Is RFK Assassination an Isolated Incident Debate
In Our Opinion argues the RFK assassination was not isolated. It links a pattern of mass killings, riots, and rising violent crime to societal conditioning, media influence, and permissive norms, asserting the atmosphere made such acts possible. It cites Chicago nurses mass murder Texas campus and other cases to support its view.
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Sen
Robert Kennedy
Chicago
University of Texas
Arizona
Medgar Evers
Martin Luther King
John Kennedy
Pennsylvania Favorite Son Debate Shapes Presidential Tilt
Harrisburg notes show Pennsylvania governors baring a favorite son stance as 1960s GOP maneuvers unfold. Shafer backs his line while Rockefeller and Nixon contest support, aided by Sen. Scott. Romney’s brief bid fades amid party realignments and political intrigue in the Keystone State.
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Harrisburg
Pennsylvania
Raymond Philip Shafer
GOP
Land
Miami
Rockefeller
Scott
Shafer
Philadelphia
Rochevrite
Pan- Rockefeller
Capital Hill
Rockefel
Michigan Gowler
George Romney
Othwas
Jack L. Con
Pose Mny
Romcome
Rela
Rocknfaller
Michigan
Pearson Targets Networks Over Violence in TV Critics
Legislative documents from the Senate Juvenile Delinquency Subcommittee accuse the networks of prioritizing profits and using sex and violence to attract audiences. The files claim networks control content more than writers or producers, with Dodd suppressing earlier findings while gun bills advanced. The Garry study and Perian report urge FCC intervention to enforce broadcasting standards amid rising TV gore and censorship concerns.
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Washington
Senate
Juvenile Delinquency Committee
Tom Dodd
D-Conn
Dodd
OUF
Ralph
Garry
Boston University
Federal Communications
Carl Perian
Doud
Perian
TV Gore
FCC
Keeping Dollars At Home Tough
Americans face an uphill travel deficit battle as measures to tax foreign trips and curb overseas spending linger in the Senate. The 1967 travel deficit reached 2 billion as Americans spent nearly 4 billion abroad while foreigners spent 2 billion here. Diplomatic travel incentives and lower fares lure Europeans to the United States, with passport demand up 30 percent in early 1968 though business travel remains under 10 percent. Canada shows promise, with U S residents spending 1.1 billion there last year and Expo events drawing visitors from both sides of the border.
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Ning
Senate
Europe
National Industrial Conference Board
Conference Board Record
United States
America
Conference Board
Mediterranean
Canada
U.S
Montreal
This Day in History for June 13, 1963
Highlights include Britain turning the Suez Canal over to Egypt in 1956 and Christopher Columbus discovering Martinique in 1502. Other notes cover Wilfrid Yeats birth in 1865, Per shing arriving near Paris in 1917, Lindbergh honored in 1927, Paris open city status in 1949, Germany’s V-2 flying bomb in 1944, Soviet talks in Geneva in 1957, Kennedy civil rights push in 1963, and Thurgood Marshall joining the U.S. Supreme Court in 1967.
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Associated Press
Britain
Suez Canal
Egypt
Christopher Columbus
Martinique
Willam Yeats
New York City
Charles A. Lindbergh
Paris
Germany
England
Soviet Union
Geneva
John F. Kennedy
Congress
Thurgood Marshall
US Supreme Court
Dead and revival linked to transplant ethics debate
A year 1960s style observe discusses cases of people presumed dead revived later, highlighting inconsistent death criteria amid rising organ transplants. It cites plane crash victims, battlefield cases, a Vietnam hospital, and individuals in Dallas, New Zealand, and Missouri, arguing for a universal standard to prevent embalming or burial of alive patients and to protect transplant ethics.
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Jacky Bayne
Hosiital
Vietnam
Life Is Made Of Wonders Says Hal Boyle
New York AP columnist Hal Boyle muses on the little quirks of daily life that stir wonder. He ponders why gray hair grows after 40, why a wife craves steak after tuna, cats claw expensive chairs, and why mothers are revered but mother-in-law humor persists.
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New York
Walter
How to contact Your Elected Officials in Pennsylvania
Listings show contact points for State Representative Forest Hopking of North East and Mercer County Senator James Willard with caps at State Capitol Harrisburg and at the Senate Office Building Washington. Also notes U S Senators Hugh Scott Joseph Clark from Philadelphia and U S Congressman Joseph Vigorito of Erie with addresses in Washington D C.
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Assemblyman Forest
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Paul Harvey
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Dallas
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Auckland
New Zealand
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Powellsville, N.C
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Royal Infirmary
Hal Boyle
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