of hope that chestnut seed from a tree at Egeria may yield a bright resistant strain. A twig with ten spurs from C. A. Walker’s property has been sent to Milton Harr, Kanawha Forest District manager, for study.
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Egeria
C. A. Walker
Milton Harr
Kanawha Forest District
Bug Dust WVII Team Physician Not Sold On Artificial Turf
Dr. K Douglas Bowers Jr authors a case report in the West Virginia Medical Journal on a 1971 WVU football injury. He argues artificial turf creates new problems and favors well maintained natural turf like Penn State. He calls for rule changes, better equipment, and conditioning to reduce injuries.
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West Virginia Medical Journal
Playboy
Journal
West Virginia State Medical Association
K. Douglas Bowers Jr
Beckley
Bowers
Woodrow Wilson High School
West Virginia University
K. Douglas
Lucy Ragland Bowers
Doug
WVU
Jerome van Meter
Flying Eagle
Flying Eagles
Medical Journal
Penn State
National Collegiate Athletic Association
National Bomb Association Fights Gun Control Bill with Proposals
The National Bomb Association leads a campaign against a Senate backed bill to ban cheap pistols, arguing it deprives the poor of armament. President Homer T. Pettibone calls for a wide program to arm all Americans, including ammo stamps, financed by defense funds, and vows continued resistance.
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National Bomb Association
Congress
Senate
House
NBA
Homer T. Pettibone
National Commission On Violence
Pettibone
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da Nang
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Thien
Bob Wills
Arthur Hoppe
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W. V
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United Press International
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