Disgraceful Senate Conduct Drives Humbug Over Christmas
A 1969 editorial blasts a bloc of U S Senators for inaction and self serving aims. Names Kennedy Fulbright Bayh Church McGovern Hughes Javits Proxmire appear as examples of stallers and time wasters while Congress faces public backlash and calls voters to remember at next election.
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Timewasters
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Bayh
Church
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Hughes
Javits
Proxmire
House
Congress
George Mahon
Avalanche Journal
Giap Criticizes U S Air Rights Amid Integrity Claims
A North Vietnamese defense minister denounces U S reconnaissance over North Vietnam asserting full self defense rights to shoot down intruding aircraft. The speech accuses Washington of hypocrisy while slamming U S and Geneva Conventions interpretations, ending with a harsh metaphor about a pig under the gate.
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Vo Nguyen Giap
United States
North Vietnam
Giap
General Giap
Union Secures Half Time Pay Benefit for Vacationing Workers
A Philadelphia Retail Clerks Union member gains a time and a half vacation pay benefit for workers taking time off. The item compares to what Samuel Gompers might have envisioned for worker benefits.
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Philadelphia
The
Retail Clerks Union
Samuel Gompers
Labor leaders weigh union run auto insurance venture
Hank Brown of the AFL-CIO in Texas says union leaders are considering forming an auto insurance company to prove prices can be lower. He notes Ohio’s AFL CIO project will be studied, while recalling a past union backed insurer that collapsed, leaving policyholders stranded.
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Afl-Cio
Texas
Brown
Aflcio
Ohio
Organized Labor
South America
Global unrest rises as economies struggle with growing populations
A Washington analysis notes worldwide discontent driven by price spikes and insufficient government responses. It cites unrest under various systems from Communist to democratic, with food and income as core pressures. It highlights strikes in Britain and price controls in Nordic and Nordic-adjacent states, signaling a global struggle to stabilize living costs.
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Washington
Kennedy operatives shift gears as Muskie run looms
Kennedy aides including James Flug press labor leaders leaning to Muskie while Kennedy signals may run. Duffey and Sisk face internal strife as Boggs Udall gain, Mills sides with Boggs, Florida split. Nixon delegate chief Shadegg declines, hinting Mitchell drafts Nixon re‑election plan.
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Richard Kleindienst
Shadegg
Khrushchev Repeats U2 Memoir Lie In Life Magazine
The Life magazine report of Khrushchev memoirs is accused of reviving a false history about the May 1 1960 U2 incident. The piece argues CIA plays and Soviet manipulation shaped public perception and Moscow’s hard line shift before the Paris summit.
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Khrushcchev
Life Magazine
Khrushchev
Francis G. Powers
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America
Paris
Eisenhower
CIA
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White House
Powers
Nikita Sergeyevich
Llewellyn E. Thompson
Child's Toy Gift From the Wise Men Retold in Christmas Fantasy
Andrew Tully recasts a 1959 John Kennedy favorite tale of Bethlehem with the Three Wise Men arriving at the manger to present gold frankincense and myrrh while humble shepherds and a young boy with a wooden lamb watch the scene. The narrative blends reverent imagery with a Christmas spirit for readers.
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John ¥. Kennedy
Washington
Bethlehem
McCloy meets Schumacher on West German rearmament
U S High Commissioner John J McCloy spent three hours with Socialist Kurt Schumacher seeking support for West German rearmament. Americans face Christmas with Korea war memory and worry. Nine mayors and three city attorneys plan to ask Governor Shivers for better Texas city legislation. Lubbock residents join global Christians to celebrate the birth of Jesus with services.
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Bonn
Germany
U. S
John J. McCloy
Kurt Schumacher
Dallas
Allan Shivers
Texas
Editorial doubts marijuana risks despite relaxation arguments
The guest piece argues marijuana is a harmless relaxation habit like alcohol but cites early studies and Dr. Vincent Lynch noting marijuana smoke harmed pregnant rats offspring. The author warns potential serious reproductive consequences in humans despite the limited scope of animal research.
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Pothead
Vincent Lynch
Movie houses of the past and other odds and ends
A nostalgic column recalls 40 years ago eight theater names in the U S and the Rialto in Bremerton. It also shares quirky notes on mosquito bites preference by gender can use per year and a tongue in cheek take on Muhammed Ali and fashion.
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The
Lyric
the Majestic
Princess
Rialto
Ritz
the Royal
State
Strand
Bremerton
Wash
Can Manufacturing Institute
Muhammed Ali
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