No Copyright On Double-Talk By Local GOP
A local Republican Executive Committee forwarded a 1000 word foreword as part of a resolution praising politics staying out of city affairs while endorsing projects like a freeway plan and rehab of townsite areas. The piece argues that party lines should not dominate local policy and urges explanation of public benefit programs.
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Terry Condrey
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Washington
Move to Protect Voting Rights for 1968 Presidential Election
A 1963 Presidential Commission urged that no American lose voting rights due to a change of address. Congress considers bills to allow 1968 voting for millions newly disenfranchised, with absentee and interstate registration liberalization and automatic residency rules for those abroad or away temporarily.
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Not A Bad Idea A New Point System For NZ Drivers
A proposed point system in New Zealand would suspend licenses for 100 points in a year or two years. Violations carry fixed points: red light 25, speeding first offense 15, repeated inconsiderate driving 20 each, drunk driving 40. Automatic suspensions add to court orders to deter unsafe driving.
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New Zealand
Wall ace Stegner on youth and wild-eyed dreamers
Wallace Stegner criticizes hippies and other dreamers for loudly backing far-out causes while their minds stay inactive. The quote warns that the tendency to throb without thinking spans beyond the young to other ideologues.
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Wallace Stegner
New York Acts to Halt Weighing Bounce on Scales
City officials adopt a rule forcing merchants to wait for scale needles to settle before quoting price weight. Housewives complained of fluctuating readings, prompting the crackdown. A scientist notes the moon remains lopsided, continuing a trend of downgrading lunar measurements.
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New York City
Washington backgrounders fuel press satire and doubt
Art Buchwald notes Washington backgrounders press reporters use to shield sources. He recalls a barroom exchange among four correspondents discussing rumors about government mergers and high level spokesmen denying or leaking details, illustrating the unreliability and anonymous sourcing in such briefings.
Troop Deployment Delays and Policy Paradoxes
David Lawrence notes confusion over Johnson delaying federal troops during Detroit unrest while Kennedy used troops in Alabama in 1963. He cites Selma in 1965 where troops protected a five day march to Montgomery without an insurrection. governors declined funding, federal outlay reached at least $490000.
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Urban unrest spurs companies to move from New York City
Andrew Tully notes riots reshape city life as firms including PepsiCo American Can and Olin Mathieson plan to leave New York with thousands of jobs. Eastern Airlines shifts 700 regional reservations staff to New Jersey while 14 more firms weigh departures. A Rural Job Development Act proposal would offer credits to relocate industry to rural areas to reduce urban poverty and congestion. The piece contrasts federal troop use and constitutional limits with recent Detroit actions and political debate.
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American Can
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Los Angeles
Revival, Powell clash over race hate and love
Ruth Montgomery argues for a nationwide religious revival and a Black evangelist to heal racial turmoil. She critiques violent rhetoric by Adam Clayton Powell and urges embracing love, unity, and constructive政策 to fund housing, schools, and churches instead of riot control.
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Billy Sunday
America
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Bimini
Washington President Truman returns to White House after retreat
President Truman spent a quiet weekend at Shangri La in the Catoctin mountains before returning to the White House. Pilot Bill Odom vows to try again after a record speed around the world. E I Hill of Tohoka is elected president of the Bell County Reunion association. About 240 4 H Club boys from 18 South Plains counties attend the encampment at Mackenzie State park through Wednesday. A humorous saying and neighbor observations close the item.
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Social Security numbers spread through state and services
A guest editorial notes Massachusetts will issue driver licenses using Social Security numbers and the Army uses SSNs for service numbers. It cites investments and insurance as already keyed by SSNs and warns of universal use for newborns in a computerized world.
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National Observer
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Satellite mapping moon joke fuels science ambition
An Indianapolis Star cartoon-commentary mocks a moon mapping satellite project while noting how average drivers still get lost on freeways. The piece highlights public interest in space tech contrasted with everyday navigation woes.
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Indianapolis Star
Dear Turnrow Tunker on population forecasts and aid
Dear Turnrow Tunker reflects on population prediction difficulties for the year 2000 and on Sen Hartke suggesting foreign aid only to nations showing friendship to the United States. It notes the President's budget requests four billion dollars for next year and contemplates cutting aid to 50 percent under Hartke's idea.
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