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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Apr 01, 1968
Page
13
Dr. Joel Fort, sociologist at the University of California, argues in a Coe College address that American society has normalized drug use. He cites alcohol, nicotine, caffeine, television, and social rituals as mind altering and warns laws focus on drugs while ignoring deeper societal issues.
President Johnson plans to leave the White House at term end igniting a year of political shocks. Romney quits the Republican race, Kennedy resurfaces as Democratic frontrunner amid a split party and Nixon faced with Rockefeller challenge after multiple candidate withdrawals.
Charles Schindler a retired barber died Sunday in a Spencerport nursing home eleven days after his 102nd birthday He was born March 20 1866 in Baden Baden Germany and came to the United States the following year.
Washington AP reports Lyndon B. Johnson announced he will not seek another term, echoing Harry S. Truman. Johnson made the declaration during a Vietnam speech broadcast to a prime time audience, stressing heavy war burdens and domestic issues. He confided the news to few aides and officials before public release. Previous incumbents who declined included Coolidge, Buchanan, Hayes, and Theodore Roosevelt.
In Hounslow England a constable investigated a bicycle theft at Barry Williams home. He entered the premises then found his own bicycle missing. Both bikes were later abandoned on a meadow nearby. the thief remains at large.
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