Wallops Island laser helps track plankton in Chesapeake Bay
A NASA Wallops Island program uses a helicopter mounted laser to detect plankton in the Chesapeake Bay and Assateague waters. The system measures infrared signals from plankton to assess marine food sources and oxygen regeneration.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Wallops Island
Virginia
Wallops
Assateague
Chesapeake Bay
Earth
Infantry Proves Its Role Against Modern Warfare
Military tacticians revise views on infantry as vital in guerrilla and conventional battles. Southeast Asia shows infantry often decisive against air power and guerrilla tactics, while NATO Europe questions remain about ground force strength and cohesion.
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Southeast Asia
Washington
South Vietnam
U.S
Europe
NATO
France
West Germany
India
East Pakistan
Inviting Failure in Small Businesses and Due Diligence
The piece warns that many youths pursue self employment for wealth but fail due to hasty entry. It notes ruined buildings and bank accounts as signs of ill planning and stresses thorough investigation and consultation with others already in the field before starting a venture.
Nixon Forges Skeptical Yet Firm Vietnam Strategy
The Nixon administration believes South Vietnam can fight on as Laird promotes Vietnamization though the North Vietnamese offensive is seen as a last ditch bid for concessions. Nixon has assembled a large air armada the like of 1967 to pressure Hanoi while talks remain off.
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Washington
Nixon
Melvin R. Laird
Saigon
Laird
Pentagon
Defense
Paris
United States
Hanoi
U.S
North Vietnam
Barry Goldwater
Haiphong
Lyndon Johnson
North
Vietnam
Moscow
Asia
Kremlin
Indochina
Peking
Kennedy draft talked as 1968 memos fade in mood
The piece frames Senator Edward Kennedy as a reluctant possible 1976 running mate to Hubert Humphrey, noting his fatalistic mood as Miami Beach approaches and the risk of Chappaquiddick lingering over any Kennedy bid while Nixon deals with Hanoi and Moscow.
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Washington
Chicago
Hubert H. Humphrey
Sen
Edward M. Kennedy
Virginia Palisades
Potomac River
Kennedy
Miami Beach
Humphrey
Humphrey-Kennedy
Humphrey Kennedy
Chappaquiddick
Teddy Kennedy
Kennedy victory and public events highlight Star Files
President Kennedy scored a price crushing victory over the steel industry boosting influence over policy. Paul Harvey received the key to the city from Mayor Smalts during a Chamber breakfast at Handley auditorium. A spring sale at Farmers Livestock Exchange netted a record 460 754 dollars. The Senate Labor Committee rejected seven to six labor reform proposals. Frederick County Supervisors set a 2 dollar tax rate at April meeting. The eight member game study commission announced a public meeting at Handley Library.
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Kennedy
ABC
Paul Harvey
Claude B. Smalts, Jr
Chamber of Commerce
WINC
Handley Auditorium
Farmers Livestock Exchange
Game Study Commission
General Assembly
Handley Library
Daily Meditation on Honoring True Public Benefactors
The piece urges restraint in public honors, praising genuine service to community, nation, and world. It warns of dissent and misdirected praise, favors Hall of Fame as real and necessary, and calls for cheering only for those with valid contributions or protest against harmful actions.
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Casey Stengel
Yankees
University of Southern California
USC
Forty-Niners
U.S
Custer
Nike
Johnny
Hall of Fame
Nixon backers hope to win youth vote despite Vietnam flare
Nixon campaign managers expect a strong youth turnout on the back of a peace image. John Mitchell and the Committee for the Re election of the President argue troop withdrawals and peace talks will sway young voters, while Democrats push the war angle and party registration among 18 year olds. The Young Voters for the President plan a $275 package to fly 3,000 supporters to San Diego for the August convention with buses and activities, competing with Democratic plans for Miami Beach in July.
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Washington
Vietnam
Nixon
John Mitchell
Pennsylvania Avenue
White House
George McGovern
Edmund Muskie
Hubert Humphrey
Southeast Asia
Senate
Hugh Scott
Pennsylvania
Humphrey
Scott
Lyndon Johnson
San Diego
Sea World
Miami Beach
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