Burying The Myth Of A New Russia
Editorial argues the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia exposes the myth of a peaceful new Russia. It warns against trusting Moscow and urges America to back free peoples, reform Vietnam policy, and resist totalitarian aims while noting limitations in aiding Czechoslovakia. The piece recalls Truman and urges global restraint and vigilance.
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Czechoslovakia
Russia
Kremlin
West Germany
Antonin Novotny
Bulgaria
Hungary
Poland
East Germany
Alexander Dubcek
Bohemia
Dubcck
Budapest
Warsaw
Bucharest
Moscow
Pravda
Novotny
America
Vietnam
Harry Trman
United States
Messares
Morale of Free Speech in Arts and Politics Critique
Morzie Ryskind argues liberal openness has loosened Puritan restraint in art and theater, noting four letter words and frank themes. He condemns the GOP convention slogan L and O as racist code words, questions Nixon and Agnew, and predicts a Democratic vs Nixon choice in November.
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GOP
Nixon
Agnew
I. Snd
Humphrey
California
Spiro Agnew
Chicago
Hubert Humphrey
Step to the Rear campaign tune for 1968 deflated by Humphrey
A Broadway song from Bow Now Dow Jones titled Step to the Rear is repurposed as Let a Wine now Lead the Way in support of Vice President Humphrey's campaign. If he fails the nomination, another candidate may perform it. Campaign songs reflect American political tradition.
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New York
Miami
Dow Jones
David Merrick
Humphrey
Lyndon
Franklin D. Roosevelt
FDR
Vintage campaign songs mirror politics through the ages
The piece catalogs historic campaign tunes from 1908 to 1964 and earlier, noting lively, clever lyrics tied to candidates like Taft, Wilson, Hoover, and Dewey. It reflects on how music aided branding, with lines riffing on candidate names and era quirks.
Williams White Nation Rejects Surrender On Lefts Installment Plan
Washington dispatch reports that Democrats face twin blows to their antiwar push as President Johnson vows not to withdraw aerial protection until North Vietnam accepts peace offers. Harris poll finds nearly three to one oppose bombing suspension and about two to one reject pressuring South Vietnam’s anti Communist government to concede. The piece questions the so called grass roots demand for ending the war and argues that Americans are not ready to surrender on an installment plan.
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Washington
Vietnam
Trent
Johnson
Louis Harris
Eugene McCarthy
Harris
United
South Vietnam
Nixon
Agnew
United States
Harry Truman
Dwight Hisenhower
Chicago
McCarthy
U.S
Job Ts
North Vietnam
Sdo
Lyndon Johnson
Mississippi
Donnybrook Hour Approaches For Democrats
Washington report sifts through Democratic infighting as McGovern, McCarthy, and Humphrey clash over Vietnam and platform positions. Critics foresee credential fights, defections, and a party riven by rifts, while elders forecast a stormy convention in Chicago with party unity in doubt.
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LOVA
Morrie Ryskind
Fry
Hubert
Daley
Gov
Maddox
Georgia
McGovern
Or McCarthy
Tait
Richard L, Worsnop
Sen. Birch Bank, Cind
Herbert Hoover
Lindbergh
Coolidge
Wilson
Hughes
Woodrow Wilson
George Dewey
Bayh
Ruckershaus
Henry Clay
Frelinghuysen
James J. Kilpatrick
Donnybrook
Marlin Dooley
Richard Daley
Dooley
George McGovern
Lester Maddox
God
Mother
Hall of Chicago
South
John Connally
Texas
Ralph Abernathy
Memphis
Ann Arbor
Peace and Freedom Party
Eldridge Cleaver
White House
Dick Gregory
Platform Committee
Benatar Mccarthy
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