Excess American surplus hardware fuels Saigon arming in secrecy
Editorial questions secrecy in turning over surplus military equipment to South Vietnam including at Cam Ranh Bay cost 120 million dollars to build and hundreds of millions or billions involved. It notes lack of GAO figures and potential abuse by not counting these gifts as part of economic or military aid.
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Congress
South Vietnam
Saigon
General Accounting Office
Cam Ranh Bay
Comets as Natural Spies for Solar System Studies
The text explores comets as ice bodies carrying debris through wide orbits around the sun. It notes their potential to reveal origins and compositions of planets, while acknowledging current limits in interpreting their signals. It emphasizes curiosity and ingenuity as keys to gaining cosmic insights.
Examining State of Press Freedom Hearing Opens in Senate
The Senate Constitutional Rights Subcommittee begins hearings on press freedom in America amid debates over government injunctions to block publication of the Pentagon Papers. Officials defend free press while noting potential risks and calls for cooperation between press and government.
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David Lawrence Washington
Constitutional Rights Subcommittee
Senate
America
Pentagon
Pentagon Fuapers
Federal Communications Commission
Agnew
Nixon
FCC
Department of Justice
Whipsawing Nixon by Hanoi Sows Paris Credibility Gap
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Hanoi and the Vietcong pressuring U.S. policy in Paris. The Communists insist on two linked conditions before any POW releases, tying troop withdrawal to ending U.S. support for Saigon, widening public confusion about Nixon's negotiations.
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Washington
Hanoi
Nixon
Vietnam
Paris
South
Washington Post
John Randall
Nguyen Thanh le
South Dakota
George McGovern
Xuan Thuy
U.S
William Porter
Randall
Emperor Hirohito Politely Embraces Western Life in First Postwar Interview
Henry J. Taylor reports Hirohito granting his first postwar interview in Tokyo. The Emperor, in Western attire, discusses moving toward a Western family life and shares impressions from the Imperial Palace Throne Room. Katsuzo Okumura translates as needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. Taylor
Europe
Nixon
Alaska
Japan
Hirohito
Tokyo
Imperial Palace
Katsuzo Okumura
Teyasu Memorial Shrine
Ieyasu
Mikado
Getting Better Creed Emphasizes Humble Service In Christianity
Daily Meditation argues creeds matter as the Church seeks to practice teachings. It stresses there are no big or little people before God and urges humble service with whatever one has. It notes world ignorance and oppression but sees this era as one of moral progress and practical Christianity.
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God
Christ
Winchester paper header and staff list
The notice lists the Winchester Evening Star address in Winchester Virginia with contact numbers and staff roles including General Manager and Executive Editor F Wack Davis News Editor Enigene P Miller and Managing Editor Douglas B O Connell along with subscription rates and mailing details for 1896 established publication.
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Wack F. Davis
Enigene P Miller
Douglas B. O'Connell
Soviet plan seeks veto free UN chief choice
The Star Files notes a Soviet backed plan to name a temporary UN secretariat head without a veto but subject to Moscow's approval, while the Supreme Court begins fall term with a record 1,050 cases focused on appeals in racial, regulatory and federal power matters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Soviet Union
U.N. Secretariat
Supreme Court
Valley Ave
Nixon says US will not back China against Russia
President Nixon assured Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko in New York that his China trip does not signal backing against the USSR. Rogers and Nixon stressed ongoing arms talks and Berlin access, denying any intention to pit communist powers against one another while pursuing improved US Soviet relations. The piece notes Moscow’s restrained reaction and mentions SALT talks, the Suez crisis, and ongoing Middle East diplomacy.
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Frank van der Linden
Washington
Nixon
Andrei Gromyko
China
United States
Russia
William P. Rogers
Gromyko
New York
United Nations General Assembly
White House
Rogers
Moscow
Berlin
NATO
Warsaw Pact
India
Pakistan
Peking
U.S
Alexei Kosygin
Suez
United Nations
Israel
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