Editorial on Campaigning Dilemmas After Assassinations
A 1968 column discusses risks to campaigning after Kennedy and other assassinations. It weighs security, public access, and constitutional rights, notes Secret Service costs, gun prevalence, and the push for stronger gun control and federal jurisdiction for crimes against candidates. It argues candidates must balance openness with protection amid national trauma.
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Robert Kennedy
Sen. Kennedy
Secret Service
Congress
White House
Dallas
Los Angeles
Johnson
Illinois higher education loses Dr. Lyman A. Glenny
Dr. Lyman A. Glenny resigns as executive director of Illinois State Board of Higher Education effective January 1, 1969. He served since 1965 guiding Master Plans and health education expansion while facing university funding and policy storms. Glenny will return to California to teach at UC Berkeley amid praise from Ben W. Heineman and Illinois citizens.
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Illinois
Lyman A. Glenny
State Board of Higher Education
Glenny
California
Ben W. Heineman
Higher Education Board
Dr. Glenny
Illinois System of Higher Education
University of California At Berkeley
Dick Gregory a 1961 memo now reads with 1968 eyes
The column notes Dick Gregory's 1961 National Editorial Writers program act, and how his social humor shifts with time as he promotes a write in presidential bid. It also covers his book Write Me In and commentary on race, education, and politics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dick Gregory
National Conference of
St. Louis
Gregory
United States
White House
Lady Bird
Eartha Kitt
Southern
Government urged to repurpose space budget for parking
The federal government is urged to earmark a billion dollars from the space program for new parking spaces. A fallout shelter plan includes stockpiles of tinned food water and a balloon filled with fresh air.
Berkeley seniors recall four turbulent campus years
Sue Werbe and 4,599 fellow UC Berkeley seniors reflect on the Free Speech Movement era. The 1964 sit ins, police lines, and campus activism shaped views on civil rights, Vietnam and political change as students moved toward graduation.
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California
Harold V. Streeter
Associated Press
Berkeley
Calif
Sue Werbe
Detroit
University of California At Berkeley
Sue
Columbia University
College Activisim
Miss Werbe
Sproul Hall
Bancroft
City of
University
South
Mario Savio
Robert A. Crittenden
San Diego
Golden Bears
Ken Stahl
Jamaica, N. Y
Associated Students
University of California
Jay N Miller
Palm Springs
Miller
Elga Jekobsons
Richmond
What kind of country are we living in
A reader reflects on violence in the United States following Kennedy's murder and asks what kind of country the next generation will inherit. The author urges active civic responsibility to restore law, order, and pride, contrasting youth duty with perceived Supreme Court overreach. See Roy Brandon Herrin.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Southern Illinoisan
Robert Kennedy
Becky Etherton Carbondale
United States Supreme Court
Kennedy
Supreme Court
Supreme Court of the United States
Roy Brandon Herrin
Dishonest fool targets violence and liberal critics
The Southern Illinoisan editor denounces a political faction as dishonest fools who blame objects for society’s ills. He argues true violence stems from those who preach disorder and ignore law, criticizing calls for new restrictions and the supposed “heritage of violence.”
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The
Southern Illinoisan
Caesar
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