Indiana primary loom in national Democratic race
Indiana’s May 7 primary rises in importance for Kennedy and McCarthy as the first direct test of their campaigns, with Branigin’s role mainly as a possible Humphrey delegate. The race could confirm or sink momentum, signaling future primaries while Evansville’s voting history adds local color.
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America
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John Kennedy
Deans Scarce as Higher Education Expands
Colleges and universities open at about 150 per year to meet demand while 300 campuses lack presidents and 1,000 dean posts sit vacant. A Columbia College Today survey ties shortages to student protests and campus criticism, arguing reform in leadership and discipline is needed for better education.
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Columbia College Today
American Council On Education
Too Big For Health Virtanen warns on growing American bodies
Nobel laureate Artturi Virtanen argues Americans may be getting too tall and broad for their health. He cites heart strain in larger bodies and questions whether Western diets and excess food undermine long term survival. Asian body types could offer greater resilience.
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Finland
Federation of American Societies For Experimental Biology
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Virtanen
Indiana Goes Mainstream Changes in Hoosier politics emerge
Washington Insight notes Indiana shifts from isolated backwater to mainstream with corporate giants replacing family firms. It highlights Democrats and Republicans renewing leadership, cites Birch Bayh and Richard Lugar, and weighs Branigin’s challenge to Humphrey, Kennedy, and McCarthy amid a changing economy and urbanization.
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Lee Hamilton
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On the Right William F Buckley Jr on Columbia chaos
William Buckley argues Columbia University is in open chaos as students seize buildings and police are resisted. He condemns a large faction of the faculty as irresponsible and links the campus turmoil to a dispute over new athletic facilities near Harlem. He questions motives, pace, and public-safety concerns amid protests and political rhetoric.
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Authority Gap
Federalizing Gambling Jurisdiction Seen as Response to Crime
The text argues Congress should grant federal control over gambling, linking crime funds to gambling and citing a Supreme Court ruling that gamblers need not register. It then notes a study finding knee-jerk reflex reduction after smoking high nicotine cigarettes and questions whether driving reflexes are similarly affected, warning of danger while driving.
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Supreme Court
Jumping to conclusions and quirks of modern life
HAL BOYLE muses on quirks of possessions, servants, dating, and class. From valet wisdom to teenage daughters, diamond pins to bar talk, the piece wryly notes how money, status, and taste shape behavior, with humorous takes on Americans abroad and home.
Hunting Business Editor Letter to The Messenger
A reader from Ohio asks why the Wildlife Division holds hearings while ignoring hunters and fishermen. He notes license price doubling to four dollars and little or no restocking for hunters, except pheasants released on northern state grounds before opening day. He compares bird quality to fat birds that cannot fly and questions if two birds per hunter come from releases, recalling past seasons and urging stricter hunting laws.
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The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday delivery rates, carrier and mail options, geographic coverage in Ohio and West Virginia and nationwide abroad, with prices for weekly, monthly, and yearly subscriptions, and postal designation at 43 W Union St Athens.
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