Racial attitudes in 1960s America show gradual shift
Campbell analyzes data from ISR studies including the Koerner Commission survey of about 6,000 whites and blacks in 1968 across 15 cities. He finds whites are not universally racist, with notable tolerance yet lingering doubts about rapid change, and insists America is not moving toward two separate societies but toward broader, while uneven, contact and understanding.
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America
Campbell
Institute For Social Research
University of Michigan
ISR
National Advisory Commission On Civil Disorders
Koerner Commission
Koerner
Scrooge Campaign Fights Santa in Mock Christmas Race
Washington AP reports a mock political battle on Capitol Hill between Ebeneezer Scrooge and Santa Claus for an at large House seat. Voters receive badges and ballots funded by the Congressional Staff Club, with charity gains and campaign appeals stressing labor stance and festive rhetoric.
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Washington
Capitol Hill
Ebeneezer Scrooge
Santa Claus
Congressional Staff Club
Scrooge
Claus
House of Representatives
America
Sanitary landfills praised but costly and debated
Cloquet probationers weigh benefits of sanitary landfills over open dumps as supervisor Walker Bolin notes reduced rats and air pollution. Citizens can help by packaging scraps and flattening boxes, while experts differ on long term waste burial and recycling will lessen land use.
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Cloquet
Walker Bolin
Bolin
Minnesota
Minnesota Pollution Control Agency
PCA
St. Louis County
Itasca County
Richard Herman
South St. Louis County
Jim Sullivan
Sullivan
Kenneth T. Whitby
University of Minnesota
Environmental Engineering
Whitby
Solid
The
Pollution Control Agency
Humphrey says Butz fight will unlock farm aid
Senator Hubert H. Humphrey predicts the fight to confirm Earl L. Butz as agriculture secretary will force Treasury funding to reach farmers, boosting farm income by up to a billion dollars. President Nixon argues the confirmation fight strengthens the administration’s commitment to the family farmer amid rising costs and surpluses.
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Farmer
Washington
Hubert H. Humphrey
Earl L. Butz
Nixon
Senate
Butz
Tor
Humphrey
Treasury
United States
The Crow's Nest on People and Opinion
A columnist reflects on human relations in small communities versus mobs, preferring civility and objective reporting. He mocks extreme opinionism, defends fairness in news, and notes misreadings of his controversial takes. He ends with a wry remark about arguing with his wife.
Nixon Puts Rising Local Taxes Front in 1972 Campaign
President Nixon moves to elevate property tax fears as a national issue ahead of the 1972 race. White House strategists see suburban voters as key and propose tying tax relief to revenue sharing to convert a local burden into a national concern. Nixon cites an aging voter letter to illustrate the personal impact of high property taxes.
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Nixon
White House
Florida White House
White House Conference On Aging
GOP
Congress
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