Noting the 1948 parallels in Nixon's campaign
A Washington Post recollection contrasts 1948 Truman Humphrey lessons with Nixon's current race. Folliard notes Dewey's late confidence, GOP optimism, and Nixon's deliberate, hard campaigning. Truman's luck and candor are cited as keys, while Humphrey must create similar fortune to win.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Independence
Harry Truman
White House
Edward T. Folliard
Truman
Washington Post
Thomas F. Dewey
Nixon
Gallup
Humphrey
Folliard
Key West
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Higher Education debated at ACE meeting in Denver
The American Council on Education in Denver heard leaders urge broader roles for colleges beyond urban issues. John W. Gardner pressed urban task forces to involve students, James Farmer warned against rising de facto segregation, and Samuel Proctor argued for education as more than preparation for suburban life or professions. He urged study of literature on revolutions, poverty, rural dropouts, and minorities, challenging colleges to prepare leaders for society at large.
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American Council On Education
Denver
John W. Gardner
Urban Coalition
James Farmer
Congress of Racial Equality
Samuel Proctor
University of Wisconsin
America
Proctor
Gardner
Farmer
Brezhnev Pushes Med Fleet Withdrawal at Karlovy Vary
The article notes Brezhnev’s demand for the U S Sixth Fleet’s withdrawal from the Mediterranean during the Karlovy Vary conference and his push to rally Italian and other Mediterranean nations’ communists. It discusses Yugoslavia’s stance, Soviet naval growth, and the risk of inadvertent clashes with the American fleet as the Soviet navy expands beyond land power.
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Karlovy Vary
Brezhnev
U. S
Mediterranean
Italy
Seven Seas
Russia
A Time For Gooseflesh on Nation Conspiracy Claims
Joseph Alsop argues a Washington Post investigation in Ten Blocks From the White House suggests late rioting arson may have been sparked by a conspiratorial group rather than spontaneous acts. He warns Nixon era tensions could fuel belief in a vast nationwide plot while noting New York school districts and black militants are topics of related worry.
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Martin Luther King
Ramsey Clark
Ben Gilbert
Washington Post
White House
Washington
Dr. King
Gilbert
Philadelphia
Post
Potomac
New York
White
Richard Nixon
George Wallace
Wallace
Joe McCarthy
Capitol Hill
Ocean Hill
Brownsville
Herman Ferguson
Revolutionary Action Movement
Roy Wilkins
Ferguson
New Left
America
Hanoi
A bronze October in Blue Ridge autumn reflections
James Kilpatrick writes that this autumn is a B grade, dry and dusty yet still full of wonder. He contrasts dull days with vivid hills, recalls family orchard moments, and muses on October as a season of birth and memory in the mountains.
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Blue Ridge
Tiffany
Liberty Bond Drive Reaches Two Hundred Thousand
The Messenger reports Athens County Liberty Bond drive hits 200000 as over 1,000,000,000 in war bonds are sold nationwide. The State department awaits Germany’s reply to the president’s peace note. The Wall Street Journal studies rationing’s impact on cigarettes nationwide. Nelsonville mayor delays paving on west side streets and alleys.
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Athens County
State Department
Nelsonville
West Side
Negro from Middletown studies at Israeli religious academy
A Black Middletown man, Eric L. Gregory, attends a small Israeli religious academy with young American Orthodox Jews. Born a Baptist, his studies may lead to rabbinical work though he has not chosen that path. Rabbi Kordechai Goldstein notes if more Black people convert, hostility toward Jews could lessen.
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Eric L. Gregory
Middletown
Israel
United States
Gregory
Kordechai Goldstein
New York
PTA joins effort to reform juvenile detention nationwide
In a joint push by the National Congress of Parents and Teachers and the National Juvenile Court foundation, about 50,000 juveniles are held daily in training schools detention facilities and adult jails. The groups urge education creative work and community service to ease detention burdens.
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National Congress of Parents and Teachers
PTA
National Juvenile Court Foundation
Gadgets replace chores in joystick age
Joy Stilley foresees a home dominated by battery powered devices from mechanical toothbrushes to cordless vacuums and rotating forks. She envisions automated gadgets for cleaning, cooking, grooming, and even toys, prompting a plea for a battery operated push button to end labor.
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St. Vitus
Junior
Ares
Goldberg Agrees to Lead New York Public Service Panels
Arthur J. Goldberg, a long time public servant, takes on three arbitration panels with New York City’s police fire and sanitation unions and also directs Humphrey’s New York presidential campaign. His roles span labor law politics and international service, reflecting a broad public life.
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Arthur J. Goldberg
Kennedy
Chicago
Supreme Court
Felix Frankfurter
U. S
United Nations
Organized Labor
Goldberg
New York
John V. Lindsay
Uniformed Services
Hubert H. Humphrey
Scientists for Humphrey formed amid Nixon defense claim
Dr. Jerome B. Wiesner, Kennedy era science adviser, organized Scientists for Humphrey after Nixon warned the USSR is spending more on defense research and threatens leadership. Wiesner cautions against reviving the cold war while noting Soviet advances must be countered.
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Richard M. Nixon
Soviet Union
United States
Humphrey
Jerome B. Wiesner
Kennedy
Weisner
Ussr
Freedom House warns of deepening partisan divides
Freedom House notes that Americans face growing divisions from equally radical movements on the New Left and New Right. Trustees urge setting decent limits to partisanship and dissent to preserve national unity and democratic norms.
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Freedom House
Wendell Willkie
The Messenger rates and delivery details in Athens
The Athens Lilessenger lists daily publication with AP wire service on weekdays and a Sunday edition. It details delivery by carrier and mail, with pricing for daily and Sunday issues, weekly and monthly plans, and an Athens postal address for The Messenger Publishing Co. at 43 West Union Street, Athens Ohio 45701.
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D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
US & Possessions
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
Athens
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