Running mates rise in 1968 vice presidency talk
Editorial examines 1968 race before conventions with Govs Shapiro Rhodes weighing Kennedy and Lindsay as strong running mates for Humphrey or Nixon. Critics call commitment shifting as voters respond to a possible fourth party and regional ticket balance debates.
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Hubert Humphrey
Richard Nixon
Samuel H. Shapiro
Illinois
Cincinnati
Sen
Ted) Kennedy
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
John Lindsay
New York
Nixon
Messrs
Shapiro
Rhodes
Gov. Shapiro
New York Times
Humphrey
Daley
Wallace
Demccratic
Kennedy and
Lindsay
United States
Govs
Kennedy
Johnson visit to Central America yields little beyond mild promises
The San Salvador conference showcased a symbolic U S presence with a modest 65 million in grants and loans and a settled border dispute. It exposed youthful discontent and skepticism toward U S policy while warning that the Central American Common Market faces congressional hurdles amid hopes for future progress.
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Nicaragua
Guatemala
Honduras
Costa Rica
el Salvador
Johnson
San Salvador
Latin America
Washington
Cuba
Batista
Santo Domingo
Rafael Trijillo
Haiti
Fran
Ccois Duvalier
United States
Central America
U.S. Congress
Congress
Ban on oil company giveaway games faces probes
House Small Business subcommittee probes gasoline giveaways promising cars and cash as dealers accuse arm twisting and groups claim fraud. Critics say the one cent per gallon cost is passed to consumers while five states ban the games and dealers form anti game groups. A federal ban from FTC or Congress appears likely.
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House
Federal Trade Commission
Congress
PBS Readies Second Season with Ideas Focused Programming
Public Broadcast Laboratory plans a shift from spot news to in depth idea driven programs for PBS season two. The aim is a bank of near finished productions with topicality and relevance, plus co productions with Britain and France.
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Av Westin
Associated Press
PBS
American Heart Association
PBL
Harold Pinter
Buffalo
Edward Albee
Merce Cunningham
Jonas Mekas
Public Broadcast Laboratory
Ford Foundation
Westin
Death of a President gift questions readers ask
David Felts questions whether William Manchester and Harper & Row will profit from The Death of a President. They donated 750000 to the JFK Memorial Library as controversy over personal material lingers. The piece also ponders sales, royalties, film possibilities, and enduring interest in the Kennedy story amid changing career paths.
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William Manchester
Harper & Row, Inc
John F. Kennedy
Harvard University
Kennedy
Franklin D. Roosevelt
America
Kennedys
Robert F. Kennedy
Illinois Human Relations Commission Aims to Drive Change
The Illinois Human Relations Commission pushes to address civil rights problems by engaging business leaders and expanding training for the hard core unemployed at Caterpillar’s Peoria plant. Chairman Byron DeHaan says tackling combined problems of poverty jobs housing and discrimination is essential to economic progress. The commission, with 20 governors appointees and 15 staff, operates four departments and seeks expanded budget and staff to enforce and guide non discriminatory policies and equal employment procedures.
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Illinois Human Relations Commission
Byron DeHaan
Peoria
Commission
DeHaan
Caterpillar Tractor Co
Illinois Commission On Economic Development
Human Relations Commission
Illinois
Illinois Commission
East St. Louis
Bleleville
Aurora
Champaign
Murphysboro Boosters deserve community praise
A reader lauds the Murphysboro Boosters Club for raising about $30,000 for local projects benefiting youth. The letter highlights their sponsorship of the annual 4th of July celebration at Riverside Park and notes their current project to build an all weather shelter with cooking and sanitary facilities.
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Murphysboro
Riverside Park
State of Hunger questioned editor by reader Glenn Sneed
The letter from Glenn J. Sneed of Royalton critiques hunger programs and explores causes of poverty. He cites observations from Southern Illinois to Watts California, noting wages, reliance on relief, and perceived laziness as factors. He argues the worthy should be cared for while challenging aid to the indolent.
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Southern Illnoisan
America
San Antonio
Illinois
Watts
Los Angeles
California
Herrin
Cobden
Texas Oil Company
West
Frank Gray
Cortez
Col
Hogans
Frank
Gallop
New Mexico
Glenn J. Sneed Royalton
Curate Attacks Prince Philip Over Arrogant Speech
Wallasey England AP An Anglican curate criticized Prince Philip for arrogance in remarks at a countryside conference. The duke said humanity could dominate nature with synthetic materials and spare parts, prompting the curate to call the statement unrealistic and a possible power complex in a parish sermon before about 150 worshippers.
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Wallasey
England
Prince Philip Sunday
Queen Elizabeth
Bernard Elsdon
St. Hilary’s Parish Church
Prince Philp
Duke
God
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