Editorial Unity Creates Strength
Edgar Hoover, director of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, argues unity is essential to America's strength and warns against letting extremists sway youth. He says dissent is healthy but urges maintaining self-government and clear purpose to pass unity to future generations. Adjusting communication with youth is crucial to avoid undermining democratic values.
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Edgar Hoover
Federal Bureau of Investigation
United States
Hoover
J. Edgar Hoover
Traffic deaths and political tempers in 1968 era views
The piece links 1948 traffic death trends to a projected 50 000 yearly toll and notes a slight drop in deaths per million miles in early 1968 It contrasts highway safety progress with calls for enforcement and better cars It also covers Pueblo crisis reserve callups Russia's pressure on Czechoslovakia and the 1968 presidential race debates over Nixon and Humphrey and Johnsons detente hopes and risks
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National Safety Council
Vietnam
Council
Johnson
Russia
Czechoslovakia
United States
Cuba
Rusk
Kosygin
Party conventions in Austin and Fort Worth rally for Nixon Humphrey
Democratic and Republican gatherings in Texas push unity as Lt. Gov. Preston Smith and Ben Barnes seek the governorship, with endorsements from Gov. Connally and a Taft-like mood on the national ticket. Wallace backers in Dallas align with George Wallace for president while party machinery reorganizes. New college plan approved. Oil allowances steady. Tavern vending machine probe opens with hearings planned nationwide. DPS leadership changes announced.
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Austin
Preston Smith
Courthouse
White House
Ben Barnes
Smith
Democratic Executive Committee
Elmer C. Baum
Ralph O’connor
Houston
HH. Coffield
Rockdale
John Connally
Hubert H. Humphrey
Lyndon B. Johnson
Humphrey
Fort Worth
Repulicans
Richard Nixon
GOP
Jack Cox
Iam
Republican Party
George Walace
Dallas
American Party
Nvd
Wallace
Georgia
Marvin Griffin
John Birch Society
George Wallace
NEW College
San Antonio
Corpus Christi
Midland Odessa
Texas College and University System
Laredo
House
James Clark Jr
Dellas
R. H. Cory
Victoria
Midland-Odessa
Amarilla
Wilson E.P. Speir
Texas Department of Public Safety
Speir
Homer Garrison Jr
Leo E. Gossett
DPS
Joseph E. Milner
Texas Ranger
James M. Ray
Midland
Lubbock
Edwin G. Albers Jr
Canyon
Connally
Joe Benjamin Roberts
Texas Industrial Accident Board
Frank J. Womack
Department of
Mental Health and
Mental Retardation
William T. Moore
Bryan
Board of Control
Southern Regional Education
Collision of Teachers and Militants Shuts New York Schools
Joseph Alsop argues that New York City’s public schools, transformed by Jewish teachers in the 1920s and 1930s, faced collapse after demographic shifts and underfunded reform. The More Effective School Program failed amid factional politics, black militant control of decentralization projects, and rising anti-Jewish sentiment, ending in a citywide teachers strike that closed all schools.
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New York
Boston
Harlem
South
Board of Education
United Federation of Teachers
Queens
Dd 19
LUFT
Orcean Hill
Brownsville
Two Bridges
Ind Eed
The
Washington Post Co
Los Angeles Times Syndicate
Johnson to permit Bikini Atoll return after safety ruling
President Johnson plans to allow the Bikinians to return to Bikini Atoll in the Pacific after a radiation safety clearance. It has been over two decades since their removal for nuclear testing, and about two years are projected to complete preparations for resettlement.
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Johnson Administration
Vietnam
Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Asia
Europe
Nixon
Humphrey
Johnson
Soviet Union
Czechoslovakia
Kosygin
Franklin Roosevelt
Bikini
Cific
Whatsoever Things About Death and Faith at Church
A Lee Avenue United Methodist Church piece in Tupelo Mississippi discusses death, fear, and faith. The sermon urges confronting mortality with knowledge and trust in God, citing the Apostle Paul and the idea that life and death belong to the Lord.
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Lee Acres United Methodist Church
Tupelo
Mississippi
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North Korea
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