Humphrey Leads Delegates as California Primary Looms
The Austin Daily Herald reports Humphrey ahead in delegate votes, with observers predicting he could clinch the nomination on the first ballot or near it. Kennedy and McCarthy trail, while peace talks and Johnson’s departure shape the race ahead of summer conventions.
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California
Robert Kennedy
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Kennedy
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
Richard Nixon
Steam cars revival eyed as pollution free option
A 15 month Ford Foundation funded study by Resources for the Future suggests modern steam cars could rival gasoline vehicles and be pollution free. Senate committees examine steam auto comeback while Britain finds work horses economical for local deliveries.
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Ford Foundation
Resources For the Future
Senate
Britain
No Gloating Here Charles de Gaulle Faces Political Chaos
The piece argues Americans dislike De Gaulle for attempts to embarrass the U S but urges restraint and notes France needs strong leadership. It suggests De Gaulle could reunite France and reduce his enemies’ opposition, benefiting Europe and the United States.
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France
Charles de Gaulle
de Gaulle
DeGaulle
United States
Union Indicted Over Illegal Political Contributions
A federal grand jury indicted Pipefitters Local 562 of St. Louis on conspiring to create a bogus voluntary fund to collect large sums from members for political campaigns. Lawrence Callanan, the union’s manager, led the scheme which allegedly funneled at least 150000 dollars to various candidates and 50000 dollars to Johnson's 1964 re election effort. The case could affect enforcement of a 1925 law banning direct labor union political involvement.
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St. Louis
Lawrence Callanan
Johnson
Congressional Quarterly
Robert F. Kennedy
Stuart Symington
Edward V. Long
St. Louis Globe-Democrat
Wall Street Journal
Justice Department
Mason City Globe Gazette
Quotation and Numbers From a Fragment
A dated quotation on friendship and love appears alongside a Victor Hugo reflection. The fragment ends with a cryptic "10 -10 00 in a 45.90" sequence that may indicate a code or price.
Turn Back the Clock: Austin Dentists Elected in 1939 Meet
Turn back the clock to 1939 when the southeastern District Dental Society met in Rochester and elected three Austin dentists Dr. H R Fenton as president Dr B T Johnson as vice president and Dr M J Hardy as secretary Talks highlighted cooperation as Eddie Usem of Usem Chevrolet hauled the beauty queen in a Pontiac sold by Park Motor Co.
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Austin
Southeastern District Dental Society
Rochester
H. R. Fenton
B. T. Johnson
M. J. Hardy
Eddie Usem
Usem Chevrolet
Park Motor Co
Dissent and civic pride mix in Minnesota town scene
The Herald notes widespread but quiet dissent on national issues from Rep. Zwach's district survey, with 94 percent wanting less federal spending and 77 percent backing farmer bargaining power. Blooming Prairie promotes its petunia capital campaign sending 47,000 envelopes to attract investment and blooms.
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John Zwach
Minnesota
Sixth Congressional District
U.S
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Pueblo
United Nations
Blooming Prairie
Petunia
Petunia Capital of
Petunias
Ho Chi Minh coalition terms threaten South Vietnam control
The analysis outlines Ho Chi Minh strategies to seize influence in South Vietnam by placing loyalists in key ministries and agencies, using bribery, coercion, and blackmail to remove rivals, and creating autonomous bases to consolidate power through education and regional control.
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Washington
Hanoi
Mao Tsetung
Today in History highlights Dunkirk and other events
The June 3, 1968 column lists Dunkirk evacuation completion in 1940 with 337,000 Allied troops moved to England, notes 1621 Dutch West India Company charter for New Netherlands, 1808 birth of Jefferson Davis, and other past milestones. It also discusses strategic notes on Ho Chi Minh’s plans in South Vietnam.
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Associated Press
Dunkerque
France
England
Dutch West India Company
New Netherlands
New York
Jefferson Davis
Normandie
Atlantic
Duke of Windsor
Wallis Warfield Simpson
Baltimore
Monts
Atlanta, Ga
Paris
U.S
James A. McDivitt
Edward H. White
Nikita Khrushchev
John XXIII
Boston
Questions and Answers Social Security Digest from Austin Office
A transcription of a weekly social security Q and A from the Austin District Office covers farm hand deductions, widow and special benefits, student eligibility, wife's benefits, and a note on additional pay for service members. Readers are invited to submit questions via the Austin office or the paper.
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Austin Social Security District
East
Oakland Avenue
Internal Revenue Service
Stanley Sprecher
Austin
Family Duty to Assist in Bygone Legal Viewpoints
A 1968 American Bar Association note discusses when bystanders have a legal duty to help during assaults. It explains general no duty for strangers, but notes duties can arise from specific relationships such as merchant customer, employer employee, carrier passenger, hotel guest, and hospital patient. Courts weigh circumstances to decide scope and timeliness of the duty.
Clergy Aligns With Presidential Hopefuls in 1968 Race
A survey of Protestant leaders shows Kennedy attracting many in the church, while Nixon and Reagan earn backing from evangelical groups. McCarthy, Humphrey, and Rockefeller also draw significant clergy support, with dynamics varying by denomination and region.
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Lyndon Johnson
Goldwater
Vietnam
America
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Daniel Poling
Norman Peale
Billy Graham
John F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Vatican
Cardinal Spellman
Bobby
Eugene McCarthy
Harvey Cox
Harvard
William Coffin
Yale
Robert McAffe Brown
Stanford
McCarthy
Hubert Humphrey
Viet
Nelson Rockefeller
Rockefeller
Christian Church
George Wallace
Billy Hargis
Nixon
Reagan
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Austin Daily Herald
A. Richard Gross
Union Political Fund
London
Scotland Yard
Sherlock Holmes
Raymond Rust
Watson
Hartford Courant
Jonathan
Samuel 1
Victor Hugo
Austin Daily Herald Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Richard Gross
Minn
A.P.O
F.P.O
Reeke
Ward Getzin
Carpenters
State Board of Health
Todd Park
Dick Seltz
Bloomington
Rose Creek
Herald Mail
Franklin P. Jones
Thomas Nast
William M. Tweed
New York City
Boss Tweed
Nast
Ray Cromley
Communist Party
Laos
Coud
South Vietnam
Berhy's
David Poling
New York Times
John Fry
Chicago
Malcolm Boyd
Washington, D. C
Milton Galamison
James Groppi
Milwaukee
Nam
Norman Vincent Peale
Fulton J. Sheen
Ronald Reagan
National Association of Evangelicals
Hollywood Christian Group
Donald Moowman
Dale Evans
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