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Newspaper
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Location
Bluefield, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 29, 1968
Page
4
A reflective musing on closing duties and the call to fear God and keep his commandments. It ties Ecclesiastes 12:13 to Carlyle's admonition to do the nearest duty first, noting clearer duties emerge with action.
A new Virginia highway safety measure imposes 10 year license revocations for habitual offenders with three serious offenses in 10 years or 12 lesser moving violations. Offenders face prison if caught driving after revocation. The law applies to out of state violations via interstate compact and counts offenses from the past decade.
The measure authorizes 100 million dollars in the first year and 300 million in the second for local crime control. Confessions may be admitted in federal courts if voluntary, wiretaps allowed with orders, and mail order handgun bans plus limited handgun sales within states to residents over 21.
Senate members pressure for a deadline on resuming bombing if Paris talks stall. Senator Murphy urges action if no peace progress. Senator Brooke warns failure could trigger renewed escalation and a possible beachhead with U S support. Brooke notes broad American backing for talks but resolve not to concede at the table. Johnson’s incentive to end the war is highlighted.
Washington discusses the need for a nonpartisan Supreme Court pick. The piece argues the American Bar Association should select several top jurists and present them to the President, to reduce political influence in choosing the chief justice and preserve constitutional principles.
Buckley examines why gun control has become ideological amid NRA advocacy and liberal conservative debates. He weighs crime, state power, and cultural factors, proposes two reforms including universal police checks and cooling-off periods, and argues conservatives distrust central state authority while civilians seek self protection amid rising crime.
Senate action proposed to study how juvenile delinquency relates to movies and televised crime. The issue ties to FCC regulation of airwaves and potential reform as Johnson weighs a new commissioner to counter industry influence.
The article outlines a five step U.S. moon program with Apollo 7 planned for September 1968 to test the command module in Earth orbit. Astronauts Don Eisele Walter Schirra and Walter Cunningham will fly a 10 day mission aboard a refurbished cabin.
A breezy column quotes Senator Soaper on rumpus rooms and a shift to non rumps. It notes TV viewing trends may calm by late summer and the conventions’ peaceful outlook. Harold Stassen opens campaign HQ in Washington as life in the capital remains quiet. Also mentions laws on age discrimination and a father’s day gift pile of tobacco. A bloody Culloden program on educational TV is described.
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