Riots Prompt Bid for Bipartisan Riots Inquiry
The Republican Coordinating Committee calls for a joint Congress select committee to study origins of riots and propose solutions. They accuse President Johnson of vetoing a DC crime bill and opposing a federal cross state incitement crime, urging swift action to end civil disobedience.
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Congress
District of Columbia
Supreme Court
House
Edward W. Brooke
Massachusetts
Nixon's Path to the 1968 Republican Nomination
Former Vice President Richard Nixon outlines why a Republican victory in 1968 hinges on winning all early primaries. He argues Johnson’s weakness, Democratic disarray, and a fumbled foreign policy, insisting he must campaign in New Hampshire Wisconsin Nebraska Oregon Indiana and South Dakota to secure the nomination. Nixon says he needs a top public relations team to counter Kennedy era imagery.
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Richard M. Nixon
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South Dakota
New York
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Michigan
Ohio
Pennsylvania
NATO
John Kennedy
Reverse Integration A practical plan for housing mix by race
The article surveys efforts in Wildwood Oklahoma City area and Rockville Maryland to preserve neighborhood quality through controlled integration. White professionals relocate to mixed areas to avoid school decline while Montgomery County enacts a quota allowing Negro home ownership to curb segregation and keep schools balanced.
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Wildwood
Oklahoma City
Rockville
Montgomery
Washington
Arms sales spark a debate on U S foreign policy direction
Washington Insight argues that arms transfers abroad reveal a broader malaise in U S policy. It notes about 11 billion in five years, mostly to wealthy allies, and warns that unilateral suspensions won’t curb regional arms races without multilateral restraint. The piece links CIA secrecy, the Congo airlift, and balance-of-payments aims to a shift in aims away from anti communist zeal.
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Congo
West Germany
Jordan
Near East
Israel
Pakistan
India
China
CIA
Congress
United States
Iran
Dulles
Advises Negroes in Washington to Get Guns and Burn City
William Buckley profiles H. Rap Brown's Washington speech promising gun use and possible arson to achieve integration. Brown urges shooting enemies, including white leaders, and claims moral justification while free on bail for an earlier Cambridge riot. note ACLU and others’ response.
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Washington
Brown
Johnson
H. Rap Brown
Student Nonviolent
Sic) Coordinating Committee
Lady Bird
New York Times
Rap Brown
Cambridge
Soul Brothers
American Civil Liberties Union
Brown and rights rhetoric spark calls for sharp limits
The column criticizes the Brown case and the use of the clear and present danger doctrine, denouncing church and political figures who promote violence. It warns that sensational headlines and endorsements risk inciting hatred and unrest, urging reminder of salus populi and strong legal bounds.
Discontent and riot insights from James Marlow report
The piece notes H. Rap Brown dining with allies after urging violence, cites a Watts study on middle class attitudes toward reform, and reports Romney and Cavanagh linking riots to political indifference. It highlights causes like poor housing, discrimination, economics, and public services with mixed sympathy for rioting.
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Watts
Detroit
Special Commission
Michigan
George Romney
America
Romney
Jerome P. Cavanagh
NBC
Meet the Press
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
Sidewalk colors eyed to melt snow and guide riders
New York City highway consultant Howard Ketcham says the right sidewalk color can melt snow and assist wayfinding. He envisions green tones evoking country calm and various tints marking bus stops while gold could signal exclusive shopping zones. The city, dubbed the rainbow city, aims for new color schemes.
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Howard Ketcham
New York City
New York
Faster By Rail Bus Tests The Tracks In New York
A rail capable bus is undergoing tests in New York. The vehicle smoothly crosses railroad tracks then retracts its four rail wheels in about a minute and continues on city streets. It would bypass busy highways to airports and other points, delivering passengers by road to their destinations.
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New York
Athens Messenger: Publication and delivery rates
The Athens Messenger, published daily except Saturdays and a Sunday edition, lists carrier delivery with weekday 10 cent single copies and Sunday 15 cent copies. Mail subscriptions shown for Ohio and U.S. delivery include weekly and multi month options, with various rates and a 1918 act designation.
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