War in Vietnam Drives 1968 Campaign Tactics Across Parties
The Vietnam war dominates the 1966 to 1968 political scene as incumbents delay campaigning, seeking to stay in Washington. Republicans largely back Johnson’s handling, while liberals critique it. The war’s outcome is viewed as shaping House control, Senate balance, and governor races, with Nixon and Romney weighing diverging strategies for the next cycle.
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Vietnam
House of Representatives
Senate
Congress
Washington
Johnson
Richard M. Nixon
George Romney
Michigan
Emphasis On Safety In American Car Design
Automakers shift focus to safety with plans like Ford's collapsible front end on 1969 and all 1971 models to absorb impact. GM cautions no breakthrough yet and bets on improved restraints and interior design to reduce second collisions while the public cheers safer future models.
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Ford Motor Company
Louis C. Lundstrom
General Motors
Society of Automotive Engineers
Former Indian Minister Demands Dollar Devaluation Threat
Shade from the past recalls V. K. Krishna Menon once a thorn in American policy. He resurfaces to urge devaluation of the dollar, claiming American prestige has slumped, a view he shares with communist allies and no others.
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V. K Krishna Menon
India
America
Rehabilation program in Cuba targets prisoners
A Spanish study outlines Fidel Castro's method to coerce 40,000 political prisoners into a so called voluntary program. It claims prisoners are first offered release after years of indoctrination, with harsher persuasion including food cuts, solitary confinement, beatings, and brutal work details. One case reportedly involved TNT detonators.
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Spain
Fidel Castro
Cuba
Castro
Prisoners Pressured Through Cuban Rehabilitation Program
A study details a staged system of rehabilitation for prisoners in Cuba designed to mold obedience. It outlines weekly talks, selection of Castro writings, Marx and Lenin works, and mandatory collaboration with tribunals, propaganda writing, and denunciations. Despite severe pressure, most prisoners refuse the program.
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Fidel Castro
Havana
Jose Marti
Montecristi
Lenin
Marx and
Engels
Cuba
Blas Roca
The Poor Man's Philosopher Daydream List
New York AP reports an aging observer laments unachieved dreams in a cluttered world. He imagines exotic items and escapades such as eating locusts, chocolate ants, a barbecued aardvark, a tete-a-tete with a two headed girl, hashish, a Turkish harem, and a ransom by Sili an bandits amid a mix of travel and humor.
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New York
Buckingham Palace
What Have You Done With Your Time On Earth
Hal Boyle reflects on the odd list of experiences people might claim from riot to romance and odd encounters. The author suggests many life chapters are varied and unpredictable yet common reflection shows life’s spending of time resists neat summary.
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Kentucky
Harvard
Arrogance of Power in Labor Strike Debate
Washington Today reports on a clash between airline union leaders and Congress over a back-to-work bill. AFL-CIO President George Meany warns against legislation while labor leaders threaten repercussions, asserting workers' rights against a smaller political bloc. The piece notes 100 million voting Americans could influence Congress, and explores arbitration as a potential path to settlement amidst ongoing negotiations and the risk of further, stricter future laws.
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AFL - CI0
Congress
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Capitol Hill
House Committee On Commerce
Harley C. Staggers
West Virginia
Meany
Machinists Union
P.L. Siemiller
House Committee
Machinists
House
Senate
Frederick County to Get Agricultural Agent Says Delaplaine
Attorney Edward S. Delaplaine told Frederick farmers' group officials and the Farmers Association that Frederick County is likely to obtain an agricultural agent or farm demonstrator at no county cost. Civil service exams in Frederick attracted no applicants due to unclear reasons and possibly a girls’ ban from the competition.
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Frederick County
Edward S. Delaplaine
Farmers’ Association
Delaplaine
Frederick
Elks Conclave Parade Climaxing 1946 Maryland Event
More than 1 000 members paraded in Frederick as the 26th annual convention of the Elks Association of Maryland Delaware and the District of Columbia closed with a hall and floor show at the State Armory. John Bowie mails a postcard proposing “monkey faced owls” to chase Frederick starlings as Findlay Ohio claims the nuisance. British authorities report the United States declined to join a plan to partition Palestine, leaving Britain to handle the issue alone.
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the Elks’ Association
Maryland
Delaware
District of Columbia
State Armory
Frederick
Findlay
Ohio
John Bowie
Fred Straley
United States
Palestine
Britain
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Hartford Times
By Ray Cromley
Hal Boyle
Chicago
Nile
Pompeii
Bertha M. Clay
Jean-Paul Sartre
Washington Today
David Lawrence
Labor
Staggers
News-Post
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