Question for Debate on National Service and Draft Evasion
Editorial notes Secretary McNamara’s push for universal service and a new Pentagon program to rehabilitate 40,000 draftees and volunteers rejected for health and education standards. The plan aims to train them to meet military fitness within ten months, then expand to about 101,000 annually.
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Defense
McNamara
Johnson
Pentagon
Savage
Veterans of Foreign Wars
Defense Department
Socialism and military use of education debated
A journalist argues socialism denigrates individual dignity, urging careful reconsideration of using military facilities for social reform. The piece questions the Defense Department plan, compares it to a rejected STEP proposal, and calls for public debate on the proper role of the armed forces in addressing societal issues.
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Erty
Securices
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
Congress
Department of Defense
View of United States Shrouded in Crime and Unrest
CBS European correspondent Charles Collingwood reports from London that American prestige is eroding under the Johnson-Humphrey era. The London Sun cites “The American Disease” violence, with British papers noting lawlessness and security at public events while England’s royal wedding proceeds openly.
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United States
Johnson-Humphrey
London
CBS
Charles Collingwood
Collingwood
Lon
Don Sun
USA
Luci Johnson
England
America
Sean Small
Uke
Government ads help shoppers save big in groceries
A Department of Agriculture report urges consumers to read grocery ads to save money. Home economists tested the idea by shopping a neighborhood and found a 25 percent savings from store specials. The piece notes Americans have long relied on ads, questions government meddling, and observes people manage living costs alongside taxes.
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U. S. Department of Agriculture
Successful Investing guidance from Roger E Spear
In this column Roger E Spear discusses personal cash reserve planning based on age and temperament, recommending 6 to 70 percent cash reserves for the elderly and noting government savings bonds as part of the reserve. He reviews a reader query about a stock portfolio of Allied Chemical AT&T Freuhauf St. Regis Paper General Development Gulf American Land Controls Co. of America and suggests holding some stocks, rotating others to conservative holdings, and updating certificates after a merger with General Precision Equipment. He advises notifying Manhattan Bank if new certificates are not received and says he answers mail personally when possible.
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GOGD
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Fed
Dow
Allied Chemical
At&t
Frewhaus
St. Regis Paper
Gen. Development
Gulf Am. Land
Controls Co. of
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Controls Company
General Precision Equipment
Case Manhattan Bank
New York City
GPE
Freuhaul
St. Regis
Atchison Hsey
Mfaveson
Spear Earnsat
Gen
Fea, Corp
Lindsay aides run national campaign push from New York
The report details Mayor Lindsay and aides quietly aiding Republican candidates nationwide. Robert Price and other Lindsay lieutenants travel to Massachusetts Illinois Maryland to support campaigns. The piece notes tensions with Rockefeller Javits and concerns over 1968 presidential plans. It also discusses Johnson administration struggles with Congress over water projects and Fulbright’s stance on peace corps provisions.
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John WY
Lindsay
New York
Robert Price
Massachusetts
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Stele
Linday
Price
Boston
Dindsay
Illinois
Charles Fercy
Paul Douglas
Senate
Daniel Tessler
Tessler
Maryland
Spiro T. Agnew
Sid Davidoff
Davidoff
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Iee
Tes
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Jacob K. Javits
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Lb.lys
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House Agriculture Committee
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International Peace Corps
Bourke Hickens Icoper
Fulbrigh
Fulbright
Jonnson
Syndicale
The Health Column On Alcohol And Self Improvement
Brady appeals to readers to share confidential reasons for drinking or abstaining, arguing health and nutrition support sobriety. He critiques why some drink to boost mood, links fixation on stimulants to perceived inferiority, and promotes his lessons in “The Seven Keys to Life” while inviting readers to request materials. He closes with the U.S. Constitution preamble.
The Worry Clinic on Alcoholism and Marriage Dynamics
A fragmented 1940s style advice column discusses alcohol abuse and marital strain. It cites Fred Z, a 39-year-old alcoholic husband, and urges wives to confront male sex psychology. The piece promotes the booklet Sex Differences Between Men and Women and offers contact details for Dr. Crane in Melot, Indiana.
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Fred Z
Fred
How Rome moved the obelisk to St. Peter's in Rome
The obelisk before St. Peter's Cathedral stands about 130 feet tall and weighs nearly 500 tons with pedestal. Caligula sent it from Helipalis near Cairo by Nile barge to the sea, across the Mediterranean, up the Tiber, and reerected it, later moved by Domnica Fontana in 1583 with 800 men 140 horses and 40 rollers. Engineers today struggle to move similar Egyptian monuments to protect them from rising water.
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St. Peter's Cathedral
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Italy
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Roany
St. Peter’s
Caligula
Pope Sixtus
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Nero's Circus
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Cairo
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Tiber
Fontana
Folklore and witty quips from William Wade
A collection of brief humorous anecdotes and maxims attributed to William Wade, exploring human folly and social etiquette. The items include a five year old correcting whispers, a piano playing husband and wife exchange, a remark about a stenographer, a pun on a homely man, and a quip about lonely husbands. Also notes that the saxophone’s invention a century ago implies lingering evil.
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Shea
God and Sex Desire Debate in Modern Letters
A Detroit reader cites To The Point by Russell Kirk and argues against faith in God while describing Mrs Z who seeks counsel on sexual desire within marriage. The piece contrasts religious chastity with secular views, noting guilt, morality, and the era’s commodified sex, urging adherence to traditional values.
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Detroit
Billy Graham
Nathaniel Brandon Institute
Ayn Rand
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