The Year of the Great Famine in India
A stark forecast marks 1967 as famine potential as India faces 30 million subsisting on grass and roots. Freeman urges a 50-50 global grain pledge, noting the USSR's 1966 harvest while wary of arms spending. Political risk, industrial focus, and Indira Gandhi’s stance color a grim outlook.
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India
Orville L. Freeman
United States
Soviet Union
Uss.s.r
Kremlin
Kosygin
Too Early for Answers About Reagan Honeymoon Receives Moratorium
Ronald Reagan faces a flood of advice from supporters and critics as he nears inauguration. Staff lack time to sift through counsel while preparing to govern California, prompting calls for a voluntary moratorium on public opinions. The piece argues for restraint and a brief honeymoon before tackling new duties.
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Ronald Reagan
Reagan
Town Meeting on Courtesy and Vietnam Protests
A reader laments missing thanks for condolence cards and urges civility. Another letter argues for peaceful Vietnam demonstrations to defend constitutional rights while urging Vietnamese fighters to lead and spare U S soldiers and funds.
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Vietnam
Educational Upheaval In Red China Shifts Schools Worldwide
Hong Kong reports upheaval in China as the Cultural Revolution disrupts seven months of university and secondary education. Enrollments paused, exams scrapped, and a two year on campus study reduced to two years with farm factory training. The reform favors political lineage, prompting student letters demanding altered curricula and a shift toward Mao Tse Tung’s works as core material. The purge of educators grows, and long term effects on Chinese youth and global education remain uncertain.
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Hong Kong
China
THE
Communist Party
Jasdine
Tse-Tung
Chén Yi
Chen
Mao
Lin Piao
Lin
Jenmin Jin Pao
China Reconstructs
Mao Tse-Tung
Congressional Watchdogs Misuse of Counterpart Funds Abroad
A House watchdog subcommittee returning from overseas trips spent taxpayer money freely. Members brought their wives, stayed at top hotels, and accepted entertainment from trade groups. Chair Rosenthal demanded no handouts while questions arise about the panel’s own fund misuse.
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Washington
House
Europe
Middle East
Benjamin Rosenthal
D-N.y
London
Tel Aviv
Rosenthal
D-Ny
Randall
T-Mo
St. Germain
D-Rt
Dole
R-Kan
Dickinson
R-Ala
Freed
Subcommittee
Best
Excelsior
Rae
Dale
Invstead
Rep. Eduards
Rome
Victoria Hotel
Atlantic
Air Force
Trade groups under fire over junket spending and tours
Drew Pearson reports on a congressional subcommittee trip with two military escort officers and Agriculture Department involvement. The panel has blasted Cotton Council and other farm trade groups for misusing funds while praising export gains. testimony notes vacations and taxpayer funded perks, yet staff and department aides prepared the junket itinerary and hearings amid calls for reform.
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Cotton Council
Great Plains Wheat Association
Rice Council
U.S. Feed Grains Council
National Renderers Association
Soybean Council
Trnds
U.S
Agriculture Department
Fast Life scandal and political quips ripple today
Bobby Baker must stand trial on charges including income tax evasion fraud conspiracy and grand larceny. Congressman Quagmire questions government standards on spending spare time. Robert Kennedy departs Sun Valley after a bad ski spill. Anatoli Granyko plans a Kennedy administration history. Adam Clayton Powell contends his name is tarnished. A nuclear blast shakes Las Vegas as an Indy slot player laments a tumble without a jackpot.
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Bobby Baker
Quagmire
Harris Predicts 1967 Conflicts and Revolt
The item teases forecasts for 1967 by a so called Old Swami Harris. It claims armed conflict will erupt in the Near East and a palace revolt will unfold in the Middle East as part of forthcoming year events.
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Swami Harris
Near East
Middle East
Predicted 1967: A satirical New Year forecast
Sydney Harris surveys a coming year with sharp, provocative jabs at politics, race, culture, and society. It foresees diplomatic tests, inflation twists, public hypocrisy, and a broad critique of government, media, and urban life as 1967 unfolds.
What Others Say About Talent, Power, and Civil Rights
Bill Sehnberg laments wasted talent seeping through the ground and a business minded cry of waste from American businessmen. He argues that the black power slogan has set the civil rights movement back, referencing United States Senator Robert F. Kennedy.
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America
Bill Sehnberg
United States
Robert F. Kennedy
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