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Newspaper
Playground Daily News
Location
Fort Walton Beach, Florida, United States of America
Date
Jun 11, 1968
Page
4
A congressman criticizes the Poor People's March as not aiding the poor, warning that it fuels leader agitation and risks national upheaval. The piece accuses agencies of improper spending, calls for disbanding the camp near the Mall, and questions Attorney General Ramsey Clark’s stance as conflicts arise.
The essay cites 14 leaders foreseeing radical 2018 warfare including laser rifles, acoustic weapons, underwater and space combat, anti gravity, and weather controlled satellites. It notes nonlethal gases and deep sea or orbital battles as possibilities while acknowledging the uncertainty of predictions and referencing Tennyson’s prior visions.
The Playground Daily News publishes every morning except Saturdays and Sundays from 11 Eglin Parkway SE Fort Walton Beach Florida. It lists subscription rates by carrier and mail with annual, semiannual, and short-term options, and provides office and circulation contact numbers. It is the successor to The Playground News with John H. Perry Associates handling advertising.
Washington lawmakers back a section of the crime bill proposing an Institute for Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. James Scheuer, a Bronx congressman, led the effort after securing Hoover’s initial opposition. The plan suggests research into prevention and apprehension, plus new technologies like weapon detectors and car theft controls to cut crime.
Washington diary analysis after Senator Robert Kennedy’s shooting argues the event shifts public focus to crime, law and order, and anti-militancy. It suggests voters may favor Nixon on security, while Humphrey lags in emblematic enforcement stance amid civil unrest and party dynamics.
A collage of notes on costs in health care and travel, aging bodies, energy use, and quirky trivia. It contrasts the price tag of a heart transplant with everyday tasks, cites the C 5 Galaxy and Grand Central clocks, and quotes Maugham. It ends with reflections on time, youth slang, and cave upkeep costs.
The entry recalls key past events on this date including 1942 lend lease aid between the United States and the Soviet Union in World War II, the deaths of King George I in 1727 and Prince Metternich in 1859, the Comstock Lode claim, 1936 Soviet constitution submission, Princess Juliana’s 1940 arrival in Canada, Roosevelt’s 1943 plea to Italians, UN Security Council observers to Lebanon, George Wallace’s 1965 campus action, and a 1967 Israel Syria pause in fighting.
John Chamberlain argues the supposed generation gap misleads. He notes Nixon’s young inner circle contrasts with age stereotypes and cites Columbia students and professors, showing ideas drive politics more than age. He warns against equating youth with disruption or violence.
Deana argues November voters may back George Wallace due to perceived mistreatment by public officials and media networks. He decries repeal of Section 315 equal time, calls networks Shylocks who favor two chosen candidates, and predicts Wallace will secure fair air time and public support as outsider pressure grows.
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