Daley Faults Networks Over Chicago Convention Coverage
Mayor Richard J. Daley accuses CBS NBC and ABC of bias in their convention reporting and refuses a panel discussion. He cites lack of in depth study on the demonstrators and their Communist and New Left links while urging balanced coverage of street confrontations and police actions. He notes Metromedia and WGN will offer him prime time to present his side.
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Chicago
Richard J. Daley
National
Walter Cronkite
FBI
Secret Service
Chicago Police Intelligence
NBC
ABC
Ques
Daley
Huntley-Brinkley, Cronkite Et al
Kennedy-McCarthy-McGovern
Metromedia
WGN Continental Broadcasting Co
Waverly
Minn
Humphrey
Cleveland
Carl Stokes
Richard Nixon
Gene McCarthy
Stanford Pitzer Appointment Sparks Student Uproar
The piece argues that Stanford should involve students in appointing its next president Kenneth S. Pitzer from Rice University and mocks student unrest as a predictor of his tenure. It notes fall referendum, NSA activism, Ford Foundation funding, and FBI warnings while urging rational reform over disorder.
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Stanford University
Kenneth S. Pitzer
Rice University
Stanford
Doctor Pitzer
Rice
Pitzer
National Student Association
Ford Foundation
NSA
Round numbers and the meaning of zero in history
Glenn Seaborg argues that round year numbers may mislead people about significance. He notes that many notable historical dates lack zeros, suggesting the appeal of numbers like 2000 is more superstition than fact. The piece highlights 1968 as a memorable year with no zero.
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History Wall
Christendom
Glenn Seaborg
U.S. Atomic Commission
Ayrissland
Modern youths seek speed over steady advancement
Many young people today show little interest in climbing a long ladder to success preferring rapid progress or a sequence of escalator steps. They favor shortcuts and faster routes to reach higher levels without prolonged traditional ascent.
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Trent
Vineyard Haven
Island satire on Martha's Vineyard locals splits and snubs
A narrator chats with a Vineyard shopper about class labels, rival towns, and island factions from Edgartown to Chilmark. The piece riffs on rent versus ownership, writers, yacht clubs, boat preferences, and summer visitors amid local tensions and wit.
Let's Tell It Straight on Chicago New Party Tactics
Andrew Tully argues the Chicago New Party, led by Marcus Raskin, sought to disrupt the Democratic convention with helmets, stink bombs and an organized medical corps. He claims the mob aimed to provoke police violence for television and cites Daley as receiving a boost from Raskin despite the unrest outside the Conrad Hilton Hotel.
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Washington
Chicago
New Party
Marcus Raskin
Dick Daley
Raskin
Daley
Nixon
Protests split Democrats as Nixon hawkish on war
Marianne Means writes from WAVERLY Minn on the 1968 nominating night. Protesters target the Johnson administration’s Vietnam policy, while Humphrey’s dovish stance and Nixon’s hawkish pose shape the political dynamic. The piece analyzes radical youth groups, Chicago clashes, and reactions from Dick Daley and Gerry Ford amid a fractured party.
Teachers push for money as union leaders speak out
George D. Fischer of the National Education Association urges stronger tactics to win higher pay and improved schools, signaling a shift toward strikes. Anthropologist Margaret Mead comments on the widening generation gap with older workers as migrants and younger generations as natives in a changing era.
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George D. Fischer
National Education Assn
Margaret Mead
Truman drives Labor Day swing through Michigan in campaign push
President Truman begins an eight week drive for Democratic victory with a Labor Day tour of industrial Michigan. Lyndon Johnson says he did not buy votes in the Senate run off with Coke Stevenson. Johnson leads Stevenson by 162 votes in early unofficial totals. Sixty four Lubbock golfers start the annual President's Cup at Lubbock Country Club. Pro Herb Schroeder announces first round matches. A new driving experience car is delivered to Sept R W Matthews and J W Reed by Fenner Tubbs of the Lubbock New Car Dealers Association.
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Austin Lyndon Johnson
United States Senate
Coke Stevenson
Johnson
Stevenson
Lubbock
Lubbock Country Club
Herb Schroeder
R. W. Matthews
J. W. Reed
Fenner Tubbs
Lubbock New Car Dealers Association
Striped cattle guards fail to deter cows in Floydada test
J R Holmes of Floydada reports stripes painted on a driveway gate failed to stop 10 cows from crossing. The editor notes a Plainsman column will soon publish a photo of a striped cattle guard, suggesting the stripes work in general.
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The
Avalanche-Journal
So-1
J. R. Holmes
Rt. 1
Floydada
Mr. Holmes
West Texas
Taxpayer protest call over government growth and taxes
J W Haynes argues taxpayers should march on Washington and state capitols to protest rising government bureaus and tax forms. He decries many agencies, blames the need for blueprints, and laments wage and policy burdens while calling for wiser use of tax dollars.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Washington
MacArthurs
Pattons
Halseys
United Nations
World Security Council
J. W. Haynes
Idalou Road
Moving memories of wagons and modern vans in Petersburg
Carl McDaniel recalls old long trips in covered wagons and compare them to today’s moving vans. He notes the contrast in loading, insurance, and family chores, and fondly remembers land agents, campouts, and the simple wagon life seen in Petersburg.
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The
Avalanche Journal
Papa
Mama
Petersburg
Carl McDaniel
Parrot Promotion Sells Out At Paramus Kresge
Kresge in Paramus New Jersey moved 50 Amazon parrots at 29.95 plus 12.95 cages. The birds sold out in under two weeks amid a new federal rule allowing imports with six month quarantine, seen as a traffic booster for the pet department.
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Polly
Kresge
Paramus
N.J
Amazon
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
J. Edgar Hoover
Left
ART Buchwald
Cape Cod
Martha’s Vineyard
Martha's Vineyard
Green
Cape of Cod
Holgartown
Edgartown
Chilmark
Menemsha
Dong
Andrew Tully
Conrad Hilton Hotel
Marianne
Vietnam
Democratic Party
Law and Order
Michigan
Gerry Ford
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