Senate Votes to Repeal Byrd Chrome Amendment
James J. Kilpatrick denounces the December 18 Senate vote 54 to 37 to repeal the Byrd amendment, restoring a Rhodesia chrome ban. He accuses senators Humphrey McGee and Stevenson of hypocrisy and warns the move harms U.S. steel, defense, and credibility by courting Communist nations.
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Washington
United States Senate
Senate
Harry F. Byrd Jr
Virginia
Congress
Russia
South Africa
Rhodesia
United Nations
Hubert Humphrey
Dminn
Gale McGee
D-Wyo
Ian Smith
Adlai Stevenson
D-Ill
Stevenson
Soviet Union
Communist Party
Sen. McGee
Zaire
U.S
Zambia
Nigeria
Sen. Humphrey
U.N. Security Council
U.N
In Praise of America Editorial Echoed by Gordon Sinclair
A Canadian commentator credits the United States with immense generosity and global aid, arguing Americans helped postwar recovery, rebuilt railways, funded the Marshall Plan, and supported distant disasters. The piece condemns anti American sentiment and urges Canada to support the U S while praising its resilience and achievements.
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Germany
Japan
Britain
Italy
United States
France
India
Pennsylvania Railroad
New York Central
Watergate Tops AP 1973 News Highlights
The Associated Press editors name Watergate the top 1973 news story. Other leading items include Spiro Agnew, end of Vietnam war with POW releases, the economy, Middle East war, energy crisis, the Texas schoolboys slaying, Lyndon Johnson death, Skylab, and Chile’s revolution. The Watergate scandal expands from a 1972 campaign break in to White House resignations and a fired counsel.
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Associated Press
Spiro T. Agnew
Vietnam
Middle East
Texas
Lyndon B. Johnson
Chile
White House
Democratic National Committee
Washington, D.C
Richard M. Nixon
Senate Select Committee
Boss of the Year sought by Winchester Junior Chamber
Winchester junior chamber of commerce seeks a Boss of the Year. Frederick County office building moves. James Wood alumni varsity contest enters its sixth edition tonight. Per capita income in Virginia doubled since 1940 but remains 20 percent below the national average. Winchester endures the coldest winter stretch with 8 below zero. Bentley Kinney of Princeton visits Winchester during holidays. Kipling quotes ponder leadership and self forgetfulness. Watergate questions rise as Nixon era unfolds with Agnew resignation and 1973 war and energy crises.
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Winchester Jr. Chamber of Commerce
Frederick County
James Wood
Winchester
Bentley Kinney
Princeton University
How's Your I Q A Classic Ten Question Quiz
Short quiz offers a 10 day score path with daily results. Questions cover literature navigation astronomy biology law geography and government. Readers are prompted to turn to page 2 for correct answers and tally reported IQ like ratings.
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Pilgrims Progress
Atlantic
New England
Calvin Coolidge
Skylab 3 Near Midpoint on 84 Day Space Journey
Skylab 3 astronauts approach the midway point of their 84 day mission at 9 36 a m EST Friday. They plan a space walk to photograph comet Kohoutek and gather solar astronomy data while awaiting an Earth return on February 8.
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United States
Charles Conrad Jr
Joseph P. Kerwin
Paul J. Weitz
Navy
Alan L. Bean
Owen K. Garriott
Jack R. Lousma
Gerald P. Carr
William R. Pogue
Edward G. Gibson
Carr
Pogue
Kohoutek
Skylab
Gibson
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In Praise of
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Watergate Committee
Nixon
John W. Dean III
Pentagon
Daniel Ellsberg
John Mitchell
Bebe Rebozo
Nixon Administration
FBI
Spiro
Law and Order
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William Rogers
Gallup
Labor Department
Suez Canal
Golan Heights
Israel
Suez
Golan
Damascus
Henry M. Kissinger
Netherlands
Federal Energy Administration
Houston
Dean Corll
Henley
Corll
David Owen Brooks
Brooks
Lyndon Baines Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Abraham Lin
Coln
Johnson
Pedernales River
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Salvador Allende
Allende
Santiago
Cuba
Europe
I.Q
Jack Lagonegro
Elmira
N.Y
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