Lessons From Czech Struggles Warn Against Totalitarian Rule
The piece argues that Czechoslovakia's liberalization moves under Dubcek reveal a universal human urge for free expression, even under isolation. It warns Soviet crackdown shows totalitarian regimes fear genuine liberty and must use coercion, predicting such regimes invite their own demise. It urges emerging nations to heed these lessons about government power and civil rights.
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Czechoslovakia
Dubcek
Eft
Ussr
Dubeck
San Francisco Tax Furies Prompt City Debate
The piece rails at San Francisco property tax rising to 10.23 and the burden on commuters while urging the mayor to ease rates. It notes suburban sharing of revenues, cites Hayward and Fremont park crackdowns, laments misuse of public spaces, and ends with a Bible verse reflection on deceit and malice.
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Joseph Alioto
Sant Bay
Aliote
Bay Area
Hayward
Jack Smith
Fremont
Fremont Council
San Leandro
Baynard Area
Flying saucers and spirits in a skeptical gaze
An essay noting why unidentified flying objects and seances draw belief, contrasting wartime communication with the dead to 1920s seances, and questioning why phenomena appear in certain towns. The speaker recalls exposing fakery among colleagues, challenges the living to accept unseen truths, and argues the dead cannot speak Yiddish.
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Woodrow Wilson
David Lloyd George
France
Clemenceau
Katispell
Mont
Boston
Henry James
Harvard
Galitaia
Austro-Hungarian Empire
Democratic Doves Fear Czech Crisis May Cost Senate Seats
At the Democratic convention aides flag seven tight Senate contests where antiwar sentiment and the Prague crisis could erode liberal gains. Fulbright McGovern Morse Church Clark Nelson Gruening Nelson and others face tougher races as Moscow’s action tests voters’ views on Vietnam.
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Frank Church
D-lda
Joseph S. Clark
D-Pa
Fulbright
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Gaylord Nelson
D-Wis
Vietnam
Kremlin
Czech
Dubcek on probation by Moscow as Prague fears
London based sources report Alexander Dubcek is on probation under Kremlin terms. The Soviets warn he will be ousted if he does not follow Moscow dictates to the letter, while a major party purge looms in Czechoslovakia as Moscow seeks to tighten control and discredit him in coming weeks.
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Russia
Prague
Moscow
Kremlin
Senate
London
UPL
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Framlin
Fortas Question May Be Buried in Senate Debates
The Senate faces a grave separation of powers issue over Justice Fortas and Justice Thornberry nominations. Mansfield hints at delaying debate until after the election while Republicans show support for confirmation, amid lengthy committee hearings and fights over judicial independence and presidential advice.
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Ite
Senate Democratic
Mike Mansfield
Mont
Johnson
Abe Yortas
United States
Homer Thornberry
Supreme Court
Everett McKinsey Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Fortas
Sec
Strom Thurmond
Mallory
Justice Portas
Portas
Sam J. Ervin, Jr
D-N.c
Ervin
Justice Fortas
Suleimn
Thurman Arnold
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