Education room clash over teachers pay and strikes
Lyndon Johnson’s push for universal education faced a setback as teacher salaries rose 7 percent and per pupil spending 10 percent. NEA members pressed for collective bargaining amid strikes in New York, Chicago, Florida and beyond, risking school closures and prompting calls for collaboration with taxpayers.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Labor Organization
U. S. Office of Education
Florida
Idaho
New York
New Mexico
Chicago
National Education Association
NEA
Oklahoma
Pennsylvania
South Dakota
Decision Making Power At Miami Convention Fight
Republican leaders clinch control of platform power at the Miami convention with Ray C Bliss denying equal drafting rights to Governors. He signals Dirksen as chairman and Shafer as co chairman under clear supremacy of Dirksen. Governors gain only a watchdog role and no final say as the president shapes the campaign.
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Congress
Miami
Ray C. Bliss
National Committee
Raymond P. Shafer
Pennsylvania
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Illinois
Bliss
Republican National Committee
Dirksen
Shafer
Platform Committee
Minority Vote Drive Shapes GOP Presidential Campaign
Ray C. Bliss, national committee chairman, leads a push to win increased minority votes for the Republican presidential nomination. Target groups include Negro, Jewish, Polish, Italian and labor voters whose support could swing the ten largest states. Bliss acknowledges limited wins but warns the party must gain share to prevail.
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Ray C. Bliss
National Committee
Republican Party
Carence Lee Towns Jr
Bernard Katze
New York
Johnson
Bliss
Thomas W. Benham
Opinion Research Corporation
Farewell to McNamara Acknowledges Vietnam War Role
Matter of Fact reflects on Robert McNamara's tenure as Defense and War Minister figure in Johnson era. It argues his advice to escalate war was sound, his methods flawed, and his personal balance of humility and precision. Praises reforms in the Defense Department and his public service record.
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Robert S$. McNamara
McNamara
McGeorge Bundy
Dean Rusk
Johnson
Vietnam
Asia
Pacific
Defense
Curtis LeMay
William Westmoreland
White House
Robert McNamara
U. S
Republic
Defense Department
A Conservative View James Kilpatrick on press vs ABA
Kilpatrick argues that the American Bar Association escalates a dispute over press coverage of crime. He questions whether sensational reporting truly biases jurors and doubts the theory’s validity while defending juror integrity and the need for balanced scrutiny from both media and legal groups.
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American Bar Association
Messengers and Trials In Wartime and Law
An Allied air attack reportedly decimated a convoy of 22 Japanese ships including 10 cruisers or destroyers while 15,000 Japanese soldiers bound for New Guinea were said to be wiped out almost to a man. Gov. Bricker names Don McVay to Ohio University board. OU alum Jack Grether discharged after aviator training. A columnist defends the jury system, praising its rough justice and noting press rights.
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Bismark
New Guinea
John W. Bricker
Don McVay
Ohio Farmers’ Insurance Co
Ohio University Board of Trustees
Athens
Petrograd
Nicholas Station
Jack Grether
Armed Service
Alsace
U. S
Fair Trial
Free Press
Faint Hope Editorial Praises Vietnam Withdrawal View
Letter from Dr Charles E Holzer Jr of Gallipolis commends The Messenger editor for the editorial A New Look at Vietnam. He argues Americans increasingly see the tragedy and absurdity of intervention and urges public demand for U.S. exit to avert catastrophe for the nation and world.
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the Messenger
Vietnam
McNamara Faces Downfall of Postwar Managerial Faith
Washington Insight assesses Secretary of Defense Robert McNamara, praising his humane and precise service while warning his resignation signals a crisis in the postwar managerial faith. It argues the faith in arranged settlements and the manager’s control over force enabled benefits like missile crisis management and arms control, yet Vietnam exposed overconfidence and limited spread of this leadership across the armed services, making McNamara’s departure a landmark loss for enlightened leadership.
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Pentagon
Kennedy
Cuba
McNamara
Congress
Vietnam
Gulf of Tonkin
Expediter Helps Puerto Rican Neighbors Through Catholic Charities
An American born 24 year old mother of three serves as an expediter to aid shy, inarticulate neighbors. Employed by Catholic Charities, she acts as eyes and ears to understand life among the poor and solve problems.
The Athens Messenger Rates and Mailing Details
The Athens Messenger lists pricing and delivery options for daily and Sunday editions. Rates include single-copy prices, carrier delivery, and mail subscriptions in Ohio and West Virginia, with international or U.S. possessions options. Subscription terms show weekly, monthly, and yearly figures, and the paper notes second class post matter status under a 1918 act.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Inia
U.S. & Possessions
Athens
The
Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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M.D
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Joseph Kraft
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Daniel
Small Society
Brickman
Prkckmar
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