McClellan Opens Broad Probe Into Urban Violence
Senator John McClellan's Permanent Investigations subcommittee begins a wide inquiry into riots in over 46 cities since 1965. Staff tallies show 130 killed including 12 officers, 2,424 injured, 28,939 arrested, 5,434 convicted, 7,985 arson cases, $210.6 million property damage and $504.2 million other losses. Moynihan warns violence signals danger to U.S. foreign policy and social order, urging liberals and progressive conservatives to unite against extremes to preserve national stability.
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John McClellan
Arkansas
United States
Moynihan
Harvard-M. I. T. Center For Urban Studies
Johnson
McClellan
Legislative showdown over adjournment delays 90th Congress agenda
Legislative leaders aim to push 20 presidential priorities before a tentative November 18 adjournment. A compromise to stay through Thanksgiving looms. Surtax chances are nil. crime control, Social Security raises, postal rates, civil service wages, civil rights, and foreign aid face uncertain fate if Congress stays.
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House
John McCormack
Mike Mansfield
Congress
Federal meat inspection needs nationwide standard
A 403 to 1 House vote backed a bill to align meat with federal standards, granting states partial funding to build inspection systems. It urged extending inspection to all domestic plants and foreign exporters, arguing that clean meat should cross state lines and reach every family.
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House of Representatives
United States
Senate
Soviet age shows creak in fifty years of Bolshevism
Washington insight recalls Lincolns future remark and finds the Soviet system aging. Brezhnev Kosygin leadership shifts mark limited reform while the global communist bloc frays. Internal inertia and overproduction curb consumer goods, with agriculture investment down. Slow, partial changes hint at coercion fading, yet Stalin and Khrushchev legacies linger and Svetlana episode signals unresolved issues.
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Lincoln Steffens
Russia
China
Europe
Zbigniew Brzezinski
Japan
Far East
Middle East
Cairo
Hanoi
Khrushchev
Svetlana
Stalin
Commies And Junkies In Greenwich Village
William F Buckley Jr. critiques the hippie era linking drug use and antiwar sentiment to Communism. He cites a letter from an English novelist and a magistrate court case involving LSD to argue a perceived nexus of moral weakness, drug culture, and political ideology driving social disintegration. The essay laments violence, disobedience, and the Vietnam War as factors shaping youth behavior.
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Soviet Union
Communist Party
Hungary
England
Vietnam
Conclusions on life and laughter in shared moments
HAL BOYLE surveys daily quirks of family life and modern manners with light humor. Observations on teenagers, aging, relationships, fashion, work, and social trends mix gentle irony with nostalgic urban voice. The piece riffs on culture, consumer habits, and the hints of era, noting jokes about Viet Nam era politics and 1968 previews.
Eisenhower cited as ungentle act by Japanese radio
The Messenger notes Tokyo radio called the Allied invasion of North Africa illegal while Eisenhower asked the French to aid the troops as a most ungentle manly act. Ward Reed was named new manager of Hotel Berry in Athens by owner F. R. Beasley. Ohio prohibition recounts loom amid likely official count. Athens High School play Charley's Aunt delighted a packed house with a jazz band between acts.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Africa
Tokyo Radio
Africa
Ward Reed
Gore
Clarksburg
W. Va
Berry
Athens
F. R. Beasley
Athens Opera House
Romania backs U S push for nuclear arms inspection
Romania's chief delegate Nicolae Ecobescu accused the non-proliferation draft of letting nuclear powers evade inspection, a position that aligns with U S efforts in the talks amid enforcement concerns.
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U. S
Romania
Nicolae Ecobescu
United States
The Athens Messenger Publication Notice and Rates
The Athens Messenger announces daily delivery Sundays and weekdays, with rates for mall and local delivery. Pricing covers one week to one year, including regional and nationwide mail options, under second class status with the Athens Ohio office address for The Messenger Publishing Co.
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Ohio
West Virginia
Athens Post Office
Afl
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
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