Westmoreland seeks 206000 more US troops for Vietnam
The request would raise American forces from 510000 to about 716000, risking an eight billion dollar annual cost increase and greater violence. Washington debate centers on whether escalation helps or worsens pacification. Senator Kennedy calls for restraint and questions authority to continue such losses.
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Westmoreland
Washington
Vietnam
Defense Department
State Department
U.S
Robert Kennedy
Senate
United States
Kennedy
Bonnie and Clyde: Myth Versus Real Crime Folk Heroes
A critical view traces Bonnie Parker and Clyde Barrow beyond the film. It argues the real gang members were violent, petty killers who enjoyed murder, with Clyde a punitive, humorless punk and Bonnie a married, adulterous waitress. The piece notes the Texas-ambush death and the movie’s glamorization as misrepresenting true events.
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Bonnie and Clyde
Clyde Barrow
Bonnie Parker
Midlands
Clyde
Bonnie
John Toland
New York Times
Houston
C.W. Moss
Anarchy No Solution From The Kewanee Star Courier
A Harvard campus poll shows 25 percent of responding seniors plan to leave the country or go to jail to avoid military service while about 60 percent would actively try to dodge service. The piece argues such views threaten orderly society and individual rights.
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Harvard
Free for Fathers Phil News
An indulgent grandfather takes his son's brood to a Saturday matinee and discovers the box office price is listed for children only. The cashier quips that if he can take it, he gets in free, highlighting a lighthearted tale of grandfatherly generosity.
Florida Teachers Strike of 1968 Ends in Loss for Unionists
The Florida Education Association walkout began February 21 with about 25 000 resignations from 60 000 teachers. Despite a $300 million funding package, gains were limited and wages fell by millions as the union sought exclusive bargaining rights. Governor Kirk emerged relatively unscathed as public support waned. The episode leaves lingering rifts within the profession and unlikely replication elsewhere.
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Miami
Florida
Florida Education Association
FEA
Dade County
The
Miami Herald
Kirk
Gout and pregnancy queries in Molner column
Dear Dr Molner explains gout deaths from kidney damage due to uric acid, urging uric acid reduction to extend life. He also answers hair bleaching during pregnancy as safe, and promotes his booklet on stopping smoking with mail request details. He notes he cannot answer individual letters due to volume.
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Dr. Molner
Dr. Mother
Letters on shoplifting rules and driving safety in Muscatine
A reader argues for strict shoplifting precautions including burning bags and pocket pinning while another letter urges safer driving near Park Avenue and East Second Street to protect children. A third writer praises the Red Cross Learn to Swim program and calls for parental discipline and better communication between parents and children.
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Park Avenue
East Second Street
Muscatine
Second Street
East Fourth Street
National
Red. Cross
Ed Cross
The
Park Commission
Muscatine News Briefs From Yesteryears
A retrospective item notes 195, 75, 50, and 25 years ago in Muscatine. It recalls recent rains causing washouts on Iowa Avenue near Sellers Pond, a 75 year old morning traveler to Chicago, strong church attendance during fair weather, a local war garden drive planned for spring, and a Navy cadet promoted to primary flight training. It also mentions a WAAC promotion for Dorothy Hanit and the funeral of Elsie Bergenske at the Lutheran Homes chapel.
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Iowa Avenue
Seller’s Pond
Frank George
Chicago
Muscatine
Naval Aviation
R. C
Today in History highlights from 1938 to Khrushchev
On this date in history notable events include Germany's invasion of Austria in 1938 and New Jersey becoming a British colony in 1664. Other items: Grant named Union Army commander in 1864, Girl Scouts organized in 1912, Pope Pius XI in 1939, Finland surrender in 1940, Truman Doctrine in 1947, Batista suspends constitutional guarantees, Soviet troop withdrawal from Cuba, Khrushchev mobbed in public appearance a year ago.
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Associated Press
Germany
Austria
New Jersey
Charles II
James
Duke of York
Ulysses S. Grant
Girl Scouts of America
Savannah
Prus XI
Fulgencio Batista
Cuba
Washington
Soviet Union
Nikita Khrushchev
Daily Prayer to Live in Love as Christ Loved
Prayer asks God to make believers instruments of influence through love and service. It seeks forgiveness and peace for others and urges living in Christian love as instructed by scripture. The tone matches a devotional prayer card.
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Christ
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Kewanee Star Courier
Free For Fathers
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