Presidents Prayer Breakfast Highlights Church State Ties
A 13th annual presidential Prayer breakfast at the Shoreham Hotel featured President Johnson and top leaders underscoring religious values in public life. Speakers including General Harold Johnson and William C. Jones shared faith as a source of strength amid wartime memory and personal transformation.
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War on poverty needs pragmatic appeal to win broad support
The piece recalls past poverty awakenings during the Great Depression and argues cynics miss how shared prosperity benefits the nation. It emphasizes that eradicating extreme destitution aligns with faith and benefits business, urging public understanding and conscience to back reforms.
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Soviet auto ownership praised despite high cost and limits
Izvestia lauds private car ownership as progress in a consumer oriented shift under state capitalism. The cheapest Zaporozhets costs about 2500 dollars and requires time payments, illustrating the growing but slow pull of private ownership within a communist system.
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Radio overload and FCC laxity in U.S. airwaves
A critic laments the abundance of public radio stations delivering endless blather and second-rate music with little public responsibility. The author questions why the Federal Communications Commission tolerates broadcasters who neglect meaningful content beyond trivial broadcasts.
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Astrologers Through History From Babylons to Hollywood
Jim Bishop surveys astrology from ancient Babylonia to modern Hollywood. He notes a culture of belief and skepticism, plus how stars influence fate, and how audiences treat horoscopes as entertainment or guidance. The piece traces shifts across civilizations and eras.
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Tattle Tales and Trust in Public Discourse
A varied column questions if a culture of silence fuels crime and cheating from classrooms to Congress. It laments victims of everyday wrongdoing and lauds fearless reporters, sharing sweeping historical facts such as the Liverpool Overhead Railway opening in 1883 and the Colosseum’s age.
Dental Health Week and Washington Lincoln birthdays
Dave Regan reflects on dental health week and the value of brushing teeth. He notes how Lincoln and Washington birthdays affect school calendars and ponders the fickle winter weather. The column ends with a nudge about busy car wash days as winter fades and spring teases.
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Jottings note showbiz sparks from Kilgallen column
Dorothy Kilgallen reports Margaret and Lord Snowdon may wed again while Dinah Shore courts Dick Martin and Bernice Massi seeks release from What Makes Sammy Run. Raquel Welch lands a Fox contract, Krupa plans Metropole return, and TV moves loom as discotheque trend unsettles Broadway.
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Cleaning the Sky: New York Window Washers See Pay Rise
Amid soaring glass towers in New York, window washers now earn about a third more in a decade as demand climbs. The trend mirrors higher pay for workers in other high risk, high vantage jobs such as flagpole painters and linemen.
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