Patience and Revision: Voices of Great Writers
A retrospective on 1972 book trends notes nonfiction outselling novels and cites writers like Hemingway, Faulkner, Maugham, Dos Passos, Lewis, Maurois and Ionesco. It emphasizes discipline, thought, and continual rewriting as core to literary achievement. The piece frames writing as patience, struggle, and the creation of enduring myths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Booksellers’ Association
New Academie Francaise
Eugene Ionesco
Ernest Hemingway
Hemingway
Irving Wallace
France
Collette
William Faulkner
University of Virginia
John Dos Passos
Dos Passos
Publicity on Paraguay drug ties hurries policy shifts
Washington reports reveal Stroessner’s regime profited from smuggling links to U.S. markets while CIA and GAO confirm press exposure spurred Paraguay to curb narcotics. Extradition of Ricard followed, ambassador ousted, and officials warn of hidden secrecy. Pentagon downplay of B 52 losses echoed in intelligence notes. Viet Nam outlook suggests a long fight ahead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Anderson
Washington
U.S
Paraguay
Alfredo Stroessner
America
Stroessner
Raymond Ylitalo
Central Intelligence Agency
Bureau of Narcotics and Dangerous Drugs
Auguste Ricard
United States
Latin America
Roque Avilla
Avilla
Pastor Coronel
Ricard
Ricord
Ylitalo
General Accounting Office
GAO
Pentagon
Hanoi
Public's right to know challenged by Juvenile Code misuse
An editorial argues New Mexico's Juvenile Code restricts reporting on public matters and accidents. It urges legislative overhaul to prevent blackouts on highway incidents, arrests, and agency performance, warning reporters may lose confidential sources and the public will lose critical information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico
Santa Fe
Fort Sumner
Tumbleweed Invasion Sandwiched With Snow On Pacific Coast
Unusual sights include a round tumbleweed rolling along the Pacific Coast highway near soft beach sand and surf. Albuquerque residents woke to hundreds of weeds stacked against doors as high winds pushed them in, while snow followed in Tijeras Canyon and Roswell, leaving roads snowpacked statewide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pacific Coast Highway
New Mexico
Albuquerque
Duke City
Tijeras Canyon
U.S. 66
Roswell
New Year Coldest on Record and Regional Banquet Remarks
New Year’s Day 1948 reported as the coldest on record at two degrees below zero. Col. William H. Blanchard and Gen. Hugh M. Milton spoke at the Chamber of Commerce banquet. Blanchard noted 4,000 personnel and 4,000 dependents at Roswell Army Air Field and urged inflation curb measures. Milton urged an American vision. Also noted were a planned Pecos River bridge on U.S. 70 to Portales and late returns for the 1947 Christmas Seal Sale coordinated by Mrs. Frank Young.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Blanchard
Roswell Army Air Field
Hugh M. Milton
New Mexico Military Institute
Chamber of Commerce
Blanchard
Roswell Air Field
Milton
America
Reed Mulkey
Chamber
Pecos River
U.S. 70
Portales
Frank Young
Today in History Highlights From 1949 to 1966
On this date Queen Juliana signed sovereignty for Indonesia ending Dutch rule. Johannes Kepler was born in 1571 in Württemberg. In 1966 a 100000 strong Red Guards rally denounced Liu Shao chi in Beijing. A year ago no US draft call was planned for January. Thought for today by George Eliot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
Juliana
Netherlands
Indonesia
Johannes Kepler
Wurttemberg
Peking
China
Liu Shao-chi
U.S
George Eliot
Education changes shaped by University Study Committee findings
The University Study Committee reports nearly 40 percent dropout in some state higher education institutions and urges shortened degree timelines. It criticizes overemphasis on degrees, promotes career counseling, and calls for an ongoing commission on post secondary education funded by BEF with new program funding rules. It highlights vocational education needs, placement data gaps, and heavy attrition from baccalaureate programs. A state fair coordinator, Vincent E. Griego, was hired with Gov. King’s approval amid pattern of political hires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred Buckles
Santa FE
USC
BEF
Commission
New Mexico
State Fair
Bruce King
Vincent E. Griego
Bernalillo County
State Senate
King
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Henry J. Taylor
Somerset Maugham
Maugham
Sinclair Lewis
Lewis
Andre Maurois
Academie Francaise
Maurois
Balzac
Merry
The
Small Society
Chaves
State Capitol
I M. Smalley
D-Luna-Hidalgo-Sierra
Sen. Smalley
State Board of Educational Finance
Branch
Hobbs
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