National Purpose Should Be Firm
A 1952 Truman pledge not to seek re election is contrasted with Johnsons 1968 statement. The column links Korea and Vietnam to shifts in U S resolve and presidential transitions, arguing enduring national purpose and decisive leadership are needed as 1968 ends and 1969 begins. It cites hope for peace talks and the impact of lame duck declarations on U S diplomacy. Bible verse closes the piece.
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Washington
Korea
Vietnam
Johnson
United States
Hev
Voice of the People on Firefighters and Public Safety
A reader rebuts an editorial on fire departments noting that modern chemicals require new tactics and training. They argue firefighters face long hours, higher danger, and staffing limits despite better training, urging longevity pay educational pay and improved retirement benefits rather than reducing their role.
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Bay Area
Berkeley Students Earn Credits On Washington Trip
March Footnote Editor laments UC Berkeley sending 32 students to observe the poor people's march for 15 credits, funded at about $5000, arguing the university should seek better uses for scarce funds and noting state treasury support rivals that of all state colleges and schools combined.
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University of California At Berkeley
Washington
University of California
Nicknames Define 1968 Campaign Rivalries Across GOP Dems
Robert S Allen surveys the 1968 presidential race noting graphic nicknames for leaders such as Johnson the Cornball Humphrey the Hump Kennedy the Mop and McCarthy Mac He Knife plus a surge of campaigns personalities. It highlights funders like Swayne Andreas backing Humphrey and staff moves including OBrien stepping to business work while Sovetsel targets a New York political path. The piece also cites Mrs Kennedy in high fashion during Indiana campaigning and hints at anti trust activity slowing as election battles heat up.
First political platform for Clay campaign drawn up
This Day In Review notes 1832 as the year the first political platform was drafted to support Henry Clay for president. It mentions 1910 Glacier National Park creation and 1928 WGY Schenectady NY beginning regular television programs, plus 1965 Hedy Lamarr divorce. A Franklin quote ends the piece.
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Henry Clay
Schenectady
WGY
Hops, ulcers, and butter as city politics mix
A fragmentary report notes concerns about hops and health impacts while urban policy debates reference gun control in the ghetto. The piece also hints at weight and wellness issues and suggests an unlikely culinary alternative. Mayor Lindsay is cited on security measures.
Mystery of Yakubovsky Tours Stirs Cold War Tensions
Marshal Yakubovsky, Warsaw Pact commander, makes rapid East European tours amid Vietnam peace talks in Paris. Intelligence warns moves near West Berlin and Czechoslovakia could follow. In Prague and Warsaw the climate hints at Soviet use of troops to handle demonstrations, with West German officials fearing possible intervention. Concurrently black militants reference Attorney General Clark as a target, while Carmichael’s leadership faces legal action and thousands of mob-control troops are readied around Washington for May and June.
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Paris
Tyan J. Yakubovsky
Warsaw Pact
Prague
Warsaw
Sevial
Washington
Alumni Power and Campus Disruption Message from Virginia
Henry J. Taylor urges alumni to back University of Virginia President Edgar T. Shannon Jr in warning against unauthorized student assemblies and property occupations. He argues for discipline over academic freedom, asserts consequences for disruptions, and calls alumni to mobilize support for firm university governance. The piece also notes a Kotzebue jade gem find and its potential value.
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Able
University of Virgina
Debated Futures for Alcatraz Island
Readers propose wildly divergent plans for Alcatraz from a redwood forest to a Disneyland Marineland Nudist metropolis a 1625 foot statue of St Francis of Assisi and a UN birth peace monument. Congress has stalled a bill to repurpose the island leaving uncertain prospects for any plan.
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National Nudist Council
The
Perfect Divine Christian Way of Life, Inc
National Pornographic Society
St. Francis of Assisi
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