Coins By The Billion and the British Decimal Dilemma
The Register highlights Britain's coin burden as it aligns with a move to decimal coinage. It notes 144 million extra pennies minted last year and compares U.K. weighty coin use to U.S. mint outputs in 1963, projecting fewer coins with future automation and decimalization.
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Manchester Guardian
Guardian
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Miami
Florida City
North America
U.S
Philadelphia
Denver
United Kingdom
The Yellow Dog Contract Revisited in Labor Debates
Virginia labor groups urge repeal of the right to work while denouncing the old Yellow Dog Contract as an infringement on union rights. The piece traces history from early republic ideals to current tensions between labor and political power, citing Section 14(b) and changes in union influence.
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Virginia Federation of Labor
Powers-That-Be
Washington
Afl-Cio
Open Mouth Closed Mind Gospel Timely Dialogue
A preacher rebukes open mouth closed mind thinking in daily life and in church, urging honest listening and dialogue. He cites Jesus and a scribe, notes that many argue to justify themselves, and insists understanding, not agreement, builds better relationships across families churches and nations. He calls for patient listening, self discipline, and mutual respect.
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L. D. Johnson
Jesus
America
Watts Riots Prompt Urgent Call for Law and Community Action
A Los Angeles commentator analyzes the Watts unrest as chaotic rebellion not organized protest, urging civil rights leaders to use restraint and emphasize law, while stressing patient, community-driven work by African Americans to restore order and reduce anarchy. The piece cites police chief Parker on respect for the law and warns against demagogues and false victimhood.
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Los Angeles
Watts
New York
Watts Towers
Simon Rodin
Harlem
Chicago
Edmund Burke
Dick Gregory
American Backdown on UN Voting Rights Sparks Uproar
Ralph de Toledano argues that the United States betrayed a pledge to enforce UN World Court rulings by not pressuring delinquent member states to pay dues. He cites Byrnes and Ambassador Goldberg, noting the consequence is a weakened UN Charter and easier ballot suppression for nonpaying nations.
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Soviet Union
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Congress
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Byrne
Bath Narties
France
Congo Ands
World Court
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Byrnes
U.N) General Assembly
State Department
U.N
General Assembly
Arthur Goldberg
U. N
Supreme Court
House
U.S
Johnson
Senate
Goldberg
Teo
Johnson backs by intellectuals in shift on Vietnam policy
Readers report a split among intellectuals over Lyndon Johnsons approach to Southeast Asia with liberals and conservatives alike backing the stance for peace with honor in Vietnam. The piece notes prominent figures defending Johnsons foreign policy while some right-wing voices oppose retreat, and it critiques media and public opinion dynamics surrounding the debate.
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Johnson
Southeast Asia
Dominican Republic
William Buckley
National Review
Washington
Nho
South Vietnam
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Jow
Murray Baron
Hubert Humphrey
Frank Trager
Sidney Hook
John Dewey
Jay Lovestone
George Meany
Aflcio
Christopher Emmett
Freedom House
New York City
Leo Cherne
Max Lerner
Joseph Alsop
Goldwater
General Alsap
LBJ
Walter Lippmanns
Hans Morgenthaus
Robert Lowells
Asia
Lyndon Johnson
Ho Chi Minh
Nasser
LBS
Perry
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Onj
Suptak
Tilly
al Fresno
Mr. Everest
White House schoolroom turns Vietnam debate into a jungle
Holmes Alexander critiques the Johnson administration for turning Vietnam policy into partisan quarrel. He recounts off record briefings, hush hush testimony, and GOP backlash as presidents advisers field questions about Haiphong and the bomb. He calls for clear rebuttal like a bomber’s precise response.
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Johnson
Vietnam
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New Jersey
LBJ
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MacGregor
Minnesota
North Vietnam
Haiphong
LBBJ
Soviet Union
McNamara
Rusk
Harriman
Goldberg
Maxwell Taylor
Eugene Black
Taylor
GOP House
Gerry Ford
Michigan
Ford
New York Times
The
Milwaukee Journal
Los Angeles Times
Chicago Tribune
Scripps- Howard Papers
Time
Newsweek
U. S. News & World Report
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Norway
Joe Westbrook
Bo Rendel
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