Lippit advice profitable to all officials
Richardson Lippit of George Washington University urged city officials to tell the public the full facts about bond issues urban renewal and cleanup programs at the League of Minnesota Municipalities convention in St Paul He warned that withholding information breeds rumors and public distrust and that voters respond to specifics over slogans Officials should present both pros and cons to gain acceptance and confidence.
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Gordon Lippit
Washington
George Washington University
League of Minnesota Municipalities
St. Paul
Lippit
Baloney
St Paul police log public abuse against officers program
The St Paul Police Department began recording abuses against officers with written reports. In the first week nineteen cases were filed detailing offender age location and circumstances. Lt. William McCutcheon noted many offenders were 12 to 14 years old.
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St. Paul
William McCutcheon
Demand for Negro studies challenged by separatist view
The piece argues that courses in Negro history and culture are overdue but criticizes the call for exclusive black‑only departments and segregated facilities. It contends that understanding across races is possible and that disqualifying white teachers would erase broader insights into literature, history, and culture.
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France
Opinions on 1969 radish harvests and flavor cues
The piece discusses radish quality in 1969, noting that cool cloudy days with ample rain favor crisp, sweet roots. It contrasts fine and poorer specimens, explains growth timing and texture, and mentions serving ideas such as salt or buttered radishes as used by the French.
Radish lovers crown 1969 the year of the radish
A Kansas City Star feature notes radish fans acclaim this year as ideal for the harvest, while agricultural experts caution that peak conditions have recurred in recent decades. The piece blends local lifestyle tone with quotes on radish savor and cultivation.
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Kansas City Star
Turn Back the Clock 30 Years Ago and Then Now
A 30 year look back reports the Lan sing Apartment transfer to St Olaf s Hospital for a nurses home with plans for a 45 bed wing replacing the old dormitory. A sheriff and county attorney warn merchants and clubs to remove gambling devices including pinball machines as games of chance.
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Lansing
St. Olafs Hospital
Ira Lyck
A. C. Richardson
Pot Pourri and Remote Plans in a Bellwether Column
A collage of items from politics to daily life. A rumor of a 3000 car trade with Russia and 20000 Siberian parking spaces contrasts with Nixon’s Viet Nam withdrawals and Army desertion trends. A Georgia dairy barn gets green carpeting to protect 1600 hooves. other notes cover school demographics, longevity hopes, a Winona HUD renewal grant, a nudist convention police stop, a 100-year rocking chair patent, a quip about wax, and car ownership costs with AAA figures.
N Y election shows drift to right and left rift
Victor Riesel analyzes New York mayoral primary results as a nation turning right while liberal coalitions fracture. He cites John Lindsay’s loss amid labor and political blocs, the rise of Conservative John Marchi, and the failure of blocs from COPE to the White House to deliver votes. Debates over labor, ethnic blocs, and the City’s mood frame a new political landscape.
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Victor Riesel
New York
Los Angeles
Tom Bradley
Atlantic
Pacific
John V. Lindsay
Richard Nixon
White House
Tom Dewey
Herbert Browner
Kennedys
Labor Movement
Committee On Political Education
COPE
Teamsters
Auto Workers
Debonair
John
Seafarers
Paul Hall
Brooklyn
Tony Scotto
Lindsay
Brooklyn Army
Thunderous
District Council 37
American Federation of State County
Victor Gotbaum
Labor
Jerry Wurf
Memphis
John Marchi
Nelson Rockefeller
U. S
Charles Goodell
Louis Stulberg
International Ladies’ Garment Workers’ Union
Bob Wagner
Harry van Arsdale
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
Timely quotes on military role in foreign policy
Senator Stuart Symington argues that when no shooting occurs the military is a complement to foreign policy and that the State Department, as the senior department, should make the decisions. He sits on the Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees.
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State Department
Stuart Symington
Dmo
Armed Services and Foreign Relations Committees
Italy and Tito Probe Soviet Naval Push in Mediterra
Italy and Yugoslavia under Pietro Nenni and Tito seek to confront Soviet naval expansion in the Mediterranean as Moscow extends its reach to Alexandria Latakia and Mers el Kebir. Western leaders worry about NATO's relevance while the Kremlin justifies its navy as a tool of diplomacy.
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NEA
Mediterranean
Italy
Pietro Nenni
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Tito
Russia
U.S
Vietnam
West Europe
America
NATO
Czechoslovakia
Moscow
Red
Luigi Longo
Mos
Longo
Kremlin
Nenni
Albania
China
Peking
Turner F. Caldwell Jr
Caldwell
Moskva
Thomas H. Moorer
Alexandria
Latakia
Soviet Union
Europe
Asia
Africa
Pravda
Russian Communist Party
Today in History highlights from June 24, 1969
On this date in history notable events include the 1948 Berlin airlift start as Communists blockaded West Berlin and U S and British planes began supplying the city. Other items recall Hernando Cortez entering Mexico City in 1520 and the 1795 Senate ratification of the John Jay Treaty with England.
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Associated Press
West Berlin
U.S
Hernando Cortez
Mexico City
U.S. Senate
John Jay
England
Marshall Henri Philippe Petain
Italy
United States
Adolph Hitler
Moscow
Philadelphia
Treasury rules on redeeming damaged currency
The Treasury Department states that three fifths or more of a note can be redeemed at full face value. If a note has more than two fifths but less than three fifths missing, it can be redeemed at half its face value.
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Treasury Department
Coalition rule threatens S Viet partition in peace talks
Bruce Biossat argues that a coalition including the National Liberation Front could win a sanctuary for Viet Cong in the Saigon area, enabling de facto partition of South Vietnam. He warns such a result would defeat U S aims and leave Ho Chi Minh’s forces entrenched, risking a long stalemate rather than total victory.
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Washington
NEA
Ted Kennedy
National Liberation Front
Paris
Saigon
South Vietnam
NFL
Pathet Lao
Laos
America
Kennedy
U.S
Hanoi
White House
Pentagon
Geneva
Red
Thieu
Ho Chi Minh
Trump
Korea
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