Editorials and Comments in Odessa American
A digest of editorials and reader comments from the Odessa American dated December 11, 1968. Highlights and opinions reflect local editorial voice on topics of the era.
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Newspaper
Odessa American
Location
Odessa, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1968
Page
10
Mail Theft Scandal Highlights Washington Charity Losses
A Republican congressman reveals that the National Cathedral and other Washington charities suffered mail thefts totaling about 25000. Rev. Clarence Brown urges urgent investigation, with reports of thefts at Missionhurst Korean Relief and Holy Ghost Mission. Postal workers implicated, but few prosecutions. auditors note widespread abuse and bureaucratic delays. The piece argues for GOP promises to reform post office misgovernance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown
Congress
Republican Congressional Committee
Republican Newsletter
Washington
Sihe
Clarence J. Brown
Ohio
Con
Missionhurst
Holy Ghost Mission
Korean Relief Inc
Paul Melveren
Melveren
William Vita
Korean Relief
Francis Sayre
Kennedy Family Faces Clash Over Cuban Policy Book
The piece discusses Mario Lazo's Dagger In the Heart criticizing President Kennedy and Robert Kennedy over the 1962 missile crisis and Cuba. It notes Lazo's view that Kennedy temporized, aiding Castro, and that Reader's Digest published Monroe Doctrine criticisms ahead of the book.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennedy
Robert F. Kennedy
Edward i M. Kennedy
Mario Lazo
Dr. Lazo
Theodore W Sorensen
Arthur Schlesinger J Jr
Lazo
Khrushchev
Amos Welg
Ps Coudnaway
Castro
Cuba
Reader’s Digest
Bobby Kennedy
Question Box on Civil Disobedience and Law Breaking
Question asks why people advocate breaking laws if willing to accept punishment. Answer cites Henry David Thoreau, noting civil disobedience against unjust laws, differentiating from harming others. Thoreau refused taxes supporting slavery and went to jail, arguing to avoid lending sanction to wrong while not infringing others' rights.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry David Thoreau
Thoreau
Almanac highlights marked by wars and statehood milestones
Today is December 11, 1968. Key events on this date include Germany and Italy declaring war on the United States in 1941 after Pearl Harbor. Other entries note Indiana becoming a state in 1816, Louis Napoleon's 1848 election, Edward VIII's abdication in 1936, Mussolini’s 1937 withdrawal from the League, and Rockefeller Jr. offering Manhattan land for the UN in 1946, among later notes on Kenya’s independence and Haiphong air strikes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated. Press
Germany
Italy
United States
Japan
Pearl Harbor
Indiana
Union
Louis Napoleon
France
Edward VIII
Britain
George VI
Benito Mussolini
League of Nations
Roer River
John D. Rockefeller Jr
Manhattan
United Nations
Soviet Union
Kenya
U.S
North Vietnam
Haiphong
Odessa Duplicate Bridge Club Winners Honor Kasie and Plate
Five years ago on December 11, 1963 the Odessa Duplicate Bridge Club crowned top players Gaylor Kasie of Midland and August Plate of Crane for their top honors in a Midland Crane event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Odessa
Gaylor Kasie
Midland
August Plate
Crane
Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang to Feed 12,000 at Dallas Convention
Ten years ago on December 11 1958 Jay Alvey announced the Odessa Chuck Wagon Gang had been engaged to feed 12 000 people at the Kiwanis International Convention in Dallas reflecting local group involvement in a major public event.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jay Alvey
Odessa
Draft board plans evening meeting for registrants
Mrs. Jack Malone, draft board secretary, said member of Draft board No. 37 will meet tonight to select registrants for physicals. The notice reflects routine November or December 1948 procedures as draft officials prepare for physical examinations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Malone
Draft Board
Draft Board No. 37
Question and Answer in a Victorian Rhetoric Style
The dialogue asks why an idle speaker is described as playing possum and cites the Virginia possum feigning death when caught. It then asks where Sir Walter Raleigh was when he wrote History of the World and answers that Raleigh was imprisoned in the Tower of London for reasons related to state charges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Walter
Raleigh
Tower of London
Black
Supreme Court Justice Black Holds Nation’s Attention
CBS interview with Hugo L Black at age 82 offers a calm, eloquent defense of constitutional processes amid Vietnam war turmoil. Commentary highlights his views on free expression and Fifth Amendment issues, contrasting Bardot’s appeal with Black’s measured, hopeful perspective for America.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Supreme Court
Hugo L. Black
CBS
Jurist
Chicago
Lawyers, Law and Society in a Scramble for Justice
An informal column recalls an 81 year old father figure explaining how disputes were settled before lawyers. He contrasts costly modern legal battles with past simple remedies, then pivots to critiques of litigation, politics, and law making. The piece also touches on Supreme Court opinions and Attorney Black.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de Thore
Congress
Black
I Speak of My People the Citizens Council
John J. Synon recounts attending the 12th Annual Leadership Conference of the Citizens Councils of America in Jackson Mississippi. He praises its attendees as decent Americans from 29 states, notes their decorum and abstention from alcohol, and reflects on their stance on race, immigration, and support for George Wallace. He identifies with them as his people and laments the Vietnam war coverage by a Greenwood Mississippi major.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John. J. Synon
Jackson
Mississippi
Citizens- Councils of America
Citizens Council
America
George ‘Wallace
Reédom
Wallace
Vietnam
Green Berets
Greenwood
Manor
Aldo
Council
Snakes in Burmiathan Kill More Than Any Area
Britannica notes higher snake deaths in Burmiathan than elsewhere. Historic reference mentions 20 wild buffalo remained in the United States when President Roosevelt established the Bison Range in Montana. The cony in the West gathers hay for winter stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burmia
Encyclopaedia Britannica
United States
Teddy Roosevelt
Montana
Cony
How To Address The Law Makers
A list of contact details for federal and state lawmakers. Includes Sen Ralph Yarborough in Austin and Sen John Tower in Washington with office addresses, Rep Richard C White in El Paso, Rep D C Fisher in San Angelo, Rep Ace Pickens in Odessa, Rep Richard C Slack in Pecos, and Sen Dorsey Hardeman in San Angelo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ralph. W. Yarborough
Austin
Senate
Washington
D.C
John’.G. Tower
Wichita Falls
Building
Washington, D.C
Rep
Richard C. , White
EL Paso
Longworth House
Rep.d
Democrat of
San Angelo
Rayburn House
Dorsey Hardeman
South Irving
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Setae
NEA, Inc
PS Paey
Degaulle
Ranc
Capitol
Chicago Tribune
New York News Syndicate
Hitler
Eric Sevareid
Martin Agronsky
NBC
Brigitte Bardot
Justice Black
Bardott
Daley
Grass: Roots Opinion
Bill Kennedy
Library of Congress
Itz
Warren
KcRoss
Mr. Coward
Wan
Ace Pickens
Democrat
National Bank Bldg
Tex
Pecos
Brandon
Pecos, Tex
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