Force and policy at S F State in crisis
An editorial argues that violence cannot dictate campus policy at San Francisco State College. President Hayakawa and trustees reject force, urge change through legal channels, and call for calm conciliation with the Black community while noting ongoing campus volatility and off campus leadership involvement. Public support for orderly channels is urged.
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S. J. Hayakawa
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Red China talks with no decisive action expected
The article notes that a resumption of ambassadorial talks with Communist China is a priority only in name. It argues Washington would not abandon Nationalist China to gain dialogue, and Chinese insistence on Taiwan's absorption undermines trust in any modest shift toward peaceful coexistence.
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Peking
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Taiwan
Strange Rostow Case Hits MIT Over Return to Faculty
Walt Rostow, once President Johnson's security adviser, seeks a return to academia at the University of Texas after MIT declined to rehire him. The affair draws charges of academic freedom violation and acid commentary on Rostow's Vietnam stance, highlighting his influence and notoriety in Washington and Cambridge. Rostow took a leave of absence in 1960 and did not return.
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White House
Walt Whitman Rostow
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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Economics
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Washington
Cambridge
Howard W. Johnson
Jerome 8. Wiesner
Dean Rusk
Columbia University
A Mart
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Rostow's Move Highlights Clash of Politics and Academia
James Reston notes Rostow faced resistance in MIT and Harvard amid Vietnam policy controversy. The piece questions whether beliefs in public service should affect academic careers and warns against prejudice in academic mobility. Rostow’s transfer from Boston to Austin underscores tensions between faculty independence and political controversy.
Open Forum on Tobacco Policy and Jet Airliner Rights
Readers debate tobacco government support and CCC price guarantees while contrasting federal programs with tobacco use. A Long Beach editor and citizen discuss airline jet operations, co terminal rights, and potential economic impacts from jet restrictions or carrier moves.
Sidewalk Senate Views on Youth and Respect
A set of brief comments from seniors in Long Beach and Colorado on how younger people treat the elderly. Some say respect exists with proper presentation, while others observe disdain from certain youths, noting a mix of attitudes toward old folks and aging.
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Florence Kneeland
Long Beach
L. M. Freed
Mistary Freed
Chicago fray expands beyond dissent
Washington Star notes that excerpts from Chicago violence coverage reveal a broader context. The National Commission report begins with the claim that dissent is fundamental to democracy while warning that its expression has become problematic, signaling deeper tensions in the August events.
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Chicago
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National Commission of the Causes and Prevention of Violence
Dissent and Disorder at Chicago 1968 Democratic Nominating Conventions
The piece argues that the Chicago 1968 DNC protests went beyond valid dissent into criminal disruption. It condemns police brutality toward bystanders and press, stresses preserving First Amendment protections, and calls for swift punishment of police who abuse power.
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Chicago
Conrad Hilton
Commission
The City in History by Mumford overview review
A concise notice on Lewis Mumford's The City in History from ancient origins to modern times. Bruce Harbinger Books allocates a $4.95 paperback reprint. The volume surveys sanctuary, fortress, suburbia, and broader city life.
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Bruce Harbinger Books
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Mesopotamia
Suburbia
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