Farewell to the old year and a hopeful 1973
A reflective New Year message looks back on ancient and modern rites of passage from Egypt to Rome and Japan. It urges optimism for 1973, noting wars poverty hate and teachers and students questions while stressing human choice toward a higher existence.
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Pyramids
Rose Bowl
Herodotus
Anthesteria
Dionysus
Father Time
Cronus
Saturn
Rome
Julius Caesar
Japan
Truman’s quiet leadership contrasted with Nixon era power shifts
The obituary recounts Harry Truman’s blunt simplicity and strong cabinet approach, contrasting his era with Nixon’s centralized White House. It notes Truman’s reliance on capable, outspoken officials, his open relations with the Senate, and the shift of power from cabinet to the White House shaping postwar governance.
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Washington
Harry Truman
United States
Nixon
Capitol Hill
Senate
Franklin Roosevelt
White House
Edward R. Stettinius
James F. Byrnes
South Carolina
Byrnes
Truman
Gen
George Marshall
State Department
Dean Acheson
Acheson
Defense
James Forrestal
Louis Johnson
Marshall
Robert Lovett
War Department
Henry L. Stimson
Robert P. Patterson
Kenneth C. Royall
Eisenhower
Elliot L. Richardson
Casper Weinberger
HEW
Obit
Congress
Arthur Vandenberg
Foreign Relations Committee
Woodrow Wilson
League of Nations
Vandenberg
Wardman Park
Charlie Ross
Pepsi and Nixon Ties Light the Way for Russian Pepsi
Pepsi-Cola edges into Russia amid detente talk as Donald Kendall leverages White House ties to win Soviet deals. Nixon’s friendship with Kendall aids global soft drink diplomacy while FTC actions press Pepsico on antitrust and distribution rules.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Pepsi-Cola
Russia
Pepsi
United States
Nixon
Hungary
Yugoslavia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Kremlin
Pepsico
Donald Kendall
Richard Nixon
Kendall
New York
Nixon, Mudge, Rose, Alexander, Guthrie and Mitchell
Chiang Kai-shek
Taiwan
White House
Commerce
National Alliance of Businessmen
Kendell
Federal Trade Commission
Rheingold Beer
Statehouse Notebook Signals Limited Capitol Expansion
Gov Arch Moore Jr opposes enlarging the Capitol to add wings amid a West Virginia legislative building debate. House Speaker Lewis McManus reshaped committees only where re elections forced changes after the 1972 election. incoming Senate President Bill Brotherton negotiates leadership amid a tough caucus.
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Charleston
W.va
Arch A. Moore Jr
Moore
Legislative Building Commission
C.E. Silling
Capitol
McManus
House
House of Delegates
Senate
Bill Brotherton
Brotherton
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Jay Rockefeller
Wesleyan
Hans McCourt
Rockefeller
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By James Reston
New York Times News Service
Harry
Kisginge
Khrushchev
Moscow
Nikita Khruschev
U.S
Commerce Department
Kosygin
Aleksei Kosygin
U.S.R
Health, Education and Welfare Department
Robert Finch
Finch
Hitler
FTC
Jim Frangos
Mudge Rose Law Firm
Statehouse
Lewis McManus
Ivor Boiarsky
Boiarsky
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