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Publication: European Stars and Stripes Wednesday, July 3, 1968

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   European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - July 3, 1968, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 6 the stars and strips horses., dogs favored Over girls rom net gets word from Kiddle Corner Lansing Mich. A if were governor. I d have it  that people would ride horses rather than drive cars because i  i would throw girls out of Testate of  i would get rid of dog catch ers and  those Aren t election Yea Campaign promises. They re responses that teacher Catherine Peacock got when she asked the 9 and 10-year Olds in her fourth Grade class at Lansing Stoner school to write essays on. Ill were  miss Peacock sent the essays to Lansing state journal Colum nist Jim Hough who forwarded them to gov. George Romney i would not let factories dump their leftovers in Rivers and lakes to become polluted said a girl in the class. I would make More Laws said another girl i would raise the taxes for Morsf physical Edu cation  More pay for teachers was 0common Promise. So was Shorter school  would t run for president said a boy because i would twant to handle the  i d raise salaries for people to have what they want and let them have vacations when somebody gets Hurt at Home vowed a girl who added if special people came to div to me about taxes i would i no some people Don t have kind of Money " one girl is another an Optimist wrote i would help make Laws and be in charge at the Capitol t movers cites War miscalculations Boston a former White House press Secretary Bill Moyers said monday the Vietnam War increased to its present stage because of Gros miscalculations on both  each underestimated theother tenacity Moyers said in an interview copyrighted bythe Atlantic monthly. Moyers publisher of Longisland new Day told Atlantic monthly Michael Janeway that he rejected any suspicion that president Johnson was plan Ning a giant War in Vietnam. I m sure he did t expect giant War much less plan it Moyers said. No As i recall there was an unspoken Assumption in Washington that a major War was something that could be avoided if we injected Justa Little Power at a  Janeway asked if there Wasan element of american Over Confidence about the use of Power in the origins of the Vietnam War. There was an Assumption that they Hanoi feared we might use the Power available Tous an Assumption that they were probing to see if in fact we would Moyers said. There was a belief that if we indicated willingness to use our Power they would get the message Ansback away from an All out con  still held Hope As late As april 1965, in his Baltimore speech three month before he decided to begin the massive buildup the president still held to the Hope that he could tempt the North Vietnam Ese in another direction Moy ers said. You May remember he spoke of turning the whole Mekong Delta Region into an asian Tva handheld out the possibility of Hanoi sharing in the fruits of such a venture. As late As that Spring he was hoping to avoid wider  Moyers said that we Fereall caught up in presenting the great society legislation to con Gress in february and the tape measure shows fireworks Are illegal . Louis to. Up officials of suburban Berkeley used a tape measure to show that James Charles Davis or s., fireworks stand was 18 feet in Side the Berkeley City limits. Davis had thought his Stan was in adjoining Kinlock where fireworks sales Are Legal. President really believed there would be some alternative right up to the last minute until july of 1965  a in answer to another query Moyers said that in late 1965 he thinks the president knew then that the War was headed for pro portions that he had hoped to prevent. He was increasingly Distl Lusio hed Over the failure of the soviets to influence Hanoi. Mostof us shared this at the White House we Felt that he could reason with the russians and they would  overestimated their in fluence in Hanoi or their willingness to help us off a painful  Universal habit it a hot Day in Newyork and these miss universe contestants each dressed in her native habit Don t want to swelter. Thy find it swell to play it Cool by dunking their feet in a Fountain. The Mercury reached 94 degrees in the City monday. Agency gets a Job to Gypsy Brawl fatal to 1 in Power hassle Boston up the King of a Large Gypsy Dan was wounded and his brother shot to death Early monday in an a. Parent family Power struggle weeping Gypsy women protect ing their fallen leaders had Tobe pulled off by police before the Brothers could be taken Toa Hospital. Another Gypsy Wai arrested and charged with Mur Der. Dead in the apparent struggle for Power in the Miller Gyp a family was Mickey Miller j9,who was shot in the head. Gordon Miller 50, King of the clan was reported in Good condition after surgery at Cut Hospital. He too had been shot in the head. Frank Miller 30, allegedly fired the shots during an argument. More than 50 clansmen saw the shoe Tings. Frank Miller appeared i municipal court where he we held without bail on a murder charge. Steelworkers plan meet after contract expire Pittsburgh athe United steelworkers Union currently negotiating a new con tract for the nation 450,000 Basic steelworkers has scheduled its biennial convention for Chicago in August Only three weeks after the present con tracts runs  Union said during the weekend that 3,500 Delegate representing 1.2 million Mem mrs will gather in Chicago aug.19 through 33 to draft Union policy for the next two years. Washington up the Justice department monday gave the subversive activities control Board Saab a Job to do and consequently gave it anew lease on life. The department asked the Board to investigate whether seven persons All of whom i identified As officers of state communist parties were communists. That Job will fulfil a congressional mandate that unless the Board conducts an investigation within a year it would automatically cease to exist. The Board which los most fits functions Over the years As the supreme court knocked Down one provision after another of the1 Mccarren act of 1050, was rarely heard from in recent years until june 27, 1907, when president Johnson appointed his former personal Secretary g Hus band to it. The president selection of Simon f. Mchugh jr., 29, an accountant who had married Vic Toria Mccammon to a $26,000 a year Post on the Board Drew congressional criticism. Sen. William pro Raire d-wis., on july 22, 197, denounced the appointment As a ridiculous extravagance and said the Job itself is a  Proxmire introduced Legisla Tion to abolish the Agency but sen. Everett m. Kirksen the re publican Leader led a fight to keep it alive. Congress agree Don the proviso the Board con win in this new. Stays alive duct at least one investigation inthe current year. Cliff sessions Public information officer for the Justice department said the Alicar Ranat aimed at controlling subversive groups required the department to ask the Saab for formal ruling declaring a person to be a communist if the Justice department had reason to be Lieve the person was a communist Judy Garland released from , Hospital in no Branch . Utun Plinio Ai tests were run  their nature was not specific  
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