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Newspaper
Jefferson City Post Tribune
Location
Jefferson City, Missouri, United States of America
Date
Jun 30, 1964
Page
2
The NEWS TRIBUNE COMPANY quotes Thomas Jefferson on liberty and inquiry, urging readers to pursue truth and tolerate error while reason remains free to challenge it. The message underscores the paper's commitment to principled journalism.
The U S House Ways and Means Committee shelved the King-Anderson Medicare plan despite claims of a Senate path. Proponents argue it would extend some medical services to Social Security beneficiaries paid by higher taxes, while critics warn of socialized medicine and high costs. Supporters cite Kerr-Mills as a better targeted approach and warn Medicare could become a major campaign issue in 1964.
Traffic safety expert urges extra caution during the July Fourth period as Missouri faces one of its worst years for crashes. Col. Hugh H. Waggoner notes 7,300+ U.S. deaths since 1947 and 185 Missouri fatalities in the last 17 years, urging defensive driving, vehicle checks, and strict compliance with traffic laws to reduce needless deaths.
The Wall Street Journal notes urbanizing suburbs and rural areas as the new fronts in the private versus public power struggle. Federally financed rural systems press into markets, while investor owned utilities expand, aiming to double national electric output in the next decade. The debate pits tax subsidized, public-like networks against private enterprises funded by earnings, with the nation choosing amid high taxes and deficits.
Russell Kirk’s column gathers reader letters arguing against a need-based test for college scholarships. Parents describe high-achieving students who receive nothing while others with modest means gain aid, noting prejudice against honest, non-needy families and questioning whether colleges reward merit or subsidize wealth.
In this letter the writer commends the paper while detailing sight distance flaws on the new Route 63 between Jefferson City and Columbia. He cites near zero sight lines north of Claysville, south of Mt Pleasant Church, missing No Passing markings, and unsafe farm machinery crossings. He notes lack of signs, lighting, guard rails, and stop signs, and criticizes highway officials for inaction despite meetings with the Highway Commission and Gov Dalton's staff.
The piece analyzes a Lenin inspired Chinese and Korean style drive by Communists through US media to portray Ngo Dinh Diem as persecuting Buddhists. It cites UN fact finding and Sen. Dodd closing remarks framing the Diem regime as overthrown by misrepresented human rights claims and a looming Communist threat.
The piece declares the era’s central question is whether the United States will endure as a free republic amid communist threats and creeping socialism, rather than debates on civil rights bills or poverty programs.
A civic appeal urges citizens to contact their senators and representatives on key issues such as rent legislation. It highlights the duty to stay informed and engaged, listing Sen. Stuart Symington, Sen. Edward Y. Long, and Rep. Richard Ichord with their Washington offices and the Eighth District counties served.
The piece argues Congress must raise the debt limit to 324 billion with Treasury projecting further deficits in 1965 and 1966. Sen Harry Byrd criticizes deficits as reckless while warning on rising interest costs and a loss of public confidence could trigger recession, gold and dollar runs, or policy shifts.
Washington anecdotes mix politics humor with bureaucrats and crime. J A Farley hosts a banquet where Mortimer Kaplan is called out, a gambler dodge nets two dozen policy runners, and a joke about a numbers runner surfaces in a courtroom. Sen. Ervin notes a tranquilizer tale, while Keating cites a Huntsville prison inmate backing a wiretapping bill.
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