Courage, leadership mark Apollo 8 men and Dubcek in year’s end
Time names the Apollo 8 astronauts Men of the Year and France-Soir honors Czechoslovakia’s Alexander Dubcek. The piece praises courage, liberty, and leadership amid 1968’s upheavals, noting the astronauts as vanguards beyond Earth while Dubcek embodies the fight for independence and human rights.
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Time Magazine
Paris
France-Soir
Czechoslovakia
Alexander Dubcek
Dubcek
Soviet Union
Earth
Apollo
City experiments aim to expand equal justice in parole
A long view of bail reform proposals notes Robert F. Kennedy's call for rethinking bail to balance justice and wealth. San Francisco shows a No Bail Project with 54 000 prisoners surveyed. 7 000 qualified for release without bail, yet funding is tight. Los Angeles Community Justice Center aids releases. Long Beach allows citations for minor offenses. The piece argues for a permanent system ensuring equal justice for rich and poor.
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Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
San Francisco
Bar Association
VISTA
Peace Corps
Los Angeles
Community Justice Center
Long Beach
Sen. Kennedy
Year of discernment marks Nixon era protest
The year ending was a period of discernment as Americans shed illusions and faced dissatisfaction with government policy. The Nixon presidency emerged from a protest vote by a minority party amid disillusionment over the Vietnam War and broader national tensions.
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United States
Richard Milhouse Nixon
Vietnam
Time for a Change 1968 and Nixon's Incoming Presidency
The piece reflects on 1968 with rising inflation, strikes, riots, and profound national discontent while praising civil rights progress and the Apollo program. It looks ahead to Nixon taking office January 20 and frames him as a prepared, capable leader with Congress insight and practical plans.
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Nixon
Eisenhower
White House
Ixon
Hubert Humphrey
Congress
Spaceflight debate as Apollo triumphs ignite caution
The piece weighs how Apollo 8 sparks questions from Mrs. Madalyn Murray O'Hair on church and space, and from scientists like Harold Urey and George Kistiakowsky on the moon's value and cost. It notes Eisenhower Kennedy Johnson shifts, and warns against decisions driven by spectacle or vanity as future plans loom.
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Washington
Madalyn Murray O’hair
Apollo
Pacific
Harold C. Urey
George B. Histiakowsky
American Association For the Advancement of Science
John M.logan
Catholic University
Eisenhower
Kennedy
America
Reuters News Agency
Dallas
Urey
Kistiakowsky
A.A.A.S
Dr. Kistiakowsky
Johnson
U.S
John Tr. Kennedy
CBS
Moon
Earth
Jupiter
Saturn
Uranus
Walter Mitty
Open Forum on Insensitive Coverage of Pueblo Reunion
A reader condemns media coverage of a returning Pueblo crew as invasive and disrespectful. The writer argues news outlets overstep by turning the reunion into entertainment, calling the public voyeuristic and urging more privacy.
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Pueblo
Billy J. James, JR
Sidewalk Senate asks shoppers about New Year goals
Ralph H. Smith of Ontario says he has not made any resolutions and avoids the worry of breaking them, speaking in a parking lot near the Queen Mary.
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Queen Mary
Ralph H. Smith
Warehouseman
Ontario
The Invention of Money
An unpublished chapter notes a 1969 monetary crisis as Germany’s strength strains the pound dollar and franc. Experts debate measures to support the wobbling currencies amid a global economic instability.
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Germany
Real Money and the Pistachio Ice Cream Plan
A satirical tale credits a financier named de Casaba with creating Real Money backed by pistachio ice cream. The plan envisions nations adopting a single currency, printing it secretly, and smiling leaders sewing pictures on trouser labels. It ends with a quip about valuing Real Money next week.
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de Casaba
General de Gaulle
Seine
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John S. ‘Knight
Eugene McCarthy
Martin Luther King
Walkefeh
Mr. Everest
New York Times Service
Hristiakowsky
Thomas C. Paine
National Aeronautics and Space Agency
Apol
Tom Wicker
Open Forum
Edna. Hansen
Springville
Utah
Eugene Heinis
Russell
Minnesota
Bill Dillon
Fullerton
Maryann Marryatt
Patty Akers
Los Nietos
Arthur Hoppe
Mellon de Casaba
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