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Newspaper
Thomasville Times Enterprise
Location
Thomasville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1968
Page
2
In early America frontier life required self protection with Bible in one hand and gun in the other. The editorial warns gun control could create a police state where law abiding citizens are limited to police protection, urging readers to consider a Letter to the Editor in this issue.
A Memphis Commercial Appeal editorial condemns national violence and calls for restoring governance through due process. It cites Kennedy and King killings as symptoms of a sick era and urges peace, law, and democratic participation to end anarchy.
Highlights include the 1914 assassination of Archduke Francis Ferdinand that sparked World War I. Other events: 1778 Battle of Monmouth. Molly Pitcher noted for aid to troops. 1838 Queen Victoria crowned. 1919 Versailles Treaty signed. 1941 Yugoslav guerrilla warbegan. 1944 Dewey nominated. 1945 MacArthur announced reconquest of Luzon.
Kennedy allies in New York and beyond weigh backing Hubert Humphrey if he proves independent of Johnson. Califano assures Kennedy men that the Vice President may campaign freely, while Humphrey builds bridges with O'Donnell O'Brien Shriver and other Kennedy aides to unite the factions.
Boyle's Notebook recounts street life quotes about hippies and a Brooklyn incident while linking a broader gun control bill debate. It contrasts counterculture protest with fears of home protection and government overreach amid calls to repeal arms rights.
John Keasler notes Jordan Marsh Florida stops selling toy guns to curb violence, quoting William S Ruben president of Jordan Marsh Florida. He warns sticks could become substitutes provoking imagination and early weapon-creating play, recalling childhood memories and risks of substituting violence with improvised stick weapons.
The piece argues zoning alone does not solve race housing goals and notes the high costs of construction and mortgages as barriers. It cites Connecticut State Senator John Lupton pushing an Urban Removal plan to move factories and workers to open spaces, while recalling a Thirties era bank teller led community near the Ramapo Mountains as a historical example.
A 40 acre Suffern community shows residents pooling land and forming a building guild to cut costs. They handle simple work themselves and hire carpenters and masons in volume for major tasks, with builders accepting lower hourly rates for a shared yearly wage. George Weller called it among the more hopeful finds on returning to America.
A man sentenced for contempt over unpaid alimony argued imprisonment violates the Constitution forbidding debt jail. The court upheld the sentence, saying alimony is a personal obligation arising from marriage, enforceable by contempt, not a debt. If the husband cannot pay due to job loss, jail is unlikely. Relatives' ability to fund does not change duty to support.
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