China strife gives World a breather
A cautious take on China describes internal conflict between pro and anti Mao factions, with nuclear progress continuing. The piece argues instability limits China’s external mischief while Mao’s leadership image persists amid upheaval, ending with a Confucian proverb about wolves in the forest.
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Red China
Dispatch
China
Red Guards
Mao
Peking
Mao Tse-tung
Chna
Soviet Union
Confucius
Backbones of the army and retirements questioned
A West German army letter to the parliamentary commissioner described a lance corporal asking to retire on full pay while noting two generals were retired on full pay. The commissioner declined, saying the corporal was needed but the generals were not, a decision framed as reasonable by the writer.
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Press and Information Office
Trumpets of America Sound Uncertain on Race Riots
Paul Harvey argues television and the national press amplify racial unrest. He cites Johnson speeches in 1965 and 1967, Hall’s indictment of media, and officials blamed for fueling riots. He contends press and leaders share responsibility as cities burn and unrest grows.
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Missouri
Durward Hall
Stokely Carmichael
Hall
United States
Johnson
Howard University
Washington, D.C
Detroit
Implration
Congress
Congress Eyes Monday Holidays and a New Calendar
The Needle VG notes Congress explores moving national holidays to Mondays under a new calendar system. It suggests Thanksgiving would shift to a Monday picnic, Independence Day could fall on the 3rd, 5th, or 6th, and Washington's birthday would change. The piece argues the aim is to create three day breaks to keep workers as inefficient on Tuesday as Monday.
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Thursay
Washington
George
New Holland
Cobey Wagon Company
Galion
Ohio
Chore Bay Company
Cambridge City
Ind
New Zealand
Chore Boy
Freeman
World diet debate tests U S strategy for feeding hungry
Washington experts discuss feeding the world with Orville Freeman George McGovern and Joe Clark highlighting hunger in Appalachia and Mississippi. Freeman touts U S agricultural advances while McGovern warns of looming food shortages and Malthusian limits.
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Drew Pearson Washington
America
International Platform Association
Orville Freeman
George McGovern
D-S.d
Food For Peace Committee
Joe Clark
D.-Pa
Mississippi
Clark
Appalachia
Seneca
Sen. McGovern
Vietnam
Freeman
United States
Thomas Malthus
Malthus
Sen McGovern
Mac's World Rats hold the spotlight
Washington humor column highlights Congress jokes about a $40 million rat control bill and other quips. It notes Rep. Glenn R. Davis, Rep. Frank Thompson Jr, and Rep. John Wydier among others, and comments on antics from Congress and a cross section of federal politics.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Jimmy Durante
Glenn R. Davis
Wis
Davis
Frank Thompson Jr
N.J
Gates
Call for better town care and safer ambulance service
Jean Labonte R.N. urges Civic Committee action on keeping yards clean and removing broken trees. She recounts August 1 ambulance ride to Maine Medical Center in Portland in a Biddeford Fire Department vehicle. She calls for safer ambulances with proper maintenance and trained emergency care, funded by ambulance fees, and commends police and fire crews for quick response.
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Journal
Biddeford
Maine Medical Center
Portland
American Red Cross
Police Department
Fire Department
Jean Labonte R.N
Three Minutes A Day Prison Fire Hero Inmates Save Supervisor
In Ohio, a $2 million blaze at Lebanon Correctional Institute nearly claimed a supervisor's life. Three inmates returned to rescue him, earning praise from the warden for their courage and selflessness. The official credits them with saving his life and expresses deep gratitude.
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Lebanon Correctional Institute
Ohio
Johnson Faces Tax Hike and War in 1968 Race
Washington correspondent notes LBJ may confront a tax increase and persistent racial unrest as Vietnam war prospects shape the 1968 campaign. Polls show voter concern over war progress, with analysts split on whether the president can avert defeat.
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LBJ
Bruce Biossat
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Lyndon B. Johnson
Johnson
Vietnam
Detroit
U.S
There Can Be Unbridled Violence in White Power
An editor argues that escalating black power rhetoric risks racial war in America, warning that militant leadership could provoke widespread violence. He condemns anti-Semitism, debt avoidance, and treasonous ties, urging responsible Negro leaders to organize peacefully within law.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
American
America
Stokely Carmichael
Floyd McKissick
Leroi Jones
Cassius Clay
Kenneth Clark
Communist Party
Red
George Schuyler
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