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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 06, 1968
Page
2
The NEWS TRIBUNE publishes a Jefferson quote attributed to liberty and reason as the paper opens with a pro free inquiry note. Publisher William H. Weldon signs the masthead alongside President Robert Blosser.
Governor Hearnes argues state government needs more streamlining beyond the 1945 constitution. The Missouri Public Expenditure Survey shows 86 agencies report to the governor, costing over 100 million annually and creating an organizational jungle. It recommends regrouping agencies into fewer departments and establishing clear authority, plus reestablishing a Little Hoover Commission to study and propose solutions.
Opinion piece notes the U S U N mission in New York faces cuts in travel mail and entertainment while salaries and staff remain unchanged. Writers mock the waste, claiming diplomats work little despite a large budget and paring back only peripheral costs.
Maj. Gen. Thomas A. Lane argues that Democrat policies created national turmoil and misinformed the public. He blames a disorganized Republican opposition for the party’s failure to unite, organize, and defend conservative convictions in Congress, calling for urgent action to restore governance.
Health, Education and Welfare Secretary Wilbur Cohen proposed a single national welfare system financed entirely by the federal government. The plan would convert state local welfare staff into federal employees, cost about 4 billion dollars more annually, and aim to standardize benefits while expanding job training and birth control access. Cohen floated ties to negative income tax and guaranteed annual wage as part of the package.
Twenty eight congressmen led by Rep Betts Ohio propose a 1970 census change allowing citizens to refuse answering questions beyond name address sex and race. Betts says all other census questions should be voluntary.
Paul Harvey argues there is no universal standard to declare death and warns that unclear criteria risk compromising organ transplants. He cites cases from a plane crash, battlefield, and hospitals where supposed deaths revived, urging a clear, authoritative rule before more transplants occur.
A panel of students at Wavering University debated the topic What is wrong with our parents with Denton Holdens and Mary Beth Lou arguing for parental discipline and student independence. Dick Duncan blamed economic pressures and advertising for parental overreach, while Sherry Cerf and Esther Bird defended reasonable parenting and communication shifts. The group proposed a Ford Foundation funded study on parent discontent and ways to channel adult activism.
A report from June 6 1958 notes Republican women gathering in Jefferson City for the 29th annual Federation of Republican Women's Clubs of Missouri convention. Governor Blair doubts Missouri can join a new federal unemployment plan without a special session or public vote while state unemployment tops at 33 dollars for 26 weeks. The American Legion Roscoe Enilee Post No 5 boasts 438 paid up members with 15 wartime veterans eligible for membership, aiming for 500 by year’s end. Cov John W Bricker called for a congressional probe into the Hot Springs UN Food Conference to explain newsmen exclusion.
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