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Newspaper
Terre Haute Tribune
Location
Terre Haute, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 23, 1968
Page
4
A Terre Haute Tribune editorial reflects on Voltaire attributed quote about defending speech rights regardless of personal disagreement. The piece emphasizes the principle of protecting expression in a democratic society and encourages vigorous debate.
A Minnesota congressman asks Secretary Clifford whether the U S military should use starvation to deny food to enemies in Vietnam and compares it to Nigeria's Biafran crisis. He notes civilians, especially women and children, bear the brunt and seeks clear official rationale and assurances.
FDA experts remain cautious about eating irradiated foods while Army researchers claim safety. Hearings before a Joint Atomic Energy subcommittee reveal competing views on radiation preservation. FDA cites deleterious effects in animal tests and halted Army servings, urging full safety resolution before market use.
Private investors moved the London Bridge stones to Lake Havasu City where a replica will rise on the Colorado. Egyptian temple stones head for the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York in a glass display. The transfers fund preservation efforts while a Dubai of concerns about a trend are dismissed as unlikely.
On the Line notes a limited Boston crowd booing Carl Yaztrzemski as he seems mortal after a storied season. The column recalls Ted Williams facing taunts, explores “rabbit ears” and the psychology of fans, and suggests boos stem from failed World Series hopes or personal resentments, with Buck O’Neal cited.
The 77 year old Kentucky colonel Harland Sanders, founder of Kentucky Fried Chicken, epitomizes post sixty five success. He earns about 40000 dollars plus expenses traveling as a goodwill ambassador for the firm, whose company grossed 333.5 million last year with nearly 2000 licensees selling over 300 million chickens.
Readings guide readers born under various signs through August 23 24 and beyond with warnings about privacy and curiosity. The column links career moves home life and future opportunities while noting a stray biographical note about a streetcar conductor railroad fireman and tire seller in Indianapolis with a teaser to continue on Page 10 Col. 5.
The Terre Haute Tribune details subscription rates for Indiana and Illinois, including Evening and Sunday plans, with online and mail options. It lists contact numbers for service issues and notes postal details and newsroom policy at Tribune Star Publishing Co. Inc.
Southsider ARTHUR MENEELEY on a Terre Haute bus helped a fare dispute by paying the passenger’s quarter himself and asking repayment later. The tale reflects local transit strains as buses face losses. Other items note Kenny Martin’s fast watch, Chief Robert Harris USN leaving for the Philippines, John Kesler’s Canadian vacation and Legislature poster, Legion Post 328 chicken dinners, Gene Roach’s 39th wedding anniversary, Red Cross aid during a hospital power outage.
Walter Winchell reports New York policemen angry at Mayor's civilian aides discuss arrest plans for a top City Hall executive who interferes. Brigitte Bardot protests a Paris TV report claiming she is pregnant and seeks a network on air retraction. Floyd Patterson details a secretive divorce and remarriage while facing tax and financial pressures. Desilu Studios near a cemetery prompts talk of cemetery expansion into studio land. Millicent Martin and Ronnie Carroll face mood blues amid Hollywood gossip. Continued on page 5.
Jim Bishop reflects on journalism at the Republican convention in Miami Beach. He notes how seasoned reporters judge the event and argues television correspondents captured attention by interpreting speeches rather than covering them directly.
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