Unhappy San Francisco Observance Marks UN Anniversary
The United States faces a somber 20th anniversary of the United Nations in San Francisco. The U S Senate ratified enlarging the Security Council despite diluted influence as the UN struggles with non payment and limited ability to act. The scene underlines disillusionment over the UNs purpose and the nations veto power amid global tensions.
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United Nations
Sancisco
Johnson
General Assembly
Security Council
U.S. Senate
Atd Social Council
U.S
Securit Council
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Russia
France
Britain
China
Southeast Asia
Irea
San Francisco
Mrs. Price Remembered as City’s Shining Monument
Obituary notes Mrs. Bill Price left a half century of service in the city and surrounding area. She contributed to home life, church and many civic activities with distinction, shaping countless facets of community life.
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Bill Price
Brice
Lubbock
Drinking Drivers Death Penalty Debate In Bulgaria
The Pontotoc Mississippi Progress argues that second offense drunk driving should carry capital punishment, noting it would deter yet acknowledge innocent motorists are harmed when punishments are carried out. The item links such harsh measures to rising traffic fatalities and a broader public safety stance.
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Bulgaria
Pontotoc
Miss
Mississippi
America
Scientists doubt space signals were real
Report notes that some Russians claimed signals from outer space but scientists in Moscow later questioned the authenticity. The exchange reflects skepticism about alien contact and a demand for privacy.
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Moscow
Retter
Business Leaders Call for Students to View Careers in Commerce
Commerce Secretary John T. Connolly addresses St. Louis University graduates urging work in business as a path to involvement and material security. He argues today’s graduates fear the work force less for lack of interest and more from misperceptions about business and its societal role. Connolly promotes private enterprise as a driver of education, health, and progress, and cites tax revenue from firms as funding for public programs.
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John T. Connery
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America
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Charlie Wilson
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Commerce Department
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Agriculture Department
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Secretary of Defense
Robert S. McNamara
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Public Health Service
Veterans Administration
Johnson backs down on veto over veterans hospitals
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that President Johnson faced a two thirds override threat in Congress over closing Veterans Administration hospitals. Facing strong veterans lobbying and Democratic majorities, Johnson capitulated rather than risk a sustained veto battle.
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Johnson
Congress
Veterans Administration
Mr. Johnson
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Latin America
Budget Bureau
House
Post Office rate panel urges air and surface mail integration
Washington advisory group tells Congress to merge air and first class mail into a single fast service. It proposes a middle rate and discretion to use air only when fastest, plus leasing cargo planes to reduce delays. It also questions subsidies for non profit mailers amid a growing post office deficit.
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Washington
Gronouski
Congress
New York
Post Office Department
Gronovski
Gronovskoi
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Courage and heroism noted in World War II items
The item recalls Lt Cmdr Murray W. Ballenger of Lubbock directing ship medical staff aboard the USS Nashville to improvise tourniquets from ropes clothes and belts after an attack. Other notes report Allied progress in Guam Berlin and local wartime sentiment including a plea for peacetime military training in schools and a regional campaign leadership appointment.
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Nashville
Cmdr
Murray W. Ballenger
Lubbock
Ballenger
Offhand Thoughts and Summer Traffic Skirmish
A quirky column hints at humorous schemes to make money and muffle sonic boom sounds. It notes that during the playful Summer season many traffic accidents are caused indirectly by flirtatious passersby in skimpy attire.
Fulbright Plan Signals Possible Viet Nam Peace Path
Washington weighs a Vietnam settlement aligned with Geneva accords. Fulbright criticizes U.S. policy shift toward accepting elections, urging mutual concessions and Viet Cong talks before troop withdrawals. Conference leaders and lawmakers hint at softening stances amid pressure for mediation and U.N. involvement.
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Viet Nam
Maine
Southeast
Sen. J. William Fulbright
Foreign Relations Committee
U.S
Congress
Melvin R. Laird
Wis
House Republican Conference
Sen
A. Willis Robertson
D-Va
Southeast Asia
France
U.N
First Big Step Toward Texas Higher Education
Guest editorial urges strong, educated leadership for Texas Coordinating Board as it assumes control of higher education. It argues for 18 top, noneducator appointees with deep educational interest and vision to prevent mediocrity and ensure funded reforms.
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John Connally
Coordinating Board
Texas College and University System
Connally
Texas Commission On Higher Education
University System
San Angelo
Columnist notes tenuous position in Dominican junta
A Wall Street Journal style columnist to the Chattanooga Times reports that a leading Dominican counter-revolutionary figure holds a fragile “Kleenex position” in geopolitics. He is useful yet disposable, with the risk of being discarded at any moment.
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Chattanooga
Tenn
Times
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