Time picks New Generation as 1966 Man of the Year
Time Magazine designates the New Generation, ages 25 and under, as Man of the Year for 1966. The piece notes youth poised to shape politics and society through reasoned reform rather than force, with Kennedy as a modern hero and a future ethic guiding national change. It highlights three paths to power: persuasion, electoral participation, or force, and argues conventional youth favor the first two over rebellion.
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Time Magazine
U.S
Russia
Canada
Time
Mozart
Bombay
Berkeley
Vinh Long
Volgograd
John F. Kennedy
America
Stokely Carmichael
Mario Savio
Carmichael
Savio
Life Magazine
Supersonic Airliner Plans Meet Central Criticisms
The US supersonic airliner contracts appear flawed with no schedule announced by Boeing and GE. President Johnson cannot predict when construction will start as critics question need, technology, and financing for a project possibly costing near 5 billion dollars. The plan could affect domestic air travel and the US balance of payments, with doubts about single-vendor risk and the sonic boom issue.
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New York
U.S
Boeing
General Electric
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
Lockheed
New Generation Gains Allies Across Age Groups
The passage argues that students need adult and peer allies to reform American life. It criticizes Savios and Carmichaels while highlighting 24-year-old opera singer Jane Marsh 23-year-old Medal of Honor winner Robert E. O'Malley and 19-year-old Kansas track star Jim Ryan as examples of young achievers. It emphasizes many young people in the under-25 ranks as proof of a free society's strength.
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Savios
Carmichaels
Jane Marsh
Robert E. O’malley
Kansas
Jim Ryan
Jack's Straws Male Incompetence In Home Disaster
Jack Zimmerman recalls a weekend mishap when he toppled a pine tree in solution causing a pine needle mess on a rug. His wife returned to a clogged vacuum and a lingering odor as she restrained laughter at his clumsy washing of their home.
Resignation and Appointments in Topeka Governance 1957
In 1957 Topeka, Governor Fred Hall resigned following Chief Justice William Smith. John McCuish became governor and named Hall to the Kansas Supreme Court. The item also notes fashion chatter and past film listings from 1942 and 1926 community recollections.
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Topeka
Fred Hall
William Smith
John McCuish
Hall
Kansas Supreme Court
William Paley
Duchess of Windsor
Princess Grace
Winston Guest
Audrey Hepburn
Marlene Dietrich
Mao Foe May Lose Ground in Chinese Labor Move
Reports from Tass and Ceteka claim the All China Federation of Trade Unions has been dissolved or replaced by the All-China Association of Red Revolutionaries, signaling a blow to Liu Shao-chi. The ACFTU links the party to 26 million industrial workers and directs production.
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Tokyo
China
Mao Tse-tung
Lin Piao
Liu Shao-chi
Tass
Ceteka
All China Federation of Trade Unions
ACFTU
Peking
Mao
Red Guards
Liu
Red Guard
Lin
Air Force Restores 2300 Older Airmen as Pilots Amid Shortage
The Air Force plans to train 3247 pilots annually, reactivates Randolph AFB as the ninth training base, and will bring back 2300 aging airmen still qualified to fly. Pentagon denies an official shortage while Navy and Army shortfalls loom in preliminary Senate reviews.
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Air Force
Washington
Pentagon
Randolph Air Force Base
San Antonio
Tex
Vietnam
Navy
Senate
C. John Stennis
D-Miss
Congress
Army
Auto Makers Ready to Negotiate Over 1968 Safety Standards
Major U.S. and foreign car makers told the Commerce Department they cannot meet all 23 proposed safety standards for 1968 models. They seek modifications and timing delays while Dr. William Haddon Jr. weighs industry comments and negotiates possible changes. Ford GM AMC Chrysler listed the numbers they could meet now or with minor changes.
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U.S
Commerce Department
William Haddon Jr
National Highway Safety Agency
Haddon
Philip A. Hart
D-Mich
Washington
Ford
General Motors
American Motors
Chrysler
Today’s Bible Message and Prayer for New Year
A devotional note quotes II Corinthians 4 6 RSV about light shining from darkness and offers a prayer thanking God for guiding the new year. It asks for grace to walk with Jesus and ends with Amen. The piece reflects faith focus and scriptural reflection.
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God
Jesus
Panama Observance Marks 1964 Canal Zone clash
Panama official decree sets memorial observances next Monday for the Jan 9 1964 clash that left 21 Panamanians dead along the Canal Zone boundary in Panama City and Colon after a Panamanian flag display near the U S controlled area.
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Panama
Canal Zone
Panama City
Colon
Panama Canal Zone
Letters praising garden clubs anti litter work in Lawrence
Bertilla Brummel of Garnett Kansas writes to the Journal World praising the 1966 anti litter reports and Kansas Garden Clubs. She credits the newspaper for good publicity and cooperation with Lawrence garden clubs in beautification efforts making the city safer and cleaner.
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Journal-World
Kansas
Journal- World
Lawrence
Bertilla Brummel
Kansas Garden Clubs
Garnett
Kan
Bad Breath Causes and Allergies From Doctor Mother
A physician explains that diet alone does not cause breath odors if digestion is normal. Foods like garlic, onions, smoking, and alcohol can rile breath for hours. Main causes include trapped food particles, gum disease, chronic nasal throat infections, and lung infections.
English cowboy runs Southern Hotel in Manchester
Hal Boyle profiles John Ridley 45 proprietor of the Southern Hotel in South Manchester. Ridley, a self described two gun English cowboy, talks of his Confederate and Texas flags in the hotel, his Quick-Draw Club involvement in Blackpool, and his fascination with the American South and West. He recalls meeting U S Army soldiers during World War II and a birthday episode in Caserta.
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Manchester
England
South
Texas
John Ridley
Southern Hotel
Ridley
Blackpool
Pardner
Italy
Caserta
TV sees Super Bowl clash with unions ahead of game
The NFL and AFL champions meet in Los Angeles on January fifteenth as CBS and NBC plan joint network coverage. NBC union NABET protests CBS originated footage and threatens complaints to four federal agencies in a bidding fight over the telecast. Public viewers could lose out if the dispute disrupts or blocks air time.
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National Broadcasting Co
Columbia Broadcasting System
CBS
NBC
National Association of Broadcast Employes
International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers
NABET
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