Dinner and Denunciation of San Francisco UN Banquet
An editorial piece by George N. Crocker criticizes San Francisco accepting city funds for a June 25 UN anniversary banquet at the Sheraton Palace. It argues the event is a lavish, fiscally irresponsible observance and calls for asceticism, noting cost to taxpayers and skepticism about the UN’s value after two decades. The piece cites Adlai Stevenson and Mayor Shelley, condemning the publicity and proposing restraint rather than grand spectacle.
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Even Cats Have Only Nine Lives and the Gop’s Decline
A historical column laments the Republican party's repeated electoral defeats from 1860 to 1964, noting Adlai Stevenson and Barry Goldwater as pivotal figures. It claims failures stem from internal strife and misjudged strategies, citing a 1965 self-inflicted decline while arguing for accountability of party donors and leaders.
Sydney Harris Purely Personal Prejudices
The essayist argues that the smaller mind fixates on the rare and sensational while the larger mind studies the obvious and the ordinary. It critiques censorious society, the misuse of gifts, and gendered deceit, and questions how education and perception evolve with age and learning.
Sabbath Fight Over Sunday Ferries in Skye
In Skye the Wee Frees protest Sunday ferry service by British Railways with stern stands and jailings of fourteen clerics for sit down protests. The Free Church follows strict sabbath observance, rallying at Terry exit and opposing weekend travel to the island.
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Letter Box Letters On Liberalism And Pornography
Readers attack liberalism that brushes moral lines and defends controversial works. They cite D Harmon and Y Merrill Root, accusing modern writers of partialism and pornographic exploitation. The writer urges editor caution and notes reporting standards and space constraints.
Bike Thefts Stir Debate On Youth And Ownership
A letter from William H. Hubbell Jr. of Hayward defends a boy who saved to buy a bike and laments the theft near Markham rounds. The writer critiques modern youth culture, cites high school and college incidents, and urges parental vigilance against permissive education and liberal educators.
Countdown LBJ Withdraws Marines From Dominican Crisis
The article notes President Lyndon B. Johnson pulling Marines from the Dominican Republic amid crowded activity with Wisconsin and CIA personnel. It mentions NASA enforcing food safety for astronauts and projets for in orbit food vending by Comsat under a new satellite venture. Astronaut White had nine feet more tether than the Soviet cosmonaut, illustrating greater American freedom in space.
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Sabbath customs in Scotland and Skye skeptics
The writer recalls Scottish Sunday norms from highland travel to Skye and notes evolving relaxation of Sabbath laws. He cites public houses with seven day licenses, cinema societies, and travel tramps as gradual shifts away from strict Sabbatarian rules, while arguing against enforcing beliefs on others. He references clergymen, Wee Frees, Parliament, and an archbishop’s famous refusal to support prohibition.
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U S Culler Stops Jap Fishing Boat
A reader criticizes a Sunday byline for using the term Jap to describe a Japanese boat crew. The caller notes the term is derogatory and not an official abbreviation for Japanese and urges the paper to avoid such language in front page headlines.
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