News-Star endorses John Jordan for district attorney
The Monroe News-Star endorses John Jordan for district attorney of Ouachita and Morehouse Parishes in the Aug. 19 primary. It highlights his pledge to full-time office, anti drug abuse plans, stronger law enforcement support, staff expansion, and dedication to independence and public service, urging voters to elect him.
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Monroe News-Star
John Jordan
Fourth Judicial District
Ouachita
Morehouse Parishes
Jordan
Morehouse
Monroe
Neville High School
L. S. U. Law School
District Attorney’s Office
Albin P. Lassiter
News-Star
Diploma Mills Threaten College Credentials Across Nation
The press highlights widespread diploma mills operating in the United States offering degrees from psychology to horticulture. Authorities fear nonaccredited clinics and unqualified counselors exploit vulnerable clients. debate grows on federal versus state action to curb such false advertising while legitimate schools suffer from open admissions. Meanwhile high school seniors show a troubling drop in college entrance exam scores from 1966 to 1971.
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United States
McGovern Staff Faces VP Run Controversy Over Eagleton
Washington observers say McGovern staff circulated untrue reports to undercut Eagleton as pressure built to remove him from the ticket. Despite internal strife, Eagleton sought backing from party regulars led by Mayors Daley and Philadelphia leaders. The episode widened the rift between McGovern and party regulars while Eagleton pressed to enlist key fundraisers and figures like Eugene Wyman.
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Washington
Thomas Eagleton
George McGovern
Eagleton
McGovern
Richard J. Daley
Chicago
Peter Camiel
Philadelphia
Jean Westwood
Los Angeles
Eugene Wyman
Wyman
Hubert Humphrey
McGovern Not The One In 1968 New Politics Debate
A conservative-leaning assessment argues the era’s “new politics” is coming but that George McGovern is unlikely to lead it. It traces post 1967 shifts from McCarthy to Nixon era reform, noting broader social changes, party dynamics, and debates over race, gender, and policy. The piece stresses gradual shifts rather than a McGovern victory.
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Washington
Nixon
Sen
George McGovern
Eugene McCarthy
Senate
Johnson
Jemmings
Sen. McGovern
McCarthy
McGovern
George Wallace
Repubicans
Amercaisn
Environmental ‘Protection Agency
the Treasury
Edwin S. Cohen
Israel
Nothing Romantic About Irish Troubles
A columnist argues that nostalgia for the Irish struggle is dangerous myth. He recalls his father bearing IRA guns in a violin case and condemns the Provisional IRA as terroristic. He notes Irish American romanticizing, contrasts Irish communities in England and New York, and warns that unification talk overlooks Britain’s complicity and demographics in the entire United Kingdom.
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Washington
KFL
New York City
Northern Ireland
IRA
U.S
194Th Street
New York
Gelignite
Kilmainham
Londonderry
Bronx
England
Ireland
British Isles
Britain
Glasgow
Scotland
Belfast
London
Merseyside
Manchester
Liverpool
United Kingdom
Republic of Ireland
Israel the 51st State proposal sparks debate
The column discusses Bill Buckley suggesting Israel join the United States as its 51st state to deter Arab and Soviet aggression. It weighs Israeli trust in US power, the reaction of leaders like Golda Meir and Moshe Dayan, and Sabra concerns. It ends by proposing a broader union of democracies to pool diplomatic and military power.
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Bill Buckley
Northern Ireland
Christendom
Israel
U. S
Golda Meir
Moshe Dayan
U.S
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Pentagon
Moshe
Dayan
Palestine
Hitler
Sabras
Gerald L. K. Smith
Mediterranean
Buckley
Bill
U. S. Union
Monroe News-Star profiles publishers and staff credits
The Monroe News-Star announces its publisher lineage from 1929 to 1970 with names including John D. Ewing, Wilson Ewing, and Robert Ewing Jr. as chairman, plus officers, directors, and staff roles such as William H. Bronson as publisher and Jack S. Campbell as general manager. It lists Associated Press rights, circulation details, and the paper’s independent editorial stance.
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John D. Ewing
Wilson Ewing
Robert Ewing Jr
News-Star—World Publishing Corporation
North 4Th and
Olive Streets
Monroe
William H. Bronson
Mildred Hunt Ewing
Edmund Graves Brown, Jr
Robert Ewing III
Patricia King Hendrick
Esther Ewing Wynne
Kenneth C. Barranger
Robert Ewing Brown
Toulmin Hunter Brown
John D. Ewing, Jr
Paula Wray Ewing
Helen Clay Hall
Harrison Kelly Wynne
Lane
Jack S. Campbell
Edmund G. Brown
Jack C. Gates
William C. Hardin
Associated Press
Branham-Moloney Company National- Advertising
New York
New’ Orleans
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Kansas City
Minneapolis
Dallas
San’ Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
Boston
Miami
News-Star
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Diploma Mills
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Copley Newspapers
Novak
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Evans
Black Hills
Miles Rubin
Rubin
Ng Nick Thimmesch
Republican Army
Upper Manhattan
Michael Collins
Dublin
By Kevin Phillips
Small Society
Lance Corporal
Arthur Smith
Department of Human Resource
John Chamberlain
Che Monroe
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