Rumor Central in Chicago Aimed at Quashing Disorder
Chicago runs Rumor Central a telephone service by the Commission on Human Relations to confirm or deny rumors amid riots. It has handled tens of thousands of calls about threats from Stokely Carmichael to imagined fires and lynchings and shows value in warning and calming crowds.
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America
Democrats Postpone Women's Conference to After Election
The Democratic National Committee delays its Women’s Conference from next month to after the 1969 election, citing women being too busy. The piece notes the mix of women and the possibility some wouldn’t know the score. The column also mentions scientists debating dolphin intelligence and the potential for intelligent beings on another world.
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Democratic National Committee
Feathers Fly As Doves Hawks Escalate Vietnam Debate
Washington column mocks doves and hawks arguing over Vietnam policy with jokes on Tet offensive talks de escalation and Domino Theory. The piece features exchanges attributing victory claims to both sides and ends with a domestic scene about cheese dip and cocktails.
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Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Peace talks in Vietnam hinge on Hanoi concessions and U S resolve
The column argues that a Vietnam peace hinges on concessions from Hanoi and U S willingness to back any settlement. It compares potential armistice talks to Korea and warns that genuine withdrawal requires multilateral backing and verifiable promises. It notes Moscow and Beijing influence and stresses South Vietnamese solidarity.
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Ho Chi Minh Drives Hanoi Bargaining Edge in Peace Talks
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak assess Ho Chi Minh holding strong aces as Hanoi presses Washington toward direct talks. They note U S misreadings, Thieu government fragility, and growing U S disenchantment as key factors shaping the bargaining position before negotiations aimed at a political settlement.
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Wife Does Her Duty in Fulbright Row
Washington reports a sharp clash between Mrs. J William Fulbright and Senator Fulbright over his critique of President Johnson. The column argues her intervention tempered a premature attack that could aid Hanoi, praising the wife's decisive rebuke and noting the broader political stakes amid peace talks.
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Quotes on Vietnam Korea policy and U S unity
Timely quotes discuss stalemate in Vietnam and Korea style compromise without victory or defeat. Johnson calls for internal unity and cautions against internal division while noting the educated army as graduate students enter the draft era.
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UN announces truce plan to end fighting in Palestine
The United Nations unveiled a Palestine truce plan to halt the fighting and bloodshed. In Plainview tickets go on advance sale for a LaVern Road barbecue expected to draw a large crowd in the City Auditorium tomorrow night. Dr Juddie Johnson Willingham of Sherman joins Texas Tech as a professor in the dairy manufactures department per President Whyburn. Tech student Tom Cleveland spoke at the Hilton Club luncheon outlining Belgian Congo missions where his parents served 35 years.
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Remembering Marines at Khe Sanh in a distracted America
Henry J. Taylor urges honoring the 6 000 US Marines at Khe Sanh amid city burnings and MLK memorials. He recalls Ernie Pyle and Ike on heroism, describes months of siege, 40 000 rounds, and the 200 dead 1 600 wounded, noting rats and trash among the hardships and paying tribute to fallen Marines Vincent Day Leonard Paine Otto Lahr Richard Casey and others.
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Eisenhower
Ernie Pyle
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Main Street
Vincent Day
Massachusetts
Leonard Paine
Florida
Otto Lahr
Illinois
Richard Casey
California
Getting Personal: Crime Rise Feels Personal in Dallas
Guest editorial notes Dallas crime rose 15 percent last year versus 16 percent nationally. The piece argues crime becomes personal when violence affects individuals, warning that widespread victimization may force a public toward solutions.
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Dallas Morning News
Johnson calls for new country communities to ease city burden
President Johnson warns that within a decade 40 million more will crowd cities already taxed and decaying. He proposes building family homes in new rural communities with affordable purchases, tax incentives for factories, and opportunities for urban poor to gain independence.
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Orlando
Fla
Sentinel
Dear Turnrow Tunker reveals shifting presidential bids
O C McBride notes that Romney Rockefeller and LBJ have withdrawn from the race. He predicts Harold Stassen might be the last candidate by November if trends continue. He also jokes about Russian housing limits and personal space.
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