Inequity in Draft Scrutiny Spurs Lottery Debate
The Austin Daily Herald notes Lt. Gen. Hershey opposes lottery drafts but urges study of the present system after Kennedy highlights inequities favoring educated or wealthy youths and the lack of precise service timing. House Armed Services Committee set to begin hearings later this month on draft complaints. The piece warns against discrimination amid heightened attention to equal rights.
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Lewis B. Hershey
Hershey
Edward M. Kennedy
House Armed Services Committee
Austin
U. S
United States
A.P.O
N.P.O
Newspapers as Living Textbooks Transform Classrooms
Newspapers once used mainly for current events now serve as practical teaching tools across subjects. Educators report living textbooks engage students from elementary to high school, helping with budgeting, stock reading, language, science, and daily life skills while linking classroom work to real life.
XB 70 Crash Ties to Commercial Flight Promo
The XB-70 disaster killed test pilot Joseph A. Walker and Major Carl S. Cross as the Air Force confirms the crash involved an F-104 during a publicity formation for a General Electric publicity film. Over $500 million taxpayers invested in the aircraft. Representative George H. Mahon voiced shock over military flight used for corporate promo and called for inquiry.
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Joseph A. Walker
Air Force
Carl S. Cross
General Electric Co
George H. Mahon
House Appropriations Committee
Opinions on travel freedom and immigration act limits
The Christian Science Monitor urges minimal travel restrictions and critiques both Eastland Feighan proposal and State Department plan. It warns against abuses that could deny passports for political beliefs while advocating safeguards balancing liberty with safety and public welfare.
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Supreme Court of the United States
James Eastland
Michael A. Feighan
Secretary of State
State Department
United States
Supreme Court
Christian Science Monitor
Quotations on Mercy and Example from Past Debaters
The snippet reflects on mercy shown to Paul as an example for future believers and cites Samuel Smiles praising examples as the best character model. It contrasts biblical reflection with moral exhortation, underscoring how exemplary conduct educates more than instruction.
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Samuel Smiles
Turn Back The Clock in Pat Pourri
A collage of items notes veterans dodging the draft and bonds, club committee dinners for 130, a petit jury picnic at Todd Park, swine gather canvassing rooms, price clerk appointment, a boxing bout in Minneapolis, Dr. Walter Pegg’s pastor call, and Austin Jazz Inc. expanding with a member publication.
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C. L. Sheedy
Lois Richardson
Chester Weseman
Paul Leck
Austin
Chester Nockleby
George Wilson
Walter A. Pegg
England
Hormel
District of Columbia
Pot Pourri Father’s Day Gathers Odd News Bits
A New York store highlights assorted father related oddities. Louisville sees an insurance man and his hardware firm son retire together. A Michigan judge drops a 25 fine after a driver learns his wife is expecting a seventh child. Australian scientists link a baby’s sex to water quality the father drinks. A Springfield policeman tickets his own father’s car with note Sorry Dad. In Abernant Democratic and Republican candidates learn they oppose each other after voting. An optimist is a man who hands his car to a parking lot attendant without looking back.
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New York
Louisville
Michigan
Australia
Springfield
Ohio
Abernant
Okla
Thomas Edison High Band to receive new uniforms
The 70 member Thomas Edison High School band in Fresno California will get white black and gold uniforms bought with 6550 dollars in federal funds. The principal cites morale value as the reason for the purchase.
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Los Palos
Calif
California
Thomas Edison High School
Fresno
El Toro Links Global Anti Castro Network In Cuba
The undaunted Cuban exile alias El Toro builds an international letter network to expose Castro's Cuba. He connects contacts from Asia Africa Europe and the Americas to relay literature and information and encourage anti Castro activism. Letters from Indonesia Australia Canada Argentina and beyond show widespread interest and solidarity.
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Washington
NEA
Cuba
Castro
el Toro
Far East
Latin America
Africa
Europe
United States
Australia
Canada
Argentina
Brazil
Chile
Venezuela
England
Asia
Monastery in Kiev Reborn as Museum of Atheism
The 900 year old Pechersk Monastery in Kiev becomes a museum of atheism showing catacombs and golden domes, with displays declaring religion enemy of science and quotes by Marx and Galileo. Local belief persists despite Soviet anti religious policy amid a history of earthquakes invasions and war.
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Kiev
U.S.S.R
Pechersk
Russia
Galileo
Marx
K. Marx
Lavra Monastery Tale Reveals Soviet Era Myths
A tour guide recounts why a Russian monastery ranked second in holiness among Lavras after Zalorsk. She notes Soviet closure in 1929 for immorality, a monk murder, and wartime looting by Germans. The guide debunks a legend of monks sealing themselves in cubicles, while a taxi driver questions visitors about the tale.
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Russia
Zalorsk
Moscow
Wilson Plans Thursday Meeting With Billy Graham
London AP reports Prime Minister Harold Wilson will meet evangelist Billy Graham Thursday afternoon at the House of Commons. An aide confirmed the meeting is definite and the PM expressed a wish to see Dr. Graham.
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London
Harold Wilson
Billy Graham
House of Commons
Graham
Wilson
Dr. Graham
LBJ Remains Steadfast on Vietnam as Polls Slide
President Johnson shows resolve to press on with Vietnam policy despite polls near 40 percent approval and a trailing position to George Romney in Iowa. Friends say he won’t bend to public mood, pursuing his view of right and necessary measures even amid growing Republican hopes in 1968.
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Washington
Nea
President Johnson
Iowa
Des Moines Sunday Register
George Romney
Michigan
Johnson
Richard Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Nixon
LBJ
Viet Nam
House
Senate
South Viet Nam
Fullbright
Lyndon Johnson
GOP
Today in History highlights from June 16 across years
On June 16 historical milestones include the Alaska Gold Rush begins with Bonanza Creek ore news in 1897, the League of Nations holds its first public meeting in 1920, Reichsbank placed under Hitler in 1939, Maginot Line abandoned to Nazis in 190, Tojo warns of Allied raids in 1943, Belgian cabinet resigns in 195, Shepilov’s Cairo visit in 1960, Fanfani advises U.S. ideals disclosure in 1965, McNamara to Vietnam in 1965, and other notes from various years.
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Associated Press
Alaska
Bonanza Creek
Council of
The
League of Nations
St. James Palace
London
Germany
Adolf Hitler
Hideki Tojo
Japan
Letter on municipal pool purpose and public access
John Madura argues the city pool serves all residents not just users. He urges the Park and Recreation Board to rethink policy, noting hazards of nonmunicipal swimming options and benefits to seniors, while proposing a public beach as a solution to overcrowding and cost concerns.
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Austin
Park and Recreation Board
Book Review Details of Real Spy Ring
Review of Sorge espionage history by F W Deakin and G R Storry. The authors chart Sorge from To kyo to Tokyo to his covert network, showing meticulous detail but a tedious pace for general readers. The work highlights how Sorge's ring relied on poor radio skills and internal betrayals, yet aided Soviet planning.
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Richard Sorge
F. W. Deakin
G. R. Storry
Harper
Sorge
Tokyo
Pacific
Russia
Sorge Ring
China
Japan
Miles A. Smith
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