Editorial cautions World Council on racism and violence
The piece criticizes the World Council of Churches for endorsing anti racist and potentially revolutionary measures including sanctions and even violence to combat racism. It questions leaders who would align with reparations demands and urges a return to biblical love and faith over advocacy of upheaval and confrontation. It cites George McGovern as a quoted figure and urges clergy to reassess preferential legislation and Supreme Court decisions affecting African Americans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
World Council of Churches
National
Black Economic Development Conference
United Press International
Eldridge Cleaver
Rap Brown
Stokely Carmichael
George McGovern
U.S
South Dakota
Supreme Court
Congress
I Am For The Upperdog Milton Upton Speech
Beloit College president Milton Upton argues for individual achievement over excuses in a speech urging society to celebrate achievers. He emphasizes personal responsibility, using terms like upperdog and success to define civic value and progress.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milton Upton
Beloit College
Lord's Prayer Version Sent to World Churches For Trial
Folklore notes that an international consultation on English texts sent a modernized version of the Lord's Prayer to world churches for trial. The wording aims for clearer meaning and more contemporary language while preserving the traditional message.
Will Wilson: Hard line prosecutor in Nixon era justice
Holmes Alexander profiles Will Wilson head of the Justice Department criminal division under Nixon. A veteran of Dallas law enforcement, he favors relentless crime prosecution, minimal delay, and firm punishment. Wilson contrasts with Ramsey Clark and stresses equal enforcement under the law amid national crime concerns.
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Washington, D. C
Pentagon
Justice Department
Nixon
Bob Finch
George Romney
Melvin Laird
David Packard
John Mitchell
Dick Kleindienst
Will Wilson
Wilson
Ramsey Clark
Dallas
Texas Supreme Court
Mitchell
Kleindienst
New York
Learned Hand
Texas
Poindexter Pigeon Takes to the Sky After Escape
Poindexter, a homing pigeon with a restless streak, leaves home after a note to his father declares his need to follow the wild goose. The story portrays a quiet childlike bird seeking a path beyond the home and vows to depart from Quebec toward the open night.
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Poindexter
Navy
Orville
Sam
Shell
Billy
Detroit
Will Perite
Quebec
V. Poindexter
Hidden Message of Midway Island in US Vietnam War Debate
Opinion piece argues presidents cannot please all sides and critiques Lyndon Johnson and Richard Nixon era political calculus. It analyzes Midway Island withdrawal of 25,000 troops as a disengagement gesture with mixed reactions from allies and enemies, highlighting pressure to end US involvement and signal to South Vietnamese allies.
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Midway Island
United States
Warren Burger
U.S. Supreme Court
L.B.J
Joseph Duffey
The
Americans For Democratic Action
Nixon
White House
Duffey
Vietnam
Capitol Hill
Saigon
Paris
South Vietnam
Gen. Fen. Corp
Onward Agnostic Soldiers and Mil Morals
Russell Kirk argues that military chaplains must not be barred from referencing God in moral instruction. He credits Secretary Laird for preserving religious guidance in the Army despite ACLU pushback. He warns that secularizing doctrine risks ungoverned military conduct and contrasts invocations with anti-religious rhetoric amid Vietnam era conflict.
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Vietnam
Secretary of Defense
American Civil Liberties Union
Army
ACLU
Navy
Air Force
Congress
Melvin Laird
Christ
Republic
Gen
Fea. Corp
King Resources vs Home Oil in Arctic Prospects
Spear and Spear notes King Resources offers long term growth with 29 million Arctic Sverdrup Basin acres and 2.5 million sulphur lease acres. earnings at $2.05 in 1968 could rise. Home Oil is volatile on North Slope well prospects. Ashland Oil presents alternative exposure in Libya Indonesia and Alaska with potential $2.65 earnings.
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King Resources
Home Oil
J.B. A
Arctic
Sverdrup Basin
High Arctic
Arctic Islands
Alaskan
Ashland Oil
Circle Oil
Asland
Libya
Indonesia
Ashland
Natomas
Reading & Bates
Hamilton Brothers
Roger Spear
Roger E. Spear
Anderson Herald
Grand Central Station
New York
N.Y
Gen. Fea. Corp
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World Council
Folklore
By William Wade
Wade
Pacific Coast
Anderson Newspapers, Inc
Jackson Street
Anderson
Indiana
George D. Crittenberger
Harriet W. Toner
Robert W. Jackson
Jane Toner Scott
Charles W. Laughlin
Madison
Herald
Associated Press
Holmes Alexander
Alexander
John Keasler
Keasler
Paul Harvey News
Evey
By Russell Kirk
Kirk
United States of America
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