Inflation, wages, and policy debate on 3.2 percent rule
The piece analyzes the Johnson administration's wage price stance after airline wage settlements exceed the 3.2 percent productivity-linked target. Inland Steel and unions see the move as a shift toward industry specific rates. It questions inflationary risk and hints at looming labor clashes and broader policy shifts.
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Nland Steel
Johnson
Kennedy
Inland Steel
Communications Workers Union
Johnson calls for gun control amid Texas mass shooting
The essay argues President Johnson used the Texas campus massacre to press Congress for tighter gun laws. It supports measures to curb interstate mail orders for handguns, regulate rifle sales by affidavit, restrict imports of surplus firearms, and raise age limits, while noting enforcement gaps and political opposition.
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Johnson
Texas
Kennedy
Charles Whitman
Austin
Congress
National Rifle Association
United States
University of Texas
Shanghai Millionaire Bankrolled by 5 Percent Returns
Feliks Topolski profiles Wu Tsong Yi a Shanghai mill owner and 5 percent investor under Mao era rules. The piece notes 90 000 remolded capitalists in Shanghai including small entrepreneurs. Wu’s villa life contrasts with a later communist planned economy as he navigates future in a classless society.
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Feliks Topolski
Hanghai
Shanghai
China
Mao Tse-tung
Wu Tsong Yi
Sung Sing No. 9
Remembered Rural Free Delivery Voices From Iowa
A reader recalls rural free delivery past in Iowa, describing carrier Will Hecker and Glenn Connell, the school route, snowbound days, and seeds from Washington. The letter reflects nostalgia and community memory of early 20th century mail service.
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Iowa
Gazette
Will Hecker
Des Moines Registers
Washington
Altoona
Glenn Connell
Brooklyn
Rear bumper could reduce car-truck crash severity
A safety note argues that a strong rear bumper on truck beds could prevent cars from sliding underneath in rear-end crashes. It suggests this modification would lessen injury severity and make crashes less awful, though acknowledges such accidents remain dangerous.
Firearm Control Reform Urged by Leaders in Congress
In a call to action President Johnson seeks nationwide firearm sale controls through new law. The piece notes licensing for drivers, debates licensing or registration for gun ownership, and the 1966 context following Kennedy’s assassination. It argues tighter dealer regulation and possible state-federal cooperation to enforce firearm controls.
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Publishers Newspaper Syndicate
Woman Bureaucrat Undercuts Rusk Critic Writes Again
Washington column reports Frances Knight head of the passport office wrote a letter again bypassing her boss Secretary Dean Rusk. The note concerns an FBI state department surveillance on H. Stuart Hughes grandson of Charles Evans Hughes. Civil Service chair John Macy urged Knight removal. no action has been taken.
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Ashington
Frances Knight
State Department
Passport Office
Secretary of State
Dean Rusk
FBI
Charles Evans Hughes
H. Stuart Hughes
Harvard
U.S. Senate
Miss Knight
John Macy
Civil Service Commission
Rusk
Drowning Tragedy Prompts Court Martial And Discharge
Marine Sgt Mar 1956 McKeon sentenced to nine months hard labor and discharged for bad conduct after six recruits drowned on a night march at Parris Island. He was convicted of drinking on duty and simple negligence. Eisenhower Farm Crusade pushes Iowa farmer enrollment. Kermit Bailey outlines plan in Des Moines. Admiral Leahy visit noted in Mt Vernon 1946.
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McKeon
Marine Corps
Parris Island
D.C
Eisenhower Farm Crusade
Iowa
Kermit Bailey
Des Moines
Iowa Republican Farm Council
Cedar Rapids figures in politics and education amid war talk
The item notes Sara Ann Brown resigning from Cedar Rapids public schools to become assistant professor of home economics research at West Virginia. It also reports Dave Elderkin speaking at a Republican judicial convention in Des Moines and Paul Huston's nomination in Clinton. It references rainfall across Iowa and a 1966 Hoover letter about FBI surveillance of Prof. Hughes amid Vietnam policy debates.
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Sara Ann Brown
Cedar Rapids
University of West Virginia
Dave Elderkin
Linn County
Des Moines
U.S. Supreme Court
Iowa
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