Time to Honor Pledge on Slavery and Reform Debate
A psychiatrist argues campus revolts reveal moral duplicity in U S history. The piece weighs Washington Jefferson slaveowners and Nixon Franklin Johnson as Quaker, explores slavery’s end by Civil War, and urges dialogue over civil war between generations and races. It traces militant tactics to abolitionists and southern radicals and calls for measured, reasoned progress.
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Charles de Leon
Case Western Reserve University
Cleveland
Ohio
George Washington
Thomas Jefferson
Washington and
Jefferson
Richard Nixon
Nixon
Benjamin Franklin
Congress
Lyndon B. Johnson
Mary Joan White
Wall Street Journal
Washington
South
Franklin
North
Repeal of Magna Carta Provisions Sparks Debate in Britain
A London commentary argues Parliament is stripping 27 of 37 original Magna Carta provisions, leaving only two, a liberties declaration and borough rights. The piece stresses the charter's spirit over wording as the root of democracy and warns against eroding the consent of the governed.
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Albion
John
England
Today in History Highlights From June 3, 1969
On this date events span 1940 Allied evacuation from France completing with 337 000 troops moved to England. Also 1621 Dutch West India Company charter for New Netherlands later New York and 1808 birth of Jefferson Davis. War and science notes include 1942 attacks on Attu Harbor Alaska and a rocket-car test.
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Associated Press
France
England
Dutch West India Company
New Netherlands
New York
Jefferson Davis
Confederacy
Todd County
Atlantic
Duke of
Mail delays spark national debate on Post Office reform
The article reports worsening US mail delivery with stories of 10 to 11 day letter delays from Sarasota and Boston. It covers President Nixon backing an independent mail handling body, the need for capital, and opposition from postal unions and Congress.
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Washington
United States
Sarasota
Fla
Boston
Mass
Nixon
Johnson
Congress
Post Office Department
Blount
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
Morris Udall
Arizona
House
Gerald Ford
Statehood Gains Ground in Puerto Rico Amid Rebel Decline
In Puerto Rico, independence supporters show limited traction with 3 percent of 1968 votes. Gov. Luis Ferre’s New Progressive Party pushes statehood as 60 percent of voters favor union. Ferre vows no statehood action this term while seeking broader internal fixes to boost support and attract outside investment.
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Puerto Rico
Independence Movement
Luis Ferre
Popular Democratic Party
University of Puerto Rico
Ferre
United States
Commonwealth
U.S. Congress
Alaska
Hawaii
New Progressive Party
Old Statehood Republican Party
Popular Democrats
Sanchez Vilella
Ferro
Republican Party
Senate
Luis Munoz Marin
PDP
Timely Quotes On Post Office Reform Skepticism
A 19th century institution aims for 20th century efficiency amid 21st century upheaval. F R Kappel, head of a presidential commission, warns of misalignment in Post Office reorganization efforts.
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F.R. Kappel
Thoughtful words and lost wealth echo in verse
A reflection contrasts a biblical moment where Jesus calms fear with a Goethe quote about loss. The passage links assurance in peril to themes of wealth, honor, courage, and the broader human experience of losing much.
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Johann W. Goethe
Burger on Burger Era Rushes Toward Judicial Scrutiny
NEA reports on Justice Warren Burger’s radical critique of legal training, court procedures, and the treatment of convicts. He argues courts and judges lack accountability and urges scrutiny of final arbiters, while condemning the dehumanizing view of criminals and the loss of due process.
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Washington
Nea
Warren Earl Burger
United States
Burger
Webster
U. S. Supreme Court
America
Perils of Pooch and Household Realities in Curiosities Columns
Hal Boyle surveys domestic life and odds and ends from mailbag letters to general trivia. Notes on working wives, car sinking escapes, Broadway dreams, doctors and narcotics, student drivers, crocodile tears theory, meal patterns, child hair loss, reliability quotes, and misc nature facts conclude with Polgar on work.
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New York
U. S
America
Auto Insurance
Elmer G. Leterman
Nature
Alfred Polgar
New York Sets Memorial Day Tradition in 1873
In 1873 New York established Memorial Day as a state observance and soon most states followed the example, with only a few in the South resisting.
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New York
South
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TNA
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Bruce Biossat
San Juan
Juan Mari Bras
Matthew
Ray Cromley
By Roger Bollen
Hal Boyle
West First St
Oswego
N. Y
Oswego Palladium
Oswego Times
Clarence T. Leighton
Clark Morrison
Thomas A. Cloutier
Wayne
Northern Cayuga Co
Thomson Newspapers, Inc
Des Ave
Des Plaines
Rockefeller Plaza
Balladum Times
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