Editorial Page In Our Opinion on Dr King Assassination
The piece reflects on Martin Luther King Jr during his Memphis assassination and urges sober thinking about nonviolence. It recalls his May 1964 St Francis College remarks that nonviolent action is the strongest weapon for the oppressed and warns against violence as contrary to his principles. It laments his death and calls for leadership in his image over harsher race theories.
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Martin Luther King
Memphis
Tenn
St. Francis College
Dr. King
Carmichael and Brown
Paul Harvey on leaving the farm for big farming
Paul Harvey argues farm youths should abandon small family farming as costs rise and profits fall. He cites rising machinery and interest rates, declining farm numbers, and subsidies, urging sales to subdividers or large combines as automation expands. He laments the 16 to 1 consumer-to-farmer ratio and hints government inaction.
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United States
Congress
Conesamen
Department
Washington
Humphrey
Washington ethics code loopholes exposed in Senate critique
A Pearlson and Anderson critique argues the Senate code of conduct is riddled with loopholes. It highlights slush funds, hidden income, gifts, and lax disclosure rules that may repeat past scandals. The piece urges stronger public accountability and cites Tom Dodd, Baker, and George Aiken as contrasts to reform.
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Washington
Senate of the
United States
Melvin Price
D-Inl
House of Representatives
North Vietnam
Senate
Bobby Baker
Pedding
Tom Dodd
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
Truman
Bernard Goldfine
Nate Friends
Baker
Dodd
Capitol Hill
Senate Ethics Committee
Boyd
Sovebaanaat Service
George Aiken
Vermont
Confusion on a high plane in political talks
Washington Rep Sid ney Yates and a tale from a women's club satire the tendency of speeches to confuse listeners. The piece recalls Sir Winston Churchill on essential qualifications and notes a debate over a 41300 college study on decision making in small groups. Some suggest using the Cabinet Room at the White House to study how decisions are reached.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Sidney R. Yates
Ill
Paes
Ite House
Letters on democracy and dissent in wartime era
A reader rebukes Paul R. Lamontagne for equating peace advocacy with communism, praises Mr Wagner and others who dissent, and argues democracy protects individual thought. The page also notes a series of brief items including a Virginia court fine, a New York raid, a Terre Haute Debs landmark, inflation's value shifts, and a misposted OEO grant to DuPage County later corrected by Rep. Erlenborn.
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Journal
Paul R. Lamontagne
Wagner
Lamontagne
Vietnam
Hitler
Shoup
Marine Corps
Group For Peace
Virginia
Death in Skull Valley Sheep Die After Gas Cloud
In Skull Valley near the Great Salt Lake Desert more than 6,400 sheep died within hours after an invisible gas cloud drifted from a Dugway Proving Ground test. The piece discusses Dugway’s chemical warfare history, nerve and bacteriological agents, and the writer’s long association with Dugway, cautioning on gas confinement and moral concerns.
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Skull Valley
Great Salt Lake Desert
Way Valley
Dugway Proving Ground
Utah
Chemical Warfare Service
Dugway
Granite Peak
Csitiaal
Withlacoochee
Florida
Skull Val Ey
Vietnam
Great Lake Desert
Three Minutes A Day By Rev. James Keller
Advice for parents on raising children with results in mind. Keep communication open and listening, answer questions, and value instruction as guiding kids toward a life on the right path. The piece blends practical counsel with a biblical verse and ends with a personal aside about Gwendolyn.
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James Keller
Washington fears Asian reaction to LBJ quitting
Southeast Asian leaders fear U S withdrawal after Johnson signals retirement amid a bombing halt. The speech may erode support for free governments in Laos Thailand South Vietnam and Malaysia and boost Hanoi's hopes. Some leaders may react with renewed resolve, possibly strengthening Thieu to press the war.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Bangkok
Johnson
Thailand
Laos
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Malaysia
Singapore
Hanoi
France
Asia
Thieu
The Needle By Folks on Kennedy Rockefeller and LBJ
A satirical take targets Bobby Kennedy Rockefeller and Johnson as politicians seek the presidency and leadership. The piece argues foreign policy is bipartisan with both parties lambasting it and notes world issues echo domestic struggles. It recalls the 1805 Battle of Austerlitz the Three Emperors Napoleon I Alexander I and Francis II.
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Bobby Kennedy
Nelson Rockefeller
Lyndon Johnson
Austerlitz
Napoleon I
Alexander I
Russia
Francis II
Austria
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Tennessee
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North Dakota
Calvin Rampton
LBJ
Mexico City
White House
Sen
Robert Kennedy
Psst
Mac's
Winston Churchill
People’s Forum
Allen L. Burnham
Ment
Te Foods Corp
Oak
New York
FBI
National Park Service
Terre Haute
Ind
Eugene Debs
Nce
John N. Erlenborn
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
DuPage County
DuPage
Cook County
By Russell Kirk
Strom Thurmond
Tegrity
Dan Orr
America
Europe
Italy
Pacific Islands
Gwendolyn
Adams Street
Washington News
U. S
Dien Bien Phu
Indochina
U.S
Harold Coffin
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