Illinois voters may yet have a choice on war
Editorial examines Atty. Gen. William G. Clark in Illinois politics as he questions Vietnam policy. It notes Daley’s stance, possible trial balloon amid McCarthy Kennedy dynamics, and hints of a softening national policy while weighing Dirksen’s position and November election impact.
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United States Senate
William G. Clark
Johnson
Vietnam
Adlai Stevenson III
Richard J. Daley
Chicago Sun-Times
Bill Mauldin
Chicago
Daley
Eugene J. McCarthy
New Hampshire
Robert F. Kennedy
Washington
Clark
Mayor Daley
Sen. Kennedy
Mr. Clark
Illinois
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Dirksen
Mr. Dirksen
Robert Kennedy
Letter defends coach Stiegman and urges community sports reform
In response to a March letter by Oscar Wills Murphysboro residents defend high school basketball coach Butch Stiegman. They argue Wills misstates facts note nine players in most games seven at state tournament and urge grade school program expansion and open gym access to build a stronger Red Devils program.
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Southern Illinoisan
Oscar Wills
Murphysboro
Wills
Butch Stiegman
Stiegman
Blackwood
Red Devils
Debate on Vietnam War Roots and Eisenhower Policy
A reader letter cites Eisenhower’s wartime actions and a 1954 bomb plot as context for U S involvement in Vietnam. The letter argues against fighting others wars and questions government secrecy while praising Eisenhower’s perceived defense of the nation.
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Linoisan
Patricia Boone
Freeman Spur
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Secret Service
Russia
Commissariat
South
Moscow
Republican VP race narrows to incumbent Miller successor
National figures struggle to find a willing replacement for William E. Miller as the major parties seek a vice presidential candidate. The only readily available option appears to be the current office holder.
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William E. Miller
Drug Interaction Pills Fatal Overdose Causes Accident
Ralph Dighton reports a string of medicines led John Jones to an accidental overdose. A sleeping pill a diet pill motion sickness pills throat lozenges and a flue remedy mix culminated in a fatal crash despite not being drunk. The autopsy ruled the death an accident due to drug interaction.
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Ralph Dighton
Los Angeles
John Jones
Jones
Acci
Edward Y. Brady
University of Southern California
School of Pharmacy
James Reston Nominations Less Certain Than They Look
A 1968 New York Times analysis argues that Johnson's renomination is not assured as party loyalty wanes and new media, money, and voters bypass old bosses. It notes Kennedy and McCarthy challenge Johnson, with shifts in labor and regional politics altering traditional power, aided by television and public sentiment.
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James Reston
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Dick Daley
Chicago
Averell Harriman
New York
Robert Kennedy
Meany
Walter Reuther
Daley
Jesse Unruh
California
Philip Hoff
Vermont
Kennedy
Harold Hughes
Iowa
John Lindsay
America
Nixon
Vietnam
McCarthy
New Hampshire
Sen
Mark Hatfield
Oregon
Wisconsin
Madison
Bill Evrne
Capital Times
Brady
France stalls on paper gold plan at Stockholm talks
France presses for a gold standard system as the Stockholm conference nears, arguing for a monetary regime ruled by real gold and a juridically equal currency system. Debre clashes with Fowler as France faces isolation and mediating voices from Italy and West Germany. The draw rights proposal aims to ease currency needs while gold’s role would fade if accepted.
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Nellis Associated Press
Brussels
Stockholm
France
Minster
Hedrick Witteveen
Michel Debre
Debre
International Monetary Fund
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Emilio Colombo
Karl Schiller
Rio de Janeiro
United States
Japan
Sweden
Canada
Treasury
Henry M. Fowler
Italy
West Germany
Witteveen
Rio
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Humphrey
Pittsburgh
Democratic Party
Oscar C. Wills
W. A. Eastman
Anna
Union
South Vietnam
Sol Bernstein
Los Angeles County-Usc Medical Center
Wrangle
Gold
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