Time To Talk Peace and the Vietnam Stalemate
Two months after President Johnson urged a bombing halt, peace talks show little progress as Saigon Hue and central highlands suffer renewed attacks. U S forces push to clear threatened zones while North Vietnamese infiltration and battlefield moves pressure the stalemate. Paris negotiations demand real restraint and a restored demilitarized zone or risks resuming all-out bombing.
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Election Barometer Shows Close 1960s Style Race Ahead
Gallup barometer links top election issues to party performance, highlighting past 1966 and 1962 patterns where Democrats led then won Congress. Current reading favors Republicans, with Nixon Rockefeller or Reagan as possible winners, while Democrats must pick a candidate who best bridges the gap. Reading may shift after candidate selection.
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Richard M. Nixon
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Rockefeller
Reagan
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Kennedy
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Gromyko warns North Vietnam to press on with war
Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko said Moscow would keep military aid to North Vietnam as long as needed, even as emissaries speak of peace in Paris. He warned against expecting aid cuts if North Vietnam slows supplies, a stance amid Paris talks and Johnson’s bombing pressure.
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McCarthy Emerges as Major Figure in California Campaign
Washington insight by Joseph Kraft analyzes McCarthy's rise as a national figure, contrasting his negative campaign against Lyndon Johnson with a broader appeal to educated middle class voters. Kraft notes McCarthy's wit, targeting of Kennedy, and strong showings in Oregon, Lane County, and Washington County, while predicting a shifting political landscape.
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It's Happening Here top editor's note by Morrie Ryskind
Morrie Ryskind fills in for William F Buckley Jr during his vacation. He compares global unrest to civil disobedience in the United States, cites France and Rhodesia, criticizes campus sit-ins and political rhetoric, and praises PTA support for free expression while mocking authorities. He urges quicker self-bailing to avert national decline.
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Dispute Flare at St Louis Ordnance Plant Over Negro Workers
About 3,700 Negro employees at the St. Louis Ordnance Plant refused to continue working under white foremen, highlighting racial tensions in wartime industry. In Detroit Packard workers walked out over the assignment of Negroes to machine work amid broader race-related labor strife. Gallipolis chamber aims to run a campaign to remove rats from the city. Detroit’s auto output fell 30 percent since the U.S. entered the war. Capt. K T Crossen, serving with U S forces in France, sent his mother the French Cross of War for bravery.
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Trudeau says stopping trade would leave you with empty bellies
Prime Minister Pierre Elliott Trudeau told a heckler that halting sales of aircraft components weapons spare parts and clothing including green berets would make the heckler feel pure but leave him hungry. He argued the move would hurt Canada’s trade with the United States and the broader economy.
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Pierre Elliot Trudeau
Mailbag musings on science and daily life curiosities
HAL BOYLE surveys odd facts and trivia from science and society. A Yale researcher rethinks dinosaur speed at up to 30 mph while the U S Census reports 14 25 million vacant lots spread across Texas California and Florida. Arthritis affects 16 8 million Americans. one in eleven. Diets, health tips, and folklore round out this lively column.
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India
Guardian
Johnson signals dawn of new politics in social progress speech
President Johnson urged a successor to continue and expand social reforms, urging unity and healing as the country faces new politics. He cited the past five years, contrasted with Kennedy and McCarthy, and asserted that accomplishments were achieved through actions, not charisma, while addressing the International Ladies Garment Workers convention in Atlantic City.
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International Ladies Garment Workers
Atlantic City
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Senate
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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FBI Academy graduates widest class yet from many regions
The last class to graduate from the FBI Academy in law enforcement included members representing 44 states Puerto Rico and five foreign countries Canada England Malaysia Thailand and Sweden. The academy is drawing students from a broad base similar to the military academies.
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Thailand
Sweden
New Zealand Temperance Alliance Shifts to State Liquor Control
After repeatedly rejecting prohibition over five decades by narrow margins, the New Zealand temperance alliance pivots to advocating government ownership of the liquor business. The move follows a long pattern where state ownership remained a contested compromise since prohibition began.
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Athens Messenger Publishing Co. Rates and Address
The Athens Messenger details frequent delivery options with daily and Sunday editions, carrier, and mail rates for Ohio, West Virginia, and other U.S. destinations. It notes obsolescent pricing by week, three weeks, six weeks, and longer terms, plus the postal classification and the Athens post office address.
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Mssenger Publishing Co
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