Vietnam Crisis Calls For Popular Government Now
Civilian government for Viet Nam faces rising turmoil as protests grow, Buddhist influence increases, and Viet Minh infiltration is suspected. DoD notes disruption of operations while dockworkers and soldiers refuse American ships, risk logistics and war plans. Ky proposes congress toward elective government. U.S. urged to push Buddhist participation and a representative regime to avoid a communist victory.
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Viet Nam
United States
Department of Defense
U.S
Reds
California Politics resemble Old West free-for-alls
California politics move like a wild free-for-all as seven contenders for governor and many for lieutenant governor battle. Sam Yorty leads a field of Democratic rivals while Pat Brown seeks re election amid jockeying by Jesse Unruh and others. Lloyd Hand and Thomas Brad en enter the race adding to the confusion and public mixed views on Brown’s tenure remain.
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California
John Birch Society
the Angels
Yorty
Edmund G
Pat) Brown
Brown
Jesse Unruh
Assembly
Sacramento
Glenn M. Anderson
Watts
Greece
Anderson
National Guard
Washington
Thomas W. Braden
Oceanside
State Board of Education
Kennedys
Birchites
Braden
Lloyd Hand
Johnson
Hand
Los Angeles
Statements on Civil Rights and Urban Cohesion
Quotes from Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. in Los Angeles and David Rockefeller on mobilizing civil rights and efficiency. The dialogue references moon program expertise aiding progress, critiques Brown’s impact in a populous state, and notes urgent urban racial integration challenges amid political theater.
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Martin Luther King Jr
Los Angeles
Bennington Knights of Columbus support for local school
The Knights of Columbus in Bennington quietly back Bennington Catholic High School, giving over $30,000 in the past decade to the school’s band and athletic programs and creating a permanent Rev. Vincent Spinelli scholarship fund after the principal’s death in a plane crash. The piece also notes a Gallup poll shift on Vietnam policy, crime assignments for Peter Barton, Nancy Carman crowned Loyalty Day queen, an Easter penny hunt in Hoosick Falls, and a record daily double payoff at Green Mountain Park.
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Bennington Catholic High School
Knights of Columbus
K of C
Vincent Spinelli
Nancy Carman
Manchester
Miss Carman
Hoosick Falls
Green Mountain Park
Pownal Track
Georgie Porgie Got the Shears Ruling
Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court upholds Attleboro school board decision expelling George Leonard Jr a long haired guitarist for refusing a haircut. The court says hairstyle could disrupt classroom decorum and that school discipline outweighs family privacy.
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Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court
George
Georgie Porgie) Leonard Jr
Attleboro School Board
The Picture Of Spring In Searsburg and Eagleville
A diary excerpt describes a spring visit spanning Searsburg and Eagleville New York with friends Walter and Alice Krach and the Harts. It notes fluctuating weather from snow squalls to sun, local wildlife activity, and an Easter celebration contrasting city and mountain life. It also mentions Wilmington Mothers Club Easter bonnets and anticipates seasonal shifts toward summer activities and baseball.
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Charles
Walter
Alice Krach
Bennington
Eagleville
N.Y
Alice
Sam
Kay Hart
Harts
South Britain
Conn
Searsburg
Skylark
Woodford
Battenkill
Krach
New York City
Central Park
Fifth Avenue
Wilmington
Mother’s Club
New York
Ellen Cimonetti
Max Jarvis
Jean Dwyer
Plan to Extend Social Security to More Older Persons
U.S. Senator from Vermont Winston L. Prouty argues for expanding Social Security to aid needy elders. He praises a Senate amendment to broaden benefits, criticizes the House-Senate compromise, and urges higher, universal pension levels funded from general revenues.
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Sen. Prouty
U.S. Senate
Senate
House
Union Leader Admits Marital Troubles Says Wife in the Right
A veteran union official with thousands of grievances and hundreds of contracts confides to a fellow unionist about marital strain. The listener bluntly says the wife is right, prompting the shocked reaction from the seasoned negotiator who accuses a fellow union man of siding with management. International Teamster.
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Pal
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Fischetti
Marquis Childs
Kennedy
Richard M. Nixon
Wallace M. Greene Jr
Marine Corps
U.S. Grant Sharp
Pacific
David Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
Gallup
Southeast Asia
Peter Barton
Shaftsbury Barracks
Bureau of Criminal Investigation
BCI
Mt. Anthony Country Club
Barton
Georgie Porgie
Vermont
Winston L. Prouty
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