Education chief Keppren rails at illiteracy and mediocrity
Francis Keppren, U S Commissioner of Education, challenged school leaders and the American Federation of Teachers at their convention. He criticized public schools for functional illiteracy, poor staffing, and low pay, while praising mass education’s potential to lift all students. He urged teachers to act as professionals with service above self, guiding students toward higher learning despite system flaws.
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U.S
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Francis Kerrin
South
Krpren
Kepriv
Kepren
American Federation of Teachers
AFT
Johnson
Francis Keprex
Keppel
Maus
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Moon
Keppen
U.S. of A
Russia
Keeps
Ships Move Again in U S Merchant Marine Plight
The piece argues the United States has become a second-rate maritime power as domestic fleets struggle with unions and high costs. It cites shipbuilding shifts to Japan and Scotland, labor and work-rule clashes, and idled ports like Hampton Roads, urging introspection to regain competitiveness in building and operating merchant ships.
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U.S
United States
Japan
Scotland
American Atlantic
Pacific
Atlantic
Gulf Ports
Virginia
Hamptons Roads
Danville Daily Rates and Postal Notice Pricing
The Danville Register lists subscription rates in advance for daily and Sunday editions with weekly carrier delivery and mailed options. Rates include 35¢ per week for city delivery, 15¢ for Sunday copies, and yearly mail options of 15 dollars, with half and quarter-year plans. notices also cover advertising representation and renewal reminders.
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Ic City and Suburbs
Associated Press
Branbam Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miamii
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Commentary on society and culture in midcentury musings
A columnist string of opinions critiques television in the back seat, gender roles, legal fines, and affluence. It notes youth behavior, wage gaps for babysitting, shifting political influence, and a comic take on neckties for veterans.
Issues Involved In Viet Nam Policy And LBJ Refusal To Discuss Them
A column notes Johnson’s Vietnam stance and Republican critique. It cites troop increases from 700 in 1960 to 125000 plus, Viet Cong forces expanding, aid costs rising from 250 million to 1.5 billion, and economic indicators like exports and land control. The piece argues Democratic policy delayed action, with references to Melvin Laird and Gerald Ford supporting the administration yet demanding accountability.
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Viet Nam
LBJ
Johnson
South Vietnam
Representa|namese
Melvin Laird
R.-Wis
Gerald Ford
House
Vietnam
House Republican Committee On Planning and Research
United States
America
White House
South- East Asia
Heral
Southeast Asia
Nixon
Dienbienphu
Eisenhower
Indo-China
Kennedy
Laird
Homeward yearnings and uprooted lives in a quiet Michigan village
The writer reflects on returning to Mecosta Michigan and the urge to rooted place as a core human need. He argues rootlessness drives discontent across the world from refugees to urban migrants, and laments political rigidity in Vietnam era policy while noting cultural nostalgia and everyday tensions in American life.
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Britain
Africa
United States
Mecosta
Michigan
India
China
West
Italy
America
Prophecy and Politics from the Cold War Era
A columnist reviews five and more year old Soviet forecasts by Nixon, Standley, Fabian and others. The piece notes misjudgments in predicting growth, revolutions, and reforms, while acknowledging some accurate expectations about pressures on Soviet agriculture and political change.
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Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
C.I.A
T.A
Soviet Russia
Khnushchev
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Canada
Russia
Admiral Standley
Mikoyan
Khrushchev
Stalin
Moscow
Richard Nixon
Stll
United States
Nixon
Bela Fabian
Freedom Fighters
New York City
Malenkov
Communist Party Organization
Nelson Rockefeller
Nikita S. Khruschev
Red Army
Rockefeller
How to Spend Billions for Peace and Poverty
A WASHINGTON column exposes R Sargent Shriver driving a vast budget for the War on Poverty, with an Inspector General and a tough team to preempt scandals. It details alleged misuses and investigations across Job Corps, slum aide, and rural programs, noting dozens of incidents daily and several concrete cases of overbilling, loans at high interest, and fraud controls.
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Washington, D.C
Congress
R. Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Washington
William Haddad
New York Herald Tribune
Jock’ Whitney
Haddad
Columbia School of Journalism
Estes Kefauver
Kennedy
Peace Corps
New York
I. G. Sungman Court
Haddadi
Poverty Corps
I. G
Jim Brenner
Marine Corps
Wall Street
Don Petit
Hotfa
Robert Clampitt
Western Electric
Marvin Fullmer
Narcotics Bureau
He ‘Treasury Department
Yoel Hasser
Ine Spectal
Agriculture Department
Tom Kelly
Evan Scott
Jack Gonzales
Bill Webb
Knowland
Midwest
Northeast
South
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Swift
Draft Board
Nevada
Wolfe
John Chamberlain
Malenkay
Fabian
Dick Nixon
Beiwaret
Holmes Alexander
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