Johnson influence clouds Democratic nomination battle
Lyndon B. Johnson wields outsized sway over the Democratic race as his two successors, Hubert Humphrey and Eugene McCarthy, contend for the nomination. Party loyalists' stance and Johnson’s popularity shape nominees and potential general election outcomes.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H. Humphrey
Eugene J. McCarthy
Adlai Stevenson
McCarthy
Johnson
Humphrey
Leave It To Youngsters At Institute Of Creative Studies
The Institute of Creative Studies at American University in Washington DC recruits 23 youths to tackle national problems. Dr Theodore Wang leads the program backed by several agencies at about 60000 dollars for its first summer of fall operation. They study Northeast transportation, job training for disadvantaged children, and youth involvement in policy making. The aim is to show young people can help solve adult problems beyond federal issues.
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Institute of Creative Studies
American University
Washington, D.C
Theodore Wang
TenHour School Day Trial for Poor Kids in NYC
The New York Board of Education will launch an intensive fall pilot in poverty area elementary schools to test a ten hour day with three year olds, smaller classes, classroom managers, and instructional machines. Four models will run in 15 to 20 schools for four years with per pupil costs ranging from 1,063 to 2,294 dollars. If productive, nationwide scaling and hundreds of millions to billions needed. Two Washington police are disarmed during arrest attempt. one officer killed, another critically wounded. Black United Front calls the death justifiable homicide.
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New York Board of Education
Mentary
Rose Shapiro
Washington
Black United Front
2,000 Words That Shook Eastern Europe
Reform minded Czechoslovaks published a blistering 2,000 words in Prague denouncing the 1948 takeover and calling for resignations and public action. Brezhnev and allies in Warsaw pressed Prague, warning that socialist unity and the leading role of the Communist party cannot be challenged.
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Brezhnev
Czechoslovak National Assembly
Oldrich Cernik
Warsaw
Alexander Dubcek
Reform Movement
Most Unlikely Candidate James Kilpatrick admires McCarthy rhetoric
A conservative view notes Eugene McCarthy's unlikely bid for the Democratic nomination. It praises his impromptu Waldorf speech and wide literary allusions from Camus to Cicero, arguing his quotes spring from his own mind rather than a ghostwriter. Policymakers often avoid such bold references.
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Minnesota
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la Mancha
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Waldorf-Astoria
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Chesterton
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Allen Tate
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Cicero
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McCarthyism and riot insurance dominate Meigs and London
The piece links McCarthy era critique and conservative backlash to new insurance woes for slums. It notes Athens city workers get ten dollars more per month, Mason County teachers receive state aid increases to 232490, and a Meigs County rat campaign amid spring floods. It discusses London reinsurance curbs on riot risk, and calls for federal reinsurance to cover slum risks and anti riot insurance.
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Mason County
Meigs County
London
Vacation Tales In Officeland Fly High And Fall Flat
HAL BOYLE skewers vacation braggers in a comic office column. He catalogs seven familiar types Hank the Hero Rosalind the Romantic Sam the Statistician Sid the Sportsman Harry the Homeowner and The Great Man Himself all puffing up trips with tall tales only to be punctured by the truth. The piece ends urging readers to smile and return the jab next vacation season.
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Hank
Sam
Sid
Bid-a-wee
Harry
Las Vegas
Costly plan to separate sewers to curb pollution
A Department of Interior study for the Federal Water Pollution Control Administration estimates sewer separation could cost about 48 billion dollars and benefit 36 million people but may not fully solve overflows. The American Public Works Association prepared the report noting uncertainty and suggesting improved control or treatment methods as possible alternatives.
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Department of Interior
American Public Works Association
Federal Water Pollution Control Administration
The Athens Messenger Classified Rates Notice
Daily and Sunday delivery rates listed for Athens area with AP affiliation. Prices include single copies and weekly mail options from 50 cents to 16 dollars yearly.
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