Mother's Day Memories of a Family Portrait
A reader shares a heartfelt Mother's Day keepsake from 1974, thanking her husband and seven children. The reminiscence recalls infancy milestones, home life, and everyday joys that defined the family, from birth to shared lullabies and kitchen memories, celebrating motherhood as a blessing.
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Thackeray
Vanity Fair
Glass Mountain
Teena
Tom
Washington merry go round economies gold left by Thieu
Washington reports say communists seized 21 tons of gold valued over 200 million dollars after Thieu fled Saigon. Duong Van Minh reportedly held the treasury keys and used the assets in negotiations. U.S. aid facilities and armaments were abandoned, with estimates of up to 5 billion dollars for the arsenal. The piece notes Kissinger era cables, Martin's evacuation stance, and broader fallout including Cambodian and Vietnamese assets, plus a sketched FAA incident involving Roy Freer and a DC3 crash.
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Saigon
Nguyen van Thieu
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Taipei
Treasury
Duong van Minh
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Pentagon
South Vietnam
Cambodia
Treasury Department
Henry Kissinger
Graham Martin
Martin
U. S
Kissinger
Hearts and Minds mirrors a big lie in Vietnam era film
A critical analysis argues that Hearts and Minds uses selective editing to skew the Vietnam War narrative. It contrasts the documentary approach with alleged propaganda aims, noting distortions that favor North Vietnamese and Viet Cong perspectives while omitting South Vietnamese devotion to national preservation.
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Bert Schneider
Peter Davis
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Vietnam
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Schneider
Indochina
George C. Scott
Patton
Marlon Brando
Dustin Hoffman
Academy
Josef Goebbels
Germany
A Taxpayer’s Call to Arms in Tax Storms of 1976
A citizen laments income tax overreach and complex laws. He notes Pearl Harbor-era dissent, questions privacy intrusions by IRS and government agencies, and urges taxpayers to treat taxation as a Bicentennial central issue. He cites April 15 demonstrations, leaks, and the burden of filing as proof of citizenry.
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IRS
Salvation Army
Cancer Society
White House
Nixon
Congress
McGovern Mocked For Hypocrisy In Vietnam Debate
A column labels Senator George McGovern the era's most immoral hypocrite for criticizing U S policy while preaching moral duty. It cites his 1972 remarks, Vietnamese refugee aid, and a Truman Day Award dinner, urging him to return the award if he cannot reconcile his view with his past advocacies.
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George McGovern
South Dakota
McGovern
Indochina
St. Louis
America
Kingdom of God
Ford
Sen
U.S. Senate
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