Chanukah and Christmas Reflections on Faith and Freedom
An editorial recalls Chanukah and Christmas as festivals of religious freedom. It recounts Judah Maccabee’s guerrilla resistance against Antiochus, the miracle of oil lasting eight days, and parallels to Christian struggles for liberty. It laments global religious oppression behind the Iron Curtain and calls for world leaders to embrace peace and brotherhood.
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Syria
Antiochus
Judah Maccabee
Jerusalem
Temple
United States
Defensive Driving Reminder During Holiday Travel
A writer recalls narrowly avoiding a crash caused by carelessness and urges extra caution in December and January. Dark evenings and wet roads raise risk as many drivers party or shop, and alcohol impairment is noted. Stay focused, drive defensively, and avoid becoming a statistic.
Congress votes 347 to 15 against commendation of POW rescue
Fifteen Democrats oppose a House resolution praising 101 officers and men for risking their lives to liberate U.S. POWs in North Vietnam. The measure, sponsored by Rep. Samuel Strattori, passed amid a high absentee rate and amid criticism of Vietnam policy and political ambitions.
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Washington
U.S
North Vietnam
Samuel Strattori
D.N.Y
House
Ryan
New York State
New York
Armed Services Committee
San ‘Tay
Senate
John Tunney
D-Calif
Tunney
Jamies
Symington
D-Mo
Stuart Symington
Our Man Hoppe Presents Army Life in Funny Mail Home
A humorous letter from a new recruit in the 114th Engineering and Surfing Battalion at Eden Roc Miami Beach describes Army life. He notes dormitory quirks, go go girls, a beach shirt incident with Sgt Cuddles, snails as appetizers, a cigarette butt collector, a beer dispenser near his room, and longing for Disney films as he laments an upcoming 785 day enlistment.
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Army
Clauswitz
114Th Engineering & Surfing Batallion
Miami Beach
Eden Roc
John
Wayne
Cuddles
Happy Hour
Palm ‘Springs
R&r
Disorder at wedding scene noted by deputies and reporters
A Washington County deputy motions for passage as a bride under construction causes disruption. The incident drew the stare of Ronald Ziegler, then White House press secretary, amid tossed food and startled reporters. Nearby notes mention the American Newspaper Publishers Association planning new Boston headquarters on a 10 acre site.
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Washington County
Plainfield
Barre-Montpelier
Times-Argus
White House
Ronald Ziegler
Boston
Mass
Globe
American Newspaper Publishers Association
Bridgeport
Inside Report on Nixon Anxiety at Republican Governors Meet
Beneath public praise at the Sun Valley Governors Conference lies a growing fear that Nixon's political mystique may be eroding. Governors voice grievances from limited White House access to policy failures while privately inspecting a party drifting from its base, with Kentucky Governor Nunn pivoting to a Federal judgeship as 1972 looms disaster for the Nixon era.
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Sun Valley
Idaho
Nixon
Claude Kirk
Florida
Richard M. Nixon
Kirk
Republic
Nixon White House
Mr.Nixon
Don Samuelson
White House
Mr. Nixon
Samuelson
White
Ireland
Cargo
Murray Chotiner
Chotiner
Kentucky
Louis Nunn
Senate
Corridors envisioned for shuttle service across Northeast
The article outlines a planned aerial highway called the Northeast Corridor using helicopters, STOL and VTOL aircraft to shuttle passengers between New York, Washington and intermediate cities. It claims reduced pollution, substantial time savings, and proposals submitted to the Nixon administration by Pan American with test flights and pilot observations supporting an elevated, low-altitude aerial transit network.
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New York
Albany
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Washington
Nixon
Pan American
U.S
Vietnam
Boeing
Wall Street
R. F. Kennedy Stadium
Washington, D.C
New ‘York
Pacific Coast
Midwest
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Mr. Connally
California
Missouri
Michigan
Massachusetts
Wisconsin
Ohio
Jonathan Bingham
N.Y
George Brown
Calif
Phillip Burton
Shirley
Chisholm
William Clay
John Conyers
Mich
Michael Harrington
Robert Kastenmeier
Wis
Robert Leggett
Robert Allen
John Goldsmith
Youth Save
Goer
Ena Pac
Kone Perma
Styles
Hoppe
Chateaubriand
Arthur Hoppe
Inside Report
Black Republican
Mooc
Rowland
Evans
Robert
Novak
Sikorsky
Bob
Scottsdale Progress
Jonathan Marshall
Jerry McElfresh
W. B. Doc’ Wright
Scottsdale Daily Progress
Scottsdale Publishing Inc
E. Earll
Scottsdale
Arizona
Ariz
Progress
Audit Bureau of
Arizona 'Newspapers Association For Greater Public Service
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