Weathered editorial satire and city notes from clippings
A column of editorial snippets on heat wave writing fatigue and the idea of a witty piece as a small classic, followed by short quips on sleep and worry and a cheeky note about a civic center spray pool for workers and a novelty sound amplifier for radios. Names include Greensboro Daily News, Biloxi Daily Herald, Tulsa Tribune, Waynesboro News Virginian.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Apollo
Diana
Mencken
Wilde
Journalise
Greensboro
N.C
Dailey News
Court House
Civic Center
Tulsa
Okla
Tribune
Britain Enacts Law Austerity Prices and Wages Freeze
Britain adopts a prices and incomes freeze to be law by August with a standstill on prices and earnings until year end and six months of severe restraint afterward. The bill, aimed at stabilizing the economy, will affect six million workers including railway electrical gas and building trades and doctors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Malkin
London
Harold Wilson
Wilson
Wallington
Economics
George Brown
Labor and
Wreck Believed to Be U2 Spy Plane in Bolivia
Bolivian and U.S. officials probed a wreckage in western Bolivia for evidence it was the missing U2 reconnaissance jet from Florida. Pilot Capt. Robert D. Hickman, 32, of Alexandria, Louisiana, was identified by farmers. The plane took off from Barksdale AFB on a routine mission and apparently flew on after the pilot lost consciousness.
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Oruro
Bolivia
U.S
Florida
Peru
Chile
la Pag
Robert D. Hickman
Alexandria
U.S. Defense Department
Hickman
Barksdale Air Force Base
Pentagon
Panama
Cuba
Colombia
Brazil
Ecuador
Llanquera
Hickan
Rosston Baptist Revival Service at First Rosston
Revival services run July 31 through August 7 at First Baptist Church of Rosston. Evangelist is Rev. Otis Reddin. pastor is Rev. Arlis Evans.
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First Baptist Church of
Rosston
Otis Reddin
Arlis Evans
Chas Gough Replies to Editorial on Local Baseball Reports
Letter from Chas Gough defending volunteer leagues and city support for youth baseball. He notes taxes do not fund reporting, praises parks recreation volunteers, and urges cooperation over blame while thanking Star and KXAR for help. He emphasizes 13 years of effort and a responsive city government with diligent use of tax dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parks and Recreation Department
Pye
Camermen
Star
KXAR
Rockefeller Group Film for State Opens Arkansas Trip
Winsthrop Rockefeller and four Arkansans head to California to film a television special Agriculture U S A with two agricultural students Miss Arkansas and the 1965 66 Dairy Princess. The letter from Charles Gough defends city recreation spending and urges focus on facts over opinion.
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Little Rock
Winsthrop Rockefeller
Arkansans
California
Agriculture
U.S.A
Rockefeller
Danny C. Denton
Sparkman
Harold Riggan Jr
Corning
Miss Arkansas
Mary Craig
Batesville
Diane Hall
Democrats Fearful of Farm Revolt
The Chicago Tribune quoted U S Secretary of Agriculture Orville L Freeman telling Democratic congressional candidates at a closed meeting that farm areas harbor deep resentment toward the administration. Freeman warned against addressing higher living costs and urged candidates to back the farmer's side, noting housewives are less organized.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Chicago Tribune
U.S
Orville L. Freeman
Washington
Aldo Beckman
Freeman
Crime Rate Surges Higher Than U S Growth in 1965
Washington AP FBI reports 1965 crime rate up 5% nationwide, outpacing population growth. Suburbs show 8% rise, Western states 10%. Serious crimes hit about five per minute, totaling 2.78 million incidents. Since 1960 serious crimes up 46% while population grows by percent.
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Washington
FBI
U.S
Russia charges U S aggression over Viet Nam peace talks
TOKYO AP Soviet Foreign Minister Andrei Gromyko accused the United States of potentially using a Viet Nam peace conference as a screen for further aggression. At a news conference in Tokyo after a weeklong visit he warned a new Geneva conference could be used to hide aggression. Japanese Premier Eisaku Satō met with Gromyko to urge Russia to reconvene the 1954 Geneva talks, but he was unsuccessful, like British PM Harold Wilson and Indian PM Indira Gandhi.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokyo
Andrei A. Gromyko
United States
Japan
Gromyko
Eisaku Saton
Sato
Harold Wilson
Indira Gandhi
Computers to Teach West Palo Alto First Graders
East Palo Alto will trial a $3 million Stanford organized computer aided reading and arithmetic program for Brentwood School first graders. The project, housed in a new IBM based classroom with 20 stations and earphones, runs full grade lessons for a year, tracking each pupil’s progress and tailoring instruction.
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Leif Erickson
East Palo Alto
Calif
Brentwood
Richard C. Atkinson
Stanford Institute For Mathematical Studies
U.S. Ofefice of Education
IBM
Awtie
Atkinson
Tells LBJ to Go See Riot Cities
Former Senator Barry Goldwater urges President Johnson to visit major cities and warn of riots spiraling beyond control. He advocates two to three weeks of speaking plainly to rioters and says civil rights promises to Negro Americans have not been kept. Moyers notes Johnson spoke in the Midwest and has expressed clear views.
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Associated Press Washington
Barry Goldwater
Johnson
Goldwater
National Press Club
White House
Bill D. Moyers
Midwest
Miami News agrees to print and advertise with Miami Herald
The Miami News and Miami Herald reach an agreement to have the Herald take over printing circulation and advertising for the News. Editorials remain independent. the News will drop the Sunday edition and move to the Herald building within about 30 days. News daily circulation 120000. Herald 340000. Knight interests own the Herald.
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Miami, Fla
Miami News
The
Miami Herald
News
James M. Cox Jr
Morning Herald
Cox
Bill Baggs
Ed Pierce
Herald
Southeast
Knight Newspaper Interests
Charlotte
N.C
Detroit
Mich
Baggs
Air Strike Settlement Moves Toward Ratification
President Johnson announced a tentative airline strike settlement aimed at resuming air service for 35,000 mechanics across five major carriers United Eastern Northwest National and Trans World. Negotiators push a vote by strikers Sunday with wage increases near four percent annually over three years, while officials insist the deal won t fuel inflation.
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Neil Gilbride
Washington
Johnson
White House
P.L. (Roy) Stemiller
Afl-Cio International Association of Machine
William J. Curtin
United
Eastern
Northwest
National
Trans World Airlines
Police Halt Rioting in Baltimore
In Baltimore clashes between Negro and white youths erupted on North Castle Street after a small fracas expanded into a larger skirmish. A 38 year old man and a 4 year old girl suffered minor injuries. Police enforced an injunction barring rallies by the National States Rights Party. five people were charged with rioting after clashes following an anti Negro rally led by the party. Connie Lynch, cited as an itinerant preacher, warned more would come.
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Baltimore
North Castle Street
National States Rights Party
Connie Lynch
Buldmore Grand Jury
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Alex
Washburn
Bagology
Biloxi-Gulfport
Miss
Dally Herald
Waynesboro
NewseVirginian
J. Alexis Johnson
Edwin Q. Reischauer
Harvard
Britain
Chas. Gough
Rockefeller Group Film For State
Little League
Charles Gough
Luci Johnson and
Patrick Nugent
Russia
West
LBJ
Miami
Air Strike
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