Our Paralysis In The Big Blackout
The piece examines the massive Northeast blackout affecting about 30 million people in New York City and surrounding areas. It notes the potential for sabotage as a concern, praises steady emergency power at key installations, and urges the Federal Power Commission investigative team under President Johnson to find how such a rapid outage spread and how to prevent future occurrences.
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Religious leaders urge end to racial separation in the South
Editor Ewing S. James of the Southern Baptist Standard argues that church influence could speed civil rights, noting resistance to integration is waning. He stresses that major faiths oppose racial division and calls for Americans to reassess beliefs as civil rights laws take effect.
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the Standard
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Million-dollar bids sought for Vasa cannon spark Great Sweden debate
Two private collectors offered about one million dollars each for 17th century Vasa cannon from the Swedish man of war. The cannons are not for sale and the Vasa, scuttled in Stockholm harbor 337 years ago and raised in 1961, remains a sacred maritime relic.
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Vasa
Stockholm
TIME TO RETIRE THEM David Lawrence Johnson Now Dictator
Commentary warns that Johnson's aluminum stockpile sale and price controls push the government into dictating private business. It questions impacts on investment, wages, and living costs, arguing executive power expands beyond congressional authorization and risks economic discipline.
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Congress
United States
America
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Johnson faces split risk as class of 58 weighs in
The Lyndon Johnson coalition may fracture over aluminum stockpile policy and foreign payments aimed at balancing deficits. Walters Heller disputes wage gains while Hartke and McCarthy push a pro business stance. the class of 58 wields Senate influence ahead of 1970 elections.
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U.S. Senate
Eugene McCarthy
Minnesota
Vance Hartke
Indiana
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Senate
LBJ
America under executive economic control shapes future elections
The piece argues the government has assumed dictatorial economic power without Congress, affecting voter judgments on prosperity or recession. It warns that blame or praise for wage and price shifts will pass to the administration, influencing the next presidential ballot.
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America
Congress
Telling Me Youre Telling Me a Drinking Status Symbol
A satirical note links drinking as a status symbol in American middle class life discussed at a Washington conference on alcoholism. The piece also juggles quirky wordplay about Rocky Mountain sheep, the Old West, autumn brides, and a brief reference to a one hour revolution in El Salvador.
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Washington
Salvation Army Youths and Go Go Dancers Compared
A columnist contrasts the hopeful militant energy of The Salvation Army founders with modern youth culture. He notes young people seek escape in music and legislation, cites songs like Rescue Me and Help, and argues the era’s sadness persists despite upbeat sounds. He references Brambell, Catherine Booth, Ballington Booth, and a shift toward contemporary pop and disc jockeys.
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Salvation Army
William
Catherine Booth
Bramwell
Catherine
France
Ballington
United States
Christianity
Things We Didn't Know Hal Boyle Highlights Everyday Facts
A playful roundup of miscellaneous U.S. trivia and social notes including accidents costing billions, rising teen sizes, shopping tips saving money, stamp and coin trivia, old Christmas laws, barbering history, and public health cautions about smoking. It also notes lunch entertaining boosts sales and rising car ownership across American families.
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U.S
General Court of
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Facts From A Rustic Past And World Atlas Notes
Factographs and Acadian existence evoke rustic peace. Arcadia shepherds symbolize innocence. Cayuga's waters lie in the Finger Lakes near Cornell University. The earth travels 590 million miles yearly. Castel Gandolfo remains the Pope's summer residence. The Lafayette Escadrille linked American fliers to France in WWI. Capillaries are tiny vessels linking veins and arteries. Ronk? Amundsen reached the South Pole on December 14, 1911. Quakers first practiced co education. Concord Bridge stood at the flood during the shot heard round the world.
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Cornell University
Castel Gandolfo
Lafayette Escadrille
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