Flag Day and Iwo Jima Photo Echoes of Courage and Litter
The piece links the Iwo Jima flag-raising photo by Joe Rosenthal to Flag Day symbolism and American ideals. It notes roadside trash as a civic failing, recounts a Michigan tale of a country picnic causing neighborhood uproar, and discusses seismologists warning of a possible quake with 1923 Tokyo event as context, joking that survival kits may become souvenirs.
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Iwo Jima
Mount
Suribachi
Joe Rosenthal
America
Congress
Highway Department
Michigan
Witness for Whittaker Chambers and Alger Hiss Trials
James J. Kilpatrick discusses The Nation May 28 willingness to discredit Hiss conviction. He recalls Hiss’s trials for perjury and August 1948 hearings that elevated Richard Nixon. He contrasts Hiss the Harvard lawyer with Whittaker Chambers the ex Communist TIME editor.
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Washington
The
Nation Magazine
Alger Hiss
Whittaker Chambers
Golden Boy
Richard Nixon
Harvard
Justice Holmes
Roosevelt
Yalta
United Nations
Chambers
Hiss
Communist Party
Hiss-Chambers
Random House
Raymond A. Werden
Fred J. Cook
Schmidt Motor Company
Randallstown
Werden and Cook
Werden
Cook
Nixon Turns to Old Pros to Salvage Administration
President Nixon elevates Melvin Laird to chief domestic adviser as Barry Goldwater praises the move. Laird brings congressional goodwill and political savvy, signaling a shift toward bipartisan handling and closer White House ties with Congress amid Watergate pressures.
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Nixon
Washington
Defense
Melvin R. Laird
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Laird
Goldwater
Alexander M. Haig Jr
House of Representatives
Nixon White House
Congress
House
Senate
White House
Haig
Army
Henry A. Kissinger
National Security
John Connally
Texas
Connally
Spiro T. Agnew
Walkerism in 76 groundswell hits national stage
Springfield political analysis profiles Gov. Dan Walker's two point appeal honesty and tax cuts aimed at muting the Daley machine and press critics. The piece outlines Walker's populist strategy, internal opposition led by Victor de Grazia, the Walkergate controversy, and potential national ambitions, with notes on connections to Nixon era politics.
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Springfield
Ill
Dan Walker
White House
Walker
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Democratic
de Grazia
State Liquor Control Commission
Daley
Illinois
Security gains block hijack attempts at U S airports
Five months into stricter airport security no US airliner has been hijacked. The campaign appears successful and must stay in force. calls to relax or abandon measures miss the point though violations at gates show would be hijackers remain active.
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United States
Local relics, dinner exhibit draw War Between States fans
Star Files notes several local collectors displayed period relics at a dinner held at the George Washington Hotel. Shawnee Fire Co. directors approve a 20 by 40 foot bay addition to the north side of the Fire Hall. Philip W. Barnhart graduates from the University of Tennessee with a B S in electrical engineering. Uniforms issued to Reuss Fire Co. members for the Northern Virginia Volunteer Fireman's Assn. parade in Luray.
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George Washington Hotel
The
Shawnee Fire Co
Philip W. Barnhart
University of Tennessee
Reuss Fire Co
Northern Virginia
Luray
Daily Meditation on True Religion and Inner Life
The piece argues Christianity uniquely focuses on inner life over externals. It contrasts Jesus’s mission to renew the heart with religions stressing rites and customs, insisting true faith centers on consecration, faith, purity, and loving service.
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Jesus
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Public Trust
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Time Magazine
By Jack Bell
Capitol Hill
Gen
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Daley Machine
Chicago
Victor de Grazia
Mel
Jerry
Mike
Hugh
Bob
Carl
Cabinet
John D. Ehrlichman
I.Q
Runnymeade
John
Schmidt
Schmitt
George Crosley
Crosley
Hal Boyle
New York
Norman Douglas
Amsterdam
South America
Wyoming
Egypt
Greece
Rome
Winchester Evening Star
Jack F. Davis
Thomas T. Byrd
Eugene P. Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Winchester
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