Editorial slant on Chicago police and press clash
The piece condemns Chicago police for beating photojournalists and television crews during protests near the Democratic National Convention. It argues police seek to suppress publicity through intimidation, contrasts with Czechoslovakia’s clandestine reporting, and urges accountability under the law for all, warning that dissenters may face retaliation next.
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Chicago
Chicago Sun-Times
Hubert Humphrey
Czechoslovakia
Daley's false fronts for convention city ire
The Chicago mayor hid slum areas along the International Amphitheatre route with clean fronts for a Democratic convention visit. The piece likens Daley’s tactics to Potemkin villages in 18th century Russia, noting public amusement and taxpaying residents bearing the burden of non permanent urban masking.
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Stockyards
Chicago
Richard Daley
Daley
Hollywood
Russia
Catherine II
Gregory Alkesandrovich Potemkin
Prince Potemkin
Potemkin
Catherine
United States
Mr. Daley
Reader letter urges Wallace support over Democrats
Darrell W. Honey of Herrin criticizes press bias toward Democrats and pushes for coverage of third party candidate George Wallace. He argues Wallace offers common sense on foreign aid, federal power, taxes, gun control, welfare, and minority fairness, despite being labeled racist.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Wallace
Mr. Wallace
Wallace
Fish Rain Report From Anna Illinois
Eyewitness recounts seeing three two inch long fish fall during a severe storm atop a hill in Anna Illinois. The account notes tornado possibilities and attributes the event to unusual weather.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
A. C. Lopinot
Gorham
Anna
Illinois
What defines a Democrat at conventions in 1968
Russell Baker dissects a Democratic convention moodscape with vivid images of figures from Roosevelt to Johnson. He argues the party thrives on governing impulse yet fractures into competing factions as it seeks a unifying consensus.
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Russell Baker
New York Times
St. Valentine’s Day
Roy Wilkins
Bull Consor
Arthur Schlesinger
Lyndon Johnson
William Fulbright
Dean Rusk
Richard Daley
John Kenneth Galbraith
Dixie
West
Franklin Roosevelt
Chicago
Harry Truman
Eishenhower
Truman
Democratic Party
Johnson
Congress
Second Look At College Life And Early Labor Day Breaks
A reflective note contrasts a family car once loaded with children's items for college with a gas mask and protest placards kit. It observes an earlier school year start to give teachers and students a Labor Day holiday and muses on a hypothetical Kremlin dove caretaker.
Badjao Sea Gypsies Build Boats and Courts in Tunkalan
In Tunkalan, Philippines the Badjaos or sea gypsies live on stilt houses above shallow Sulu Sea waters. Elders craft a vinta carved from a single tree trunk while a nearby coral island hosts the village basketball court. The community numbers about 400 with boats and homes clustered around, and a mixed reverence for sea, Bible, and Koran.
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John Nance
Associated Press
Tunkalan
Philippines
Tawi Tawi Island
Two Major Teachers Unions Vie For Illinois Grads
In Illinois a fierce battle unfolds between NEA and AFT for classroom allegiance. Both seek more members as strikes rise and merger talks stall amid conflicts over AFL-CIO ties and administrator membership.
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NEA
AFT
Illinois
Thomas Gregory
Lindsay Schaub
U.S
Afl-Cio American Federation of Teachers
National Education Association
Illinois Education Association
Decatur
Florida
Washington
Kansas City
Cleveland
Chicago
Federation
IEA
Dave Elder
Carbondale
Champaign
Urbana
Edwardsville
Springfield
Rockford
Peoria
East St. Louis
Joliet
Granite City
Belleville
Madison
Elder
Charles Cogen
America
Teachers of America
Cogen
Afl-Cio
Chamber of Commerce
Braulio Alonso
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