Noise on the street and insights on homework
A fragmented Neighbor note describes a noisy incident with motorcycles and a gun scare near a quiet yard, contrasting with a quiet suburban scene. The piece shifts to comment on a New York Times maternity ward survey about birth rates after a city blackout, noting possible correlations and questions about significance. It ends with a Raleigh observer on homework, arguing education requires independent effort and mass education is vital.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York Times
New York City
Oak Ridge (Tenn
Oak Ridger
Raleigh
N. C
News and Observer
American intellectuals discontent over self-expression limits
MOSCOW AP Stephen Smale UC Berkeley professor and critic of US Viet Nam policy said Soviet intellectuals are discontent because they cannot express themselves. He was escorted to a car by two Russians during a news inference and later attended a meeting with Soviet correspondents at Novosti headquarters. Western reporters were blocked and Smale then rejoined the international congress of mathematicians. He has faced scrutiny from US authorities over his anti-war stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moscow
Viet Nam
Stephen Smale
University of California At Berkeley
Smale
Novosti
U.S
Different Views From Politicians
President Johnson predicts a Democratic victory in November while Senate Republican Leader Dirksen warns of a growing national mood against the administration. Dirksen cites war, inflation, costs, and protests as factors. Johnson notes historical gains by the non incumbent party but sees no major turnover. American Legion Auxiliary officers are installed at Mrs. E. S. Franklin's home.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Bell
Washington
Johnson
Congress
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
House
White House
American Legion Auxiliary
Leslie Huddleston
David Frith
Ben Edminston
Claud Byrd
E. S. Franklin
Cecil Weaver
FE. F. Formby
Mayme Gentry
Sgt
A Arms
M. M. McCloughan
Chapin
Neighborhood Young Corps funding approved by OEO
Three projects totaling 642720 will serve youths in Crawford County Van Buren Fort Smith and Avrac Inc Dardanelle with specific youth placements. Rep James Trimble says the grants come from the Office of Economic Opportunity and will aid local development councils and communities.
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Washington (Ap
Office of Economic Opportunity
James Trimble
D-Ark
Crawford County Development Council Inc
van Buren
Fort Smith
Avrac, Inc
Dardanelle
Philosophy of Double Plenty Breaks Down Where a Man Works
HAL BOYLE argues that modern life feels like two of everything at home yet only one at work. He imagines two desks and two chairs easing fatigue, preserving focus, and preventing chaos, boosting a man’s sense of success in the office.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hal Boyle
New York
Bailey Wins Another Stay of Execution in Arkansas
Luther Bailey of Woodson long on Tucker Prison Farm death row won a new stay of execution from the Arkansas Supreme Court. He was convicted in 1955 of raping a white Little Rock woman and was to die Sept. 2. The court set no terminal date for the stay, granting time to challenge the confession legality under a U. S. Supreme Court police procedure ruling.
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Little Rock
Luther Bailey
Woodson
Tucker Prison Farm
Arkansas Supreme Court
Bailey
U. S. Supreme Court
Citizens Group Incorporates Arkansas Judicial Foundation
The Citizens Judicial Foundation of Arkansas is incorporated by attorneys and laymen to study court system reforms. It may propose legislation or constitutional amendments to improve courts, an organ spokesman said. The group rose from a three day Citizens Conference on the Courts held last year at Hot Springs. Walter Hussman of Camden is temporary chairman.
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Associated Press
Little Rock
Citizens Judicial Foundation of Arkansas
Hot Springs
Pulaski County
Walter Hussman
Camden
Agreement Triggers Mixed Reactions Over Open Housing
Civil rights groups split after an accord with Chicago officials on open housing. Some leaders resume protests and plan a Cicero march, while others vow ongoing demonstrations. Gov. Kerner pledged National Guard support to maintain order amid tensions with CORE and West Side Organization. In Milwaukee, youths jeered a Negro group during a night of civil rights protest, and in eastern Turkey, no quakes were reported as the region mourned a deadly Friday earthquake.
