Alternatives rise as core theme in major parties
In both parties the search for alternatives to the Johnson policy dominates. Kennedy and McCarthy push peace talk but offer weak paths to end the war, while Republican moderates organize a Coalition for a Republican Alternative backing Percy Hatfield and Lindsay. Wallace’s American Independent stands apart with no viable alternative.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
Charles Percy
Mark Hatfield
New York
John V. Lindsay
Vietnam
American Independent Party
George Wallace
Alabama
Wallace
Ted Sorensen
Lyndon Johnson
Commission
Bobby Kennedy
Cohen endorses expanding welfare linked to Social Security
Wilbur Cohen, nominated secretary of welfare, argues for widening welfare within the Social Security framework. He defends paying taxes that fund benefits for others while noting public resentment at helping older nonworkers. He hints at a guaranteed annual income and cites past officials like John W. Gardner.
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Washington
Mr. Cohen
John W. Gardner
Casey pushes tough gun-sentence plan in Congress
U S Rep Bob Casey proposes mandatory ten year term for first violent crime with a firearm and twenty five years for a second offense. He argues for harsher penalties to curb gun crimes while critics warn of opposition from the President's Crime Commission and gun control supporters. Casey cites D C armed robbery sentence as a model and says broad reform is needed without penalizing lawful gun ownership.
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Heart Transplant Authority debates ethics and fate of hearts
In a humorous interview, Dr. Heinrich Applebaum discusses an imagined International Heart Transplant Authority addressing moral and economic questions about hearts. The dialogue touches on ownership, emotion, jurisdiction, and the IMF amid a world short of hearts.
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T & New
Heinrich Applebaum
International Heart Transplant Authority
Daddy
Rks
International Monetary Fund
Sunday Night Dancing at Church Yeh Yeh
In El Paso about 6 pm on a recent Sunday a 15 year old girl, active in the Youth Choir and Sunday School, left for the church and returned around 9 pm smiling after attending a church dance rather than singing or babysitting.
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Political row over Vietnam policy and a church youth dance tale
Andrew Tully reflects on the Kennedy Johnson clash over Vietnam policy and its political costs while sharing a personal vignette about church sponsored Sunday dances. He questions motives, notes mutual rigidity, and recalls family views on church traditions and youth activities.
Unruh Leads Kennedy Campaign in California Primary
California Assembly Speaker Jesse Unruh sides with Senator Kennedy, shifting to run in California’s June 4 primary. He wants White House support to raise funds and win the Senate race against Thomas Kuchel, viewing Kennedy as the only strong national vehicle when Johnson provides little patronage.
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Robert Kennedy
California Assembly
Jesse Unruh
Kennedy
Unruh
Unru
Vietnam
White House
Edmund
Pat) Brown
Brown
California
Senate
Thomas Kuchel
Kuchel
W. Marvin Watson
Jim Rowe
Johnson
McCarthy
Dehydrated foods promise lighter grocery sacks
A guest editorial notes new dehydrated grocery lines such as creamed chipped beef chicken chop suey salads and vegetables will reduce weight and cost. Dehydrating cuts storage and transport needs and could lower prices as machinery costs drop.
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Fort Worth
We Wire You The LATEST model of the superdesk
The New Orleans Times-Picayune notes the superdesk for executives includes: UHF-VHF TV receiver camera control portable tape recorder AM FM radio clock lamp outlet digital calendar and a memo pen set plus a telephone. It omits seats for a five man engineering crew and a first aid cabinet. The selling slogan is Dont wire us We wire you.
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New Orleans Times-Picayune
Letter compares ABA crime trial limits to British system
A reader questions ABA proposed limits on crime and trial coverage, arguing Britain already imposes similar restrictions. The Montgomery Journal notes the London Sunday Times paid 12000 pounds for contempt over remarks about black power leader Mithad Malik while he faced incitement charges.
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ABA
London Sunday Times
Mithad Malik
Britain
Montgomery, Aln
Dear Turnrow Tunker protests on dirty TV and mobile homes
O C McBride offers a readers note on parents policing TV content and mentions a boom in mobile homes. He humorously imagines moving during a garbage or teachers strike and critiques syndicated features from Chicago Tribune New York News.
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