Johnsons War Choices and Honest Motives Reconsidered
A Washington correspondent argues Lyndon B. Johnson acted from fidelity to his office turning a limited operation into a major war. He claims Johnson sought victory to prevent defeat and cautions against vilifying the President without full context.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
White House
Holmes
Johnson
New York Times
McNamara
LBJ
Mansfield
Symington
George Washington
Barry Goldwater
Lincoln
Manassas
Gettysburg
Vietnam
Cuba
Berlin
Kennedy
Hanoi
Letters to the editor probe speed traps and Brown Center
Readers debate law enforcement tactics and the Brown Memorial Youth Center in Aiken. Veterans seek reunion details while others protest coverage of local events and call for factual corrections and community standards.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown Memorial Center
Laurens St. Extension
Brown Memorial Youth Center
Brown House
Bruce Bowdler
P.O. Box
Aiken Standard
Faith, doubt, and moral need in Christian belief
A letter argues intellectual objections are less decisive than moral needs in turning people to Christianity. It urges reading St. John’s Gospel, warns against secular centers, and calls for focusing on divine inspiration rather than a modern Jesus Movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert Medlock
Isabel Vandervelde
M.J
Christ
Aiken Chamber Seeks Petition Drive for City Plan
The Greater Aiken Chamber of Commerce plans a door to door canvass to collect petitions to bring the city improvement plan to a vote. It clarifies that signing the petition does not equal endorsement of the $1.6 million proposal and urges support for the petition to allow a vote. Later, residents can study the four proposals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Greater
Burger criticizes press range while banning live TV coverage
Chief Justice Warren Burger told the American Law Institute that editorials and political cartoons are targets of displeasure, yet he defends constitutional freedoms. An institute policy bars live TV recording of his general address, with Burger saying no coverage is permitted without his personal approval.
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Warren E. Burger
American Law Institute
Defenders of Constitutional Freedoms
Institute
Burger
Gastonia
N.C
Upholding Tradition At HEW Reports Delayed Yet Commonplace
The Department of Health Education and Welfare, a large federal bureau, is required to file hundreds of annual reports to Congress. The routine delays and bureaucratic cycle are framed as commonplace, with the text noting the effect on its 100,000 employees and the general tolerance for late disclosures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Department of Health, Education & Welfare
Congress
Bureaucracies
Task force probes report deadlines in Montgomery
A task force was formed to explain how deadlines for related reports could be met. The report detailing the approach was filed more than two weeks late, drawing attention at the top of the Par kinsonian pyramid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brown House
Montgomery
Ala
Advertiser
Coker Spring Grove Ad Promotes 1870s Picnic Grounds
Aiken notices advertise Coker Spring Grove ready for picnics by May first. Grounds include a 60 by 20 foot dancing platform, music stand, shooting gallery with air guns, shaded arbors, a fountain, and a bathing house. Described waters from Coker Springs praised as pure, with five gallons per minute capacity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aults
Santa in July: Boyle riffs on yearlong Christmas spectacle
New York writer HAL BOYLE jokes about Santa Claus appearing in July as Christmas shopping grows into a year round industry. He riffs on desires from government stamps to a deflatable inflation and an official mis information official to curb leaks.
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Hal Boyle
New York
Washington
Santa Claus
Uncle Sam
Santa
Ft. Knox
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E. Riley Herron
Richland Ave
Aiken S.C
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2Nd Army
Hell-on-wheels
Deauville Hotel
Miami Beach
Fla
Francis H. Barnes
S.W. 41St St
Miami
Isham H. Stewart
F. Co
Gabe Struggles
Box
Waldron, Ark
Aiken
Betty Abney
East Boundary
Busbee
Jeremy Woodoff
Rt. 3
Billy Graham
Roy Hayes
Warrenville
D.C
Samuel A. Cothran
Eugene J. Oyler
Citizen Smith
Coker Spring Grove
Fred Aults
Excelsior
Main Street
Park Avenue
Ervey
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