Olympic Controversy Casts Shadow Over 1968 Games
The Grenoble Winter Games ended amid wrangling among athletes and nations as critics warn the Mexico City Summer Games face crisis. Calls urge adherence to the Olympic creed of amateur spirit and equality, while protests over racial integration and boycotts test cohesion. Somalia withdraws over South Africa's intended mixed team.
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Grenoble
France
Mexico City
Pierre DE Couubertin
U.S
Somalia
Republic of South Africa
South Africa
Westmoreland defended after critical remarks by lawmaker
Rep. Marcarer Hecker challenged General Westmoreland over optimism on Vietnam prospects. GOP lawmakers countered, noting Johnson Rusk McNamara statements and praising his handling of a difficult task. The president also supported Westmoreland, asking to serve under him if in combat.
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U.S
Vietnam
Wintiamm C. Westmoreland
Marcarer Hecker
Josep W. Martin, Jr
Massachusetts
Westmoreland
Congress
Lincoln
Melvin Larro
House Republican Conference
Ments
Johnson
Rusk
McNamara
William Bates
GOP
Armed Forces Committee
Greorce Manon
Texas
Appropriations
Paratroopers Await VIPs Before Vietnam Deployment
At Fort Bragg and Pope AFB the 82nd Airborne Division waited in cold wind for Lyndon B. Johnson and a VIP arrival. Paratroopers ready for Vietnam endured hours of waiting while the president greeted each man, then urged pride and confidence in their mission. A Ringgold native complained of wasted wait time amid the handshakes. Look out, Charlie.
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82Nd Airborne Division
Screaming Eagles
Pope Air Force Base
Andrews Air Force Base
Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
United States
Vietnam
LBJ
Ringgold
Pope Air Force Base Airfield
Charlie
Danville Daily Rates and Service Information
The Danville Register lists subscription rates and delivery options with daily and Sunday carriers at 35 cents per week, and mail prices of 15 dollars yearly. It notes zones, renewal notices, and national ad representatives in major cities.
Asteroid Icarus to pass Earth on June 15
A weathered bulletin item notes a June 15 close approach of Asteroid Icarus at about 4.26 million miles, with a lighthearted reminder to duck. It also mentions a government official’s firing tied to family finances and geologists’ views on ancient continent drift, plus airlines’ gratitude for overseas revenue.
Pueblo Incident Shifts Tilly's Notable Ship Purchase
Until the Pueblo incident, Tilly bought a sophisticated ship as one where everybody wore funny paper hats at dinner.
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Pueblo
Tilly
Buckley on Garbage Strike and Lindsay's Stance
William F Buckley Jr critiques John Lindsay over the New York garbage strike and labor union influence. He argues Lindsay failed to push national labor legislation, questions Taylor Law limits, and urges decisive action by voters to elect tougher officials.
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John Lindsay
Liberal Party
Dubinsky
New York
Lindsay
Congress
Lyndon Johnson
Taylor
Shanker
Teacher’s Union
DeLury
Sanitation Workers’ Union
Rockefeller
Commonwealth
United States
Mr. Lindsay
John Viet Lindsay
Romney's neutralization plan greeted as fanciful by critics
Gow, Romneys bold call for guaranteed neutralization in Southeast Asia faces sharp rebuttal from Sen. McCarthy and Nixon. Critics warn no power will accept neutrality without military leverage, and note Romney overlooks realities of Vietnams factions. McCarthy favors strategic withdrawal with talks, not surrender. Rockefeller stays quiet on Vietnam, tending NYC sanitation duties.
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Gow
George Romney
New Hampshire
Nebraska
Wisconsin
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Michigan
Sen. McCarthy
U.S
Hans Morgenthau
Romney
Minnesota
Asia
United States
Richard Nixon
Foreign Affairs
Nixon
New
Hampshire
Nelson Rockefeller
New York City
John Lindsay
Leap Year Pledges Fuel Election Year Talk
In a year with an extra day before April 15, commentators contrast spending on guns and butter with ski wax. Educators urge safer classrooms, while debates touch on student firearms, aging costs, and rural harvests in New Hampshire as candidates seek votes and support.
Stokely Carmichael meets hostile Washington students
Ralph de Toledano reports Carmichael’s attempt to rally 600 students at Roosevelt High ends with boos and indifference. The crowd mostly drifts away as he presses for Black Power measures while SNCC supporters applaud and questions linger about Black leadership, violence, and education.
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Stokley Carmichael
Washington
Cuba
Iron Curtain
Stokely
Roosevelt High
Carmichael
Tee
Roosevelt
Rosevelt
SNCC
Stokely Carmichael
Stokely Carmichaels
Travel tax plan risks backlash and dollar value
John Chamberlain argues against a proposed travel tax on U.S. citizens to cut the balance of payments deficit. He warns such a tax would provoke foreign retaliation, undermine American liberties, and threaten the dollar while praising alternative ideas like travel subsidies for Europeans and tax incentives for exporters. He notes foreign distrust and cites copper strikes and the Eurodollar pool as factors shaping the dollar's stability.
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America
Congress
Henry Reuss
Wisconsin
Reuss
Eugene M. Lang
Vance Hartke
Indiana
Ttose
Lang
House of Representatives
Hartke
Senate
U.S
Washington
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