Golden Spike Centenary Recalls US Rail Junction
The 100th anniversary of the Golden Spike ceremony at Promontory Utah marks the coppered moment when the Central Pacific and Union Pacific rails joined. A. J. Russell photographs from 1868 69 are showcased by the Oakland Museum with Historic spikes and telegraph wired final blow.
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Central Pacific
Union Pacific
Promontory
Utah
A. J. Russell
United Transportation Union
David Hewes
San Francisco
Leland Stanford
Museum
Stanford University
Union Pacific Telegraph
Central Pacific Telegraph
Washington
HEW Endorses All Black Studies at Antioch College
The HEW approves Antioch's all black studies program as a federal stance, arguing whites would be excluded only for lack of relevance. Critics condemn the ruling as reverse discrimination and warn it divides higher education and undermines universal academic standards.
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PR Spence College
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Antioch
HEW
Soviet claims of brotherly help in Czechoslovakia
Col Gen A M Majorov defended Soviet occupation as an international duty served by troops who allegedly arrived to shield Czechoslovakia from Western provocation. He cited reforms against Dubcek and press censorship as part of the so called relief, while locals recall 1968 protests and 1945 liberation contrasts.
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A. M. Majorov
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Debating ROTC Credits on Campus Politics and Knowledge
A critical, opinionated piece questions university leaders who deny ROTC academic credits and push to ban ROTC from campuses. It argues classrooms matter beyond drills and calls for examining military subjects through a scholarly lens rather than ideological bias.
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ROTC
Pentagon
Mao Tse-tung
Che Guevara
Gang
Questioning ROTC Ties and Academic Credit Loss Concerns
A writer argues no college has abrogated ROTC contracts and maintains students still deserve academic credits until contracts expire. The piece questions ROTC operating outside formal college ties and critiques potential student and faculty actions, warning against punitive measures and urging restraint.
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ROTC
America
Berlitz
Berlitz-Rotc
Request for Rubber Tree Cutting by Mail
Mrs Nita Martiner of Granger Texas asks for a rubber tree cutting mailed to her with postage collected. She provides P O Box 121 Granger Texas 76530 for responses.
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P.O. Box
Granger
Texas
Revealing a Mother's Hidden Self on Mothers Day
A widow shares a personal tribute to her mother, now living with her, who she previously took for granted. She describes discovering the mother's individuality after decades of wife and mother roles, noting dignity humor and enduring love in a cherished, evolving relationship.
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Jerrie B. Doyle
Address to In the Mailbox at The Light
A reader invitation requests correspondence to In the Mailbox at The Light newspaper in San Antonio Texas with P O Box 161 78206. The notice asks readers to address letters to the specified mailbox for publication.
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P.O
San Antonio
Texas
France After De Gaulle A Glimpse of Change and Continuity
The piece analyzes how Gaullism may persist beyond de Gaulle as France shifts from the Fourth Republic to a likely Pompidou era. It notes Algerian War stakes, anti Americanism, and a potential tacit Communist-Gaullist settlement to stabilize the state and maintain policies toward the United States Britain and the European Community.
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de Gaulle
France
Fourth Republic
Vietnam
United States
New Left
Socialist Party
Georges Pompidou
Pompidou
Britain
Health Talk on Cystic Fibrosis Causes and Research
A reader asks why cystic fibrosis CF remains poorly understood given funds. The columnist explains CF is an inherited disease affecting pancreas lungs and sweat glands and known as mucoviscidosis. It notes ongoing global research funded by government and public money yields knowledge to control CF and improve child survival.
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Mr. D
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John Nance Garner
Uvalde
J. S. Holliday
Oakland Museum
Russell
Stanford
Thomas C. Durant
Majorov
The
Small Society
Hezesa
Brickman
William F. Buckley JR
New Hampshire
Lyndon Johnson
Eldridge Cleaver
Buckley
Nita Martiner
Algeria
Machiavelli
Moscow
NATO
French Communist Party
French National Assembly
Koenig
C.G.T
Lester Coleman
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