Church Leadership Speaks Out on School Prayer Proposal
Opinion clashes over Senator Dirksen's voluntary school prayer amendment as liberal church officials and the National Council of Churches oppose it while many Protestants Catholics and Jews express mixed positions. Supporters count 47 senators backing grassroots pressure. action likely next year with elections.
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Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
National Council of Churches
National Council
Congress
Supreme Court
Texas Plan Urges Action To Aid Retarded Youth
The Texas Plan to Combat Mental Retardation calls for regional diagnostic centers and small special education classes, with 10 students per room, to improve evaluation and teaching. It urges universities to develop trained teachers, postgraduate workshops, and sheltered workshops to reduce lifelong care costs and create productive citizens.
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Texas
Lubbock
DeMolay Conclave Honors Texas State Gathering in Lubbock
The 38th annual Texas State Conclave of the Order of DeMolay arrives in Lubbock today through Saturday at KoKo Inn Motel. Sponsored by Masonic orders, the event promotes high ideals and character for boys 14 to 21 with athletics, citizenship, and faith activities. The community welcomes the young men, advisors, and guests joining the statewide conclave.
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T.ubbock
Texas
Order of DeMolay
KoKo Inn Motel
Censors Debate Film Judgement Roles
The Theatrical Stage Employes Union argues projectionists should not face trial for failing to pass moral judgment on films before showing them. Seven states have convicted projectionists while responsibility lies with management. Projectionists lack authority similar to a police sergeant in Nashville, Tennessee.
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Union
Nashville
Tennessee
Wedding Dress Details Spoil Excited City Couple
A reader laments Women's Wear Daily revealing Luci Baines Johnson's wedding gown after weeks of speculation. The piece recalls daily clippings, wedding plans, and an ironic twist as the couple's anticipation collapses when the dress description is published, leading to a rushed fishing plan.
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Washington
Luci Baines Johnson
Luci
Pat Nugent
Pat
Pato
Austin
White House
Women's Wear Daily
Strike Court Suggested By Airline Dispute
President Johnson’s last minute intervention failed to resolve core issues in the airline strike agreement. The deal left transportation costs uncertain and exposed public interest to political hesitation as Congress offered speeches but no binding measures. Millions faced disruption and potential losses as labor tensions continued.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
New York Times
White House
Scared of a Centralized Dossier Lets Big Government Face Backlash
Andrew Tully argues against a proposed Budget Bureau plan to fuse data from 20 federal agencies into a single centralized computer archive. He warns it threatens privacy, defames individuals, and could undermine due process and constitutional rights while urging laws to curb government overreach. He also weighs compulsory arbitration as a public remedy to labor disputes and inflation pressures.
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Packard
House
Cornelius Gallagher
N.J
U S Army Reports Russian Soldiers Spying Tactics
In Berlin two of three Russian soldiers freed by U S authorities allegedly forced German Army workers to hand over secret American documents and engaged in clandestine activities in the U S sector. President Truman predicts tax collections will shrink the year’s deficit. Texas Democrats hold county conventions in Houston Dallas and Temple to pick delegates for the San Antonio Sept 10 meeting. Lubbock bakers and grocers say OPA price hikes during the holiday raised food costs to allowed levels with no further increases expected.
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Frankfurt
Germany
U.S
Berlin
Houston
Dallas
Temple
Texas
Lubbock
OPA
Henry J. Taylor on Jefferson and the Press
A Charlottesville piece recalls Thomas Jefferson and his view that a government without newspapers would be tyranny while newspapers without a government would empower the people. It contrasts fear amid crises with faith in American resilience and free press as essential to democracy.
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Tye
Charlottesville
Thomas Jefferson
Jefferson
Inmate High School Diplomas Highlight Prison Education
A San Angelo Standard-Times guest editorial notes 309 Texas prisoners will receive high school diplomas this summer, bringing total diplomas to 4,929 since 1956. It argues education aids reintegration and public safety, urging diligent rehabilitation and ongoing education for felons returning to society.
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Texas
San Angelo
Musical for Mail Heads to Broadway Next Season
Postmaster General J Edward Day plans a Broadway musical based on his Washington years with humor about the Post Office. A joke about a stamp extolling pretzels and a beer tasting glue drew a brewery reply. If on schedule, the show opens in New York nearly a year from now.
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J. Edward Day
Washington
Mr. Day
Post Office
New York
Wall Street Journal
Pooh Edition Cuts Text as Pooh Becomes Too Sophisticated
A British publisher trims 90 percent of Winnie The Pooh to suit modern children. Meanwhile American scholars urge starting reading at age four instead of six, arguing kids are mentally advanced. Pooh! says an Anniston Star reader.
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A. A. Milne
Anniston
Ala
Star
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