A Tale of Two Memorials and Transit Reflections
The piece contrasts the JFK memorial's swift start with delays in a Roosevelt memorial while noting speedy decisions by Kennedy’s widow and an early architect. It laments slow Roosevelt plans and calls for a national tribute. It then compares rail and air travel, praising new cafeteria-style rail service by Chesapeake & Ohio and Baltimore & Ohio as a model for reviving passenger demand.
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Franklin D. Roosevelt
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Poll tax outlawed in Mississippi ends barrier to ballot
A three judge Federal Court order in Jackson, Mississippi ends the poll tax for state and local elections. The tax, long criticized as a barrier to voting, is declared finished, a triumph for democratic access and the free ballot.
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Scandal in handling our Indians blasted by Senate panel
A Senate interior committee report condemned the Bureau of Indian Affairs for failing to lift 380 000 Indians from poverty. It calls for reforms, more hires, and autonomy for tribes like the Pawnees Kalispels and Colville. Senator Jackson criticizes Bureau management and backs land reform and improved schooling.
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D.wash
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Didaho
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United States
Sen
Robert L. Bennett
Johnson
Bennett
Ganize
Warnings Of Violence Loom In Summer Demonstrations
Leaders of Negro organizations warn of planned violence and demonstrations in many cities this summer. The piece argues free speech limits when incitement occurs and calls for investigations by the Department of Justice or Congress into riots, boycotts, and potential civil disorder.
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District of Columbia
Congressional
House Committee On UN- American Activities
Doolittle Raiders Skip 66th Reunion for Viet Nam Focus
The Jimmy Doolittle Tokyo Raiders, now aging survivors from 1942, will skip their 66th reunion in San Antonio to focus on current Viet Nam commitments. Doolittle, nearing 70, remains active on several boards while three lieutenants from the raid are now generals and Hank Miller is a rear admiral.
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Jimmy Doolittle
Tokyo
Doolittle
Venezuela
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Hank Miller
Ted Lawson
It's Easy To Dial Right And Get The Wrong Party
A reader explains that even dialing a correct number can connect to the wrong person during line repairs. The daughter, trying to reach the writer, heard a stranger on the line and was told by an operator that repair work was in progress. The writer urges public tolerance for such misdials.
Go Go girls in bars spark Middletown concern
Lyda Pergram Franklin voices alarm about bars in Middletown and Go-Go dancers selling their souls for $15 a night. She questions city laws, asks why young girls participate, and urges a change to preserve the city's "Soul" image.
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Middletown Journal
Middletown
Lyda Pergram
Franklin Rt. 1
Knowledge By Mail: Hal Boyle Writes On Everyday Truths
New York AP column Hal Boyle surveys everyday wisdom offered by mail readers. He notes how conversation sustains marriages and shares quirky facts about work injuries, baths, bed linens, shopping hunger effects, shoe springs, global income, soap suds to trap wasps, life reflections and a humorous office gift anecdote.
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New York
Today in History April 19 1966 highlights events
On this date in history, battles of Lexington and Concord began in 1775, Holland recognized American independence in 1782, Disraeli died in 1881, the first US gun versus Germany in World War I fired in 1917, MacArthur formed Southwest Pacific Command in 1942, France adopted a new constitution in 1946, and other notes include the Baghdad pact, Kennedy Nixon Cuban invasion talks, and Aldo Moro visiting the United States.
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Benjamin Disraeli
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Germany
Southwest Pacific Command
Douglas MacArthur
France
Britain
Pakistan
Iran
Iraq
Turkey
John F. Kennedy
Richard
Loch Ness Sea Serpent Rumor Draws Odd Comparisons
A tail of Nessie being 92 feet long and six feet wide with five feet height fuels wild chatter. Observers wonder if wheel equipped rumors hint at foreign luxury limousines.
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Loch Ness Sea
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