Paris Vietnam talks stall as summer calm masks tense groundwork
The Paris sessions on Vietnam have run 12 meetings with no progress. Each side has pressed for terms, Hanoi seeks a halt to allied bombing without concessions, and no breakthrough appears likely before a volatile fall. Meanwhile, Khe Sanh threats fade and Saigon sees sporadic shelling.
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Paris
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Khe Sanh
Saigon
Red China
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Middle East
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Iraq
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United States
Impressions Of Inez Mountainous Americans
Column by Inez Robb argues obesity is the nation’s top issue, urging a 1960s candidate to champion a nationwide weight-reduction plan. It portrays the “mountainous Americans” as a rising minority needing supportive, painless shrinkage methods and a strong slogan to rally voters.
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Inez Robb
Evans
Novak
Bill White
Henry Taylor
Mark Childs
Carl Rowan
Joe Alsop
I. Robb
Disneyland
Maine
Khrushchev
Commun
Juror frees art thief claiming mercy and motive
In Cleveland a man who stole two Durer engravings from the Cleveland Museum of Art is acquitted after a sympathetic jury accepts his intoxication and love of beauty defense. A penitent collector returned the works days after the theft, and the defense invoked mercy citing Shakespeare and Deuteronomy to argue for leniency.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Durer
Cleveland Museum of Art
Duver
Shakespeare
Venice
Ellender's Movie Spending and Vacation Ways Spark Debate
Washington Senator Allen Ellender faces scrutiny over using Senate funds to film and publish travelogues with the Agriculture Department splicing footage and adding his narration. The disclosure highlights lawmakers' long vacations and fundraising strains as Hubert Humphrey pursues the vice presidency with Ed Muskie as a preferred running mate.
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Drew Pearson
J Anderson Washington
Senate
Sen
Allen Ellender
D-La
Ellender
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Hubert Humphrey
New York
Doyle Dane & Bernbach
Alse
Shee
Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
Rockefeller
Sidney Weinberg
Wall Street
Ted Kennedy
Bobby
Ed Muskie
Maine
Mac's World New poverty plan aired
Washington criticizes U S poverty programs as wasteful and bureaucratic arguing for bold reforms. The piece endorses a guaranteed income and a national dividend plan proposed by John H Perry Jr to replace top heavy funding with direct payments and corporate tax reform. It argues these moves would empower citizens and boost participation while reducing reliance on government agencies.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Congress
Office of Economic Opportunity
John H. Perry Jr
Florida
Perry
Reawakening Due Editor Letter Calls For Civic Duty
A service member in Southeast Asia writes that the United States is sick and decaying and urges a reawakening of Americanism. He faults apathy and radical fringe groups and calls for citizens to engage with government, media, and domestic policy to restore freedom and unity.
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Southeast Asia
United States of America
John Birch Society
Students For A Democratic Society
United States
Evelyn
Double standards harm race issue in American society
Column argues that government backed racial discrimination under FCC policy constitutes new racism. It contends civil rights laws require equal opportunity, warns that forced quotas and outreach to recruit minority workers threaten standards and dignity, and predicts eventual conflict from persistent double standards.
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Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Robert Burns
America
Federal Communications Commission
Commission
Harry Geller
FCC
Ubase
U.S. Supreme Court
Northwestern University
Georgia Tech
Washington
Georgia School
Wisconsin primary foreshadows McCarthy Kennedy split debate
Washington seesawed analysis of the Wisconsin vote as a test of McCarthy and Kennedy strength against Johnson Humphrey. Kennedy ran write‑in 6 percent while McCarthy carried 57 percent on the ballot, sparking claims of anti‑Kennedy sentiment and debate over campaign impact on future primaries.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Wisconsin
Robert F. Kennedy
Foster
Eugene McCarthy
Johnson
McCarthy Camp
Kennedy
Aple
McCarthy
Humphrey
Indiana
Nebraska
Oregon
California
Roger Branigin
Branigin
Vic. Carthy
The Needle and Nurses at the Bank
A patient recounts meeting former nurses after hospital discharge. He notes difficulty recognizing them with clothes on and fears injections or baths. A nurse friend at the bank comments they miss him and hope to see him again, amid a shortage of nurses and uniform details.
Biddeford-Secod Journal Publisher Notes Rates
Biddeford Maine newspaper announces publisher Paul Casavant and editor P Ingalls. The notice lists business desk phone numbers and subscription rates: one month 2.60 six months 15.50 and one year 31.00.
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Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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