Senate Rules Move for Expanded Power Over Conduct and Outside Interests
The Senate Rule Committee seeks unprecedented authority to probe rule infractions and impose punishments up to expulsion for senators and staff. It backs a disclosure rule requiring anyone earning over ten thousand dollars a year to reveal outside holdings. The panel also urges DOJ review of Baker case material and calls for new guidelines for majority and minority offices and staff. Bobby Baker’s career underscores Senate laxity and the push for reform.
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Students shift from science to social studies after space era
After the Sputnik shock, interest in physical sciences and engineering among the top US students declined while social sciences and humanities rose as preferred fields. Among nearly 68 000 National Merit semi finalists, 19 percent of males and 34 percent of females favor history English or languages. Teaching gains, medicine steady as science and engineering remain about half of picks.
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Life Span Almost Doubled by Medical Advances
About 90 million Americans over age 30 now survive infectious diseases of childhood that once killed many. Life expectancy at birth was 49.24 in 1900. now at age 30 total life expectancy reaches 73.4 years. Degenerative diseases begin before birth and medical research aims to prevent or slow them earlier in life.
Liars' Bloc Reshapes Polls in 1960s America
A columnist argues that voters hide true views behind the secret ballot, forming a Liars' Bloc that misleads polls. He links this to underground opposition in Europe, fears of conformity, and a growing trend of disguising intentions amid Goldwater and Wallace support while President Johnson profits from a prosperous era.
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Humphrey Leading California Survey for VP Pressure
Inside Report notes Hubert Humphrey leads a May survey of 925 California Democratic State Central Committee members with 47.2 percent, Kennedy 15.3 percent, and Pat Brown 10.6 percent, suggesting rank and file favor Humphrey over Kennedy despite January forecasts. The piece also explains Johnson’s influence on VP picks and recalls Scranton era Maryland delegation maneuvers and Milton Eisenhower’s surprising delegate path.
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Dr Crane Mix Ups and Male Attitudes Essay
An essay contrasts male practicality with female romance through anecdotes about candlelit dinners and personalized painted envelopes. It notes men separate romance from meals and sports, citing examples from a Smith College professor and a Chicago advertising executive.
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Dear Abby Teen Trip Dilemma Sparks Etiquette Debate
A Colorado family declines a 17-year-old son’s request to bring his 16-year-old girlfriend on a New York World’s Fair vacation. Abby weighs parental trust versus teen independence and cautions against relying on “everybody else is doing it.” A separate letter questions dinner invitation etiquette from a socially prominent widow, advising that invites should target both spouses.
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Frank Fontaine on five teen-agers at home
Comic Frank Fontaine discusses handling five teenage children from ages 19 to 13. He says adolescence is a split personality period requiring understanding and guidance from parents and teachers to build lasting character. He advocates school films showing teens who face or dodge problems.
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Goldwater Signals Rougher 1964 Presidential Campaign
James Marlow reports that Barry Goldwater intends a tougher general election against President Johnson if nominated. He balances cooling GOP opposition with sealing the nomination while campaign staff release prepared positions. He favors a 14th Amendment voting plank proposing penalties on states limiting suffrage, a move unlikely to pass easily.
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