South Bend, January 2, 1973
Great Britain in the Common Market
On January 1, 1973, Great Britain joined the Common Market. Advocates of European integration have been waiting for this moment for two decades.
South Bend, January 3, 1973
Adaptation to American Life
Schools are crucial for the adaptation to American life. Children of parents who come from Europe and who go to school here adapt faster to the American way of life than their parents want to realize. And once they have gotten used to it, they should not be sent back and forth across the Atlantic too often. They would inevitably be confronted with an identity crisis. Only when their personality formation has been stabilized to the extent that they can handle the differences in the American and European ways of life should they decide on their own, when and under what circumstances they want to visit Europe.
South Bend, January 27, 1973
Peace in Vietnam
Today at 24 Hrs London-Greewich Time, it was 7 p.m. in the evening on the East Coast of the United States, and already early morning in Saigon, the Vietnam cease-fire has come into effect. Just a few hours earlier, U.S. Secretary of State William Rogers had signed the Vietnam peace agreement in the Hotel Majestic in Paris.