Disability Amendment Clears Committee Prospects Rise in Congress
The Bayh proposed disability and succession amendment advances in the Senate Judiciary Committee with minor changes and could pass the full Senate on February 17. House passage looks more likely this year, following last year’s unanimous Senate approval but House inaction. After Kennedy's death, Congress is urged to move promptly to enact the change.
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Senate Judiciary Committee
Senate
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Kennedy
Remedy For Quacks and Aged Health Care Reform
A columnist argues health quacks exploit the elderly amid calls for nationwide care. Fraudulent cures cost billions yearly, while skepticism and physician consulting are urged. Stronger law enforcement and a government funded care system are proposed as solutions.
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National Better Business Bureau
A Call for Reform and Due Process in Mississippi Case
The article recalls Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.'s Nobel remarks urging an end to oppression and violence. It argues reform must come through due process, criticizing Mississippi's handling of three civil rights workers' murders as anarchy and a threat to justice.
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Martin Luther King
America
Mississippi
Dr. King
Poverty's More Than Economies War on poverty sparks debate
Jim Bishop argues poverty is more than money and questions Johnson's war on poverty. He cites regional funding doubts, cultural factors, and education needs while noting skepticism among the public. He reflects on Kennedy, Galbraith, Appalachia, and the poor’s call for skills and planning.
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U. S
Appalachia
Council of Economic Advisers
George Foster
Vietnam War Dilemma Deepens United States Faces
James Marlow surveys the Vietnam conflict as US aid and advisers grow, the South Vietnamese leadership falters, and Viet Cong violence tests American resolve. He notes mounting casualties, shifting strategies, and doubts about long term success. The piece questions how long the US will fight for a fragile, unstable South Vietnam.
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South
Viet Nam
Red
Viet Cong
United States
Malcolm Brown
Associated Press
Saigon
Civil rights protest over voting tests in the South
Civil rights advocates denounce tests delaying Black eligibility to vote in state and federal elections. The piece notes Negro voters gain secret ballots once eligible and questions the National Labor Relations Board ruling that union card signs constitute an election even if coercion or misrepresentation occurred.
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Johnson
U.S
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Viet Nam
Soviet Union
Red China
Washington
South
National Labor Relations Board
Un-Secret Vote Conflicts Over Union Recognition
The article discusses whether authorization cards or secret ballots should determine union representation under the National Labor Relations Act amid cases in multiple circuits. It notes conflicts since 1950 and 1961 rulings, warns of intimidation and home visits, and calls for legislation to preserve workers secret voting rights.
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Signa
National Labor Relations Board
United States Circuit Courts of Appeal
Supreme Court
Weir
Congress
NLRB
La Bostella Dance Sparks Mixed Reactions in France
Report discusses the new La Bostella dance and its performers who alternate clapping and grieving utterances. The piece notes public uncertainty over whether this is a positive development amid daily life and traffic hazards.
Silent Erosion of Secret Ballot Rights in Modern Labor Debates
The text argues that current practice limits employers from presenting their position to employees and strips workers of secret ballots for expressing preferences. It contrasts this with the nationwide emphasis on voting secrecy as a civil right.
Dave Regan Here And There Dinner Adds Moonlighters Night
A Saturday program at First Methodist Church offers dinner from 5 to 7 with entertainment at 5:30 and 6:30. The Moonlighters high school group perform in a Gay Nineties atmosphere. Prices allow combined dinner and show at 1.75 adults, 1 under 10. show only 50 cents. Sunday is Valentine’s Day and advice on gifts emphasizes sentiment over price.
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First Methodist
Jack Eigen
Chris Way Ton
Dahl
Eleanor Parker
Paul Clemens
New York
Bavaria
Salzburg
Julie Andrews
Gossip From Gotham A Web of Showbiz Mentions
Dorothy Kilgallen notes George C Scott and Tangmy Grimes lunching at Gallaghers, Judy Garland planning a novel with Penelope Mortimer, Phyllis Newman joining Frank Loesser musical, and Prince Philip inaugurating Cannes polo. Marilyn Tucker hospitalized after minor surgery and Jack Benny’s 71st birthday. Sightings include Burt Lancaster and Janet Leigh in Park Ave circles and mixed critical takes on a Cole Porter tribute.
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George C. Scott
Tangmy Grimes
Gallaghers
Ava Gardner
Harve Presnell
Judy Garland
Penelope Mortimer
Phyllis Newman
Frank Loesser
Prince Philip
Cannes
Riviera
Viet Nam
Cambodia
Forrest Tucker
Marilyn
Jack Benny
Jack Carter
Jack
Ralph Schoen- Stein
Photographs Through The Eye And Ancient World Facts
Factographs compare camera eyes and retina film, noting the eye’s rapid lens curvature change. The text lists historical events from Mt Vestings eruption in 79 A D to Alexander the Great’s death at Babylon in 323 B C. It also mentions Hunza gestures, India’s many languages, and ants farming aphids for honeydew.
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