Progress in talks urged to settle bus strike
Bob McCann says some progress was made in Thursday talks between striking drivers and the bus company. After three months without service, observers urge a firm settlement to restore transit, noting city action to cancel the franchise could spur negotiations but not guarantee service. The union's pension system remains a driver incentive to return, while city officials avoid taking on operating obligations, and a prompt restart of negotiations is urged to extend progress into a settlement.
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Bob McCann
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Union
Escalated misquotation careers distortions in Washington
The piece argues that public figures Nicholas Katzenbach and Harold Howe were wrongly quoted about open housing and school integration. It traces how paraphrasing and misattribution spread through columns, records, and broadcasts, creating a pattern of deliberate deceit and undermining trust in official documents like the Congressional Record.
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Washington
Nicholas Katzenbach
Harold Howe
U.S
Evans-Novak
Katzenbach
Senate
Congressional
Howe
James Kilpatrick
Kilpatrick
Alabama
Congressional Record
Cedar Rapids adopts experimental voter registration test
The Cedar Rapids city council approved a four district outside city hall voter registration trial for October ahead of the November presidential election. A 4-1 vote supported by Mayor Jim Meaghan and commissioners Don Gardner Swede Halvorson and E A Prochaska, with Finance Commissioner Stewart Shank opposing and City Clerk Maude Krebs resisting.
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Cedar Rapids
Stewart Shank
Jim Meaghan
Don Gardner
Swede Halvorson
E. A. Prochaska
Maude Krebs
Dirksen Stands Firm On Civil Rights Bill Defeat
Everett Dirksen forges a calm front as he declines to sign the death certificate of the 1966 civil rights bill open housing provision. He denies fear and insists he will not be rushed, while Senate debates and political pressures test his resolve and affect GOP prospects in Illinois.
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Mary McGrory Ashington
Abraham Lincoln
Everett McKinley Dirksen
Senate
Dirksen
Frank D. Lausche
Ohio
Hubert H. Humphrey
Nicholas Katzenbach
Pekin
Ill
Floyd
Mike Mansfield
The
Protecting Handpicked Author Jackie Adamant in Book Ban
In a Kennedy assassination era column, Jacqueline Kennedy is portrayed as controlling what is published about the event. She reportedly hired William Manchester to vet sources and restrict publication, pressuring publishers and authors to avoid revealing details. The piece cites a letter she wrote to Jim Bishop and notes broad controversy over censorship.
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Jackie Adamant
Sen
Robert Kennedy
D-N.y
Bishop
William Manchester
Kennedy
Civil rights debate echoes through 1960s struggles in Congress
The excerpt recalls liberal opposition to civil rights bills in the 1960s and the clash between black power advocates and white property interests. It notes 1964 liberal support behind Dirksen, clerical backers, and the absence of chaplains among current zealots, contrasting with Kennedy era pressures and anticipated memoirs about pivotal events.
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Dr. King
Dirksen
Congress
Kennedy Memoir Feud Clouds Authorized History Debate
Tensions rise as Mrs Kennedy forbids discussion of events with anyone but Bill Manchester while Look magazine pays 650000 for serial rights. The Kennedys insist the book will be the true history and profits from serials go to charity. Manchester remains unavailable for comment.
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Jacqueline Kennedy
Kennedys
Manchester
Mr. Manchester
Harper & Row
John F. Kennedy Memorial Library
Look Magazine
Interdisking seeks court OK to play beer ads on jukeboxes
Ohio company Interdisking asks a court to allow airing beer and liquor commercials between records in Wisconsin taverns. The Wisconsin Department of Taxation says the practice is illegal, setting up a sober judicial test of merits.
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Ohio
Wisconsin
State Department of Taxation
Milwaukee Journal
People’s Forum Letter on Beatings and School Integration
A public letter to the Mississippi governor denounces a Grenada beating of a Black child by a White adult and urges action to prevent violence in school integration debates. It contrasts accountability by asking what steps the governor would take if a white attacker harmed a Black child.
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Mississippi
Grenada
Walter M. Block
M.D
Tenth Street SE
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