The Meaning of the Kennedys by Holmes Alexander
In the hours after Bob Kennedy was shot commentators speculated on killers by ethnicity and place, from Latino to Cuban to Jordanian. The piece argues scapegoating Dallas and other cities faded as facts emerged and ponders Kennedy era policies, violence, and prophetic history without definitive answers.
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Israel
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Lyndon
Ladybird
Edwin Walker
Lee Harvey Oswald
Memphis
Martin Luther King
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Eugene McCarthy
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America
Noise as a Public Health Hazard Conference Opens in Washington
A two day National Conference on Noise as a Public Health Hazard begins in Washington, addressing how noise causes hearing loss nervous system damage and sleep disturbance. Experts discuss personal tolerance variability high pitched sounds and sound modulation as key factors in annoyance. Continuous bland background noise and central air systems are noted as control approaches.
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Washington
China’s Hydrogen Bomb Test Marked a Milestone
The article notes China’s single hydrogen bomb test on June 17 and describes Western observers’ reactions. It cites government and defense figures on timelines from atomic to thermo-nuclear weapons, plus later incidents and speculate on missile deployment plans for the 1970s.
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China
Hsinhua
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Mao Tse-tung
Peking
United States
Soviet Union
Great Britain
Congressional Joint Committee On Atomic Energy
The Air We Breathe Is A Closed Space Ship
Sydney J. Harris explains that the earth’s troposphere is a finite, shared space. Pollutants accumulate as we burn fuels and cannot be removed once in the air. The United States emits about 130 million tons of pollutants yearly, making prevention essential to avoid irreversible deterioration of the atmosphere.
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Sydney J. Harris
Earth
United States
Canal to turn Egyptian Western Desert into inland sea
James Keller reports on a proposed 50 mile canal from the Mediterranean to the Qattara depression creating a 4600 square mile lake. The project, aided by atomic blasting, could generate hydroelectric power, alter regional climate, and spur fishing industry and resorts transforming the desert. It cites religious reflection on humanity using God given resources.
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James Keller
Egypt
Desert
Mediterranean
Connecticut
Qattara
Cairo
Grounds for annulment do not include undisclosed pre marriage debt
A marriage cannot be annulled for a wife concealing a large pre marriage debt. The husband is not liable unless he agreed to pay. An annulment requires the marriage to be absolutely void at contracting. Alaska holds the largest national forest area among states.
Anarchism in History and the Modern Leftist Wave
The piece argues anarchism appeals to utopian youth from 1848 to present, citing Bakunin and Dutschke. It traces anarcho-syndicalist experiments in Italy 1920, their collapse due to need for money, credit, and police, and links to Mussolini. It critiques political science education as failing to teach these lessons.
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Paris
West Berlin
Rudi’ Dutschke
New York City
Columbia University
Mark Rudd
Students
Michael Bakunin
Germany
J. Leslie Mitchell
U.S
Spain
Franco
Benito Mussolini
Lenin
Nechayev
Russia
Kerensky Social Democrats
Catalonia
Mark Rudds
Rudi Dutschkes
Sorbonne
Judgment Day for Pennsylvania Legislators Records Weigh Reelection
The piece argues voters will judge Pennsylvania lawmakers by their 1968 record on attendance voting and local service. It notes general election seats include all 203 House and half the 50 Senate, with emphasis on how incumbents prove commitment to constituents and local issues.
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Mason Denison
Pennsylvania
Senate
Capitol Hill
Legislative Branch
Highways Department
Forests and Waters
House
Department of Public Instruction
Department of Highways
Department of Forests and Waters
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