Choice in November and the Vietnam War Dilemma
A reader argues that if Humphrey wins the Democratic nomination it eliminates hopes for an antiwar president while Nixon pushes escalation. The writer notes Kennedy supporters might back McCarthy, delaying delegate outcomes, and laments the prospect of a national choice on Vietnam amid calls to end violence.
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Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Kennedy
McCarthy
Vietnam
Humphrey
Nixon
Rockefeller
Reagan
Farewell to the Santa Fe Chief Revered by Celebrities
The Kansas City Star recounts Henry C. Haskell’s fond tribute to the Santa Fe Chief, noting its elite ticket office staff, its cultural status among writers and stars such as Greta Garbo and Charlie Chaplin, and the sense that its discontinuation signals the end of a transportation era. A Kansas block couple wonders about a Planned Grandparenthood organization amid family growth.
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Henry C. Haskell
Santa Fe
Kansas City Star
Chicago
Los Angeles
Haskell
Hollywood
Variety
New York Times
Greta Garbo
Myrna Loy
Madeleine Carroll
Alice Fay
Douglas Fairbanks
Bing Crosby
Charlie Chaplin
Price of a new heart tops fifty thousand dollars
Hal Boyle notes the $50,000 theoretical cost of a heart transplant, then darts through quirky facts and trivia. The column riffs on weight, stairs energy use, the Lockheed C-5 Galaxy, nerve fibers, Big Ben, Grand Central Station clock, quotes, tea from pomegranate blossoms, prosperity in groceries, amber beads for teeth, and superstition about a rooster’s cry.
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New York
Ima
New York City
Grand Central Station
W. Somerset Maugham
Protection of Presidents Becomes Impossible to Guard
Washington observers note a surge in threats and near misses to presidents and hopeful leaders. Since Pearl Harbor concerns rose, gates shut, and guard levels surged, with Secret Service screening visitors, guarding figures from Truman to Johnson, Roosevelt to Lincoln, and King to Sirhan Sirhan. The piece argues no system can fully shield leaders and calls for a national shift away from televised violence.
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Washington
White House
Secret Service
Pennsylvania
Harry Truman
Hubert Humphrey
Franklin Roosevelt
Miami Beach
Anton J. Cormack
Chicago
Lincoln
Ford
Johnson
James A. Garfield
William McKinley
Buffalo
McKinley
Lyndon Johnson
Huey Long
Louisiana
New Orleans
Leon Weiss
Teddy Roosevelt
Milwaukee
Blair House
Truman
House of Representatives
House
Theodore Roosevelt
Sequences of thoughts about Robert F Kennedy
Art Buchwald imagines a hazy montage of Bobby Kennedy in moments with family and friends. From Hickory Hill to Hyannis Port to the Los Angeles hotel kitchen, vivid vignettes blend ambition, humor, and sorrow as the Kennedy era nears its end.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Hickory Hill
Bobby Kennedy
David
Kennedy
Ethel
Bobby
Brumus
Ted Sorensen
United States
Ted
Colorado River
Senator Kennedy
Grand Canyon
Hyannis Port
Jordan
Lyndon
Los Angeles
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Choice
West
Kansas
East
Hal Boyle
Missouri
James Earl Ray
Martin Luther King
Sirhan Sirhan
Sen. Kennedy
King Abdullah of
Golda Meir
Israel
Haddieed
Drew Pearson
Art Buchwald
BCE Yankee
Garden City Telegram
Telegram Publishing Company
Garden City
Bill Brown
le Roy Allman
John Frazier
Edites Advertising Manager
The
Associated Press
Telegram Motor
Cay
Finney
Lanes
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Gray Counties
ANSA
Eed
Ross Associat
Fidelity State Bank
Garden City, Kansas
Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation
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