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Newspaper
Decatur Daily
Location
Decatur, Alabama, United States of America
Date
May 17, 1968
Page
5
Russell Baker delivers a satirical vignette set in a sunlit May morning where a sudden wave of happiness triggers alarms and social backlash. Citizens debate responsibility as a psychiatrist imposes conformity, ending with the society's moral absolution and collective misery.
Brandeis University scholar Dr. Cyrus H. Gordon reinterprets a long discredited inscription and argues Phoenician contact with the New World occurred in the Sixth Century B C in Brazil. He links the find to Herodotus and notes possible pre Columbus architectural influence, while acknowledging Columbus opened the region to the Old World.
In 1968 the Kennedy campaign gains momentum from three consecutive primaries while McCarthy falters. Ohio and Nebraska outcomes shape delegate prospects as Humphrey reinforces his early lead with state conventions. Reagan grows quietly as a potential rival to Nixon, with Rockefeller and Baker weighing into the race.
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