Our Opinion on Crime as a National Crisis and Policy
The piece discusses rising street danger and a nation's crime problem. President Johnson cites National Crime Commission findings with 1967 Safe Streets proposals offering federal funding and tax-sharing to boost police, courts, and labs. It notes debates over firearms controls and wiretapping and urges a broad, cooperative war on crime.
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Congress
Johnson
National Crime Commission
America
Awakening of Chamber Shifts Toward Public Service
The Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce broadens its role beyond merchant interests by challenging sleight of hand operators and bait and switch meat dealers. The legislative committee is ordered to study Better Business Bureau methods and report possible further public protective steps, signaling a new militancy to defend consumers.
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Greater Portsmouth
Legislative Committee
Better Business Bureau
Greater Portsmouth Chamber of Commerce
Portsmouth Herald
Substitute Mothers Army Grows From One Woman's Service
An English housewife started an Emergency Mother Service now employing 2621 substitute mothers. Women take care of families during hospital stays or emergencies for modest pay and room and board. Demand exceeds supply as many women over 40 find new roles through the program run from Biddeford Maine by W Paul Casavant and E P Ingalls.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
Peace feeler differences in Johnson administration
Washington briefing reveals rift among top officials over stopping bombing of North Vietnam as a path to peace. Secretary McNamara warns against a full missiles race with the Soviet Union while urging readiness to halt bombing on a firm peace feeler, and lawmakers press for more aggressive peace moves.
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Washington
Johnson
North Vietnam
Dean Rusk
U.N
Arthur Goldberg
Robert McNamaca
White House
House
Vietnam
Hanoi
Haiphong
Clarence Long
Maryland
Charles Chamberlain
Lansing
Mich
McNamara
Russia
United States
Defense
Soviet Union
Rep. Scheuer
Rusk
George Kennan
Edwin Reischauer
Japan
Rep
Scheuer
American Legion
Secretary of Defense
Union of South Africa
Latin America
Surinam
British Guiana
Africa
India
Philippines
Belgian Congo
Southeast Asia
Central America
Australia
Look Look Look on the Line Features Jackie Kennedy Critique
Joyce Brothers reviews Mrs. Kennedy and William Manchester's book dispute as a battle over history and privacy. The piece highlights Jackie Kennedy as guardian of her husband's memory and notes the broader tension around presidential biography. It also previews Sea Power and its Meaning by Clark and Barnes, arguing U.S. reliance on foreign resources and seas control.
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Bob Considine
New York
William Manchester
Kennedys
Good Housekeeping
Joyce Brothers
Mrs. Kennedy
Jackie
Doc
Jackie Kennedy
Dr Brothers
Robert Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Admr
Joseph J. Clark
U. S.N
Dwight H. Barnes
U.S.N.R
Franklin
Jocko Clark
Need for skilled crafts grows as old trades fade away
Russell Kirk argues the demand for skilled craftsmen like cobblers, plasterers, and carpenters is rising while many youths chase mass industry jobs. He cites cultural snobbery, the lure of college, and IRS red tape as barriers to apprenticeships, urging young men to pursue trades for long term reward.
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Russell Kirk
Michigan
Commonwealth
Internal Revenue Service
Local industries and labor market comment sparks debate
Editor defends value of old established industries in Saco area against Marion Gordon Banks letter claiming monopoly risks. Cites Portsmouth Naval Shipyard jobs and regional opportunities, lauds South Portland industrial growth and city governance shifts. Questions merit of lengthy rebuttal while affirming local industrial progress.
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Saco
Marion Gordon Banks
Portsmouth Naval Shipyard
Connecticut
Carolina
South Portland
Bancroft-Martin
MGB
Infiltrators Found in U S Saigon Office Says Official
A Washington official reports Viet Cong infiltration inside a USAID office in South Vietnam. He fired Vietnamese staff linked to a cell and warns infiltrators and stolen documents undermine programs and provoke factional strife. He cites risks of hidden VC identities and widespread penetration of offices.
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Cong
U.S. Saigon
Ray Cromley
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
South Vietnam
USAID
United States Agency For International Development
Viet Cong
Air
U.S
Bizarre Vermont Cryogenics Diary Entry Recounts Frozen Bodies
Eyewitness diary fragment describes a January freezing ritual in Vermont where six bodies were placed in a snow box, revived in May via hot water baths, spirits, and feeding, with a narrator returning to Boston unsettled by the scene and its eerie hopeful claim.
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Boston
The Needle World crisis and other woes teased
A satirical提ser laments the world’s crises from Vietnam to Rhodesia and the Israeli Arab dispute. It jokes that even a Solomon would face rejection due to ethnic politics as diplomacy merely shifts crises rather than solves them.
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William Manchester
Crabgrass
Charles de Gaulle
Solomon
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Mr. D
Miss B
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Ho Chi Minh
Paul Harvey News
Vermont
Paul Harvey
Harold Coffin
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