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.. In any democratic country you have the right to disagree with
the
~iews
of others,' he added."
(New York Times,
May 14, 1967). Contributed by Nicholas Macdonald,
New York, New York.
"REAGAN IS HAILED IN OMAHA AGAIN"
"The Governor said
in
response to a question that Israel and the
Arab states were not responsible for the conflict in the Middle East.
" 'That whole pot was stirred by the Soviets,' he declared. 'These
people have gotten along together in that area since the beginning of
time.'''
(New York Times,
June 25, 1967). Contributed by Peter
Minichiello, Lynnfield, Massachusetts.
" '... The people from the Soviet Mission have been buying their gro–
ceries from us for more than 15 years.•..
"'... You ask what they buy? Practically everything. They're heavy
on cornflakes.... They're big on long loaves of our white bread, too.
Mostly they buy Tip-Top, 30 cents a loaf.
"'... They watch TV avidly, and almost every time something
new is advertised, they come in and ask for it.... They call me Gil and
I call them by their first names-Ivan, Tamara, Sasha, Valentin, names
like that... .' "
(New York Times,
Sunday, May 25, 1967).
"The military junta announced tonight that, effective tomorrow, it
would tolerate some criticism in the strictly censored Greek press....
"The relaxation of the restrictions was announced by General
Papadopoulos at a reception in his honor at the Athens Union of
Journalists. . . .
"'I do not want to see two newspapers alike after tomorrow,' the
colonel said.
"... Greek journalists said that the announcements ... meant the
censors would no longer issue instructions about the papers' layout."
(New York Times,
June 27, 1967).
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