Federal funds fight in the Deep South schools
Alabama and Louisiana districts resist federal desegregation plans while George Wallace enforces state actions. Of 1600 districts in 17 states, 2670 have US Office of Education approval and funds in play. federal suits total 78 as courts threaten to force compliance amidst inflation and debate over optional desegregation.
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Car safety note on brakes and driver responsibility
A safety note argues that even with safer cars the accident toll will stay high unless drivers obey traffic rules. It characterizes the problem as the “loose nut behind the steering wheel” and calls for odod sense and common courtesy in drivers.
Harold M. Koch Defects From Ro Mean Priesthood
A Simple Story reports Harold M. Koch a former teacher and Ro mean Catholic priest defected to protest U S aggression in Vietnam and U S civil rights and poverty policies. He seeks to join the Soviet people in promoting world peace and a new social order. Koch left priesthood in 1963 after superiors urged psychiatric treatment.
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Miss Texas Susan Logan Shines At Miss America Pageant
San Angelo and Lubbock hold Miss Texas Susan Logan in high esteem after her strong showing in Atlantic City. Though Jane Javroe of Oklahoma won the Miss America title, Logan earned praise for her performance and future representation of Texas. She collects awards totaling about 2500 dollars.
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Taking A Stroll
Doctors and columnists say walking can ease worries and stress. A man seeking peace should find a place to walk, but in cities residents may view long strolls with suspicion and walking as outdated in an age of cars.
Soviet American Friendship Brotherhood Born by Accident
Washington reports a chance hotel coincidence linked the French American Friendship League and the Soviet Red Chinese Brotherhood Society. After heated exchanges over Viet Nam and NATO, both groups walked out, then reconvened in a third ballroom to draft a charter creating the Soviet American Friendship Brotherhood Society. Their first meeting is planned for next month.
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Maine Dems for Curtis win White House platform clash
In a Maine tour flap President Johnson yielded to Sen. Muskie and state chiefs after a midnight call to reopen Curtis on the Presidential platform. Curtis rode aboard the White House baggage boat while Reed drew bulk photos and Johnson backed Curtis for Governor. The California dispute over a $12,000 Birch Society donation exposed national party weakness and Watson held the final say. The Poverty Council лишь faltered as Shriver urged secrecy to fight poverty.
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Pat) Brown
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Salinger weighs California race in Brown Reagan clash
Washington correspondent notes Pierre Salinger argues Gov. Brown will beat Ronald Reagan by portraying the actor as extreme. Brown’s moderate program and housing law stance are seen as undercutting Reagan’s right wing ties. Salinger cites polling shifts and liberal dissent threatening Brown’s support as he targets moderate voters and Kuchel’s Republican base.
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Philadelphia union vows wage demand if new federal formula set
In a Sept. 11, 1916, clipping from Memory Lane, CIO United Auto Workers leader R. J. Thomas said a higher federal wage standard for the nationwide maritime strike would be demanded for their contracts. Also noted: wartime shortages, housing scarcity, and strikes as postwar woes persist. State Dept. disclaims policy linkage to Wallace speech amid Russia policy confusion. State Highway Commission approves 47 projects totaling 2,095,910.42 dollars including Lubbock dispersal system.
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Politics Is Well Mixed in a Wacky Washington Era
A humorous look at politicians rebranding tactics from Kennedy to Humphrey to Johnson. The piece notes shifts in loyalty and perception across parties as candidates align with new coalitions, with headlines on Nixon, Goldwater, and Eisenhower. It concludes with a wild forecast of bipartisan crossover and unlikely ticket dreams.
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General Bor Komorowski and the Warsaw Uprising
The death of Polish General Tadeusz Bor-Komorowski recalls the 1944 Warsaw uprising. Patriots led by Bor fought German forces while the Soviet army stalled, allowing the Wehrmacht to crush the revolt. The Russians later installed puppet rulers in Poland, revealing stark political betrayal.
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Dallas Morning News
Bargain Parade Watchers Paralyze Federal Offices
President Johnson allows all Federal departments to let staff watch the mammoth parade in Washington. An efficiency expert estimates the nonproductive pay totaled about $3 million, though the parade kept some 200,000 federal workers from funding other projects, seen as a potential bargain.
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Wall Street Journal
Dear Turnrow Tunker on Powell wife salary question
O C McBride riffs on Adam Clayton Powell and his wife drawing 20000 a year while Powell deposits the funds in his account. A reader asks if he should be replaced as a Congressman and jokingly suggests the Diplomatic Corps. A survey notes high schoolers watch 12 hours weekly and parents 21 hours, implying dull alternatives for parents.
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