Editorial Page In Our Opinion Moviemakers set Up a guidance code
The piece reviews the voluntary four grade classification system for U.S. films by the Motion Picture Association of America. It notes the four grades and the October reorganization, weighs censorship risks, and questions whether R or X ratings will push producers toward sensational fare while urging parents to monitor what their children view.
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U. S
Motion Picture Association of America
Motion Picture Association
Fifty years after war ends no new lesson learned
On Veterans Day 1968 the fiftieth anniversary of World War I’s end is marked. The piece argues the war’s costs, global alliance attempt, and failed peace results show the world did not learn lasting lessons. It critiques the United Nations and defense blocs and notes the unresolved hope for preventing future wars.
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United Nations
NATO
SEATO
Asia
Europe
South Vietnam
Santa Claus Special ships gifts to troops in Vietnam
The USO launches the Santa Claus Special a fast cargo ship delivering Christmas packages to GIs 12,000 miles from home after the Oct 1 deadline. Mission Santa sails from California on Nov 21 and fourth class mail must be sent now to reach aboard. A late deadline reprieve pleases troops awaiting home gifts.
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USO
Vietnam
California
Paul Harvey urges president-elect to put US first in world policy
A Paul Harvey editorial urges the incoming president to focus on American needs over foreign entanglements. It argues past leaders neglected the home front, warns about eroding currency, costly wars, and big government promises, and calls for a leadership that serves the United States first.
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Paul Harvey
U.S
Nixon
Johnson
Vietnam
Soviet Union
United States
Navy steel flaw scandal threatens submarine safety
Washington column argues Navy tests miss flaws in HY-80 steel plates used in submarines and allow steel firms to test their own work. Penn Galvanizing reported defects as early as 1961, yet Navy secrecy and self testing continue, risking more ships and lives. The piece questions leadership accountability as submarines Scorpion and Thresher disasters loom.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
Atlantic
Penn Galvanizing Company
Navy Reuires
Electric Oat Company
Navy
Steel Companise
Raymon Perelman
Penn Galvanizing
F.C. Jones
Naval Ships Systems Command
Naval Ship Systems Command
Raymond G. Peremian
Procure Co
Philadelphia
Thresher
Lukens Steel Company
Newport
Electric Boat Company
Pentagon
FAA goofs and gaffes plague aviation notes and jokes
Washington column humorously chronicles FAA press release misfires on jet flight anniversaries, a mistaken order of firsts by Pan Am, TWA, National and American Airlines, and a later plan to ignore the topic. It also cites a $45,500 study on attitudes toward others and humorous graffiti contest lines from Baltimore TV.
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Washington
Federal Aviation Administration
FAA
Pan Am
TWA
National Airlines
American Airlines
Red China gangs disrupt rail, farms and buses in Hanoi aid WHS
Washington dispatch reports Red China gangs rove nationwide intercepting trains, looting arms bound for Vietnam, destroying crops and attacking farmers. They terrorize towns from Shanghai to Canton, disrupt bus services, form underground radios, and challenge authorities as Red China pursues aid to Hanoi amid rising lawlessness.
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BNY Ray
Shanghai
Peiping
Canton
To The Point Minorities Have scant Place in History
Russell Kirk argues against overemphasizing ethnic minority achievements in American history textbooks. He criticizes dull narrative, urges balanced coverage, and warns that celebrating minorities as a sole focus risks distorting core colonial and national currents.
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Russell Kirk
Ietiows
Michigan
State Board of Education
Board of Education
America
John Winthrop
William Byrd
Benjamin Franklin
Thomas Jefferson
George Washinton
John Adams
James Madison
Presidents under fire in history and today
The Christian Herald notes how U S leaders have faced savage invective from tyrant accusations to lunatic labels. It cites Washington Lincoln Roosevelt and Nixon among others, illustrating politics as a bruising arena with repeated slurs across eras.
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Thomas Jefferson
Christian Herald
George Washington
Lincoln
Franklin Roosevelt
Judge Crater
Wall Street
National Press Club
Richard Nixon
Nixon
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