Guilt by association in Nixon era war debates
The column argues Nixon bears blame by association for Vietnam War deception and Johnson's credibility gaps. It cites Marquis Childs criticizing Nixon, noting disputed disclosures, withheld truth, and the claim that Nixon inherits a trust deficit while showing troop withdrawals and low casualty reports amid ongoing conflict.
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St. Louis Post Dispatch
New York Times
Lyndon Johnson
Nixon
Vietnam
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Johnson
Texas
California
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Hanoi
South Vietnam
UN seat urged for Communhist China per presidential panel
A presidential commission recommends admitting Communhist China to the United Nations while Nationalist China remains a member. The panel float suggests placing the two regimes at opposite ends of a Ping-Pong table as a metaphor for balance. CIA chief Helms claims the agency has penetrated the Soviet government with several well placed Russian spies. The Soviets would likely insert them in strategic places.
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Ching
United Nations
China
CIA
Helms
Fremont Police Budget Stirs Reader Controversy
A letter to the editor denounces council studies and cites a police shortfall of 37 officers and a Fremont contribution of 112000 toward manpower, urging protection of independent police. Other letters discuss farming preservation, water board conflicts, and a heart surgery donor tale, with community gratitude to Fremont and Newark readers.
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Jobin Fabbri
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Fremont
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Sacramento Assembly Delegation Named to 4th District Gleaned
Representatives in Sacramento shaped by districts include elk ey parts Souter Aeon Cuasey with Nicholas C. Parris Democrat San John W. Melmdahl Democrat 6th District and Clark J. Mediey Republican of Hith District. The 7th and 8th Districts cover minus and include all of Alameda County except Livermore Amador Valley and Castro Valley. Carlet Bee Democrat 5th District Hayward Union City Fremont Newark Livermore Amador Valley. Robert W. Crown Democrat Ish District San Lorenzo San Leandro Alameda and part of Oakland. March KK Fang Democrat 18th District Castro Valley Astland part of Oakland. Letters to legislators may be addressed to the Sacramento Capitol, Sacramento, O614.
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Castre Valley
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Demecrat
Hayward
Union City
Fremont
Mewark
Robert W. Crown
San Lorenzo
San Leandro
Alameda
Oakland
Fang
Castro Valley
Astland
Sacramento
Sarmiento in America Through Argentine Eyes
The article reviews Domingo Faustino Sarmiento’s Travels in the United States in 1897 translated by Michael Aaron Rockland. It highlights Sarmiento as a pioneering observer whose notes compare American institutions and life to European models, praising his view of cities like New York Boston and Philadelphia and noting his critique of pork cities and urban progress.
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Sarmiento
America
Michael Aaron Rockland
Princeton University Press
United States
New York
Boston
Washington
Baltimore
Phiadelphia
Public memory of Vietnam war debated in Pentagon analysis
Washington reports discuss how public sentiment viewed Johnson era choices. The piece argues the public was not broadly deceived and that reactions in Congress media and markets reflected concern over escalation. It notes leaders feared a wider war and that Johnson sought to calm the nation during critical decisions.
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Pentagon
Johnson
Asia
Congress
Wayne Morse
George McGovern
Everett McKinley Dirksen
North Vietnam
Mike Mansfield
Richard M. Nixon
U.S
Hanoi
America
Red
China
Barry Goldwater
Tuck
White House
Vietnam
Revenue sharing sparks feud over Lockheed bailout and federalism
A Washington hearing pits Humphrey and Muskie against Nixon and Connally over revenue sharing and a Lockheed Aircraft bailout. The debate frames federalism, redistribution, and national unity as critics warn the central government may favor a few while rest preserving jobs for workers across states.
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Lockheed
Notable historical firsts and party events on this day
Born on June 30 1828 American actor William Hampden. Ada Kepley of Effingham Illinois became the first woman to graduate from an accredited law school in 1870. Theodore Roosevelt signed the Pure Food and Drug Act in 1906. Truman announced troops transfer in 1950s. Alaska statehood approved in 1958. John Phillips Marquand quote reflects valued ancestry.
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Ada Kepley
Effingham
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Union College of Law
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Truman
Japan
South Korea
North Korea
U.S. Senate
Alaska
John Phillips Marquand
Short Takes On Burlington Northern and Public Figures
An OCR fragment notes Burlington Northern and mentions New Jersey hairdressers naming Martha Mitchell as a leading woman in public life. It references Nixon expressing a threat to visit China and comments on the difficulty of balancing personal care with public duties.
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New Jersey
Martha Mitchell
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