Lipmanns warning on Nehru death reshapes Asia balance
Walter Lippmann argues Nehru’s death destabilizes India and the region. He warns fragmentation could follow but hopeful that India may unite under a new leader to ease tensions with Pakistan, while stressing US power must back international law and avoid brutal attacks. He calls for a Southeast Asia treaty among major powers to stabilize the region.
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Jawaharlal Nehru
India
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
Asia
Nehru
Mahatma Gandi
Subcontinent
Southeast Asia
China
United Nations
India-Pakistan
South Asia
South Pacific
Indian Ocean
Southern Asia
United States
Sen
Harry Goldwater
Viet Nam
Pacific
Soviet Union
Britain
France
1914 Middletown Children’s Home report backs sale plan
Fifty years earlier the Orange County Board of Supervisors reviewed the Ridge Street Children’s Home in Middletown, praising the matron Harriette LaRue while urging a sale of the building for at least 420,000 to fund a new Goshen area home. Recommendations included a rainy day playroom, centralized clothing requisitions, fixed vacation schedules, meal records, and modern laundry with reduced staff.
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Edward DP
Dougherty
Orange County
New York
Middletown
Board of Supervisors
Ridge Street
Horton Memorial Hospital
Goshen
Harriette LaRue
Night Before D-Day 1944 The Invasion Scanner
Jim Bishop reports a wet windy night as German officers study weather and maps for Normandy. Eisenhower may risk invasion only with fighter cover while Rommel and Runstedt argue over timing and force readiness revealing a tense climate ahead of June 6 1944.
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English
French
Wehrmacht
Eisenhower
Berchtesgaden
Adolf Hitler
Salmuth
15Th Army
BBC
von Runstedt
Belgium
France
Rommel
84Th Corps
Normandy
Hitler
High Command
Jodl
Brc
Pee MEE confession and Cadillac mix up at eve
A comic exchange features Pee MEE admitting marriage while a friend jokes about a Cadillac. The banter shifts to a husband who talks in his sleep, sparking playful relief amid a light social chat. A separate note warns of a questionable prescription used as a two year pass for railroads and events.
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Hitler
Pas de Calais
Fuehrer
Wehrmacht
Paul Cyrell
von Schlieben
London
France
SOE
Europe
Paul Verlaine
Potomac musings on Goldwater and California politics
A witty political quip contrasts Potomac musings with California noting Goldwater’s uphill run. It imagines Pierre Salinger and George Murphy as senators and jests about a joint needing a piano player and two song and dance men.
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California
Pierre Salinger
George Murphy
Senators
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Walter Lippmann
Thex
Pete
Jim Bishop
le Mans
Dollman
Pemsel
Erwin Rommel
Rennes
Pemse
Igaon
Erwin
Meuse
Germany
Army Group B
Gerd von Runstedt
Gene Brown
Sie
Potomac
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