Editorial Page asks if presidency goes to high bidder
Our editorial notes Nixon pledges to end the Vietnam War and win peace in the Pacific if elected. It wonders how rivals could surpass such offers and ponders whether LBJ would promise to win three wars. The piece highlights Nixon's claim that his plan reflects what America wants.
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Richard M. Nixon
United States
Vietnam
Pacific
White House
Nixon
LBJ
America
Impressions of Inez The French Reach for Our Scalp
Inez Robb notes French propaganda touts pro American sentiment while Paris press and officials urge goodwill as France hints at boycotts if American spending wanes. She jokes about De Gaulle’s stance on NATO Vietnam and the dollar, emphasizing mutual misperceptions and warnings of retaliation.
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Inez Robb
Charles de Gaulle
Eneral
NATO
U.S.A
America
Cattle Breeders’ Gazette
California
General de Gaulle
Overseas Press Club
New York
Waverly Root
Paris
Washington Post
France
Root
Vietnam
de Gaulle
Noel Coward
London
Riot report sparks call for reconciliation by bankers
Riot commission urges American reconciliation with money. The piece hints at fewer social workers and more bankers. A joke notes a klipspringer is a small antelope, not the office staff flipping clips at secretaries.
Kennedy Sensing Bid to Deny LBJ Re-Election
Washington raconteur Drew Pearson reports Ted and Bobby Kennedy weighed against denying an incumbent. Bobby fears losing power to Johnson and McCarthy, while factional pressure risks a Nixon win. The piece notes Kennedy skeletons and Navy defiance shaping 1968 political ballets and Kennedy Johnson tensions.
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Drew Pearson Wallington
Bobby Kennedy
Teddy
JFK
Ted Sorenson
White House
Bobby
LBJ
Sorenson
Ted
Gene McCarthy
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
California
Jess Unruh
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Macs World Riots and tutti-fruity
A Washington column questions riot remedies and cites a Brooklyn Junior High disturbance as over trivial concessions. It mocks reliance on The Times while critiquing the Riot Report and political figures like Clark Rockefeller Nixon and LBJ, ending with note on the Pueblo and a dig at the Naval Academy.
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Don Maclean
Washington
Brooklyn
N.Y
New York Times
the Times
Joseph S
Bleeding Heart
Clark
Detroit
U S firms seek new paths as Middle East shift unfolds
Washington observers note Britain’s phased pullout from the Middle East pressures American business to weigh large new investments against regional instability. Oil executives warn Washington’s limited capacity to stabilize the area, urging targeted aid and technical assistance while noting growing unrest across Bahrain, Qatar, Dubai, Kuwait, and southern Yemen under rising Soviet influence.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Bahrein
Arabian Peninsula
Britain
Middle East
U.S
State Department
United States
Qatar
Trucial
London
Dubai
Kuwait
Jordan
Syria
Iraq
Egypt
Aden
Communist
National Liberation Front
Arabia
People’s Republic of
Yemen
To The Point Who's most talented in American society scale
Russell Kirk surveys the creator elite in the United States noting Puritans lead in achievement, with Jews second and Scots third. He cites Weyl's study showing rising Jewish influence, persistent English-descent groups, and declining Puritan and Scottish ascendancy amid changing demographics.
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United States
Nathaniel Weyl
America
Public Affairs Press
England
New England
Wey
Weyl
Three Minutes A Day Teenage Juries Cut Houston Traffic Violations
In Houston a three year trial led by Judge Michael Gordon where teenage juries review traffic case verdicts. More than 42,000 youths since 1963 participated, jurors are drawn from 200 volunteers, and defendants are questioned before ballots decide guilt. The program reduced juvenile traffic violations by 24 percent and aims to foster responsibility and civic engagement among youths.
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Houston
Michael Gordon
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher Details Front Page
Biddeford Saco Journal lists offices at 11 Adams Street Biddeford Maine with W Paul Casavant publisher and E P Ingalls managing editor. It notes AP membership rates for subscriptions payable in advance and postage details.
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Biddeford-Saco Journal
Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Associated Press
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