draft alterations urge fair study of selective service
The piece argues that the National Selective Service System will remain controversial and unfair but necessary for manpower. It calls for congressional scrutiny and fairness improvements, noting college deferments and part time study affect drafting, while universal conscription shapes the draft. It warns against denying youths their individual rights in fighting for freedom abroad.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Washington
Congress
Civil Rights Convention links war and race politics
Washington coverage notes Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party leader Lawrence Guyot connects white power in Mississippi to U.S. world dominance aims and cites depopulation plans and sterilization. Ambassador Goldberg warns domestic injustice mirrors war causes, but avoids foreign policy specifics.
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Washington, D.C
Sheraton Park
Saigon
Hue
da Nang
Viet Nam
Lawrence Guyot
Mississippi Freedom Democratic Party
Congress
Guyot
Mississippi
U.S
Arthur Goldberg
Goldberg
Readers Speak Dear Sir Flowers stolen from grave
A reader notes annual thefts of flowers left on her husband’s grave at Mountain View Cemetery after Memorial Day. She asks for tips to stop the theft and jokes about hiring a watchdog to guard the grave.
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Mountain View
Deplorable Mail Woes for Servicemen Mentioned by Letters
Letter from Mrs. Ed Mond Fahey of Anaconda condemns government mail delays for servicemen in Vietnam while noting congressmen and entertainers are shipped worldwide. She calls the situation deplorable and thanks the editor for publishing the issue.
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Viet Nam
Edmond Fahey
Anaconda
Free Press Signifies Democracy And Responsibility
The article stresses that freedom of the press, guaranteed by the U S Constitution, underpins accountable government. It notes global lack of press freedom in Cuba Paraguay and Haiti and cites the Inter American Press Association push for universal press freedom. It highlights an annual Freedom of the Press Day established in 1953 to remind the public of the ongoing struggle for a free press in the Americas.
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United States
Western Hemisphere
Cuba
Paraguay
Haiti
Inter-American Press Association
Americas
Information bill blocked in Rules Committee
Fulton Lewis Jr reports that the House Rules Committee under Howard Smith blocked the freedom of information bill S 1160. The measure, supported by liberal Democrats and journalism groups, would require agencies to release records on request while safeguarding national security data. The Johnson administration opposes disclosure and has previously resisted public access to government contracts and other records.
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Washington
Howard Smith
D-Va
House Rules Committee
Rules Committee
Senate
House Committee On Government Operations
Government Operations Committee
White House
House
Sigma Delta Chi
National Professional Journalism Society
American Newspaper Publishers Association
National Editorial Ee
Seeee SS
John J. Rhodes
R-Ariz
National Science Foundation
Thomas Kuchel
Philadelphia
Rural Electrification Administration
Iron Curtain
Commerce Department
De Gaulle Upheaval Tests NATO Policy in Washington
In Washington the Johnson administration vows to keep full NATO forces and a Vietnam focus despite pressures to withdraw. Assistant Secretary of Defense Arthur Sylvester rejects reductions "in the foreseeable future" and cites need to avoid vacuums that invite Russian advances while maintaining European defense burdens.
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Washington
Johnson
Charles de Gaulle
U.S
Europe
NATO
Arthur Sylvester
DeGaulle
Viet Nam
Sylvester
Russia
Montana Standard official newspaper details
The Montana Standard is published seven mornings a week by The Standard-Post, part of Lee Newspapers of Montana, Inc. It lists Richard E. Morrison as publisher and includes Ward Fanning as associate publisher among staff such as Walter L. Nelson editor OD Campbell Jr business manager Bert Gaskill executive editor T K Conway and others. It serves Silver Bow County and the City of Butte.
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Standard-Post
Lee Newspapers of Montana, Inc
Richard E. Morrison
Ward Fanning
Walter L. Nelson
OD. R. Campbell, Jr
Bert Gaskill
T. K. Conway
Joseph Stocke
Frank Quinn
Rockefeller warns of American overpresence in Asia
In a private talk, John D. Rockefeller III argues U S involvement in Asia risks overpresence that depresses local initiative and sours relations. He urges a three point plan to shift from direct aid to regional development and multilateral financing.
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Rockefeller
Asia
South
Viet Nam
India
India-America Foundation
CIA
Japan
U.S
Washington
Congress
Leg ulcers and beauty school questions answered by Dr Molner
A reader asks about prolonged Priscoline use for leg ulcers and possible alternatives to improve circulation. Dr Molner discusses varicose ulcers, skin irritation from chemicals, infections, and the need for medical evaluation, plus addressing a neighbor's fear about hair spray causing cancer and noting allergy risks and local air pollution from aerosols.
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K. H
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Montana
Butte Daily Post
Peggy Verstappen
Silver Bow County
Society
Far East
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America
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M.D
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