Kooky Critics Batter Johnson Vietnam and Education Critics
The column blasts protesters and “nuts” near the Johnson White House, notes the strain on the president, and cites E. C. Blake and peace advocates. It also discusses Soviet education criticism, missing college access, and US faults, then shifts to valuing a wife’s work with a Farm Journal study estimating time value at about 160 000 dollars over 20 years.
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Johnson
LBJ
Houston
E. C. Blake
Vietnam
World Council of Churches
The
Farm Journal
Smithsonian cornerstone goes missing in building
The Smithsonian Institution with over 60,000,000 catalogued items cannot locate its cornerstone. Likely in the original 1847 building, searches and inquiries yielded no answers, illustrating that even national institutions can misplace items.
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Smithsonian Institution
Smithsonian
Paper dresses provoke party talk in provocative satire
A humorous piece depicts couples wearing dresses made from newspapers and magazines at a party. The narrator quips about “All the news that’s fit to print” woven into the fabric while his wife defends the fashion as playful, with guests admiring Reader’s Digest and other publications.
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Nere
Besdes
James Reston
Reader's Digest
Johnson
Obsolete Terms and Shifting Language Meanings
A language specialist notes that changing times render many familiar expressions obsolete. He cites how inflation has altered money values and phrases once considered sound as a dollar may now lack meaning.
Dilemma Threatens Guatemala Democracy Amid Economic Pullbacks
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that two secret statistics threaten Guatemala's democracy: $20 million fled to foreign banks this year, more than double 1965, and foreign private investment down to $15 million in 1966, seven million less than last year. With weak exports and foreign exchange shortages, experts fear a recession and possible army coup under an anti guerrilla banner as President Mendez Montenegro's government struggles to survive.
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Guatemala
Democratic Left
Red
Julio Cesar Mendez Montenegro
Eee
Mendez
Alliance For Progress
Era of Federal pollution controls faces strong opposition
The piece argues for federal standards to curb auto pollution, noting cross border air drift and industry resistance. It cites Muskie and Humphrey at a conference, warns of high costs and limited regional programs, and critiques political inertia and labor reform in Central America under pressure from reform and the threat of Communist influence.
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Washington
Sen
Edmund Muskie
Maine
New York City
Jersey City
Philadelphia
China
Chicago
Muskie
Senate
Humphrey
Commonwealth
Christopher Columbus
Windfall tax eyed for back pay in portal to portal suits
At Austin the attorney general elect Price Daniel of Liberty will be sworn in New Year’s Day by Chief Justice James P. Alexander, with a notary public to validate the oath. A prior legislative change caused a muddle by barring appellate court judges from administering oaths.
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Washington
Recceicy
Capitol
Austin ~ Atty
Price Daniel
Liberty
James P. Alexander
Supreme Court
Lloyd Davidson
War powers and foreign aid behind Vietnam conflict
Washington dispatch argues that the Soviet Union and Red China fund the North Vietnamese war, supplying missiles jets and arms while Western policy favors expanded trade with Eastern Bloc nations. It notes UN inaction and questions whether Washington should embargo or counter such support after citing billions in annual aid from communists.
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Washington
Céstic
United States
Soviet Union
Red China
Congress
Europe
Asia
Vietnam
Hanoi
America
United Nations
Korea
San Angelo urged to build central convention hall
A guest editorial cites 32 conventions hosted in San Angelo but notes a missing central hall and limited nearby housing and dining facilities. It argues relocating the county jail and acquiring surrounding property could create a 7000-seat convention site to attract major gatherings like state party meetings and industrial conclaves.
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San Angelo
Fort Worth
San Antonio
Texas
Church of Christ
Harris and
Irving
Board of City Development
Coffee salesman tickets for over perk? Mocking line in papers
A clipped quip from Will Jones and Hugh Allen notes a coffee salesman receiving a ticket for an over perk in Minneapolis and laments that employers struggle to find workers even as Washington holds him in a soft government post.
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Will Jones
Minneapolis Tribune
Washington
Hugh Allen
Knoxville News Sentinel
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Sow
Playboy
Newsweek Magazine
Esquire
Atlantic Monthly
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Robert Novak
Andrew Tully
Banana Republic
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Fuentes Mohr
London School of Economics
David Lawrence
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