Diary Duties and the Weak Evidence of Memory
A veteran journalist reflects on diary keeping from Churchill to his own practice. He recalls how diaries fail to capture history and how personal entries often reveal only routine concerns rather than grand events. The piece profits from humor and self critique about writing and memory.
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Winston Churchill
Samuel Pepys
Frankin Roosevelt
Treasury
Henry Morgenthau
Potomac
Israel Resists Diplomatic Victory In Cease Fire Move
The piece notes Israel urging a cease fire on Palestine fronts in line with a UN request, a move seen as a diplomatic pivot as Jerusalem battles rage. Arabs resist halting while world opinion weighs the implications of renewed statehood to Israel and the UN deadline.
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Israel
Greer
Lewis
First Goal
Palestine
Jerusalem
United Nations
U. N
U. N. Security Council
Security Council
Walkout signals new 1948 coal wage push by United Mine Workers
John L Lewis leads a walkout at the first meeting to negotiate a new coal contract as UMW set June 30 as contract expiry. He objects to Southern Coal Producers representation and aims to pressure operators while risk of an injunction or Taft Hartley actions looms. Europe may see its best food year yet with larger bread grain crops. a B-36 flew 8000 miles non stop with a five ton dummy load.
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John L
United Mine Workers
UMW
Lewis
Joseph E. Moody
Southern Coal Producers Association
Moody
Southern Association
Southern Coal
Europe
S. Agriculture Department
Soviet Union
West End
John L. Lewis
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