Peace or Anarchy Riots push for fast action and funding plan
President Johnson urged end to street violence as riots flare after a Senate inquiry chaired by Sen. Ribicoff finds jobs housing education and law enforcement key. Sen. Morton proposes a swift 10 percent reallocation of federal urban funds to finance an anti riot program paying living wages to youths 16 to 26 on public works.
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Johnson
Senate
Abraham Ribicoff
Connecticut
Thurston Morton
Kentucky
Republican National Committee
Ribicoff
Morton
Congress
Otto Kerner
Illinois
Time for Normalcy in a Cyclical Political Era
The piece argues for a return to normalcy amid social unrest and war, tracing cycles from Roosevelt to Eisenhower and Kennedy to Johnson. It questions which candidate will lead the nation toward calm, highlighting Romney’s Detroit riots response and the demand for decisive action to restore stability.
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Theodore Roosevelt
William Howard Taft
Woodrow Wilson
Harry S. Truman
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Vietnam
Johnson
Romney
Nixon
Reagan
Rockefeller
Detroit
Riots Across Cities Spark National Debate on Causes
Mayors from New York and Detroit say they prepared a stable summer with jobs and recreation, yet riots spread nationwide. Leaders cite agitation and Black power actions as key drivers while noting suspected Communist influence behind the unrest and a wartime scale death toll.
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John V. Lindsay
New York
East Harlem
Jerome P. Cavanaugh
Detroit
Conference of Mayors
The
Municipal League
Public and Pri
Stokely Carmichael
Czechoslovakia
Havana
Waiting Game in Middle East Shapes U S Policy
Washington insight notes a strategic pause as the United States weighs steps toward a settlement in the Middle East. Algerian and Syrian pressure has blocked Arab summits and UN motions while Egypt's economy falters and Nasser seeks to balance blocs. Jordan leans toward talks as oil states push for normal relations.
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Washington
Middle East
Algeria
Syria
Russia
Israel
Hussein
Jordan
United States
United Nations
General Assembly
Soviet Union
Ameri
Morocco
Tunisia
Habib Bourgiba
Iraq
Mediterranean
Egypt
Nasser
Alexandria
Cairo
Suez Canal
Buckley on guidelines clash with Teamsters wage demands
William F Buckley Jr notes April remarks by Gardner Ackley that wage and price guidelines remain in effect. He cites the International Brotherhood of Teamsters bargaining in Southern California with supermarkets, seeking about a 2.85 per hour rise, nearly double the minimum wage, a 100 to 150 percent increase, highlighting a clash of policy and labor pressure.
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Gardner Ackley
Johnson
International Brotherhood of Teamsters
California
Teamsters
Teamsters demand wide wage and benefit increases
The article damns a bold union push by Teamsters, detailing direct wage demands of 1.05 dollars per hour and total 2.85, plus fringe asks like a 35 hour week, five weeks’ vacation with 1.5x vacation pay, and ten sick days with accruals paid on termination. It warns such demands threaten profits, raise food prices, and cites a Fresno supermarket closure as potential fallout, while blaming Hoffa’s absence for new leadership theatrics.
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New York
Joseph R. McCarthy
Teamsters
Food Employers Council of California
California
Fresno
Calif
Jimmy Hoffa
Hoffa
Lewisburg Penitentiary
Congress
Teamster
Romney critics Johnson and riots timing in Michigan
Michigan Governor George Romney denounces President Johnson for political maneuvering during national crises and cites the Detroit riots last week where a 24 hour delay in sending troops possibly cost lives. Romney frames his stance as urging self reliance and firm law enforcement to protect people and property.
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Michigan
George Romney
United States
Johnson
Atty
Ramsey Clark
Romney
Washington
Clark
Des Moines
Lansing
Mich
National Guard
Tax Rise Prompts Talk of Social Security Increase
House Ways and Means committee plans to raise Social Security tax amid soaring Medicare costs. The piece argues for inventive health care solutions akin to Henry Ford’s assembly line impact to cut hospital and medical care costs.
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House
Ways and Means
Henry Ford
Colombia's President to Publish List of Rich Citizens
President Carlos Lleras Restrepa plans to publish a list of wealthy Colombians with their reported incomes. Officials say some multi millionaires may be tax dodgers, whose low reported earnings could affect credit. Expect a scramble to beat the list.
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Carlos Lleras Restrepa
Columbia
Floating School to Turn Queen Mary Into Brooklyn High School
Brooklyn could retrofit the Queen Mary, a 1019 foot 81237 ton liner, into a floating high school for 8000 students. New York plans to bid 2 million dollars and spend 3 million more on conversion, totaling under half the 10 to 11 million cost of a conventional school.
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Brooklyn
New York
Workmen Walk Out At West Virginia Ordnance Works
In Point Pleasant, about 4000 workers quit their jobs at the West Virginia Ordnance Works to protest wages. Across the Atlantic London reports 366 killed in bombing since the war began, while traffic fatalities numbered 2,412. Parasols discounted by half at F C Preston Co with new fall hats including the Borsalino at $5.
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Hitler
Stalingrad
West Virginia Ordnance Works
Point Pleasant
London
F. C. Preston Company
Key West Gets Own Water Supply From Desal Plant
For the first time since pirate days, Key West now has a local water supply. The nation’s largest desalination plant produces 2.6 million gallons daily, enough for about 50,000 residents. Previously fresh water arrived by a 130 mile pipeline.
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Florida Keys
Key West
Athens newspaper pricing and delivery terms
The Athens fHlessenger lists daily and Sunday editions with AP affiliation. Rates show single-copy prices, weekly mail options, and subscription terms for Ohio, West Virginia, and nationwide deliveries, including monthly, quarterly, semiannual, and annual plans.
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Korea
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Supreme Court
Joseph Kraft
Jerusalem
Oilrich
Britain
Labor
William F. Buckley, JR
Small Society
Middle-East
By Briekman
State Department
Briekkman
the World Today
James Marlow
U. S
Floating School
Athens
Associated Press
Ohio
W.ve
U.S. & Possessions
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