Rockefeller resurges as GOP mainstream hope in 1967
William F Buckley Jr notes Republicans shift from Romney toward Nelson Rockefeller as the Establishment eyes a 1968 nomination. He critiques Fortune Magazine praise while warning many ultraconservatives seek a fresher candidate, leaving Rockefeller with mixed support.
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Nelson Rockefeller
George Romney
Romney
Fortune Magazine
Duncan Norton-Taylor
Fortune
Huey Long
Norton-Taylor
Rockefeller
Mr. R
Goldwater
Nixon
GOP
Pearl Buck at 75 remade by a life of charity and art
Pearl Buck marks 75 with a life of global impact and philanthropy. She donated more than 7 million dollars to aid half American children in Asia and signed over royalties and estate to the Pearl S Buck Foundation. Buck, born Pearl Comfort Sydenstricker in 1892 Hillsboro West Virginia, is famed for The Good Earth and the House of Earth trilogy and won the 1938 Nobel Prize in Literature for biographies of her parents and epic depictions of Chinese peasant life.
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Pearl Buck
Good Earth
Paul Muni
Pearl S. Buck
China
Chinkiang
Pearl Comfort Sydensticker
Hillsboro West Va
Academy
Anders Osterling
Nobel Committee
Asia
Bucks County
Vermont
Pearl S. Buck Foundation
Homer
Buck
Three Minutes A Day Stops Thief In Flint
An 87 year old woman in Flint Michigan shouted Give me back my keys and chased a thief who had snatched her pocketbook. The robber paused took a smaller purse with $20 returned the handbag then fled as the elderly woman pursued him. The incident highlights courage and public virtue in defending decency.
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Flint
Mich
Wage hikes when merited in municipal work
The piece argues against using police and fire unions as political leverage for pay hikes. It suggests eliminating inefficiencies via an efficiency expert, reducing staff where possible, and tying higher wages to proven performance. It warns that inefficient staffing raises taxes and calls for scrutiny of city departments and projects.
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Ohio
State Capitol
Best Volunteer Fireman Who Is A Com muter
A Manhattan commuter and upstate resident, a volunteer fireman at his local firehouse, earned the “Best Volunteer Fireman Who Is A Commuter” honor and aims to have it entered into the Congressional Record. The storyteller notes Congress often prints such notices, costing taxpayers per page.
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New York
Congress
Manhattan
O.K
America
Readings on Communism and the Global Society
In Commonwealth the writer argues that the age’s problem is coping with communism and its appeals. He contends anti communists mistake a symptom for a cause, urging better systems to lift the global poor and prevent future unrest.
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Commonwealth
Conor Cruise O’brien
Bible Verse Psalm 121 Elevates Focus on Help
A devotional note quotes Psalm 121 verses 1 and 2, emphasizing looking to the hills for aid and declaring that help comes from the Lord. The text frames faith as reliance on divine support beyond human effort.
Firm stand and UN fate debated in Middle East column
The piece argues for a hard line by Israel, claims UN abdication in Sinai and Gaza, and contends that only firm defense and direct talks will secure peace. It portrays Nasser and Syria allied with the Soviet bloc, predicts eventual U.S. and British pressure, and claims small nations will shape the future.
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Middle East
Egypt
Syria
U.S
Britain
Soviet Union
Parliament of the Nations
Maldive Islands
Zambia
Honduras
Nasser
Gulf of Aqaba
Moshe Dayan
U Thant
Sinai Peninsula
Gaza Strip
Security Council
China
UN General Assembly
General Assembly
Kosygin
Dreamboat Boys
Cairo
Damascus
Dayan
Israel
Switzerland
Taiwan
Manhattan
East River
Pennsylvania’s tax gap widens with $47 million claim
House Democratic Floor Leader Herbert Fineman suggests Pennsylvania needs only $47 million in new taxes while Governor Shafer projects $267 million. Fineman argues over estimates, noting Shafer trimmed his figure from near $300 million. The debate shapes fiscal policy ahead of the new fiscal year.
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Pennsylvania
House
Herbert Fineman
Shafer
Fineman
House Democrats
Philadelphia
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New Castle
Richard E. Rentz
Jessie Treadwell Anderson
Treas
J. Fred Rentz
Eleanor Treadwell
Pleance Treadwell
Lawrence
Beaver
Butler
Mercer
Gaede Twlesensd Seaaas
Eee
Mer
James W. Trevitt
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Dick Moody
the Capital
Don MacLean
Capitol Hill
Sydney J. Harris
Bible Thought
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Vian
By Wohl
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Mason Denison
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