Policy and draft law clash over anti-draft activity
A discussion of the Universal Military Service Act and Selective Service rules outlines penalties for interfering with recruitment and dissent by college students. It notes prosecutions for those who counsel or aid refusals and mentions potential court cases arguing constitutional rights of dissent.
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Awashington
Sinks
Selective Service
Hershey
General Hershey
Congress
Strife Brews In Chicago As King Legacy Fades
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that Chicago faces rising black nationalist influence after Martins King departure. Civil rights leadership is weak, peaceful tactics faded, and racial tensions grow with threats against white merchants in Negro slums.
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Chicago
Martin Luther King
South
Dr. King
King
al Raby
Congress of Racial Equality
West Side
Chicago Missionary Society
South Side
Independent Voters of
Sinois
Reagan Looms as Central Target in GOP Split
The piece maps a shifting Republican debate as moderates favor delaying Rockefeller’s challenge to Nixon and consider Nixon as the safer nominee if Reagan is kept out. It notes backers like Shafer and McCall urging Rockefeller to wait for the Miami Beach convention and warns of potential party frictions and future demonstrations at the convention.
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Washington
Rockefeller
Ronnie Reagan
Dick Nixon
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Nixon
Reagan
Miami Beach
John Love
Colorado
Michigan
George Romney
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Pennsylvania
Raymond Shafer
Oregon
Tom McCall
Love
Shafer
McCall
Romney
Wilneis
Chuck Percy
John Lindsay
Welfare Rolls Grow as Congress Weighs Reforms
The piece notes welfare rolls rising from 7.2 million after the War on Poverty to over 8.4 million, with Aid to Dependent Children assistance increasing from 2.9 million people in 1958 to 5 million. It discusses proposed work training mandates and incentives for fathers to support families, urging Congress to pursue work and family stability when the 90th Congress reconvenes in January.
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Congress
House
Senate
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Language shifts from barbershop to modern terms
The piece traces evolving labels from undertaker to bereavement counselor and janitor to environmental engineer, noting dealers now call patients and products differently. It highlights how society’s sensibilities shape word choices from mortuary roles to vehicle terms like pre owned.
Other Wedding For Eisenhower Grandson Prompts Comment
General Eisenhower is pressed about the anticipated marriage of Julie Nixon to David Eisenhower. The former president discusses family ties, political implications, and the seriousness of marriage while avoiding direct judgments or specifics.
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Washington
Lynda Bird
America
Julie Nixon
David Eisenhower
United States
Mr. Eisenhower
Nixon
Dick Nixon
David
Julie
White House
Britain weighs broad revision of foreign policy
Britain debates broad foreign policy revision after the breakdown of the Big Four talks and growing rift between Russia and Western powers. Jerusalem quiets after 17 days of violence totaling 263 deaths. Washington House passes an appropriations bill cutting 597 million to 230 million. Rotary Club donates 144.47 and funds a headquarters for the Goodfellows campaign in Lubbock.
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London
Britain
Russia
Jerusalem
Holy Land
Washington
House
Senate
Rotary Club
Goodfellows
Lubbock
Quote on Vietnam progress and political gains
General Earle G. Wheeler asserts U S military progress in Vietnam defies critics while Sen Edward W Brooke touts the electability of African American mayors amid a changing political climate. The remark about dirt in book form closes the snippet.
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Edward W. Brooke
R-Mass
Cleveland
Gary
Ind
Percy Fund sparks questions about Sen. Percy influence and motives
A Washington debate questions why Sen. Charles H. Percy cannot cover his office expenses from his senator’s allowance while Sen. Everett Dirksen has no such issue. It examines who funds Percy, possible White House ambitions, and how family ties to the Rockefeller and Romney camps could affect GOP dynamics.
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Washington
Charles H. Percy
Percy
Everett Dirksen
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate
White House
Bell & Howell
Joe Kennedy
Bobby
Teddy
John Dpd. Rockefeller IV
Nelson
George Romney
Rocky
Wil Chuck
Gaston
Haunted Houses in Modern Homes Spark Ghost Talk
A guest editorial laments the decline of traditional haunted houses in the rural South as modern ranches and apartments erase dark corners. It recalls Northwest North Carolina plantation big houses, where apparitions stirred in decaying rooms, and questions whether ghosts can hide in light filled new homes.
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South
North Carolina
Winston-Salem
Twin City
Footpads Twist Old Saying About Safe Money
California man Leo Guilford kept his cash in his left sock for safety. While at a tavern two robbers knocked him from his chair, ripped off his shoe and sock, and stole the sock containing $125. The incident suggests socking money is not a secure practice.
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California
Associated Press
Leo Guilford
Harold Stassen 1968 Bid and Court Liberal Leanings
Dear Turnrow Tunker notes Harold Stassen’s 1968 presidential bid and possible runs for 1972 1976 and 1980. It also comments that Thurgood Marshall shows liberal leanings on the Supreme Court and adds satirical quips about Marlboro Country and TV ads.
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Harold
Supreme Court
Thurgood Marshall
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ART Buchwald
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Joint Chiefs of Staff
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Joseph P. Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
John
Sharon Percy Rockefeller
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