Platform Winds Shape Democratic Convention Agenda
The article reviews expected Democratic platform debates at Chicago as McGovern and McCarthy seek influence against Johnson administration policy. It compares Republican input from Rockefeller and Reagan, notes Humphrey dominance, and cites the New York Times on potential planks on Vietnam and war funding versus poverty.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
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Nixon and the Black Vote in Miami and Beyond
Nixon aims to win black votes this autumn but faces a deep anti political current. The piece notes Miami riots and outlines strategies from his analysts including a Negro business “little common market” and a community development plan with CORE ally Roy Innis. It highlights housing, urban renewal, and black enterprise as paths to sway voters.
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Ryan
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CORE
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Charles Percy
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Dade County
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Harlem
Stokes Pokes Whose Heir
Bill Stokes of the Wisconsin State Journal writes a humorous family anecdote about his son needing a haircut. The narrator reflects on safety, appearances, and parental lectures while sharing light banter with his wife Betty. The piece captures midcentury suburban life and playful self-deprecation.
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America
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Madison
Infants milk temperature and salmonella basics
Dr Molner addresses reader concerns about feeding babies cold milk and confirms it is not harmful though preferences vary. He explains salmonella as a food poisoning germ, notes incubation of 3-4 days, and compares with staphylococcus aureus which acts within hours. He warns about unrefrigerated picnic foods.
Letters to the Editor on Muscatine pit area concerns
Mrs Rochelle Schmidt writes to the editor raising concern about drinking and rough parties near a Muscatine pit area revealed by County Attorney Mr Allbee and Mr Pace. She questions timing and calls for constructive solutions and more recreation studies rather than talk.
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A Columnists Mailbag Nostalgia and Odds and Ends
New York columnists mailbag surveys everyday quirks and oddities. It notes litterbugs burden public spaces with half a billion yearly cleanup costs and jokes about marriage saving money, computer terms like nanosecond and picosecond, and aphorisms from Samuel Ullman and Josh Billings. It also offers safety cautions on changing tires on expressways and a mix of folklore proverbs.
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New York
Samuel Ullman
U.S
Illinois
Remembering Wittich’s Low Prices and Travel Notes
This column recalls 50 years ago when Kenneth M. Chaffee left Chestnut Street for Europe and Fred J. Mark arrived home from the West, with A. Strajack returning from the World's Fair and Wittich’s trusted furniture dealer touted for low prices.
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Wittich
Kenneth M. Chaffee
A.B. Chaffee
Chestnut Street
Europe
George H. Day
Grandview Ave
Ralph J. Wittich
A.J. Lindley
Sycamore Street
National Acquatic School
Woodward
Iowa
Today in History highlights from 1968 to 1968 events
Today marks the 232nd day of 1968 with key historical notes from 1934 German vote for Hitler to 1992 Salem witchcraft executions. Also listed are naval battles, invasions, public floods, and labor strikes spanning 1812 1940 1941 1955 and later.
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Paul von Hindenburg
Salem
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Constitution
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British Somaliland
Odessa
Naai
Dieppe
France
United States
Connecticut
Groton
Conn
Saigon
South Vietnam
Samaritan compassion prayer reflection
A devotional note cites Luke 10 39 34 about a Samaritan showing compassion and tending the injured traveler. It asks God to grant readers awareness of neighborly opportunities and a heart of compassion, following Jesus who went about doing good.
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