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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1968
Page
2
The publication presents the motto of the News Tribune Company, acknowledging publisher William H. Weldon and president Robert Blosser. It quotes Thomas Jefferson on pursuing truth and tolerating error when reason remains free to challenge it.
The 3.4 mile dual-lane segment of U.S. Highway 54 south of Jefferson City opens, bringing total separated highway length to 11 miles in a 40 mile stretch. Remaining 29 miles to be dual laned under a five year plan. Highway 63 between Jefferson City and Columbia advancing with right of way secured for a second lane. Gov Hearnes eyes toll funding to accelerate both projects as the state's key routes remain among the busiest in Mid Missouri.
An opinion piece argues campus radicals disrupt education at San Francisco State College and Indiana University. It cites SDS demands and fires, contending the open campus policy should shield inquiry while urging disruptive students be removed to allow others to study.
A U.S. Senate employment subcommittee led by Sen. Joseph Clark concludes after 18 months of hearings and 400 witnesses that the federal Sectrogram is a failure. The study, including 1,000 interviews, calls for employment focused efforts to end poverty and improve manpower.
This column defends American values amid New Left criticisms, arguing the nation excels in human decency, freedom of faith, and race relations. It cites figures like Kennedy, Jackie Robinson, and Branch Rickey, contrasts with global limits, and ends with pride in the flag and a call for principled self‑confidence.
A Jefferson City reader letters page discusses Thomas P. Rose City Attorney’s planned Dec 2 1968 ruling on a Fair Housing Ordinance referendum, critiques delays and outside counsel use, and urges a public candidate session. An Open letter to PTA Council president Shirley Cheatham protests Family Life and Sex Education materials and offers to show a book to the board.
A late noticed speech by Interior Minister Raymond Marcellin ties France's May June upheaval to international revolutionary movements led by Trotskyists Maoists and Castroists. He cites Havana 1966 ties and warns of foreign trained radicals guiding student and labor unrest across Europe and the U.S. The piece also notes CIA estimates of francs losses and U.S. concerns over easing foreign investment controls under President-elect Nixon.
Jefferson City Almanac recalls December 2 1958 with city pay delays resolved by council gesture and new Chamber of Commerce directors set for 1960 terms. It also notes Joel Case’s Missouri football morale award and 25 years ago a bid for a synthetic plant, local military returns, air port site visit, mining interests trip, a fire at Knaup’s property, and Rube Armstrong’s U S Balloon Service discharge.
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