Gun Lobby Girds For Battle Over Federal Firearm Rules
A nationwide Gallup poll shows 78 percent favor a police permit to buy guns, but Congress has stalled on firearm regulation for years. The NRA led gun lobby groups argue laws should target criminals, not gun owners, favor local over national rules, and warn registration could lead to dictatorship.
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Airline Clubs Face Civil Action Over Access Rules
Private airline clubs may be forced to justify non discriminatory access after a passenger from Cranston protested denied entry to the American Airlines Admirals Club at Kennedy Airport. The Civil Aeronautics Board gave nine major carriers until July 21 to prove their club policies are non discriminatory.
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Kennedy International Airport
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Eastern Air Lines
Falcon
Republicans Seek Flexible 1968 Convention Balance
Washington Governor Daniel Evans pushes to purge rigid conservatives from local GOP ranks and build a moderate, flexible delegation for 1968 while Iowa Minnesota and Illinois anticipate shifting delegate loyalties. Some Goldwater loyalists may not return, with many newcomers likely to join the next convention scene.
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John Birch Society
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Illinois
Goldwater
F. Clifton White
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White
California
Time has run out on one man one vote ruling in 1968
The article argues the Warren court forced reapportionment to align state legislatures with population, predicting the one man one vote ruling undermines the Electoral College. It claims conservatives wasted the chance, noting New York’s 43 votes to Kansas’s seven and urging state attorneys general to sue for equality.
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New York
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Nebraska
Social Action Divides Churches Amid Civil Rights Debates
The article examines the sharp split in American churches over social action aimed at correcting social evils. It highlights Episco pal Diocese of Washington tensions involving Bishop Paul Moore Jr and the district's Delta Ministry. All Souls' Church vestry cuts its diocese giving in half in protest, urging focus on spiritual work rather than political campaigning or civil rights demonstrations.
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William F. Creighton
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All Souls’ Memorial Church
Connecticut Avenue
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All Souls
National Episcopal Church and Churches
Church leaders urge social justice as a religious duty
Bishops Creighton and Moore told all clergymen the church must engage in social matters. They cited Moses demanding better labor conditions, prophets, Jesus, and the Apostles to affirm that loving neighbors requires improving conditions under which people live.
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Bug Dust A Man's Potential Is Almost Unlimited
Reflections on eight murdered nurses and the killer’s potential. The piece questions humanity, guilt, and punishment, debating whether murder reveals inherent badness or is learned behavior. It considers public reaction, the lie detector, aging, and whether anyone is immune from killer impulses.
LBJ and the World a cautious foreign policy critique
Wall Street Journal critic Philip L. Geyelin assesses Lyndon B. Johnson and the World as an interim review, arguing the book reads as a single- viewpoint portrait. He notes Johnson’s perceived strengths and flaws while urging readers to weigh Asian perspectives, especially Singapore PM Lee Kuan Yew, on Vietnam and U.S. policy.
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