Austerity Called for as Budget Gap Grows in U S
The piece argues for immediate federal budget cuts to curb the gold drain and restore balance. It notes sympathy for Britain after empire decline, recalls Wilbur Mills opposing budget cuts, and warns that a financial collapse could invite global instability and communist triumph.
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Old
England
Johnson
Old Wilbur Mills
Congress
Mills
Bos
Ra Hite
Rep. Mills
United States
Vermont Moves To Remove Billboards Along Highways
Vermont enacted a 1970 start law to remove billboards older than five years and stop new signs except on business premises. Informational centers will feature small advertising spaces. Hawaii adopted a similar approach, arguing scenery is a public asset and tourism benefits from less billboard clutter.
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Vermont
Hawaii
Arizona
King’s oratory and motive in early civil rights era
The article recalls journalist Ralph McGill’s early interviews with Martin Luther King in Atlanta about race, nonviolence, and citizenship. It recounts King’s sermon at a funeral, his reflections on the late Reese Lyons, and the notion that King embodies a temple of moral progress in American society.
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Martin Luther King
New York
Martin—Luther King
Atlanta
Considine Southern _Christian__Leadership Conference
Ebenezer Baptist
King
Dr. King
Ralph McGill
Atlanta Constitution
South
Paul J. Hallinan
United States
Dr.King
Ooad
Cleveland
Reese Lyons
Lyons
Reese
David
Solomon
Sessir
Harvard study flags urban schooling crisis across 15 major cities
A Harvard Gradu ate School of Education study of 15 large cities shows high dropout rates and unemployment among youth. It notes 81 percent of ninth graders in big cities fail to earn diplomas, and 6 percent of fifth graders never reach tenth grade. The report cites declines tied to urban mobility and economic shifts, urging national action.
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Harvard Graduate School of Education
New York
Chicago
Boston
Los Angeles
Philadelphia
Detroit
Baltimore
Houston
Cleveland
Washing- McGillion
D.C
St.Louis
Milwaukee
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Pittsburgh
Buffalo
Harvard
Theodore Sizer
Graduate School of Education
Daniel P. Moynihan
M.I.T. Joint Center For Urban Studies
Amy Kovner
Harvard School
Clergy and Laymen Call for Fasting Over Vietnam War
A joint statement from Phx Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam urges a three day fast starting April 8 1968. The appeal honors Martin Luther King Jr praising nonviolence while noting current injustices and urging renewed faith and militant nonviolence to heal America.
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Martin Luther King
National Co
Vietnam
Dr. King
America
Harlem
Mekong Delta
Riverside Church
New York City
Martin Luther’ King
Bi peace talks begin between Washington and Hanoi
The United States and North Vietnam move toward serious talks on Vietnam with direct high level contact. President Johnson opened a path by limited de escalation of North bombing and Hanoi accepted talks on a conditional basis, signaling cautious but hopeful progress amid significant risk.
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Washington
United States
North Vietnam
Vietnam
Hanoi
Johnson
North
Ho Chi Minh
The Unmaking of a President 1968 69
A review of the 1968 presidential race and posturing as Nixon McCarthy Wallace Rockefeller Johnson and Kennedy exit races. The piece traces the chaotic campaign season, the late Calvin breakthrough and collapse, and the shift to negotiations and civil discourse amid Vietnam tensions.
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George Rom Hoppeney
Nelson Rockefeller
Johnson
Nixon
Sen
Eugene McCarthy
Himelf
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