Editorial Says Draft Should Reconsider Conscientious Objectors
The piece argues the Supreme Court broadening CO status to include atheists does not threaten justice but may burden draft boards. It notes growing CO numbers and questions the necessity of universal conscription, suggesting a smaller professional force could handle many conflicts and urging government justification to youths.
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Supreme Court
Selective Service
Curtis W. Tarr
Dean E. McHenry
University of California In
Santa Clara
Johnson
Congress
Vietnam
United States
Eisenhower
Lebanon
More Women Power as Apprenticeship Sees Big Gain
The Labor Department notes a 72 percent rise from 1968 to 1969 in women training in programs registered with Manpower Administration. About 1,800 women, 12 percent minority, enter diverse trades once viewed as male preserves, including plumbers, mechanics, carpenters, electricians, and more, with roles even afloat as pursers and pharmacist mates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S. Department of Labor
Manpower Administration
Rosie
Lovers Lunch bottle wine cue opener debut in city
A request appears for a new item named Lovers' Lunch featuring a bottle of wine and a cue opener sold at a downtown venue. The notice, credited to Newspaper Enterprise Association, hints at a novel retail trend gaining attention in a major Midwest market.
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Midwest
Boyle's Column on Identity of Corporate Fathers
A columnist contemplates how fatherhood redefines status for executives. It traces how a board chairman becomes “Jimmy's daddy” or “Bob's daddy,” surrendering personal identity to the role of parent. The piece notes identity fades with success and children reshape self perception, from youth to elder status.
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Bob Haring
Associated Press
Newark
N.J
Sidney Glutz
Aaron
Susie’s
Jimmy
Bob
Billy
Bobby
Brian
Barbs on Monday Mornings From Phil Pastoret
The writer jokes that Monday mornings would be worse without weekend buffers and advises public officials with gifts to stay quiet.
Chile Faces Red Menace in Three Way Presidential Race
Chile heads to a Sept. 4 election as violence surges with five killed and about 140 wounded. President Frei warns against unrest as Allende and Alessandri battle for voters while Congress may decide the winner if no majority emerges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Isaaca
Levi Associated Press
Santiago, Chile
Chilie
Eduardo Frei
Christian Democrat
National Party
Jorge Allessandri
Government House
Salvador Allende
Cuba
Fidel Castro
Chile
South America
Frei
Christian Democrats
Radomiro Tomic
Washington
Allessandri
Elks Report Record Membership and Foundations Budget
In San Francisco to Elks delegates report record 1,508,050 members and 28 new lodges. The Elks National Foundation forecasts a near 1 million dollar benevolent budget funded by assets totaling about 21 million including 1.6 million added last year. Awards include Most Valuable Student prizes of 2500 to Trudi Renwick and Donald Hietpas and leadership honors of 2000 to Sherry Oliver and Adrian Call.
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San Francisco
Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks
The
Elks National Foundation
John L. Walker
Roanoke
Alex A. McKnight
Dallas
Tex
Trudi Jane Renwick
Silver Lake
Wis
Donald Hietpas
Appleton
Sherry Lee Oliver
Moab
Utah
Adrian P. Call
Pocatello
Idaho
Facts and Myths of Aged Minority
Washington report surveys elderly Americans as a neglected minority. It notes 20 million aged 65 plus, assets often under $1,000, high poverty, and substandard housing. It discusses employment, health, learning capacity, and age bias in hiring, challenging stereotypes of older workers.
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Washington
NEA
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
Department of Labor
Labor Department
Brandt seeks Oder Neisse bargain as Poland grows ties
West German Chancellor Brandt advances a plan to accept the Oder Neisse border as Poland's permanent eastern line, part of broader moves toward nonaggression with Russia and normalizing East-West relations. He aims to leverage concessions for broader Polish West German ties, amid mixed public reaction and political impact from recent elections.
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Bruce Biossat
NEA
Washington
Willy Brandt
Oder-Neisse River
Potsdam
Soviet Union
East Germany
Poland
West Germany
Brandt
Russia
Bonn
Moscow
Germany
Oder-Neisse
Old East Prussia
Gdansk
Free City of
Danzig
Szczecin
Stettin
Breslau
Wroclaw
Silesian
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Peking Weakens Moscow's Hand
Soviet leaders face dwindling support as China gains influence in Asia and controls guerrilla movements in Burma Thailand and Malaysia. Moscow struggles to keep the Communist bloc united amid defections and East European independence moves. Brezhnev faces pressure from Yugoslavia and Romania while fearing a wider drift toward Beijing.
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Kremlin
Red
China
Joseph Stalin
Southeast Asia
Moscow
Asia
North Korea
North Vietnam
Cambodia
Laos
Peking
Red China
Burma
Thailand
Malaysia
Pravda
Sia
Mao Tse-tung
Indochina
Mao
Brezhnev
East
West Europe
Communist Party
Europe
Albania
Romania
Czechoslovakia
Far East
Yugoslavia
Tito
Sere
Pein
Sven Ray Ay
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