Building a Modern CIA Is Best For National Interest
A former intelligence official argues for a new climate to rebuild the CIA, stressing professional standards, better officer selection, and improved cover. He warns of risks from disclosure and calls for stronger, clearer use of covert action where in the national interest, noting the agency’s vital role despite criticism.
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Frigid record: -126.9°F at Vostok Antarctica
A historic weather extreme in Antarctica marked by the lowest temperature ever logged, minus 126.9 degrees Fahrenheit, recorded at Vostok on August 24, 1960, highlighting the continent's extreme cold.
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Friday the 13th groom survives wedding day match
Thomas Brennan and Arlene Sickell wed in Boston as Brennan recovers from a crash six weeks earlier when a four inch fence post pierced his chest and was removed by surgeons after firefighters freed him. The couple, to wed again in church when he heals, had planned May 10 nuptials.
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Dogs Return From Cosmos 10 Orbit In Soviet Mission
Memorable dogs Blackie and Breeze were carried back to earth after spending time in orbit aboard the Soviet Cosmos 10 satellite. The mission highlighted early animal spaceflight activities and the endurance of the canine pair through spaceflight conditions.
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Queen honors Profumo for welfare work in London
Queen Elizabeth named former Defense Minister John Profumo a Commander of the Order of the British Empire for unpaid welfare efforts among London's poor. The 60 year old, once linked to Christine Keeler and a Soviet naval attache, had resigned in 1963 after a scandal and subsequent inquiry cleared him of sharing defense secrets.
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Police violate teacher's civil rights over protest sign
The U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati ruled Louisville police violated Marjorie A. Glasson's civil rights by destroying her protest sign during President Nixon's 1970 visit. The unanimous panel found the officers acted unreasonably and not in good faith, overturning a 1973 district court ruling that upheld the act as lawful.
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