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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 04, 1968
Page
5
Governor McKeithen favors delaying the $119 million tax package and calling a special session in September to review needs, spending, and tax methods. Lawmakers lack information on proposed taxes and their use, while debates center on fairness and avoiding a tax on federal tax payments. Sales taxes and exemptions face criticism as options are studied.
Support grows for a constitutional amendment to set the voting age at 18 nationwide with President Johnson backing the proposal. Critics cite youth disorders, state resistance, and fear of federal overreach, while opponents question maturity and draft-age symbolism.
British journalist Henry Fairlie argues politics is not a nursery and realists must accept windbagging crudity. He says politicians persuade supporters, navigate conflicting interests, and hide in shadow areas while ruthlessness and ambition keep the system moving, comparing favorably with the American scene.
In Los Angeles Thomas Finney, Washington lawyer, took leave to guide Senator McCarthy’s California primary campaign. He ordered removal of a pro-Kennedy ad, recruited Doyle Dane Bernbach writers, and coordinates with Humphrey allies while Lynch delegation publicity risks hurting McCarthy’s momentum.
Washington signals patience in Paris as the United States plans to allow months for negotiations with North Vietnam. Britain and the Soviet Union urge restraint while Hanoi demands U S withdrawal and an unconditional halt to bombing. President Johnson vows not to withdraw until an honorable peace is secured with no surrender.
An analysis of GOP shifts compares Nixon Rockefeller in 1960 with Reagan in 1968 to show Republican Leftism fading. It argues Rockefeller’s bid failed as Reagan’s conservatism grows, shifting influence to the West and South and reshaping potential tickets and coalitions.
Washington police raided a Chinatown backroom and detained about ten elderly Chinese men on mahjongg for money charges after two months of surveillance. The piece mocks the raid and notes broader crime issues while praising Chinese residents as peaceful, questioning police priorities and propriety.
Billy Graham argues that character values ethics and morals are essential for a sane society and that true Christianity transforms people into honest good individuals through faith in Jesus Christ. He cautions against hypocritical uses of the Christian label.
The Monroe News Star outlines its publication details and declares it will support what it believes to be right and oppose what it believes to be wrong, without regard to party politics. It emphasizes independence as a daily newspaper with extensive advertising and AP affiliation.
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