Unattainable ideals meet Virginia educators in Norfolk talk
Former Governor Darden urges uniformity while Dr Wayne Reep stresses no federal mandate beyond civil rights. The piece argues human limits to perfection in schooling, praises progress, and credits American mass education for enduring influence and global envy.
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Virginia
Norfolk
Concatse W. Darden, Jr
Wayne Reep
U.S
Rep
Darwen
Virginia Board of Education
Darpen
Cotcate Darwen
Southampton County
Darden
United States
Darven
CarpEin
Virginia in the Mainstream Tax Flow and Satire
Analysis notes Virginia’s shift into the mainstream of state taxation amid a national surge in taxes and new levies. The piece blends critique of tax policy with satirical asides on political trends and social topics, highlighting states expanding taxes, the 1960s budget climate, and culture-focused quips.
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Virginia
Great Society
General Assembly
Alabama Republicans Expect Stronger 1968 Voice
Alabama Republicans believe a 1968 surge will build on 1964 gains as Jim Martin rises in the gubernatorial race. Wallace is term limited and his wife on the ballot, with Flowers Patterson and others in the field. A Martin win or strong showing could power a two party shift in Alabama and the South, affecting Congress and state offices. The Negro vote, civil rights promises, and Democratic opposition loom large as parties reconfigure Southern politics.
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Birmingham
Ala
Alabama
George Wallace
John Patterson
Robert Kennedy
Jim Martin
Lister Hill
John Sparkman
Martin
Wallace
South
Congress
Thomas Kuchel
Jacob Javits
Mason
Mr. Dixon
Louisiana
GOP
Republican Party
Johnson's inflation fears meet weak economic restraint
The piece argues inflation stems from central government spending, not unions. It criticizes President Johnson for feeble austerity measures while backing costly programs like Medicare, education grants, and space and war spending, noting Congress rejects small cutbacks such as school lunch funds. It warns wage rises and prices will feed inflation, risking a crisis akin to 1929.
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Johnson
Hoover
Texas
Washington
Peter Weber
Congress
Federal Reserve System
Viet Nam
White House
Senator Soaper on Lawn Culture and Spring Ironies
A satirical look at March rituals and domestic foibles. The piece riffs on lawn culture mistakes, shifting family dynamics, and the arrival of spring with comic jabs at society and journalism. It riffs on white gloves, power structures, and the oddities of seasonal forecasts.
Nobody Loved Us The United States Turns Antisocial
A traveler recalls U S decline from world leadership as the United States withdraws from foreign commitments. The discussion portrays detaching from Food for Peace, Apollo program cancellation, NATO shifts, and new Africa policy with Rhodesia and South Africa as linchpins. It notes domination of space and global influence fading into a tougher national stance.
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Washington, D
United States of America
Kipling
British Empire
NATO
Space
Seven Seas
Walter Lippmann
Henry Wallace
United States
Uncle Sam
Bey
USA
Congress
India
South Vietnam
Ireadiine
de Gaulle
Europe
Turkey
Greece
Canada
France
Britain
Russia
Venus
Jupiter
Kremlin
Ussr
Earth
Africa
Congo
South Africa
Rhodesia
An Optimist Reflects On Mao and China Experts
John Chamberlain vents skepticism about Far Eastern experts and Senator Fulbright as he recalls the Institute of Pacific Relations controversies. He argues Mao’s rigidity won’t soften from outside pressure and warns that Taiwan’s fate hinges on Red China’s stance and U.N. entry.
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Fulbright
Senate ‘Foreign ‘Relations Committee
Isaac Don Levine
Plan Talk
Sol Levitas
Institute of Pacific Relations
Mao Tse-tung
Chou En-lai
China
Chiang Kai-shek
Albert Wedemeyer
U.S
Washington
Thomas Jefferson
State Department
Wedemeyer- Jon
Mr. Lovett
John Stewart Service
Owen Lattimore
John K. Fairbank
Edgar Snow
Oliver Edmund Clubb
Joe McCarthy
Red China
Taiwan
Formosa
Senator Fullbright
Lattimores
Oliver Edmund
Mao Tsetung
Vietnam
Fubright
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THE
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Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Ralph de Toledano
U. S
Russell Kirk
Senator Soaper
March
Fuseloyle
National Safety Council
Mother Nature
Memoty
Holmes Alexander
John Chamberlain
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