Editorial Page Urges Overhaul of Foreign Aid Program
The editorial argues Congress will resume action on Johnson era foreign aid after Sept 4. It warns the proposed $2.9 billion authorization may be cut to a historic low, signaling possible end of the current program. It notes Thant’s fatigue quote and urges shifts toward private investment and domestic needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
House-Senate
Congress
Washington
Senate
A. Thant
House
White House
Independence of the American family home
A concise social view notes that less than 2 percent of U S housing houses more than one family, praising American home ownership and independence over collective living, and contrasting with the Soviet Union. It emphasizes dignity and freedom for the individual, noting mothers in law aside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Soviet Union
Women Targeted by Secret Service at Nixon Briefing
Inez Robb recalls how women reporters faced handbag searches at Nixon's nomination briefing, while male reporters were not patted down. She details guards, the astonishment of credentials, and the unequal scrutiny, noting past searches at Oswald Ruby trial and Miami Beach.
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Charlotte Corday
Secret Service
Richard Nixon
G.O.P
Dallas
Jack Ruby
Lee Harvey Oswald
Allan Cromley
Daily Oklahoman
Oklahoma City
Miami Beach
Four possible running mates eyed by Humphrey in veep talks
Vice President Humphrey weighs Sargeant Shriver Edmund Muskie Richard Hughes and Joseph Alioto as tentative Democratic running mates. The piece notes their Catholic background and appeal while hinting at McCarthy’s potential, and recounts a Viet Nam related tale of Davie Truong and his father Truong Dinh Dzu amid platform debates.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Nixon
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Sargeant Shriver
Kennedy
France
Shriver
Peace Corps
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
Senate
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
United States
Johnson
Kosygin
Glassboro
N.J
Joseph Alioto
San Francisco
Alioto
International Platform Association
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Davie Truong
Truong Dinh Dzu
Barry Goldwater
Lyndon Johnson
Young Truong
New York
Chicago
Miami Beach
Vietnam Education Project
Fontainbleau
Dzu
Stanford University
UCLA
David Truong
UPI
BBC
London
South Vietnam
Community Letters Question Local Authority and Fluoride Funding
A reader letter urges hearing both sides on juvenile policing and criticizes fluoride promotion funded by a $150000 federal grant. The columnist questions government secrecy and advocates voluntary fluoride clinics instead of universal water fluoridation. The piece defends individual choice in medications and warns against forced drug policy.
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Journal
Portland
Dean Fisher
State of
Maine
Dr. Fisher
Private firms can do it in mail delivery reform
Washington columnist argues private enterprise could replace or supplement the post office. He cites Canada’s strike volunteers, door to door operators, and even carrier pigeons as faster options. He mocks rising postal rates, touts mailer subsidies, and suggests a two tier or private postal service. He also notes political platform emptiness and a quip about Czechoslovakia.
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Alcatraz
Diem
Thieu
Johnson
Honolulu
Saigon
Southeast Asia
David Truong
Democratic Platform Committee
Chicago
Washington
North Vietnam
George Romney
LBJ
Sim
Don Maclean
Canada
Wall Street Journal
U.S. Post Office
Ben Franklin
Post Office
P.O
Ben
G.O.P
Vietnam
Mosquito bounty plan backfires on radio station
An Indianapolis radio station offered five cents for every mosquito brought in by listeners. A housewife found a breeding ground and harvested 73 225 mosquitoes costing the station 3 661.25. Contestants totaled 225 481 mosquitoes costing 11 274.05. The scheme failed to stay within its $100 estimate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
God
Christ
To The Point Republic Renewal Of Imagination
Russell Kirk argues for renewing political imagination in America to counter radical dissent. He cites Dr. Robert Beam who moves to Prince Edward Island for a traditional, agrarian life free from industrial ills and social anxieties, contrasting it with U S modernization and urban strain. Beam laments wholesale change and seeks a renewal of local values and community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russell Kirk
Edmund Burke
Robert Beam
Prince Edward Island
Maritime Provinces
United States
Maritimes
Beam
St. Dunstan's University
Beum
Megalopolis
America
Vietnam
Nixon picks Agnew to blunt Wallace in 1968 bid
Washington analysis outlines why Richard Nixon chose Governor Spiro T. Agnew for vice president to appeal to law and order concerns. It argues the move targets Wallace’s Southern and suburban support, balancing appeal to core cities against the risk of a national shift in the election.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Richard Nixon
Spire T. Agnew
Agnew
GOP
Kerner Commission
Govenors’ Fiip
Cincinnati
Baltimore
Martin Luther King
Nixon
U.S
Alabama
George Wallace
Wallace
South
Ronald Reagan
California
House of Representatives
Eaier
Law and Order
Reducing salon marketed in Biddeford Saco Journal
A Biddeford Saco Journal notice promotes a reducing salon offering weight loss services. It describes methods and pricing, aiming to attract residents seeking dieting solutions and body toning within the local area.
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Inez
By Inez Robb
Olson A. Rockefeller
Harold Coffin
People’s Forum
Mac's
Czechoslovakia
Swan Islands
Alonzo Adams
Islands
Washington News
Biddeford - Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
AP News
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