Arizona floods expose gaps in emergency planning
Progress editorial cites Gov. Williams and state agencies as responders to heavy snows and floods in Northern Arizona. Despite aid from Red Cross, federal and local groups, the piece blasts lack of a central emergency clearinghouse and unified charity coordination, urging Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce to help marshal relief.
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Jack Williams
Magatoff
Prescott
Payson
Indiana
Arizona
Red Cross
Scottsdale Chamber of Commerce
Williams
Call for Campaign Reform to Boost Fair Elections
The author argues for spending limits and transparency in campaigns. Citing past sums from Virginia and national races, they warn that rising costs favor the wealthy and imperil democracy without reforms. Public funding and free media time are urged to ensure equal issue presentation.
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Congress
Horatio Alger
Virginia
Joss Broyhill
Clive DuVal
Abraham Lincoln
Republican tensions rise over Dirksen Johnson Vietnam stance
In a private Capitol Hill exchange Dirksen backed a strong Vietnam resolution to show GOP unity with President Johnson, provoking dissent from Laird Ford Fort and others who warned the party must craft its own Vietnam position before the next election. The meeting ended without a formal resolution.
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Johnson
Everett M. Dirksen
Ilinois
Dirksen
Capitol Hill
Senate
House
Republican Coordinating Committee
Vietnam
Coordinating Committee
White House
Laird
Ford
John Dirksen
Bemak Named Defense Secretary Amid Vietnam Impasse
Elton P. Bemak, a Piney Ridge service station owner, is named secretary of defense. The president seeks a candidate who has not expressed a Vietnam opinion to avoid provoking hawks or doves. Bemak dodges the war stance, saying mixed points, and later leaves for Piney Ridge after 4.7 seconds of contemplation.
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Elton P. Bemak
Piney Ridge
S.D
Defense
Floppe
Vietnam
Bemak
Ita
Senate
The
Doves
Hawks
Guv
Romney
Thera
Lfe
New Year Driving Pledge Encourages Safe Celebrations
A reader poem urges New Year Eve restraint to prevent alcohol impaired driving. The pledge vows not to drive after drinking and to use a taxi if intoxicated, stressing personal and public health while wishing readers a Happy New Year.
Education reform and the college enrollment surge
The piece critiques American higher education and public schools as it notes 6.5 million college admissions in 1967 and predicts rising enrollments. It chairs warnings from leaders like McGeorge Bundy about financial strain, the growth of graduate programs, and a call for candor in reform while highlighting uneven school quality and teacher certification gaps.
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Europe
Gen. de Gaulle
Mick
McGeorge Bundy
Ford Foundation
Rudy
Bundy
Gou
Glenn recalls accident and moon dream in interview
Bob Considine Glenn discusses his bathroom accident near death and his NASA role after the Apollo setbacks. He argues the moon race matters less than technological gains, recalls the Saturn 5 window incident, and notes his ongoing work with a soft drink firm and space publishing while hinting at future ventures.
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John Glenn
Considine
Henry Morton Stanley
David Livingstone
Glenn
Houston
Grissom
White
Chaffee
Glenn Tz
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Conreas
Vietnam
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U.S. Senate
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Capt
Kidd
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