Power vacuum in Indian Ocean prompts U S strategic reassessment
The piece argues Britain’s pullout from the Indian Ocean opens a void the Soviet fleet fills, provoking US concern over naval buildup and choke points. It notes Nixon aims for a low profile while edging toward a cautious Indian Ocean policy before Britain completes troop recall.
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Soviet Union
U.S
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Malaysia
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Gulf
Pentagon
Nixon
Indochina
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United States
Judgment Day prank targets financial system via fake bills
Three San Franciscans mailed 20 000 phony bills totaling 76 40 using a bogus collection agency on banks, newspapers and TV station letterheads. They billed the action as destroying all establishments and aimed to jam phones and mail to trigger a bank run. They were charged with mailing crime in citing matter.
Garden Club promotes recycling drive in Winchester
Women from seven Winchester garden clubs lead a recycling effort. They urge households to flatten cans by stepping on the ends, then place the flattened bundles for pickup by Boy Scouts on April 17 and 24. Scouts will transfer the cans to Zuckerman’s, with Joe Zuckerman coordinating for the Chamber of Commerce Conservation of Resources Committee.
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Chamber of Commerce Conservation of Resources Committee
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Chamber of Commerce
Mills One Man Deal With Japan Textiles Stuns Washington
Arkansas congressman Wilbur Mills faces scrutiny after a private agreement with Japan on a single overall ceiling for textile imports. The deal, pushed by lobbyist Michael Daniels, shifts from category quotas to yardage limits, risking distortions and drawing presidential rejection. A broad local recycling project at a Senior Citizens garden adds a lighter note.
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Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
House
Ways and Means
White House
Mills
Michael Daniels
Daniels
Japan
How's Your I Q A Quick Ten Day Knowledge Test
Ten day IQ test scoring guide lists daily results from 9 to 10 correct called Memory Genius to Very Superior and 1 to 3 wrong. directs to page 2 for correct answers. Sample questions include Netherlands versus Holland, mosque, U S Highways, original colonies, Paul Bunyan, Federal Flood control, stars in Mambas Daughters and Cabin in the Sky, four letter presidents, organ on one dollar bill, and cities Burlington to Santa Fe share a trait.
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Holland
U.S
States of the Union
Paul Bunyan
Burlington
Erie
Milwaukee
New Haven
Santa Fe
Barter Theater chief to be Minister of State in Coronation
Robert Porterfield, managing director of Virginia’s Barter Theater in Abingdon and noted star of screen and Broadway, is named Minister of State for the Coronation of Queen Shenandoah XXXIV. Barbara Ann Chaplin wins Miss Winchester 1961 title at the Jayceeettes pageant. Miss June Juanita Spring and James Mandly Brown Jr. wed at Blacksburg Methodist Church. Winchester Elks lodge to initiate fifty-one new members. Roy P. Alverson transfers from Winchester to Chattanooga. George T. Wallace III to replace him in Harrisonburg. Technician Fifth Grade Ferman W. Perry aboard the S S Cape Henlopen is due in New York today.
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Virginia
Abingdon
Star of Screen
Shenandoah
Barbara Ann Chaplin
Handley High School
Winchester
Jayceeettes
June Juanita Spring
Denver Pierce Spring
James Mandly Brown, Jr
Alexandria
Blacksburg Methodist Church
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
Roy P. Alverson
Chattanooga
Tenn
George T. Wallace III
Harrisonburg
Mr. Alverson
Ferman W. Perry
Losses and Gains Across Wars and Care for Life
The meditation discusses losing fortunes and crowns in wars, notes that losing battles can yield gains, and contrasts material losses with spiritual loss. It reflects on progress and disease control from smallpox to polio, typhoid, and the effort required to overcome losses.
Glaring Inadequacies In Present Draft System
Guest columnist Sen Robert P Griffin discusses flaws in the draft system. He cites Michigan cases where medically unfit youths were inducted and cites national discharge costs, urging four reforms to improve fairness: access to medical records, right to appeal fitness findings, pause on inductions during appeals, and local medical board oversight.
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Army
Polls Show Youth Attitudes Align With Adults
The Carnegie Commission survey of 160000 students and faculty across 300 campuses finds over 70 percent satisfied with education quality and support for expelling disruptive students. Eighty percent back arrest for flag burning, three quarters oppose ending grades, with pollution and drug abuse seen as top issues.
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Carnegie Commission On Higher Education
Vietnam
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