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Associated Press
Martin Luther King Jr
Chicago
Ted King
Cicero
West Side Organization
Robert Lucas
Congress of Racial Equality
King
Lucas
Chester Robinson
West Side
Otto Kerner
Illinois National Guard
Milwaukee
Wis
Wauwatosa
Africans at UN organize to reshape international court
Africans at the United Nations push to reform the International Court of Justice in The Hague to prevent rulings like the South West Africa judgment. They seek more African and Asian representation by enlarging the court and choosing sympathetic judges, challenging Western powers over charter amendments and elections.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William N. Oatis
United Nations
N.Y
International Court of Justice
The
Hague
South-West Africa
Ethiopia
Liberia
South Africa
League of Nations
U.N
General Assembly
Africa
Asia
Assembly
Security Council
United States
Britain
France
China
Unon
Uns
Council
Asiam
Never Fear You Are Never Alone If You Are a True Believer
A Star Feature tale by Mary Anita Laseter recounts Jim a working man who visits a church each day at five to talk to God. A compassionate priest discovers Jim is dying and finds the bedside confession that at five an unseen figure says Jim this is God.
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Mary Anita Laseter
Jim
Sim
God
Highlights in History of Today Aug 27 1966
On this date in history notable events are listed including Krakatoa eruption in 1883, Kaiser Wilhelm der Grosse sinking in 1914, Italy and Romania declaring war in 1916, Kellogg Briand Treaty in 1928, penicillin discovery in 1942, RAF attack on Nuremberg in 1943, and notable political and NAACP incident notes from recent years.
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Associated Press
Krakatoo
Maly
Germany
Romania
Austria-Hungary
Paris
Royal Air Force
Nuernberg
Washington
U.S
Egypt
Rome
Amintore Fanfani
Khrushchev
Kremlin
Berlin
Natchez, Miss
NAACP
George Metcalfe
Sons and Father Strike Ends at Acme Roofing Co
In Gloversville New York a two day walkout at Acme Roofing Co ends after Theron Blodgett agrees to raise his sons Ronald and Richard from 2.50 dollars an hour to an undisclosed amount. The sons drop demands for paid vacations and holidays. Also in Ashland Ohio delegates at the Brethren Church 78th general conference vote to merge the National Brethren Youth and National Sunday School Board into a single Board of Christian Education.
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Gloversville
N.Y
Acme Roofing Co
Theron Blodgett
Ronald
Richard
Ashland
Ohio
General Conference of the Brethren Church
National Brethren Youth
National Sunday School Board
Singgle
Christian Educa+ tich
Arkansas Senators Back Amendment On Minimum Wage Delay
In Washington, Arkansas Senators John L. McClellan and J William Fulbright joined 40 others voting for an amendment to shift the effective date of a new 160 per hour minimum wage from February 1, 190% to February 1, 1909. The amendment was defeated 42 to 40.
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Washington
Arkansas
John L. McClellan
J. William Fulbright
Senate approves $1.60 minimum wage expansion plan
Senate passed its version raising the minimum wage from $1.25 to $1.60 and extending coverage to about seven million workers. The bill, 51-57 on final passage, heads to a conference with the House, which approved a similar measure last May 26. Conferees must decide on the Feb 1 1968 start or a later date and whether a Republican amendment narrowing coverage to $350,000 annual business will take effect in 1969.
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Joe Hall Washington
Senate
House
Johnson
Afl-Cio
Congress
Apfl-Cio
Winston L. Prouty
R. Vt
Anglo Texan Society elects Lord Caccia president
LONDON AP Lord Caccia agreed to be president of the Anglo-Texan Society replacing the late Lord Bossom. Caccia served as British ambassador in Washington from 1956 to 1961, leading a group of Englishmen fond of Texas and Texans. TOKYO AP A WHALING conference may face rough sailing if the Soviet Union won’t compromise. If cooperative, the Aug 31 opening could finish in one day. Japan Norway Soviet Britain to divide a 3500 blue whale unit quota among five nations. BUDAPEST AP Films from Italy France and the United States dominated Hungary’s 3 million moviegoers. U.S. film War and Peace was the favorite for the eighth year running. PHOENIX AP Barery Goldwater’s 51-year-old mother, Mrs Josephine Goldwater, billed in hospital with a broken hip after a fall at home.
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London
Anglos Texan Society Today
Lord Caccia
Lord Bossom
Texas
Anglo-Texan Society
Washington
Tokyo
Soviet Union
Fisheries Agency
Japan
Norway
Britain
International Whaling Commission
Budapest
Hungary
Italy
France
United States
Hungarian Oil History Institute
U.S
Phoenix
Ariz
Barery Goldwater
Josephine Goldy Waters
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Charlotte
N.C
Legion Auxiliary Officials
Tito
Belgrade
Yugoslavia
Riter Mihilo Mihajlov
Communist Party
Win
Citizens Group Incorporates
Turkey
Erzurum
Nixon
Richard M. Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
California
Boston
George V. Kenyon
Ashendon
Bosston
South End
Anglo-Texan Society Elects
Goldwater
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