Editorial Page In Our Opinion Longer school year Comes under study
The nation eyes a longer school year as districts explore extending beyond nine months to better use facilities and boost student opportunities. Proponents cite reduced idle time, possible cost savings, and pupil acceleration while critics warn it may pressure families and harm childhood freedoms. Could more fishing holes replace the old vacation image.
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New York State
National Education Association
NEA
Poverty can be pleasant for Uptown Chicago hillbillies
Paul Harvey surveys Chicago’s Hillbilly migrants from rural Arkansas Tennessee Missouri Kentucky living in Uptown. Despite poverty they work for a living with wages around 2.50 dollars an hour for men and 1.90 for women. Agencies fail to sway them. when Montrose Racine area is cleared for a junior college 4000 displaced hillbillies resist but mostly keep working, triggering clashes with welfare groups.
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Paul Harvey
Beverly Hillbillies
Arkansas
Tennessee
Missouri
Kentucky
Chicago
Upons
University of Chica
Clarus Backes
The
Chicago Tribune
Time to Turn Back the Clock in Daylight War
A satirical note claims daylight saving waste, arguing extra sleep for some and more work for farmers. It skews politics, blaming government power, moon and sun manipulation, and political figures like George Wallace for shifting time or the calendar.
Nixon eyes House vote plan if no majority in 1968 election
Washington notes Nixon’s strategy to win via state popular votes if electors fail to yield a majority. He signals appeal to House delegations to honor each state’s popular vote, avoiding deals with George Wallace. The column also questions Sen. Allen Ellender’s use of Senate resources for his travelogue films and confirms some billing details.
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Jack Anderson
Wabington
Richard Nixon
House of Representatives
George Wallace
Wallace
Nixon
South
Strom Thurmond
Dicker
House
Hubert Humphrey
Midwestern
Rocky Mountain
Spiro Agnew
GOP
Agnew
Marian Moore
Robert Dunphy
Ellender
Senate
Senate Agriculture
Agriculture Department
Hollywood
Senate Recording Studio
Bell and Howell
Louisiana
Allen Ellender
Mac's World Sound Good to Some
DC wires reflect eclectic clippings on jets airport noise customs burros and politics. The column notes public attitudes toward jet sound and airport placement with riffs on Rep Erien and Erlenborn, customs catches, and oddities from Oslo to Meramec Caverns.
Humphrey Gains Momentum Against Nixon in Polls
Washington coverage notes measurable movement toward Hubert Humphrey in the race, with analysts unsettled by discrepancies between Gallup and Harris polls. Observers warn third party candidate George Wallace could disrupt forecasts, while Ohio and Michigan appear toss-ups and hope grows in Humphrey circles.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
Gallup
Richard Nixon
Oon
Louis Harris
Nixon
George Wallace
Ohio
Michigan
New York
Pennsylvania
New Jersey
Massachusetts
Nixon Economy Proposals From California Financier
A California financier argues to President Nixon for reforming federal policy to curb inflation and restore the dollar. He outlines eight proposals including redefining full employment, striking union antitrust exemptions, reintroducing small business wage exemptions, and steering the dollar with foreign markets or cutting its value. He cautions gradual price relief over abrupt shifts and notes support from small businessmen versus unions, urging accompaniment by thriftier federal spending.
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Russell Kirk
Richard Nixon
Nixon
California
McChesney Martin
Johnson
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Federal Treasury
Congress
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