Smog and Local Hiring Debates Across Cities
An Arizona discussion urges a statewide study of smog threats to Phoenix and Tucson while mining interests resist broad harm definitions. A Midwestern city faces a five year residency rule blocking outsiders from a Urban Renewal Office post, provoking debate over local talent protection versus merit.
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Arizona Mining Congress
Night of the Killer Surrender in New York City Room
Jim Bishop recalls a dull night at the New York City desk when a stranger admitted killing his wife Mamie and gave the scoop to Fish and Game editor Hurley amid a city room filled with odd characters, drinks and a Mary Pickford distraction.
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Bob Considine
Mary Pickford
Buddy Rogers
Charlie Barth
Mike McCarthy
Mike
Barth
Charlie
Pete Duberg
Jim Hurley
Fish and Game
Montauk Point
Hurley
Mamie
Jim
City Desk
Frank McMahon
Earth
McMahon
Long Island
Mack
Deep Freeze on Viet Nam Talks Tests U.S. Patience
Washington views the Saigon civil faction struggles as a test for U.S. mediation and patience. Buddhists and military leaders demand faster elections while fearing Communist takeover. Washington hopes for a united anti Communist front and eventual democratic settlement. The London Telegraph warns the U.S. must persevere and “soldier on” toward a peaceful, self determined Vietnamese government.
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Washington
Saigon
United States
South Viet
London Daily Telegraph
Viet Nam
Department of State
Liberal split over St John River public power plan
Liberals and public power supporters in Maine threaten a split over the Dickey Lincoln project to dam the St John River in northern Maine. Supporters cite Interior Department backing and Kennedy Johnson era promises while opponents led by conservationists and United Mine Workers warn of ecological harm and questionable economics.
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St. John
Maine
Department of the Interior
Lyndon Johnson
Senator Muskie
Allogash
United States
United Mine Workers
Power Trust
Bonneville
TVA
Dickey - Lincoln
Passamaquoddy
New Deal
Bay of Fundy
St. John Valley
Kennedy-Johnson
Muskie
St. John's River
Canadian
Boston
Massachusetts
Rhode Island
Connecticut
Yankee Atomic Electric
New England
U. S
Stranger with gun found in old trunk scene from 1919 film
McMahon gathers data while a stranger lays a pistol and twine on a desk blotter. Frayed facial scratches indicate a confrontation as Barth tests the idea of a mystery. The dialogue closes on an unsettled, tense note.
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Charlie
McMahon
Barth
Frank
Go-Go Dances Draw Sharp Letter to Editor
Mrs. W. L. Stuart of Springboro argues to curb inflation via price controls and criticizes tax cuts while praising homemaker thrift. A second reader condemns go-go dancing as immoral and unsuitable for the community.
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W. L. Stuart
Carey Drive
Springboro
The Cost Of Federal Aid Prompts Campus Clash
Paul Harvey argues that federal aid pressures schools to ban classroom prayers and curb conduct, citing campus unrest after Supreme Court rulings. He praises Florida College Tampa for self sufficiency, free of federal money, and promotes a conservative program of discipline, religion, and patriotism as alternatives to public funding.
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Harvey
Supreme Court
Florida College
Tampa
Visionary draft or misguided optics in Army plans
A humor column notes the Defense Department drafts 100 optometrists, joking about 20 20 vision and uniforms for the Army while defending the move as farsighted. It compares Wall Street riders and recalls Trinity Church on Broadway as a landmark of investment lore.
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Defense Department
Wall Street
Broadway
New York
Old Trinity Church
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