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Newspaper
Monroe News Star
Location
Monroe, Louisiana, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1969
Page
3
A presidential commission urges rapid, sensible campus governance and administrator action in student unrest. Meanwhile Harvard disciplines 36 students from the April 9 administration building seizure, with dismissals, suspensions, and potential graduation impact reflecting measured university discipline.
Senator Vidrine argues the measure to restrict sex education is poorly drawn and unworkable as written. The House had passed it overwhelmingly, banning instruction below ninth grade and requiring parental permission for higher grades. The column urges handling sex education through schools, churches, and families, with age appropriate teaching and local oversight, citing calculus as a parallel for readiness.
In postwar mood the nation seeks slower inflation but progress remains elusive. Arthur Okun warned last November that price stability was near yet overall prices rose 2.6 percent in the first four months, double the year before. The high cost of living keeps undermining the corner turned claim.
In Prague a young Czech steel worker cites Dr. Gustav Husak’s pro Soviet stance as the core reason for public loathing. The piece details Moscow’s control over Czechoslovakia, the slow purge of reform voices, and liberal fears about a lengthy path to any genuine liberalization.
A 1969 column reports Senate leaders and members pressuring President Nixon on Vietnam peace negotiations. It notes Sen Mike Mansfield urges a wartime talks moratorium while Sen Albert Gore and Sen J William Fulbright oppose direct presidential meetings and seek different strategies. The piece discusses implications for Thieu, North Vietnam, and U.S. public opinion.
The piece notes June will see the SDS hold its annual conference amidst campus unrest and media attention. It covers Lake Forest College hosting the National Leadership Conference for Young Americans with speakers like Miroslav Todorovich and Sidney Hook, and lists included activists and scholars aiming to counter campus Left influence.
Sen John Sherman Cooper argues the United States could pause ABM deployment to seek a Soviet halt to the arms race. He cites overwhelming U S retaliatory power and notes doubts about Safeguard feasibility while proposing a research program and negotiations to curb proliferation.
The News-Star of Monroe Louisiana details its newspaper status, ownership and staff lineage from 1909 to 1952, including publication schedule, office location, contact points, and Associated Press affiliation. It notes independence and impartial news stance without party politics.
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