County to adopt IBM automated vote count system
A Los Angeles County plan proposes rapid results from an IBM based punch card and computer tally system replacing hand tabulation. A 16 man study group and blue ribbon board promote speed accuracy and cost savings, with final county tallies possible by 2 40 am the day after elections.
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Board of Supervisors
IBM
Yoters
Burton Chace
Los Angeles
Los Angeles County
Citizens’ Committee
IMM
Slum Improvements Likely From Advisory Commission
Washington DC based advisory commission on racial violence pledges extensive actions to upgrade physical and cultural conditions in city slums. The plan could undermine current efforts to reduce domestic spending and shift Vietnam War funds.
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Washington, D.C
Advisory Commission On
Government faces new fiscal brink in tax and debt outlook
The piece analyzes rising deficits and taxes under Johnson amid Vietnam costs and domestic program needs. It argues expenditures may surge to tens of billions or trillions if slum reform moves advance, with factions in Congress and the administration split over restraint versus expansion of federal programs.
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Johnson
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Congress
Treasury
Henry H. Fowler
Virginia
Great Society
Russia
Troop Call Shows Lack of Leadership in Capital
Washington dispatch notes a turbulent midsummer with a barren national leadership scene. The piece critiques the Republican response to the Detroit riot and highlights evident political overtones of President Johnson's tenure.
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Washington
NEA
United States
Johnson
Critique of American leadership and ideals in crisis
Bruce Biossat argues that American leadership across politics business church and academia fails to address the Negro crisis and Vietnam era tensions. He warns that politicians economists and intellectuals promote shallow dreams and violent protest, degrading national unity and idealism.
Racial Problems Deemed Our Nation's Big Failure
In Aspen Colorado the article reflects on race issues as a central national failing. It discusses the United States as both a dominant global power and a fragile force amid Vietnam, economic strains, and disputes with allies, framing paradoxes in national strength and weakness.
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Aspen
Colo
Trout
United States
Vietnam
Racial tensions shape U S path amid unrest and war
The nation faces deepening racial conflict, shifts in opportunity, and foreign policy strains. The piece argues racism as a core national issue linked to liberty abroad, while noting Vietnam divisions and the risk of violence from returning Black veterans as a warning sign for U S society.
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New York Times News Service
GL. Sulzberger
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