Mafia's Future Post Genovese Death Sparks Succession Talk
The New York Post weighs the likely contenders to lead the Mafia after Vito Genovese's death. Tommy Eboli is named as a front runner amid speculation of rivals with strong criminal records. Editorial questions Mafia's invulnerability and ponders whether a major crackdown, akin to a national drive, might finally occur.
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New York Post
Banks Weighing Credit Lines Against Fed Tight Money
Treasury Secretary David Kennedy warned that high rates alone cannot curb excess credit demand. Bank lending to business remains strong around 12 percent, aided by circumventing methods and prearranged credit lines with corporations. Kennedy urges banks to ration credit, or the Fed will implement its own limits.
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David Kennedy
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Kennedy
Federal Reserve
Business Week
Court ruling on spouse business expense tax impact
A court decision says wife financed business image upgrades may be deductible on business trips, signaling bad news for many businessmen. The Nationalist Chinese Golf Association chairman claims Chinese warlords invented golf around 440 to 221 B C, a theory scorned by the Scotch.
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Nationalist Chinese Golf Association
China
Permissive Parents Ruined Many Youths
Russell Kirk condemns sentimental educationists and politicians praising rebels as idealists. He cites a New York Times interview with 300,000 youths from a rock festival in Buthel New York, detailing a life of entitlement, laziness, and avoidance of work. He argues happiness lies in work and duty, warning against perpetual adolescence fueled by modern affluence.
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Buthel
N.Y
Jimny
Irving Babbitt
Tami
The Perils of Permissive Parenting and Education
The piece denounces permissive parenting and education as eroding discipline and moral imagination. It blames both modern mass culture and certain educators, including John Dewey, for producing a disengaged, compliant youth threatened by TV and aimlessness in a world awash with consumer comforts. It laments a generation reduced to seeking trivial thrills over serious purpose.
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John Dewey
Jane
Gentle Man and the Wild West Masculinity Debate
A television western prompts a critique of traditional manhood. The author condemns he man heroics as hogwash that breeds cowardice and social shame. He cites Joyce Brothers noting a shift toward compassionate masculine ideals.
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Wild West
Joyce Brothers
How To Help Returning GIs In Wartime Humor
Washington reports a mass printed parody instruction sheet for GIs returning from Vietnam. The spoof covers civilian life adjustments including suspicion, bar behavior, taxi fares, eating habits, and possible behavior changes, noting potential encounters with friends and women.
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G.i.s
Vietnam
Woody's World by John Kolm offers sharp cultural quips
In this column John Kolm jokes about American attitudes and global perception. The piece mulls over imported ideas and domestic reactions with a satirical tone. It hints at media, politics, and everyday quirks shaping national identity.
New Issues For Campus Protesters
Health Secretary Robert H. Finch and Logan Wilson of the American Council on Education clash over campus dissents as universities reopen. Both foresee shifts away from 1968 confrontations toward inward campus focus, amid debates on race, admissions, and faculty roles.
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Logan Wilson
American Council of Education
Mr. Pinch
Vietnam
T Tose
Finch
Wilson
This Day in History Highlights and Quotes
On this day in history the last witchcraft executions in the American colonies occurred in 1692. In 1917 the Chinese Communist Party declared support for the national government in China. Twelve years later the Chicago White Sox won the American League pennant for the first time in 40 years. Rudyard Kipling warned that meddling with another man's folly is thankless work.
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Chicago White Sox
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