Quiet Days in Washington as Elections Loom
Congress and President Johnson show restraint amid primary races and wartime concerns. The Viet Nam war, civil rights tensions, and the Memphis to Jackson marches shape cautious momentum. Negro leadership shifts toward citizenship performance over militant confrontation.
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Potomac
Congress
Jonson
Viet Nam
Renato Reagan
California
Yorty
Los Angeles
Pat Brown
Washington
Memphis
Jackson
Johnson
Unhappy Federal State Relations Stirs Legislators and Federal Officials
A two day Washington conference between federal officials and state lawmakers highlighted mutual friction over federal aid and guidelines. Mississippi's CLARKENCE PIERCE urged more scrutiny of federal controls while H E W official Witsur J. Conden noted states may refuse aid. Legislators pressed for earlier consultation in federal programs and funding decisions. A Council of State Legislators proposal could help coordinate for better state impact.
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Washington
Legislative Leaders
Clarkence Pierce
Interstate Cooperation Committee
Mississippi House of Representatives
Pierce
Witsur J. Conden
Health, Education and Welfare
Mississippi
Farris Bryant
Florida
Office of Emergency Planning
Council of State Governments
Council of State
Balaguer Elevates Women to Governors in Dominica Vote
President Balaguer credited with peaceful victory as women supporters are appointed to governorships across 26 provinces. He aims a professive, pro-family administration and places power in the hands of women to advance his nation’s aims. The article contrasts this with legends of female-rule in Amazonia.
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Joaquin BaLacuEr
Dominica
Santo Domingo
Balaguer
Amazonia
Black Sea
Las GuerBanos
Danville Register Subscription Rates and Notices
The Danville Register lists subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, with in city carrier delivery at 3i a week and single copies at 6¢. Mail rates are one year 15, six months 7.50, three months 3.75, one month 1.25, with notices mailed 10 days before expiration and renewals urged.
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Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Lo Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Current Opinion on KKK as Secret Political Society
A judge describes the Ku Klux Klan as a failing power and calls them marauders who burn the cross and disgrace the flag. He condemns their acts, notes some may be deluded or deranged, but asserts the rank and file are driven by profiteering leaders and must be met with serious legal action.
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KKK
Pon Bailey
John Chamberlain Looks at the Johnson Consensus Breakup
The piece argues a new political polarization in the United States as ideology fades and action replaces it. It details left and right shifts, roles of the National Conference for New Politics, SDS, and Communists, plus conservative groups like the ACU and Free Society Association influenced by Reagan's California success.
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Meacs
Olt
Kremlin
National Conference For New Politics
Joe Shell
California
Ronald Reagan
Pat Brown
Lyndon Johnson
South Vietnam
New Left
Cochairman
Julian Bond
Simon Casady
Bond
Georgia
Casady
Democratic Council
Brown
National Conference For New Ponitics
Ihut Students For A Democratic Society
Pooh
Paul Booth
SDS
Communist Party
Connecticut
Citizens Committee For the
Republican Party
Pennsylvania
ACA
John M. Ashbrook
Ohio
Wainwright Dawson
Lancaster
ACU
Eisenhower
Nixon
Reagan
New York State
Toward a Burial Fund for Cars and Trash
President Johnson moves to curb automobile graveyards with a proposed federal tax earmarked for burying worn cars. Senator Paul Douglas backs the idea, while the piece warns of vast junked cars and mounting waste from disposables. It laments trash piles in Mecosta Michigan and questions space dumping, urging regulation and referencing God's Own Junkyard by Peter Blake.
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Johnson
Paul Douglas
Illinois
House of Representatives
Mecosta
Michigan
Peter Blake
Blake
Americas
A Bill For LBJ To Sign Freedom Of Information
Holmes Alexander argues for a ceremonial signing of the Freedom of Information Act at Independence Hall on the Fourth of July. He warns that while the bill limits government secrecy, it will invite abuse by zealots and lobbyists, but should still be embraced for genuine curiosity and vigilance.
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Washington, D.C
Independence Hall
Philadelphia
L.B.J
John Moss
Calif
Haiphong
Dent
FBI
Internal Revenue Service
Interior Department
Ben Franklin
Lindsay Snubs Faisal Over Israel Remarks
New York Mayor John Lindsay canceled a dinner for King Faisal citing the Saudi leader’s remark about Jews aiding Israel. The columnist argues the snub inflames religious tensions, questions Lindsay’s judgment, and suggests it may hinder peace efforts in the Middle East.
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New York City
John Lindsay
Faisal
Saudi Arabia
Lindsay
Israel
New York
Congress
United States
Nasser
Johnson
Egypt
Saudi ‘Arabia
Nikita Krushchev
Tito
America
Soviet Union
Peing
King Faisal
Middle East
The Hand Fan in Love and Fashion Through Ages
A compact history of hand fans from ancient tools to romance symbols. It notes early origins in Egypt India and China with feathered models and later ornate 12th century Japanese styles. It highlights fan language signs flirting and the shift to feminine fashion and clever witticisms about fans.
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India
Japan
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