The undemocratic process in presidential picks explodes the ballot
A reader criticizes the U S system for selecting candidates noting rights of editors and others to protest. He cites Kansas Governor Docking pressuring the state delegation and argues that a few insiders drive nominations without citizen input. He endorses a nationwide primary to replace back room deals.
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Eugene McCarthy
Robert Docking
Kansas
Hubert Humphrey
New Hampshire
Kansans study constitution revisions for 1969 session
A Citizens Committee on Constitutional Revision will meet biweekly in Topeka through September to study the Kansas constitution article by article. Appointed by the legislature and led by Wesley Sowers, the group seeks public input and will report its recommendations for the 1969 session.
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Citizen’s Committee On Constitutional Revision
Toneka
John Anderson
Walter Sandelius
Department of Political Science
K U
Robert Docking
Bill Avery
Wesley Sowers
Wichita
Ross Beach
Hays
David Prager
Topeka
Garden Cilian
Donna
Francis) Heller
Lawrence
August Lauterbach
Colby
James Mize
Salina
Charles Hensom
Stanley Lind
Kansas City
W. A. Kahrs
Richard Welty
Pittsburg
Marvin Harder
Cliff Hope Jr
Garden City
Stay on this strict diet and pills for years of life
A patient recalls advice from a doctor after a coronary attack. The physician warns against visits, jokes about blood pressure, and prescribes a strict diet, abstaining from women, liquor, and smoking, plus six daily pills to extend years of happy, carefree living. The narrator notes youth complicates the fear of heart trouble.
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Doc
Rooney’s Primary Fight Shakes Brooklyn Power Base
Brooklyn Congressman John Rooney faces a tougher primary as Frederick Richmond challenges him. Rooney retaliates with investigations into Richmond’s charity and foundation while Richmond funds large scale slum rehabilitation in Brooklyn, building apartments and community centers without displacing tenants.
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Washington
John J. Rooney
Brooklyn
America
Fourteenth
New York
John
Rooney
State Department
Justice Department
House of Representatives
Frederick Richmond
Richmond
Roger Stevens
White House
Stevens
Capitol Hill
Subcommittee On Foundations
Frederick W. Richmond
Frederick Richmond Foundation
Vate
United States
114Th Street
Ernst and Ernst
Foundation
John Rooney
Special Diplomas Given to Handicapped Children
In Little Rock Arkansas an Easter Seal center awarded eighth grade diplomas to 32 severely disabled students. One pupil graduated from a wheelchair and another earned a diploma for extreme friendliness. Diplomas honored the strongest area of each pupil’s progress.
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Little Rock, Ark
Easter Seal
American motion travel tops a trillion miles this year
Hal Boyle surveys quirky facts from mailbag and daily life from roads to diets. He notes American motor vehicles will travel over a trillion miles, compares it to 5,400 trips to the sun, then slides through trivia on diets, sneezes, earrings, and dreamt inventions. The column also recalls farm declines, infant feeding shifts, and famous epigrams.
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New York
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Brazil
Leonardo da Vinci
U.S
Small Oil Firm Can Show Profit
A small family owned oil company, Vickers Petroleum Co., thrives amid giants. Jack Vickers Jr. chairs the firm and credits family control and a long legacy, dating from founder Jack Vickers Sr. in 1918, for steady growth to a $30 million yearly operation with 800 service stations across six states.
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New York
U.S
Jack Vickers Jr
Vickers
Vickers Petroleum Co
Midwest
Jack Vickers Sr
Young Jack
Jack Jr
University of Oklahoma
Jack
Helen Vickers Springer
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Illinois
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