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Newspaper
News
Location
Frederick, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1968
Page
3
Senator Byrd declines a Democratic National Convention delegate seat and calls the present system a circus like spectacle. He urges proportional electoral votes or nationwide primaries to give minority voices a say and hints at constitutional amendment proposals advancing direct popular election ideas.
Johnson exits race and Mansfield contemplates a year long Senate session to year end. McCormack argues the House could finish before recess, aiming for September adjournment. Fortas confirmation faces opposition from Senator Long, raising prospects of a failed vote if Johnson presses on.
Daniel Patrick Moynihan, then an assistant secretary of labor and author of the anti poverty program, argues the Johnson administration killed the adult jobs program to cut taxes. He says emphasis on community action failed to lift the poor, despite rising expectations and riots, a verdict he regards as significant.
An editorial critiques the youth counterculture noting the flower children revolt and its failed utopia in Harmonsburg Pennsylvania. It argues the movement reveals the pathetic nature of that lifestyle and cautions youths about glamorizing rebellion against society.
Democratic leaders fear Humphrey could clinch the nomination at Chicago yet lose the fall election if he fails to present himself as an independent leader on Vietnam and party direction. Delegates from key states await a credible break with Johnson and a clear pledge to move toward peace, risking McCarthy or McGovern support if he budges too little.
By Don Oakley a Normansburg farm near the northwest Pennsylvania corner became a hippie haven drawing about 40 people from Ashbury district San Francisco and elsewhere. Public health vaccination and a hepatitis scare followed by drug-related arrests closed the ramshackle camp. The scene showed naivete, poor hygiene, and odd beliefs as children and animals shared cramped quarters, leaving the square world puzzled and alarmed.
A puzzled note asks about the nationality of the name Shane and its link to John, noting a Rotary Club practice of meeting at each member's home using a pattern.
August 26 1918 reports a labor shortage and volunteer fatigue could close Frederick’s community kitchen which canned about 200 quarts daily. Miss Esther R Nelson blames the shortage on lack of novelty as the city confronts wartime supply limits.
President Johnson tells Detroit Veterans of Foreign Wars delegates that the Democratic Platform must clearly back his Vietnam stance or risk weakening U S leverage. He insists de escalation is needed only with reciprocal North Vietnamese moves toward peace. The speech warns of a party split over the war and the platform's direction ahead of Chicago debates.
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