Bar Association Backing Amendment For Popular Vote Presidency
The American Bar Association supports a constitutional amendment to elect presidents by popular vote. The piece notes past electoral quirks in 1876 and 1888 and warns against a potential bargain by George C. Wallace if no candidate wins a majority. It argues the Constitution should be amended to prevent such a crisis and lauds the bar group’s stance.
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Rutherford B. Hayes
Samuel J. Tilten
Tilden
Hayes
Grover Cleveland
Benjamin Harrison
George C. Wallace
Alabama
White House
Bar Association
Steady gains in heart transplantation progress
The article argues heart transplantation shows steady advance rather than repeated failure. It notes that most deaths stem from complications, not the procedure itself, and that each case builds knowledge toward making heart transplants routine someday. Dr. Blaiberg remains the only living patient highlighted. The passage cites a biblical verse to frame progress.
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Bombay
Philip Blaiberg
South Africa
Viet Cong Tet Failure Analyzed by Douglas Pike
Joseph Alsop summarizes Douglas Pike's post mortem on the Tet period attacks. Pike argues the Viet Cong aimed at urban uprising, disintegration of the South Vietnamese army, and crippling American firepower. He links North Vietnamese dissension and long term attrition risk to Giap ordering a broad offensive.
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Washington
Vietnam
Washington Post
Douglas Pike
Pike
Robert F. Kennedy
Vo Nguyen Giap
Saigon
Gian
Giap
Oregon Voters Face Local Issues Shaping 1968 Contest
In Oregon the primary race centers on local economic grievances over lumber, logs for Japan, mortgage rates, and housing. Lyndon Johnson’s fate may hinge on how these issues affect Oregon and Northwest voters, with figures like Hatfield Morse and local mills key to the outcome.
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Japan
Tokyo
Mark Hatfield
Bob Duncan
Lyndon Johnson
U. S. Senate
Vietnam
Hatfield
Washington
Wayne Morse
Duncan
Morse
LBJ
Senate
Pacific Northwest
U. S. Forest Service
Weyerhaeuser
Secretary of the Treasury
Fowler
Dean Rusk
U. S
Wallace tactics and Wallace on race and policy
Buckley analyzes George Wallace’s rhetoric and political tactics on segregation and federal vs state power. The excerpt shows Wallace portraying himself as nonracist while resisting federal school integration guidance and funding instructions, and highlights his controversial exchanges with Buckley.
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Washington
Alabama
George Wallace
Music as solace and culture in American life today
The piece notes 41 million Americans play instruments, up from 14 million in 1936, with a six percent rise from last year. It credits radio and television for expanding music appreciation, cites 262 million radios and music making about nine percent of programming, and suggests music could guide youth toward peace amid global savagery.
Beatles Influence Helps Grow Youth Music Interest
Observer notes that part of the rising music interest among youths is attributed to the Beatles and similar acts who shaped the younger generation's taste.
Facts and figures from a historical excerpt
The text lists various trivia including an anchorite as a hermit, antelopes with 50 000 taste buds, Captain Cook’s murder claim, George Andemars’ rayon patent in 1855, Green land’s high plateau, bone hardening differences by gender, porcupines with 30 000 quills, and Canada’s population growth rate ahead of the US.
Middletown Journal Subscription Rates
The Journal publishes daily in Middletown Ohio. Subscription rates listed include per copy 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Mail subscriptions vary by area from 15 dollars yearly in trading areas to 38 dollars for outside the U.S. All subscriptions are payable in advance.
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