California schools face 40 percent fire insurance hike
Taxpayers pay again as Pacific Fire Rating Bureau cites losses of 3.79 million dollars in five years ending 1967, far exceeding premiums. The report urges action from districts, residents, and parents, including frequent police checks, community use of schools, and student anti vandalism programs to cut vandalism and arson costs.
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Pacific Fire Rating Bureau
Fremont
Newark
New Haven
Washington Township
Dio
Countdown Our Navy and Nixon Honeymoon Ends
A satirical take asserts the Navy avoided rescuing the Pueblo to prevent war, warns North Korea may seize another U.S. ship from San Diego, and contrasts Ted Williams with President Nixon as press scrutiny grows. The piece jokes about deteriorating political and military tensions.
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Pueblo
U.S
Navy Yard
San Diego
Ted Williams
Nixon
Voice Of The People Urges Clergymen To Protest
An editor condemns a clergyman's claim that protests hinder church growth and urges clergy to return to public action. The piece argues organized religion wanes when leaders fail to join in street demonstrations against immorality and unChristian behavior. It references Christian figures and a call to action.
Laughs From Europe and the Golden Rule in action
A fragmentary critique argues clergy overuse emotional rhetoric and generalities while avoiding concrete charitable or political action. It questions how the Golden Rule should apply to white neighbors, poor Blacks, or criminals, and warns bland politeness fails to change conduct.
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Faney
Smothers Brothers face fade as censorship and shifts in taste
The Smothers Brothers, once dominant in variety, fell out of top 20 ratings amid CBS censorship complaints and network friction. Tom cites harassment by censors as dulling their material. insiders note headaches over satire, politics, and image shifts as the act’s decline accelerates. The piece compares their trajectory to Arthur Godfrey’s loss of appeal and stresses reshaping the act to regain traction.
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Smothers Brothers
Tom Smothers
CBS
Tom
Vietnam
Chicago
Arthur Godfrey
Florida
Tommy
Kennedy Conspiracy Author Joins New Assassination Group
Washington talk with Paris Flammonde about his book The Kennedy Conspiracy and the launch of NASPA. He notes mysteries remain in high profile assassinations and predicts future legal moves around Clay Shaw and perjury charges.
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Washington
Paris Flammonde
Jim Garrison
Meredith Press
Flammonde
New National Association For the Investigation
Peat
Mr. Flammonde
NASPA
John F. Kennedy
Martin Luther King Jr
Malcolm X
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Garrison
Flammande
Clay Shaw
Shaw
Return of prayer in public schools urged by Catholic defender
Russell Kirk argues that public schools fail to teach religion and urges restoring prayer in schools. Father Howes of Citizens for Public Prayer advocates a constitutional amendment to restore the original First Amendment meaning, opposing substitutions like comparative religion or morning prayers as inadequate. Congress has yet to vote on a prayer amendment, despite public support for reinstating prayer in schools.
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America
Supreme Court
Robert G. Howes
Father Howes
Catholic University of America
Citizens For Public Prayer
CPP
Washington
Curley Hall
Catholic University
D.C
Everett Dirksen
Solomon
Pather Howes
Confucius
Dag Hammarskjold
Congress
Senate
House
Sinc
Emmanuel Celler
Nixon
First Medal Awarded by Colonies to Washington
On this day in 1776 the Continental Congress awarded Gen. George Washington the first colonial medal for evacuating Boston. In 1965 Viola Liuzzo, a civil rights worker from Detroit, was fatally shot during a Selma march. A historical note closes with a misquoted thought by George William Curtis.
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Continental Congress
George Washington
Boston
Socialist Party of the United States
Indianapolis
Triangle Spirtwaist Co
New York City
Viola Liuzzo
Detroit
Selma
Ala
George William Curtis
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