Slingshots Debate Over Great Society Funding
Walter Reuther and Martin Luther King Jr. warn that anti poverty spending is misdirected like a slingshot against heavy artillery. They back a drive to fund education and welfare in the fall congressional election while criticizing perceived waste and shifting public support.
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Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Martin Luther King, Jr
Reuther
King
Johnson
California
Edmund Brown
Viet Nam
Great Society
Welfare Investigations Spark Labor Debate in Washington
In Washington the welfare claim audits trigger controversy as nonwhite beneficiaries grow and relief rolls swell. The Government Workers Union Locals condemn the probes as wasteful and unfair while endorsing recipient picketing. The piece argues for verificaton of claims and job training over expanded and perpetual welfare handouts.
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Washington
Government Workers Union
District of Columbia
Department
Prac
Tises
Community ties aim to ease police residents rift in North Philadelphia
The Department of Health Education and Welfare allocates 284972 to a North Philadelphia community planning group for a 15 month pilot. Police and leaders will discuss problems and implement plans to improve relations after rioting two years ago. The 330000 population area is 70 percent non white with 47 percent under 4000 income. If successful the model could be used elsewhere to reduce rioting and foster peaceful community living with broader leadership programs.
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Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Philadelphia
North
Galbraith Challenges Rusk on European Support for Vietnam
John Kenneth Galbraith says no European ally will send soldiers to Vietnam and few Asian countries will join the war, aside from token help from Australia and New Zealand. The piece contrasts Galbraith's view with Ole Jacob Hoff's defense of American values and anti-Communist resolve, noting Hoff's critiques of European elites and his praise for American freedom and enterprise.
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John Chamberlain
India
John Kenneth Galbraith
Dean Rusk
Professor Galbraith
Viet Nam
South Korea
Australia
New Zealand
Galbraith
Rusk
America
de Gaulle
NATO
Asia
U. S
Oslo
Zurich
Bordeaux
Europe
Ole Jacob Hoff
Hoff
Trygve Hoff
United States
Harvard
General de Gaulle
Mr. Hoff
Old World
Mussolini
Hitler
Stalin
New York
Chicago
Los Angeles
Hartford
Connecticut
Detroit
Italy
Ole-Jacob Hoff
Bailiwick
Courts Decisions Affected By Justices Humanness
Chief Justice Earl Warren asserts personal history shapes Supreme Court views. The term featured police blood draws for drunk driving and a Virginia poll tax ruling, with dissents by Harlan Stewart White Clark and Black reflecting deep divides on coercion, voting, and judicial restraint.
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James Marlowe
Earl Warren
Supreme Court
Warren
John M. Harlan
Potter Stewart
Byron R. White
Tom C. Clark
Harlan
Stewart
Clark
United States
White
California
Harlan, White, Stewart, Clark
William J. Brennan Jr
Indonesia’s Sukarno Maintains Role Amid Power Rift
In post coup Indonesia, President Sukarno remains a hero and leader with limited real power as Lt. Gen. Suharto holds authority. The provisional Congress solidified power by backing Suharto and reappointing Nasution, keeping Sukarno under control while fears of violence rise if he is ousted.
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Sukarno
Indonesia
The
Provisional People’s Consultative Congress
Suharto
Congress
Abdul Haris Nasution
Nasution
Burt Lancaster’s life turns on risk and curiosity
HAL BOYLE profiles Burt Lancaster the actor who rose from East Harlem flats to Hollywood power. He recalls childhood stickball, six cherry-tone clams at a luncheon, and a creed to take chances. Lancaster describes his varied early jobs, GI service, and a $100,000 to $750,000 per film career, praising curiosity as life’s key force. He notes Sweet Smell of Success as a critical favorite and warns against safety and stagnation.
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Burt Lancaster
Coldwater Railroad
East Harlem
Lancaster
Broadway
Burt
Hollywood
Manhattan
Dear Abby Column Quick Advice on Family and Housing
Dear Abby offers blunt guidance on moving from a crowded two room apartment to escape a fixation with a neighbor and on dealing with an overworked sister. The column also advises a reader in a troubled marriage to seek medical advice for a husband displaying violent fits.
Prominent leaders urge dissent with purpose in demand for reform
Walter Reuther states opposition to communism but supports engaging with those under Soviet domination to show democracy's value. President Johnson advises scholars to dissent with reason and offer constructive alternatives when disagreeing with the current order.
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United Auto Workers
Walter Reuther
Johnson
White House
Dear Abby reader describes childish husband fits
A 62 year old husband throws tantrums at home when denied his wishes, collapsing to the floor and screaming. The letter outlines concern about his immaturity and the impact on the marriage.
Chair Fashion at Dinner Parties Sparks Style Debate
A witty line notes that hosting style hinges more on chair choices than tableware. The remark suggests seating as a key design element in entertaining, highlighting chair aesthetics as a focal point for guests.
Personal reply address and enclosed self addressed envelope
A reader is advised to write to Abby at Box 69700 Los Angeles California 90069 for a personal reply and to include a stamped self addressed envelope.
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Los Angeles
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