Rough Sailing for Democrats in California faction fights
California Democrats face internal strife as the California Democratic Council calls for president Simon Casady to resign or face a special election. A majority of CDC directors threaten to resign, citing Casady’s Viet Nam stance. A San Francisco Negro group urges backing a Negro candidate for state secretary and warns a poll boycott. A Negro physician plans to run in the Democratic gubernatorial primary, signaling turmoil for the party ahead of the election.
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Countdown begins for new 40 percent silver half dollars
The new 40 percent silver half dollars enter countdown as circulation nears. Two women working to launch a VISTA program on a Wisconsin Indian reservation were withdrawn after facing strong resistance from some tribal members. The piece notes ongoing tensions and a proverb about Indians, scalping, and hair-pulling.
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The People Speak on Faith Hope and Christmas Social Split
A reader letter laments suicides in California and urges love over blame while asserting faith in God. A second letter criticizes Time Magazine and the Warren Court for secularizing Christmas and removing religious influence from public life. A third note recalls the 1892 ruling that America is Christian, contrasting with later secular views.
California Governor Brown Sees Red On TV
In a column about Pat Brown the writer jokes that he was thought color blind to red at Berkeley but on a TV moment with a ketchup bottle Ronald Reagan is said to have provoked a quick red reaction from Brown. The piece notes Aptheker on campus in a satirical tone.
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Union Labor Hurt By Transit Strike In New York
Lake Charles readers weigh in on the New York transit strike settled today. They say the action showed the perils of shutting down transit and harming workers not involved, with many offering ideas for restraint and staged protests to avoid widespread job loss. Local labor voices stress solidarity and bargaining over broad shutdowns.
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Rights Act challenge at Supreme Court tests federal state power
The Supreme Court opens a three day session on South Carolina v Katzenbach to rule on the Voting Rights Act of 1965. States aligned with SC argue the act is arbitrary and beyond Congress powers, while a broad coalition led by Massachusetts defends its constitutionality citing literacy tests and federal enforcement. The case centers on the act’s preclearance and examiner provisions and whether it violates the 15th Amendment.
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1733 Arrival of Oglethorpe and colonists to form Georgia
United Press International notes that James Oglethorpe and about 130 British colonists arrived in Charleston with a charter to establish a settlement that would become Georgia. Also recalls Stephen Foster’s death in 1864 and Twain critique in 1877. President Olympia of Togo assassinated in 1963. Mark Twain quote on work and play.
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Johnson Hunt for a New White House Press Secretary
President Johnson seeks a replacement for press secretary Bill Moyers who has asked to move to less hectic work. Moyers, praised by journalists, faces potential successors including William Lawrence and Raymond Scherer as Moyers considers shifting to other duties. Mayers hopes to lead the Peace Corps, with the White House having direct control over the agency, while Moyers continues as coordinator of the speechwriting and research staff.
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A Prayer For Today
A prayer thanking God as the continuity of life and the source of renewal. It reflects on sleep and wakefulness and the body’s processes of respiration, circulation, and metabolism, lifting us into personhood through divine love and presence with others.
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