Post Office Run as Nonprofit Government Corp Proposed
Postmaster General Lawrence F. OBrien argues the long marriage of politics and the post office should end. He favors a nonprofit government corporation with a top board to run an efficient postal service, replacing patronage and outdated methods. The idea gains cautious support from President Johnson and some Congress members as a modernization path.
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Lawrence F. O'Brien
Post Office
John F. Kennedy
White House
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Johnson
Benjamin Franklin
Apollo I tragedy blamed on sloppy work and safety lapses
An expert board releases a 3000 page report on the Apollo I fire that killed three astronauts. It cites careless facilities and neglect of safety, notes six contributing conditions, and states no sabotage evidence but assigns responsibility to workmanship rather than a single individual. The aim is to improve reliability and safety to prevent future deaths.
Bertrand Russell War Crimes Trial in Paris Sparks Debate
Editorials in Britain question Bertrand Russell's plan to try President Johnson and U S policymakers for Vietnam policy. Critics call the campaign sound and fury while noting legal and political obstacles including Paris venue shifts and government resistance.
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Byron
Percy Bysshe Shelley
Shelley
Bertrand Russell
Earl Russell
Johnson
Robert McNamara
Dean Rusk
U. S
Vietnam
Bernard Levin
United States
Levin
Kingsley Amis
John Braine
Lord Russell
Palais de la Mutualite
Paris
London
War protests and civil rights leaders clash over Vietnam policy
Danilo Dolfi and Bertrand Russell Foundation members resign amid mock trial protests. Martin Luther King Jr and Stokely Carmichael plan a April 15 march from Central Park to the UN to press for an end to U S bombing in Vietnam. The Times notes no simple solutions to war and racial injustice.
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Martin Luther King
Vietnam
Central Park
United Nations
New York
Committee For A
King
U. S
North
Stokely Carmichael
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee
SNCC
Lord Russell
Dr. King
N. Y. Times
Morse Defends LBJ in Space Treaty Fallout
Diplomatic speculation grows as Senate Foreign Relations clashes over a Latin America aid resolution ahead of a summit. Morse accuses Fulbright and Gore of pressuring the White House while the panel votes to advance a modified resolution and suppress the closed hearing transcript.
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Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Johnson
Latin America
LBJ
William Fulbright
D-Ark
Foreign Relations Committee
Fulbright
Albert Gore
D-Tenn
Wayne Morse
D-Ore
Gore
Tennessee
Morse
Senate
White House
Frank Church
Idaho
Church
Sen
Cliff Case
R-N. J
John Sherman Cooper
Kentucky
Oregon
Hickenlooper
Iowa
Punta del Este
John Sparkman
Dala
Sparkman
High Point plans revival of summer furniture market and boxing events
The High Point Furniture Club aims to revitalize the summer market with stronger publicity and prizes while orange County boxers from the Mercury Athletic Club bring international competition to the Fall show. Winston Salem honors Spec. 6 Lawrence Joel, the only African American Medal of Honor recipient from Vietnam, at a public parade. The Haley House project nears a $50 000 fundraising goal and Guilford College Jamestown and High Point areas receive commemorative attention. The Biltmore Hotel chimney repair reveals a historic heating system. Denton Lions Club marks 23 years of service, and spring blooms transform High Point as a Garden Club tour approaches amid rain shortfall. Political chatter in North Carolina weighs potential shifts involving Shriver Sanford and Ervin regarding upcoming federal appointments.
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Mercury Athletic Club
High Point
Milwaukee
Las Vegas
Philadelphia
Boston
New York
Paul Appel
Oscar Ellington
AAU
Pat Duffy
National Aau
Winston-Salem
Lawrence Joel
Harry Golden
America
Fred Joyce
High Point Historical Association
Haley House
State Historical Association
Springfield Museum
Guilford College
Jamestown
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Uncle Sam
O’brien
Public Business
Apollo
Danilo Dolfi
Italy
Bers
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation
Nyerere
Tanzania
Senghor
Senegal
Ruanda
Zambia
Haile Selassie
Ethiopia
High Point Enterprise
INC
HIG Point Enterprise
N. C
D. A. Rawley
C. H. Lockwood
Josep P. Rawley
Ae Seaupste Cate
W. Patterson, JR
Eats Bane
Cain Serenes
Perenne
Icar Fco
AP News
N. Oe
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Drew Pearson
Holt McPherson
Anice Caen
High Point Furniture Club
Carolinas
Furniture Club
Biltmore
Roy Graham
Clifford Frazier
Atlanta
Jeremiah Piggott
Harriss Jarrell
Old City
Old North Carolina Railway
Southern
Denton Lions Club
Denton’s
Lions
Denton
North Carolina
Sargent Shriver
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Chicago
Richard Daley
Terry Sanford
Shriver
Sanford
South
Sam J. Ervin Jr
Supreme Court
Ervin
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