Editorial Page In Our Opinion Drive against ROTC
The piece argues against abolishing ROTC or denying credits while noting a legitimate campus protest. It cites Gen Westmoreland on needing educated officers, recalls Illinois history from compulsory to voluntary ROTC, and warns that extremism could weaken military leadership and isolate the armed forces from American life.
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ROTC
William C. Westmoreland
University of Illinois
United States
Army
Navy
Air Force
American Churches Confront Forman Reparations Demand
A Negro militant interrupts Riverside Church services demanding 500 billion in reparations for 300 years of oppression. Churches across the U S deliberate the plausibility and impact while figures from the National Council of Churches and other bodies weigh restitution, funds for the poor, and the fate of assets and property amid controversy and alarm.
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Virginia Payette
James Forman
Forman
New York
Riverside
Riverside Church
Ernest T. Comenan
Christia
Jon L. Regier
National Council of Churches
America
Lutheran Church
Manhattan
San Antonio
General Assembly of
The
United Presbyterian Church
Chicago
Volpe’s Paris junket stirs Coast Guard travel row
Washington column notes Secretary Volpe has seized Coast Guard plane for a Paris Air Show junket with his wife and three aides. Unlike Volpe, 39 Congress members and 20 assistants attend at no personal cost, drawing $50 daily living allowances. The piece contrasts defense lobby power with Nedzi led opposition to the ABM and cites Morse blasting Vietnam policy and the vast U.S. military footprint abroad.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
John Volpe
Massachusetts
Transportation
Coast Guard
The
Volpe
Paris
Congress
Mendel Rivers
South Carolina
Harry Byrd
Sen
Harry F. Byrd
Shenandoah Valley
Byrd
Harry Byrd Jr
Detroit
Lucien Nedzi
Nedzi
Rivers
Armed Services Committee
Jim Bryne
Philadelphia
Otis Pike
Riverhead
N.Y
Charles Wilson
Los Angeles
Bob Leggett
Vallejo
Calif
Charles Whalen
University of Dayton
Ohio
Robert Stafford
Vermont
Stafford
Man” Rivers
Leggett
Mac's World SDS May Have a Point By Don Maclean
Washington humor column recounts Otis Pike remarks on Congressional inertia. Pike notes limited legislative output amid military procurement debates. Cartoonish asides discuss medal bills, milk program debates, and snark about space, Beatle John Lennon, and a New York London air race record.
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Don Maclean Washington
Otis Pike
New York
Congress
Rep. Pike
Ike
Armed Services Committee
John Lennon
States
Norman Mailer
Space
Mailer
Venus
Washington News The recipe for making A student rebel
Private discussions reveal how a former SDS member describes turning to protest and campus action. He cites lack of personal ties, the lure of belonging, and a need to feel part of something, including sleep-ins and teach-ins, while expressing ambivalence about lasting happiness in the movement.
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Ray Cromley
NEA
Washington
Younger
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Pears
Auvesluae
Infiltration of Factories by SDS Exposed in Edgy Essay
Russell Kirk argues SDS leaders urge members to seek factory jobs this summer to form revolutionary cadres from within American industry. He cites a 15 year old Flint episode where Communist students failed to blend in amid wary workers, warning SDS graduates will face harsh factory reality and potential expulsion from plants.
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Russell Kirk
All Things
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Dad
Ingmen
Flint
Michigan State College
FBI
United Automobile Workers
UAW
United States
Infant graves at Laurel Hill Cemetery prompt forum letter
The writer laments neglect in the infant section of Laurel Hill Cemetery in Saco. She recalls a 1937 memorial fund and questions why the area remains shabby while other parts are cared for, pleading for respectful treatment of infant graves and noting funds may be insufficient.
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Jornal
Laurel Hill
Saco
Biddeford Saco Journal newspaper masthead notice
Biddeford Saco Journal, daily except Sunday, publishes from 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine. Paul Casavant publisher E P Ingalls managing editor contact numbers provided. Subscription rates listed: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. Associated Press rights noted. Entry details for mailing and postage.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
Paul Casavant
E P Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
Ap News
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