Debate Over U S Troop Levels Abroad Resumes in Congress
In a Senate showing on May 25 Sen. Mansfield urged a gradual cutback of portions of the 511000 troops worldwide while others split over timing. The debate weighs costs 19 billion yearly Europe deployment and risks of entanglement as Congress and the President decide selective military commitments.
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Page at 18 banished for letter criticizing Congress
Daniel R. McKee an 18 year old Lafayette Hill Pennsylvania page is banished from the House floor four days before he graduates from Capitol Page School after writing a letter to the editor in the Washington Star blasting the rebate program and Congress. He notes a $100 rebate check and $519 withheld, arguing taxes and deficits show congressional actions are aimed at votes rather than policy. His graduation day is overshadowed by the controversy over his letter and its criticism of Congress.
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Rumsfeld’s Behind the Scenes Power Struggle at White House
The piece outlines Donald Rumsfeld’s covert effort to curb Henry Kissinger’s influence as President Ford reshapes foreign policy. It notes clashes over Treasury’s William Simon and Defense chief James Schlesinger, plus Rockefeller’s Domestic Council staff, with Rumsfeld pressing hard yet facing limits.
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Governors to be interviewed on Meet the Press in New Orleans
Six governors will join an NBC Meet the Press special at the National Governors Conference in New Orleans. The panel includes Rampton Askew Bond Anderson Edwards Longley. The conference runs through June 11.
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Calvin L. Rampton
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Reubin Askew
Fla
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Kit) Bond
R Mo
Wendell R. Anderson
Minn
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James B. Longley
Ind
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U.S. District Court For
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Nannie Laura Evers
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American Health Care Association
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Arthur S. Flemming
Administration On
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Yitzhak Rabin
Israal
Ford
Alabama
George C. Wallace
University of Alabama
National Newspaper Publishers Association
San Francisco
Iwo Jima Flag Raising Captures Historic Moment
The February 23 1945 account describes Mt Suribachi rising in a fierce battle with 6 821 US deaths and 19 217 wounded over 31 days. Joe Rosenthal captures the flag raising as Marines secure Suribachi while a photographer records a pivotal moment destined to become a national tribute.
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New Major Party Debate Sparks Conservative Vision
James J. Kilpatrick weighs William A. Rusher's The Making of the New Majority Party. Kilpatrick questions the idea of replacing the GOP with an Independence party and argues that a new major party would require strong leadership beyond ideas and timing.
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Sidewalk cafe fashion show features two local models
From the Star Files 1965 notes Ellie Creamer and B B Dutton Jr. modeled at the Women of Christ Episcopal Church event. Winchester is among 14 Virginia cities affected by Johnson voting rights bill. Carpers Valley golf course opened. Rossellini and Ingrid Bergman married by proxy in Juarez. Frederick County spent 8302.12 on shoulder and ditch road work in the past fiscal year.
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