California transit study urged to tame smog and traffic
A Bay Area transit study aims to solve congestion and pollution by expanding mass transit. George Silliman proposes a Fremont Newark Union City feeder committee to align with rapid transit and serve local traffic needs, urging city councils to act. He notes growing populations will worsen jams and air quality.
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President goes to naval hospital for operation
President visits a naval hospital to undergo surgery and ensures plans are shipshape. A New York cafe faces police action over topless waitresses. The first nightclub fire leads to a cover charge. A Toronto university professor predicts future buildings may be designed by computers and cautions they could be inhabited by machines.
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Educational visit reveals Howe on school integration plans
Washington discussant Harold Howe, U S commissioner of education, outlines views on mixing white and Black pupils, neighborhood schools, and possible busings to boost integration. He rejects federal coercion but signals strong favoritism for varied pupil mixes and a forthcoming Equal Educational Opportunities Act draft.
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Sorensen Sees Democratic Split Brightens Kennedy Fallout
The piece discusses Henry J. Taylor and Theo C. Sorensen linking Robert Kennedy to deeper party splits after midterm losses. Sorensen argues the urban coalition frayed, unions and ward captains failed to deliver, with Nixon and Grant cited in analysis of Democratic woes.
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A Prayer For Today A Prayer For Today
A devotional fragment asks for courage and deliverance. It invokes divine presence to overcome fears and weakness and to gain victory with God by the speaker’s side. The text emphasizes reliance on spiritual strength and daily guidance.
Phi Beta Kappa Founded at William and Mary College
This Day In Review notes Phi Beta Kappa the first scholastic fraternity organized at William and Mary College in 1776. It traces 1848 Polk gold discovery reports, 1933 end of Prohibition with the 21st Amendment, and 1963 death of Herbert Lehman, former New York governor and senator, plus Swift’s satirical thought of the day.
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We Need More Like Edwards Baker We Need Peace Voices
A letter argues Rep. Edwards stands with Americans opposing escalation in Viet Nam. It cites Dr. Eugene Carson Blake and moral appeals to peace, criticizing editorial bias and urging more Congress members like Edwards to seek de escalation and peace rather than carte blanche authority.
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Coexistence Debate Echoes From Soviet Leader Brezhnev Speech
The article analyzes Brezhnev in Moscow urging international cooperation for peace while referencing Lenin and a 1960s Moscow meeting of Communist nations. It argues coexistence with rival systems is doomed and predicts aggressive paths including class warfare and nuclear conflict.
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Astrologic Memoir Sparks Brow n Roosevelt Revisit
A fragmentary note urges former Gov Pat Brown to reevaluate history claiming Franklin D Roosevelt was an ardent astrology student. The odd aside surfaces amid archival chatter about political memory and personality.
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