Paris Talks May Spark Real Bargaining In Vietnam Peace
UPI analysis notes Paris discussions hint at beginning of real bargaining in the Vietnam peace process. Lodge and Thuy prepare new instructions as talks shift toward concessions and troop timing. Other notes cover Nationalist China's Ottawa move and Pompidou Poher campaign signals and European market summit timing.
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Phil Newsom
UPI
Paris
Midway Island
Nixon
Nugyen van Thieu
Henry Cabot Lodge
North Vietnam
Xuan Thuy
Hanoi
United States
South Vietnam
Ottawa
Hsueh Yu-chi
Canada
China
Taipei
Ne H
Hsueh
Georges Pompidou
France
Alain Poher
Pompidou
Britain
Po Her
Willy Brand
West Germany
Barbara Werle Hints At Krakatoa Role Patter
Hollywood chatter centers on Barbara Werle in Krakatoa East of Java. She jokes about the title and West of Java quip while discussing mixed reviews and career ambitions. Werle laments singing lessons and notes a shift toward comedy after Man Without Mercy.
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Vernon Scott
UPI
Hollywood
Barbara Werle
Krakatoa
Java
West
Los Angeles
Barbara
Barney Gerard
Peace pipe calumet symbol in treaties and friendship
The World Almanac notes the calumet or peace pipe used by North American Indians at ceremonies especially treaty conclusions. The 212 foot pipe decorated with women's hair feathers stood as a symbol of friendship and its refusal deemed an outrage. Emissaries used it as safe conduct guarantee. Michigan borders on a tour of the five Great Lakes.
Graffiti Gang Foe Becomes Town Hero in Paint Duel
In Bad Words South Dakota a feisty schoolmarm and townsfolk rally as cowboy artist Peter Herd battles Luke Graffiti the gang leader in a staged showdown. Herd uses spray can to erase obscenities daubed on a water trough winning townwide praise.
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Dick West Washington
UPI
Louisville
Dale
Bad Words
S.D
Luke Graffiti
Roy
Ben
Punk
Graffiti
Sally Shockeasy
Peter Herd
LBJ
Herd
Miss Shockeasy
Tax value of donated clothing boosts tax deductions
A guide explains how to value old clothing donated to charity for tax purposes. United via the National Institute of Drycleaning and Textile for Charity, the fair market value is often 15 percent of replacement cost for many items. newer, unused pieces can yield higher deductions. A memo can substitute for a receipt, and the guide provides age based value tables to compute deduction amounts.
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Junior
Suzy
Dad
National Institute of Drycleaning
Institute
Internal Revenue Service
Textile Trade Relations Department
Burlington Ave
Silver Spring
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Freedom on Screen Echoes From Nudity to Exploitation
Film history shows rising public nudity and erotic themes across borders from 1934 to the 1960s. Eastern Europe and Japan push boundaries while Germany offers instructional erotica. American exploitation grows with producers like Albert Zugsmith. A likely future blends further liberty with possible cultural fatigue rather than censorship revival.
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David Robinson
London Financial Times-Upi
London
Hedy Lamarr
Arne Mattson
Japan
Scan
Dinavia
Cannes
Albert Zugsmith
Shrinking Man
Universal-International
Mamie van Doren
Fanny Hill
Wall Street sees oversold rally hinted by firm tips and politics
Wall Street firms note oversold conditions and potential rallies after recent gains. Analysts from Tessel Paturick Ostrau and Winslow Cohn Stetson cite firmer flyers and broad group action, with Vietnam war timing and credit tightening shaping investor behavior. The piece ends with a celestial aside on the Pleiades.
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New York
UPI
Tessel, Paturick & Ostrau
Winslow, Cohn & Stetson
Vietnam
Almanac highlights historic events for June 9
United Press International notes include Jefferies' 1899 heavyweight title win over Fitzsimmons in New York City. WWII conscription shifts in 1942 placing men with children later on the list. 1943 Congress approves pay as you go income tax deductions. 1959 the ballistic missile submarine George Washington launched in Groton Connecticut. A thought from Henrik Ibsen on community responsibility.
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United Press International
Mercury
Venus
Saturn
Mars
Jupiter
James J. Jeffries
Bob Fitzsimmons
New York City
Selective Service
Congress
Groton
Conn
Henrik Ibsen
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on Apollo 11 and moon jokes
The column jokes about Apollo 11 and the possibility the moon is cheese prompting a chorus of I told you so from Earth. It notes how starting a task tires a person and ends with a tease about girls asking boy friends to be special.
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Terra Firma
Spe
Archeologist Digs for Missing Golden Calf in Dan
Israeli archaeologist Dr. Abraham Biran leads digs near Tell Dan close to the Syrian border hoping to uncover the Dan golden calf built by Jeroboam. The article notes ongoing excavations across Israel including Capernaum and Jerusalem’s western wall with authorities praising protections and recent finds such as a first century B C burial cave and a 16th century B C tomb.
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Eliah Simon
Jerusalem
UPI
Jeroboam
Israel
Bethel
Dan
Syrian
Jordan River
Abraham Biran
Tell Dan
Holy
Biran
Department of Antiquities
Capernaum
Sea of Galilee
Lake
Tiberias
Jesus
Old City of Jerusalem
Middle East
David
Tel Aviv University
Negev Desert
King Solomon's
Beth Shean
Jordan Valley
Antiquities Department
Hazor
Nahariya
Cyprus
Unicorn myth or real animal species intrigues scholars
Authorities argue the unicorn may reflect a real creature in the animal family. They point to the one horned rhinoceros of India as a likely prototype for the fabled beast.
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India
The Mason and Dixon Line Asymbolic north south border
The Born Loser cartoon notes that the Mason and Dixon Line was created to settle a boundary dispute between Maryland and Pennsylvania. It has since become a symbolic divider of North and South in political and social terms.
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Maryland
Pennsylvania
Unions Drive Better Mousetraps Despite NLRB Clash
An I n d e x i n g letter argues the U S Chamber of Commerce aims to replace the NLRB with a Labor Court and claims unions spur automation. The writer cites computers and rapid production as forced efficiency gains, noting layoffs if costs rise and praising technology replacing workers.
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Morris Hinble
United States Chamber of Commerce
National Labor Relations Board
Labor Court
U.S. Chamber
NLRB
U. S
Move to loosen residence rules for presidential voting
Washington and Kennedy push amendments to allow new state residents to vote in presidential elections after 30 days. A House panel backed a plan for uniform federal standards. millions stayed away from the 1968 race, with disinterest and nonregistration cited.
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Raymond Lahr Washington
UPI
Barry M. Goldwater
R-Ariz
Edward M. Kennedy
Dmass
Goldwater
Kennedy
Senate
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Mississippi
District of Columbia
Census Bureau
House Judiciary Committee
Gallup
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W. E. Hutton & Co
Dow Jones
Viet Nam
Almanac
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the Born Loser
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