Penitentiary reform falls short amid public apathy
Lincoln based NEA report by Tom Tiede surveys Nebraska Penal and Correctional Complex reforms, noting high rearrest rates and scarce work skills. Warnings come from officials and inmates about limited rehabilitation, with prisoners performing menial tasks and few trade opportunities.
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Nebraska
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Tom Tiede
Lincoln
Neb
NEA
Ireland
Australia
U. S. Army
Montana
FBI
Shrdlu proposes plan to end Vietnam War
Satirical piece by Jim Havelka recounts Etaoin Shrudin recommending an absurd U S strategy to end the Vietnam War. He suggests modernizing Vietnamese media with detergent ads, flooding the country with green stamps, and invading with door-to-door salespeople. The column mocks hawks and doves.
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Shrdlu
Jim Havelka
Etaoin Shrudin
Lucity
Grand Army of the Republic
Tangania
Ho Chi Minh Trail
Shidlie
Voice of America
Mr. Clean
Ealy
Ho, Chi Minh Trail
North Vietnam
Siirdin
Aoman
Thieu
Shrdin
Voting Rights Act of 1965 produces dramatic results
In five years since Lyndon B. Johnson signed the Voting Rights Act, black voter registration in the covered southern states has nearly doubled, with 540 elected black officials and 10,000 black voters in the Selma area. Supporters hail expanded rights while critics charge overreach, noting literacy tests suspended and federal registrars enforcing registration.
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Tom Greene
Atlanta
UPI
Lyndon B. Johnson
Ramsey Clark
Charles Evers
Fayette
Miss
Thomas Mauldin
Selma
Ala
Mauldin
Negra
George Andrews
Alabama
Congress
Mauldins
Andrews
Dye
Georgia
Louisiana
South Carolina
Virginia
North Carolina
Alaska
Justice Department
South
Mississippi
Sex education resumes in New Jersey districts
New Jersey school districts previously barred from sex education will resume classes this fall after the state education department lifted a year long moratorium. Education Commissioner Carl LaMarburger wrote districts opposing parental opt outs, warning such refusals could set a precedent affecting attendance in health and other subjects.
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New Jersey
Trenton
Nuh
UPS
State Education Department
Carl la Marburger
Joint Education Committee
Marburger
Branding iron presented to Senator Hruska in Nebraska
A personalized branding iron was presented to Sen. Roman J. Ilruska R Web at a Rex club luncheon in Thedford by rancher Chester Paxton for his steady support of the nation's cable industry. In his speech Hruska said beef prices have strengthened slightly but nothing notable so far.
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Burwell
UPT
Roman J. Ilruska
R-Web
Oy ‘Thedford
Chester Paxton
Rexteo Club
Hruska
Washington's Final Words Remembered in History
A fragment recalls the famous line It is well uttered as George Washington's widely cited last words. The note hints at reverence for the nation’s first president and his enduring legacy in early American memory.
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George Washington
Education gap narrowing for America's black population
A Census Bureau study cited by Louis Cassels shows 1940 to present progress in black education. High school completion rose from 2 to 46 percent, and those with less than five years of schooling fell from 28 to 2 percent. Median schooling rose from 7 to 12.1 years. The article notes broader social implications.
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Louis Cassels
AUP
Washington
UPI
America’s
Census Bureau
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American Corrections Association
Maurice Sigler
Humdrum
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Haines
America
Harry Conover
New York
Columbus Savings
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Mts
Imei
Eer
Columbus
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