In Our Opinion on National School Performance Surveys
The piece argues for a national assessment of education outcomes to gauge the return on billions spent. It notes 1867 origins of the Office of Education, references Francis Keppel and Carnegie funding, and acknowledges opposition from AASA fearing unfair cross system comparisons and federal aid shifts. It urges embracing knowledge and closing loopholes rather than avoiding evaluation.
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U. S
Carnegie Corp
Carnegie
Star of Education
American Association of School Administrators
AASA
Washington
We bought the tickets. Let’s not miss the show
Paul Harvey argues that the nation must adapt to a changing order embracing new social norms and roles. He warns of rising audacity, nudity, and shifts in work and education while urging acceptance and forward-looking optimism for a freer, healthier future.
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Paul Harvey
You
Republic
Niarchos Settlement Skips Most Tax Debt For 25 Million
The article details Stavros Niarchos paying under six cents on the dollar to settle a 25 million tax claim tied to six Niarchos companies. It notes a 1966 deal allowing personal liability relief, a later New York return for the birth of Niarchos and Charlotte Ford’s child, and that companies settled for about 1.47 million while the rest was written off. It also covers a Kennedy Fulbright group urging RFK over Johnson, led by Dr. Martin Shepard, with potential to form a national RFK organization.
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Jack Anderson Washington
Stavros Spiros Niarchos
U.S
Niarchos
Charlotte Ford
Mexico
Livanos
Aristotle Onassis
Olympic Airways
Maria Callas
United States
Charlotte
Lynda Bird Johnson
New York City
Lynda
Charllotte
George Hamilton
LBJ
Hamilton
Niarichos
St. Moritz
Thhan
Henry Ford II
Justice
Justice Department
Lave
Uncle Sams
Laurence Vogel
New York
Accomodating
Citizens For Kennedy-Fulbright
Johnson
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Kennedy
Citizens Group
Robert F. Kennedy
Roosevelt
RFK
Lyndon Johnson
Martin Shepard
Kennedy-Fulbright
Cost of wars lives on in pensions and care
The article traces long-term costs of U.S. wars, noting Spain’s 1898-1902 conflict left $5.2 billion in pensions and survivor payments, continued for decades. It cites Civil War and World War I pension totals, including 11,391 veterans and 56,503 widows from Spain-era payments, and ongoing benefits into the 1960s.
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Bob Considine
New York
U.S
Congress
U. S
Spain
Maine
Havana
Dewey
Manila Bay
Ned
Reginald A. Bradley
Oakland
Cal
Lakeshore Ave
Frederik W. Fraske
Chicago
Fraske
U.S. Infantry
Bradley
4Th Cavalry
Oliver Meadows
Mexico
Trademark Law Shifts in Language and War Veterans Costs
The piece notes how brands like Aspirin and Eskalator risk becoming common terms, with courts requiring secondary meaning to protect trademarks. It discusses government pension data: WWII totals, Korean War participants, and Vietnam era estimates, including billions in costs and ongoing payments into the 21st century.
An Editor's Outlook On Reviving The Red Poppy On Tour
An observer recalls a Moscow ballet The Red Poppy with Tao Hoa and Boss amid Cold War critiques. He imagines revisions to relocate to Soviet China themes and suggests touring the revamped show with updated characters and political slant.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Moscow Opera House
Nasser
Shepilov
China
Sidney Greenstreet
Tao Hoa
Tao
Galovkina
Boss
Volgograd
Russia
War debate letter urges peace and draft protest
In a readers letter Laurent A Benoit of Saco urges end to the Vietnam conflict and questions draft evasion by Cassius Clay and George Hamilton. He protests aid to North Vietnam and calls for American resolve for peace and homecomings.
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Cassius Clay
George Hamilton
Vietnam
England
North
Laurent A. Benoit
Spring Street
Saco
Washington treads softly on Johnson fair housing plan
Johnson proposes a staged fair housing ban starting with voluntary compliance and a grace period. On January 1, 1968 the ban would apply to all multi dwelling units and on January 1, 1969 it would become total. Congress and industry resist more concessions.
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Bruce Biossat
Washington
Enterprise Assn
Congress
Johnson
90Th Congress
White House
U.S. House
Department of ‘Housing and Urban Development
Leak Proof Dam Sparks Bird Forage Quandary
In Louisville Kentucky the McAlpine Dam, praised for efficiency, left a dry limestone shelf no longer sustaining algae snails and bird foods. At a bird-lover’s request small top pipes drip water to restore feeding grounds, illustrating how perfection can create new minor problems.
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U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Louisville
Kentucky
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