Holy Land Faces Bleak Picture Amid Arab Israeli Tensions
The piece outlines a volatile Middle East with the six day war reshaping power. It notes Egyptian Soviet arms build up in Cairo and ports, Israel’s gains on the Syrian heights and the West Bank, and the risk of a Vietnam like guerrilla conflict. It cites air power shifts, Mirage V sales, and Franco Arab arms diplomacy as tensions rise.
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Holy Land
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Nasser
Egypt
Soviet Union
Sinai Desert
Moscow
Cairo
United Arab Republic
Alexandria
Port Said
Syrian Heights
West Bank
Jordan
Gaza Strip
Elath
U.A.R
Tel Aviv
France
Charles de Gaulle
Iraq
Call for a White House chief of staff to fight poverty at home
Roscoe Drummond argues extremists threaten riots as Congress sustains the war on poverty. He urges a visible federal focus and a presidential chief of staff to direct efforts against poverty urban decay and racial injustice, proving democracy works at home. Copyright, 1947.
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White House
Johnson
Congress
Is Africa Cooling Its Global Tensions in 1967
John Chamberlain weighs signs of easing Africa's clashes with Rhodesia South Africa and Portugal while noting mixed progress. He cites Kenya Tanzania Uganda economic union Guinea Ivory Coast détente with prisoners and shifts in black white relations plus Bantustan politics. He cautions that Congo risks remain and the Congo upheavals could flare anew.
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U.N
Stokely Carmichael
Rap Brown
United States
South Africa
Transkei
Zululand
Kenya
Tanzania
Uganda
Nyerere
Kenyatta
Malawi
Hastings Banda
Black African Front
Pretoria
Botswana
Lesotho
Swaziland
Vorster
Transkeim
Southwest Africa
New York
The Sheer Cussedness Of Things by Sydney Harris
Sydney Harris muses on the mischief of everyday life and the way the world resists our plans. He cites traffic lights, open bridges, broken buttons, and misbehaving umbrellas as examples of the universe’s playful perversity. He argues rationalists miss the point and suggests human hubris invites such mishaps.
The Meaning Of Christmas Reflected In Biblical Story
A child asks about the birthday celebrated at Christmas as a mother explains the birth of Jesus in Bethlehem and the wise men’s homage. The narrative recalls Jesus feeding the multitude, the bread of life teaching, and the ensuing walk away by some disciples, ending with Peter’s plea for eternal life. Copyright 1967
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Bethlehem
Jesus
Father
Simon Peter
Doctor Turned Lawyer Seeks Medico Legal Practice
Dr. Loren F. Taylor, 39, physician since 1961 and University of Arizona Law College graduate, plans to enter private practice. He aims to blend medicine with law to work before agencies like the FDA, in personal injury, malpractice suits and forensic medicine, while keeping options open if law doesn’t become his long-term career.
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University of Arizona Law College
Taylor
Water System Ready In Tucson As Wells Are Sunk
City Council grants unlimited franchises and W S Edwards along with Samuel Hughes authorize J W Davis to sink four wells on block 112 near Fifteenth Street. Wells feed two steam pumps into four 200000 gallon tanks. A six inch main will extend along Fifteenth Street to Congress Street with lateral mains at intersections. The builders push to complete quickly.
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Messrs. W. S. Edwards
Samuel Hughes
J.W. Davis
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Sixteenth Streets
Third
Fourth Avenues
Fifteenth Street
Stone Avenue
Congress Street
Congress
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