Senior power rising as older voters organize nationwide
Three million members in 3000 clubs form National Council of Senior Citizens, AFL-CIO backed, with 3.8 million in the National Retired Teachers Association and the American Association of Retired Persons. Together about 20 million seniors shape power potential as retirees live longer on fixed incomes.
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National Retired Teachers Association
American Association of Retired Persons
National Council
AARP
William Hutton
The
Hutton
Chanute Motorcycle Club Forms to Boost Local Riding
Local skepticism toward new groups yields to a positive view of Chanute’s newly formed Motorcycle Club. Founders aim to provide sanctioned safe riding for youths under driving age and to establish Chanute on the motorcycle map with riding competitions, boosting the sport’s image to a sportsman and entertainer role.
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Chanute Motorcycle Club
Chanute
TV Schedule Highlights Big Evening Lineup
Channels release advance listings with substitutions likely. Prime hour lineups include The 25th Hour featuring Anthony Quinn and Virna Lisi, and Vietnam Beyond The Fury. Other notable items: Thomas Hart Benton special, The Pigeon That Took Rome comedy, and The Partridge Family and Odd Couple episodes across the night.
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Missouri
Joplin
Rome
Charlton Heston
Elsa Martinelli
Harry Guardino
Arni
the Electric Co
Green Acres
Buck Owens
Tom Jones
Big Valley
Gov
J.J
Dust and Webs and Jokes Stitch Through A Quiet Piece
Keith Wright reflects on late summer heat and dusty barefoot memories as dust, sun baked earth, and hot surfaces evoke childhood days. He recalls big spider webs and humorous dumb jokes about everyday life, ending with a playful nod to more gags to come.
Nixon pursued slow road to peace in Vietnam report
Classified documents reveal Nixon favored the slow path to peace despite signals from North Vietnam after 1968. Kissinger described two tracks while Nixon delayed policy changes to avoid a communist takeover before his 1972 re election. Civilian political calculations shaped Vietnamization and war end strategies.
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Nixon
South Vietnam
Saigon
South
Political Conventions Dull and Boring to TV Viewers
The Associated Press reports that minute to minute TV coverage of political conventions bores viewers with no horse race appeal as the GOP nears nominating, while Al Morgan cites past convention chaos and notes networks may rush coverage from Miami or skip it.
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Today
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al Morgan
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On This Day in History August 18 Through the Years
Highlights include Virginia Dare born 1587 at Roanoke Island and the first US patent for condensed milk in 1856. Germany declares war 1914, Wilson proclaims neutrality, and Churchill and FDR meet in Quebec 1943. Also Meredith graduates Ole Miss 1963 and other items.
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Russia
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
Winston Churchill
Quebec
Canada
James E. Wilmns
U.S
James Meredith
University of Mississippi
Nixon loses bid for full control of legal aid program
Washington AP Nixon's push for a government legal aid program under direct presidential control failed as Senate House conferees abandoned a plan to create an independent corporation with broad director powers. The move leaves the program under OEO oversight and trims funding for the current and next fiscal year amid state clashes with poverty lawyers.
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Nixon
Office of Economic Opportunity
OEO
California
Ronald Reagan
Long skirts spark economic debate in era opinion
Readable comments from local women show economics fueled attraction to longer skirts while male interviewees largely abstain, with one man quipping the issue lies beyond men. A new two hour Bible Literature course led by Rev. F Lowell Cormack debuts at the junior college this year. The course, run with the Ministerial Alliance, joins a layman's meeting in Central Park tomorrow evening under the Chanute Sunday School and Civic League with E G Elliott and W C Tomlinson leading.
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F. Lowell Cormack
First Baptist Church
Ministerial Alliance
Central Park
Chanute Sunday School and Civic League
E. G. Elliott
W. C. Tomlinson
League
Campus Registration Urged by State Official
Secretary of State Mrs. Elwin M. Shanahan urged county election officials and 48 higher education institutions in 34 counties to set up campus and outpost voter registration stations before the November 8 general election. She praised the plan as a way to register large numbers quickly, ease last minute rushes, and allow time for processing, offering assistance for campus and other registration efforts.
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Topeka
Kan
Elwin M. Shanahan
Women Marines Association honors at Pearl Harbor memorial
Olga C. Bullock the national president presented a plaque aboard the USS Arizona memorial at Pearl Harbor in memory of Marines who died in service. About 350 former women Marines attend the association's seventh biennial convention in Honolulu this week.
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Honolulu
Women Marines Association
Uss Arizona
Pearl Harbor
United States
Olga C. Bullock
Coronado
Calif
Autopsy Report on Oscar Levant
The coroner reports Oscar Levant died of a heart attack severe arteriosclerosis and pneumonia at his Beverly Hills home Monday. The 65 year old pianist and humorist is survived by his widow and three daughters.
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Los Angeles
Oscar Levant
Beverly Hills
Levant
Pilots Not Aware Of Many Rules At Love Field
AP reports that airline pilots operating in Dallas Love Field may not know all U S Air Service rules from 1920 still on the books. Rules include not turning sharply during taxying and lifting the tail instead, carrying handkerchiefs for goggles, hedge hopping not tolerated, no spurs while flying, not trusting altimeters, not taking off with leaking fuel, and to land at once during an emergency.
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Dallas
Love Field
U.S
Psalm 145 Verse Exalts God and Blesses His Name
A devotional line proclaims praise to God as king and extols his name forever. The verse from Psalm 145:1 expresses ongoing reverence and worship for the divine.
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