Kerner Report urged as urban problem solution by joint committee
The Senate House Economic Committee backs a bold Kerner report plan to raise employment by one percent, or 750,000 people, totaling 8.5 billion dollars with the burden shared by employers unions and the federal government. It seeks wider adult education, removal of employment barriers, city revitalization and rural retention, despite shelving by White House and Congress. The panel urges high priority for a congressionally supported program to tackle urban trouble.
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Senate House Economic Committee
National Advisory Committee On
Kerner
White House
Congress
Gut Issues Shape Last Primaries Across Nine States
The final state primaries before the elections focus on Vietnam war, crime and party reform as Democrats fracture and Republicans rally behind Barry Goldwater in Arizona. Eight states including Maryland Rhode Island Minnesota Wisconsin Vermont Utah and New Hampshire weigh the gut issues and the possible impact on Humphrey versus McCarthy and the presidential race.
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U. S. Senate
House
New Hampshire
Arizona
Democratic Party
McCarthy
Humphrey
Maryland
District of Columbia
George C. Wallace
Alabama
Eugene J. McCarthy
Chicago
Johnson
Congress
Hubert H. Humphrey
Cuba
China
Southeast Asia
Colorado
Rhode Island
Minnesota
Wisconsin
Vermont
Utah
Barry Goldwater
Senate
No Recession In Sight Says Mellon Bank Economist
Norman Robertson of Mellon National Bank predicts slow first half of next year with a pickup in the second half and asserts no recession is in sight. He urges caution and prudence for 1969, noting inflation concerns but expecting only gradual growth and renewed expansion in the latter months.
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Norman Robertson
Mellon National Bank & Trust of
Pittsburg
The Academic Revolution and Washington’s Quiet Policy
Washington insight on universities as engines of social change. The piece argues for a benign political atmosphere and a regime that prunes excesses, easing tensions between educated elites and Middle America. It links higher education to future political consensus and urges cooling the Vietnam War pressures.
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United States
Soviet Union
Middle America
David Riesman
Christopher Jencks
University of Buffalo
Leslie Fiedler
Berkeley
Columbia
Washington
Vietnam
Debate on congressional special treatment for candidates
The piece analyzes growing pressure on Congress to permit networks to single out the two leading presidential contenders for favorable treatment. It questions whether Congress should act, noting a shift since 1960 when Kennedy and Nixon dominated opinion and highlighting George Wallace as a rising third candidate.
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Congress
Richard Nixon
Lar Daly
John Kennedy
George Wallace
Humphrey
Nixon
House
Wallace
Kennedy
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Goldwater
Johnson
United States
Lincoln
Churchill
Thomas Dewey
Fdr
LBJ
Debate Dilemma Faces Wallace and Party Leaders
Washington DC voter apathy under 5000 registrations prompts debate about presidential debates and network time. The essay argues against Congress acting and suggests Nixon and Humphrey should debate without Wallace, hiring time themselves if needed.
Mailbag musings and medical notes from a busy era
A collage of short items covers topics from edible protein from tree leaves in India and bacteria adding to sludge for food, to teen acne in fall football, water use on Sabbath eves, and aging birth risks. It includes quotes, trivia, medical tips on allergies and contact lenses, crime rates, and historical asides about Churchill and Goethe.
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India
Texas A&m University
University of Michigan Medical Center
Pablo Casals
New Yorker
American Society of Actuaries
United States
New York
America
G. W. Parke Curtis
Potomac River
Italian advances reported from Albania and war updates
The Messenger cites unofficial Paris reports that Italian troops have begun to advance in Albania. Crowder urges selective service registrants to not let chivalry delay deferment claims. The Red Army reportedly breached German lines to seize Smolensk. The federal government acts to end a crippling strike affecting Pacific Electric Railway operations serving 56 southern California communities.
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Albania
Paris
Crowder
Russia
Dnieper
Smolensk
Pacific Electric Railway
Southern
California
Drug industry spends nearly half a billion on research
The drug industry allocates about 500 million dollars yearly for research to develop new medicines. The government study notes research investment, as a share of sales, is three times that of any other major industry, supporting advances in infections, metabolic disorders, arthritis, heart disease, and hypertension.
Women’s World Conference at Michigan State University
A global group of six million country women from 52 nations gathers at Michigan State University East Lansing for a ten day conference. They discuss projects like wool aid to Greenland women and rural education programs for aborigines while promoting the country woman’s lot worldwide led by Mrs. Aroti Dutt and Mrs. Homer A. Greene.
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Aroti Dutt
Bombay
India
Women of the World
Michigan State University
East Lansing
Mich
Greenland
Australia
Homer A. Greene
Clarksdale
Miss
Country Women's Council
United States
The Athens Messenger Advertising and delivery rates
The Athens Messenger lists delivery options for daily and Sunday editions, including carrier and mail rates within Ohio, West Virginia, and elsewhere. It notes a price of 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents Sundays, with various weekly, monthly, and yearly mail subscriptions and address details for the Messenger Publishing Co. at 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West Virginia
Possessions
Athens
the Messenger Publishing Co
W. Union St
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William F. Buckley, JR
Washington, D. C
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Goethe
Pharmacology
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