Editorial: National mood may herald a new depression
The National Committee for an Effective Congress warns of a low mood of the national spirit. It compares current anxieties to Civil War and 1930s hardship, but notes the mood resembles middle age distress rather than soul sickness. It frames anxiety around elections and candidate image, not concrete policy.
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National Committee For
Congress
America
Committee
William Henry Harrison
Warren G. Harding
Lincoln
F. D. Roosevelt
Word Power Puzzle from NEA Feature Across and Down
Puzzle items titled Try Your Word Power list many clues across and down from seagoing vessel to Greek gods and beasts. Includes names, places and items, with entries like Cab, Loyal, and Corrie Laughlin referenced in a broad crossword style.
LBJ Vows Jobs For Everyone
In the thirties era FDR created jobs to curb bread lines and LBJ threatens to put everyone to work if needed. He blames urban riots on unemployment and proposes that government hire all the unemployed if industry fails. Critics point to welfare crime and mismanagement in Chicago’s antipoverty effort and warn against costly, broad state labor programs.
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FDR
LBJ
WPA
CDC
Johnson
Carl Perkins
Education and Labor Committee
Chicago
Office of Economic Opportunity
Washington
Big Uncle
This Day In History January 10 1968 highlights
On this date in history multiple events shaped politics science and war. Key items include the 1946 UN General Assembly in London the 1737 birth of Ethan Allen the 1776 publication of Common Sense and the 1861 Florida secession.
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Associated Press
General Assembly of
United Nations
London
Ethan Allen
Thomas Paine
Florida
Union
John D. Rockefeller
Standard Oil Co
Cleveland
Ohio
Dutch East Indies
Flying Enterprise
England
Henrik K. Carlsen
Marcos Perez Jiminez
U.S. Space Agency
Venus
Mars
Lyndon B. Johnson
Congress
Washington Merry-Go-Round Summary of Prisoners and Politics
Washington column reports American POWs in Vietnamese camps resist Viet Cong indoctrination and aid one another amid starvation and harsh punishments. It notes a rare team spirit, racial appeals failing, and several escape attempts amid subhuman conditions. Also covered are Negro chairmanship struggles for Bill Dawson, a Congo demonstration targeting Humphrey, and Johnson editing Social Security bill language to soften child aid restrictions.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
House
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Tminsis
Bill Dawson
Government Operations Committee
John Wycher
New York
Donald Rumsfeld
Tiineis
Clarence Brown
Humphrey
White House
Congo
Joseph Mobutu
Mills
Johnson
Ben Wattenberg
Doctor describes disease as personal and complex
An essay argues against a single cause model for illness, using pneumonia as an example. It stresses individualized diagnosis and treatment, incorporating psychosomatics and patient context, then notes the value of long doctor‑patient relationships.
DAY UNTO DAY A Prayer O Lord Restore Our Faith
A devotional plea condemns power seeking without faith in prayer and urges a return to living fully for God. The speaker calls on the Lord to restore faith, declaring that knowing Thee is life and life abundant.
Play Bridge With Jacoby
Southopens with a strong no trump while North jumps to grand slam. Diamonds are the only four card suit in both hands, forcing two way finesse for the queen of clubs. East discards to reveal the layout and West must protect partner’s queen by signaling with discards. The endgame forces South to guess the final spade play.
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South
North
East
West
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Bridge bidding puzzle with unbalanced hand result
In a contract sequence West North East South: 2a Pass 2N Pass 3a Pass, you South hold 2 WI4 H109543 A7543. Decide next move. A bid four diamonds. Partner auf balanced hand. If partner bids four hearts, what now. Tomorrow answer.
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Foday
Time Of Few Surprises In 1964 Campaigns And Whites House Shifts
Washington reports a quiet start to the presidential year with Johnson drafting a new budget while McNamara Goldberg Ackley and Schultze resign or consider leaving. Romney and McCarthy show little real action as Nixon and Johnson remain the formal front runners. The note ends with a biblical verse from Isaiah.
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Washington
Congress
Johnson
Texas
United States
White House
Robert S. McNamara
The
World Bank
McNamara
Defense
Nest
Arthur J. Goldberg
U.S
United Nations
Gardner Ackley
Council of Economic Advisors
Italy
Charles E. Schultze
Budget Bureau
Ackley
Schultze
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
Michigan
George Romney
Romney
Richard M. Nixon
MacCarthy
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