City College of New York Moves Away From Activist Disruptions
At CCNY, a shift away from radical activism emerges as students reject interference with interviews for engineers and GI sanctuary actions. Amid vandalism and lines cut, many students and faculty note a growth of restraint and concern for stability.
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City College of New York
Julius Elias
CCNY
Subway
A.W.O.L
Corporation
Search For Engineers
Vietnam
Ral
Students For A Democratic Society
SDS
Monroe Firemen Praised After North 18th Gas Spill Fire
Monroe business owners applaud the fire department for stopping a gasoline water mix on North 18th Street that spread two blocks. Engine Companies 3 and 5 and Truck 2 contained the blaze after a truck driver tried to dilute the spill and a boy allegedly set fire to it. The incident avoided wider damage to nearby Kellogg Moore Oil and other structures.
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DeSiard Street
Kellogg-Moore Oil Company
North 18Th
Black leader McKissick backs Nixon optimistic view
Floyd McKissick former CORE head says Nixon has basic qualities to be a good president and will likely implement meaningful black programs without major cuts He urges against pre judgment and notes Nixon’s productive Vice Presidency track record while contrasting with previous party lines and white reaction.
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Richard Nixon
Hubert Humphrey
Floyd McKissick
Congress of Racial Equality
CORE
Nixon
McKissick
Harry Truman
Lyndon Johnson
Agnew
Southinton
Jackie Robinson
Secret McNamara Laird Feud Quietly Reconciled
A secret two hour meeting in a downtown hotel between former Defense Secretary Robert McNamara and future Defense Secretary Melvin Laird aimed to align views on Vietnam and budget issues. They discussed major questions Laird would face, starting with Vietnam, amid long running political sparring over war costs and policy.
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Washington
Defense
Robert McNamara
Melvin R. Laird
Laird
Pentagon
McNamara
Vietnam
House Appropriations
Johnson
Congress
House
Defense Department
Can LBJ Afford Humane Statesmanship
A columnist questions President Johnson’s Pueblo rescue, labeling it a diplomatic white lie to free the crew. It argues the act preserves United States integrity but risks undermining trust and prestige amid Vietnam and Cold War pressures. The piece ponders future historians verdicts.
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Johnson
U.S
Pueblo
Rusk
United States of America
North Korea
People’s Republic ‘of Korea
United States
Gilbert Woodward
LBJ
Vietnam
Washington
Jefferson
Jackson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Harry Truman
Dwight Eisenhower
Thailand
Turkey
Berlin
Bible Digest Exhortation On Divine Strength
H B Dean urges readers to rely on Christ for strength. He cites Philippians 4 13 and Psalm 119 40 to stress that human effort fails without God's help and that knowing God's word fulfills the world's deepest need. The tone is exhortatory and devotional.
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Christ
Year 1968 a harsh snapshot of world turmoil and local courage
The piece surveys a turbulent 1968 with riotions in the United States and abroad, slams the UN for inaction on Nigeria and apartheid, and lauds Richard Aronovitz of UConn and Paul E Fuller of the Somerset Daily American for upholding due process and journalistic integrity amid police action and student unrest. It salutes the courage of individuals like Aronovitz and Fuller as a beacon for a better year.
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U. S
Rhodesia
South Africa
Nigeria
Czechoslovakia
Clark Clifford
Panmumjom
Rudyard Kipling
Daley
Chicago
Toto
New York City
Alice Widener
USA Magazine
Richard Aronovitz
University of Connecticut
Homer
Bidge
Uconn
Connecticut
Aronovitz
Senate
Paul E. Fuller
Somerset Daily American
Pennsylvania
Fuller
Robert Peck
Peck
America
New Year Partying Traditions From Scots to Puritans
The piece traces New Year customs from Scottish endorsers of hot pints and neighbor visits to English pins and gloves gifts. It notes regional quirks, such as blondes for luck, lambs wool bowls, and payoffs for political duties, plus New England dates and Puritan restraint. It mentions a world record for sampling 47 punch bowls and ends with resilience of the Scots.
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Washington
Wallace
Janus
Europe
National Committee
New England
Senator Soaper Comments On Sports And Weather
A column mocks shifts in reporting language and public discourse. It wonders about how sports figures real and perceived behavior contrast with off field actions and notes the weather bureau’s role in forecasting bitter cold while hinting at evolving freedoms and media norms.
Monroe News-Star History Disclosure and Policy Note
The Monroe News-Star declares it is a second class matter publication since 1909 and outlines ownership by News-Star-World Publishing Corporation. It lists executives, editors, and advertising representatives and states its independent, nonpartisan mission.
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Monroe
News-Star—World Publishing
Corporation
4Th
Olive Street
Branham Company National Advertising Representatives
New York
Chicago
Atlanta
Detroit
St. Louis
Memphis
Dallas
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Charlotte
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Robert Novak
Mills
Robert Griffin
Michigan
Hugh Scott
Roman Hruska
Nebraska
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Griffin
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Abe Fortas
Scott
Hruska
Theodore F. Stevens
Alaska
E. L. Bartlett
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William Scranton
Evans
Novak
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Bible Digest
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Soaper
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