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Newspaper
Amarillo Daily News
Location
Amarillo, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 08, 1968
Page
4
Air Force Secretary Harold Brown argues mutual doubt over motives drives the arms race. He notes Soviet FOBS tests and U.S. responses with SRAM, MIRV, ABM defenses, and proposes that credible limits require preventing Soviet strategic dominance.
The National Observer reports Ralph G. Newman proposes placing reference works in bars police stations and other gathering spots to settle disputes with facts such as Ty Cobb's batting average or a poet’s quotes. The idea aims to educate and reduce quarrels while easing waiting times.
A compact reflection on humor, fame, fashion, and human nature. The author muses on laughter, the press, historical deeds versus builders, vanity in style, and the quirks of age and authority with pointed, aphoristic observations.
Senator Hart and Representative Gallagher, both liberal, urge federal controls on credit reporting despite support for the system. They note 96 million Americans have files, with agencies like Associated Credit Bureaus of America and Retail Credit Co. expanding data use and computer errors harming individuals. Hearings begin, with possible 1969 legislation to curb privacy invasion as data networks grow nationwide.
Australian Prime Minister John Gorton urged U S support for small nations in a National Press Club speech. He argued U S protection helps keep peace in the Pacific, cited Vietnam as a test of whether states or individuals lead humanity, and endorsed a Southeast Asia defense plan including a citizen-military force.
In this essay Flora Lewis argues primaries fail to pick nominees yet force outsiders into the race while shaping the campaign agenda. She cites California reform protests by Mayor Joseph Alioto and notes the primaries’ paradoxical mix of chaos and democratic function as they spotlight issues like Vietnam and jobs.
The passage quotes Julien C. Hyer on whether one is keeper of others or lives for self. It emphasizes Christ washing apostles feet and serving others as the true test of service, noting that the one who serves best gains most.
Words engraved beneath Booker T. Washington’s statue on the Tuskegee Institute campus in Alabama praise him for lifting the veil of ignorance and guiding progress through education and industry.
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