Editorial Critique of Diem Regime and Vietnam Policy
A 1963 Progress editorial argues the United States overvalues aid while Diem's regime lacks popular support and abuses Buddhists. It notes press repression and corruption, urges cutting aid and forcing Diem to resign, and frames Gen Thieu’s resignation as a sign of Vietnam’s stagnation after 12 years.
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Thieu
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Vietnam
Legislation agendas disrupt citizen witnesses and delays
Red n Red Citizens testified as a senator moved to hold a bill over a week. Witnesses traveled long distances and agendas were often not followed, causing inconvenience. The piece urges leaders to adhere to schedules to improve citizen input and better lawmaking.
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Armstrong casts light on space program history in Austin talk
Neil Armstrong, now a Cincinnati professor, asserts Eisenhower would have ended Mercury and Kennedy boosted Apollo after Bay of Pigs failure. He says LBJ pressed JFK toward a manned moon by end of the 1960s, launching the $25 billion program that put astronauts on the Moon and closed the U.S.–Soviet gap.
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Neil Armstrong
Austin
Tex
University of Cincinnati
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Kennedy
Paramount Spaceman
JFK
Lyndon B. Johnson
U.S
Johnson
Armstrong
LBJ
Texas
American People
Congress
Ussr
Greece slights Ford over Turkey aid stance
Greek Americans in Scottsdale denounce President Ford’s congressional address for praising Turkey as an old ally while urging a ban on more military aid to support Cyprus. They argue Greece supported the Allies in World War II and that U S policy risks NATO unity.
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Greece
Turkey
Albania
Mr. Ford
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Cyprus
NATO
Christopher Percikes
Scottsdale
Ford cites Soviet Chinese pressure on Vietnam in foreign policy speech
In a foreign policy address President Ford says he sent notes to the Soviet Union and China urging action to stop the Vietnam war. The Soviet and Chinese officials mock the effort and stress detente while backing North Vietnam with arms and rhetoric. The piece ends noting the author’s long, ironic dialogue and a reaction about Kissinger.
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Ford
Soviet Union
China
Vietnam
Chi-mei Hsieh
Communist Chinese Liaison Office
South Vietnam
Peking Review
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Chinese Communist Party
Vietnam Workers’ Party
U.S
Valentin Kamenev
Southeast Asia
Ussr
Kamenev
United States
Hanoi
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Russia
Budapest
Hungary
Henry Kissinger
Scottsdale reading coordinators face school budget cut
A Mailbag letter urges the Scottsdale School Board to retain full time reading coordinators, noting Kaibab's coordinator has led personalized reading programs, centers, and year ahead plans. The writer stresses that reducing coordinators harms student reading gains and urges community calls to the board.
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Scottsdale
Kaibab
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