Unity Plan Emerges From GOP Leaders Across Factions
A new Republican Coordinating Committee plan aims to craft policies on major issues with a bipartisan committee structure. Melvin Laird chairs, including top leaders from Goldwater to Nixon, Dewey to Dirksen, with a staff and task forces to study Johnson administration policies.
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Tell the United States to Jump in the Lake Week
A Roark column mocks US diplomacy as a fictional Prime Minister of Disdania pleads for aid while attacking embassy staff. The exchange escalates with windows broken, a library burned, hostages, and a coup detat threatening a new regime amid a string of international grievances.
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Ousted President Debate Splits Nevada University Board
A Nevada university presidency under Walter F. Clark and Charles Armstrong is scrutinized as regents, faculty, and Reno citizens clash over leadership. The essayist predicts a coming upheaval, citing southern campus turmoil and calls for Carlson as a stronger choice amid regent divisions.
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Truth on Fixes in Municipal Court Case Control
The SUN urges Police Chief Lorin Bunker to publish a full public report clarifying alleged case fixing in drunk driving files. The piece notes hidden complaints and lighter outcomes tied to a bartender linked to the underground pattern, urging transparency over private commission briefings.
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Dear John Letters Show Popular Column Expands
Readers hail the Dear John advice feature as a hit beyond its home base. Mrs. Hamilton of Minot requests Texas expansion and submits letters about dating, animals, and pestering questions, while BJ faces a lighthearted nudge to get a pet.
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Famous Last Words by Barnaby Conrad on Tchaikovsky
The piece recounts the famed relationship between composer Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky and Madame Nadejda von Meck. Though they never met, they carried on a 13 year letter correspondence before his death with his final murmured reproach directed at her.
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Almanac: Today in History and notable birthdays
December 31 notes the moon phase and visible planets Venus Mars Mercury in the morning and Jupiter Saturn at night. Notable events include Edison’s incandescent lamp demo in 1879, Marshall born in 1880, Ellis Island receiving immigrants in 1890, and Truman’s WWII end proclamation in 1946.
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