Editorial Sage: Christmas Cards Reveal Social Restlessness
Art Buchwald humorously observes how holiday cards uncover shifting American relationships. The narrator tracks mismatched signatures and hidden marriages as friends reveal changes through ever-changing card arrivals. A final telegram hints at an ironic disregard for generic holiday greetings.
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Art Buchwald
Washington
America
Hal
Virginia Lark
Frieda
Virginia
Frieda Lark
Lark
Myrna
India policy fight shadowed by embassy cables
Washington and New Delhi clash over U S policy amid India Pakistan war as ambassadors Ken Keating and Joe Farland send urgent messages. Keating backs India’s stance while Farland defends Pakistan and Kissinger instructs against even handedness. External British and Indian reactions noted.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
New Delhi
Islamabad
Ken Keating
Joe Farland
Keating
Populous
India
Farland
Pakistan
Yahya Khan
Yahya
State Department
Nixon
Kissinger
Indira Gandhi
Gandhi
Christmas concerts and civic notes in our city
The week offers Christmas musical presentations to set the yuletide mood. Congratulations to Poe Corn Invitational Basketball winner. Editorial comments urge elected officials to resign for full-time campaigning and warn about pollution in Albuquerque and Roswell. Economic education and governance themes are discussed, plus gerrymandering critique and one man one vote call.
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Christ Child
Artesia
Lake Arthur
Ruidoso
Albuquerque
New Mexico
Roswell
Bernalillo County
Historic Events Remembered on December 19
On December 19, 1946 Ho Chi Minh forces attacked French Indochina. Other notable dates include 1675 King Philip War ending battle in Rhode Island, 1732 Franklin starts Poor Richard's Almanac, 1793 Napoleon retakes Toulon, and 1939 Columbus scuttles to avoid British capture.
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Indochina
Ho Chi Minh
Rhode Island
Benjamin Franklin
Philadelphia
Napoleon Bonaparte
Toulon
Columbus
New Mexico Eyes Strip Mining Controls and Commission
Gov. Bruce King backs a Strip Mining Study Commission to draft a 1972 bill banning contour mining, mandating revegetation, and imposing civil penalties up to 1000 dollars a day for violations. The panel, chaired by King ally Richard Moolick, includes state officials and industry figures to balance resources and environment.
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Fred Buckles
Santa FE
Bruce King
King
State Soil and Water Conservation Board
Environmental Improvement Agency
State Bureau of Mines and Mineral Resources
New Mexico State University
Agricultural Experiment Station
Don Baker
Baker
Socorro
New
State Court of Appeals
Richard T. Moolick
King’s Study Commission
Moolick
Tyrone
Phelps-Dodge Co
New Mexico Mining Association
Albuquerque
Stephen Durkovich
P.K. Hurlbut
Window Rock
Ariz
C.E. McKinney
Gallup
Hurlbut
Navajo Tribal Council
McKinney
Pittsburg and Midway Coal Mining Co
Durkovich
Sierra Club
New Mexico
Gov
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Helen Samovar
Marty Keeler
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Margie Payne
San Francisco
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Bob Elmendorf
Lucy Elmendorf
Lucey
Guadaloupe
Los Angeles
Madisons
Bill Madison
By Ace Reid
Wal Shore
Swaran Singh
K. B. Lall
East Pakistan
Lall
London
HMG
Her
USG
Henry Kissinger
White House
United States
The
Small Society
Brickman
Krishna Menon
Ameerica Hater
United Nations
George Gauzza
Interior Department
Walter Hickel
Philip Dellacasa
Dellacasa
Doris
Gauzza
Interior
George
Victor, Jr
Victor
National Park Service
Interior Agency
Poe Corn
Florida
State Capitol
Charles Fuller
State Department of Military Affairs
Fuller
Harold Eisenbarth
Eisenbarth
Gov. King
Bill Holder
Grants
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William G. Holder
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