Editorial on animal plagues and amateur athletes pay debate
The page discusses sleeping sickness killing horses in Mexico and Texas and warns of African Swine Fever threatening North American pigs with no vaccine and strict culling. It also critiques amateur versus professional status in sports and questions pay for top amateurs amid a hazy future.
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Mexico
Texas
Cuba
North America
Fred Maurer
Texas A&m University
College of Veterinary Medicine
Basic Questions About Peking Visit
Virginia Payette questions the appeal of President Nixon's trip to Peking and asks what concrete benefits the visit offers the United States. The columnist notes possible impacts on Soviet leverage in arms talks and hints at aiding Nixon's re election while seeking clearer explanations.
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Gate of Heavenly Peace
Peking
Chiang Kaishek
China
United States
Wall Street
Common Market fears Britain's entry and Soviet link
Common Market leaders privately worry over Britain's entry and a possible pact with Moscow that would bring Soviet technical and financial cooperation, opening Siberian resources. They stress Italy, France, Belgium, and Germany face labor, agriculture, and milk glut strains while maintaining EU cohesion amid Norway Denmark and Ireland questions.
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Colorado River
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Edward Heath
Georges Pompidou
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Brandt
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Belgium
Italy
West Germany
France
Commonwealth
Germany
Heath
Lyons
Rhineland
Norway
Ireland
Denmark
Paris
Senators eye Peking trips amid 1960 election chatter
Three senators have floated invitations to Red China for a possible presidential race. Four more lawmakers planning a Japan trip in August expressed interest in a side visit to Peking. Likely no action before the President’s Asia trip, but openings may widen afterward, sparking a rush to the East.
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Peking
Senate
Red China
Japan
Asia
East
Faith Drives Record U S Savings Bond Sales
Americans bought 2.8 billion dollars of U S savings bonds in the first half of this year, a 17.6 percent rise from the same period last year with redemptions down. The sales reflect belief in the bond's soundness and the incentive to save.
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U.S
Retired janitor Walter J. Anderson ends long church service
Walter J. Anderson retires from his post as janitor at First Evangelical United Brethren Church after starting work in 1945. The Winchester Star notes his decades of service.
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Walter J. Anderson
First Evangelical United Brethren Church
Daily Meditation By Earl L. Douglas
A LOOK AHEAD We stand before God in work for Him and humanity. God values how we use possessions over what we own. Each person will be measured by a new standard, some rising to world roles, others living humbly, all loved by God. Christ will return to claim the kingdoms. endurance saves. Life is stewardship with gifts and varied abilities. humanity advances amid a dangerous age yet hope remains.
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Anniston
Ala
Lord Snowden
Margaret
America
Snowden
Christ
God
Presidency Not Just A Political Office Says Lawrene
Senatorial debate on war powers argues the President must conduct foreign policy to protect national security. Congress faces limits on declaring war and should avoid actions that weaken executive branch operations. NATO treaty and Tonkin Resolution cited to show constitutional pathways without a formal declaration of war.
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Congress
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Senate Foreign Relations Committee
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Senate Committee
Mediterranean
Defense
State Department
Senate
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North America
North Atlantic
South Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Southeast Asia
Space Agency Lunch Waste Sparks Reform Push
Sen. Margaret Chase Smith exposed NASA executive dining room lunches costing about nine times the sale price during the Senate budget review of NASA's 3.2 billion plan. Her disclosure led NASA to charge executives the same prices as ordinary taxpayers.
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Tampa
Fla
Tribune
National Space Agency
Margaret Chase Smith
Maine
Senate
National Aeronautics’ and Space Administration
NASA
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