War news notes slowing Hanoi offenses and rising South morale
The piece says Communist China and North Vietnam rejected Johnson's peace overtures while citing a shift in American gains in Vietnam. It highlights South morale rising after air strikes, increased Viet Cong desertions, peasant intelligence aiding operations, and growing French and Chinese investment in the South as encouraging signs toward possible peace talks.
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Johnson
China
Viet Nam
United States
Ho Chi Minh
Mao Tse-tung
United Nations
North Viet Nam
South
North
Johnson signs education bill at LBJ ranch one room school
President Lyndon B. Johnson signs a 1.3 billion aid to education bill at a Texan one room school near the LBJ Ranch. He recalls lessons with his old teacher Kate Deadrich and revisits earlier teaching days in Cotulla and San Marcos, as the plan unlocks 1.06 billion in public school aid and two 100 million funds for textbooks and training.
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Kate
Lyndon B. Johnson
Kate Deadrick Loney
LBJ
Kate Deadrich
Johnson
Cotulla
Tex
San Marcos State Teachers College
Lion
Bay Area Rapid Transit tests first track segment
The Bay Area Rapid Transit District began the first test of a planned 75 mile, 1 billion system on 2.5 miles of track in Concord. The test cars aim for speed and quiet operation as the project expands to San Francisco Alameda and Contra Costa over five years. Promoters expect substantial relief of rush hour traffic and a model for urban transit nationwide.
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Concord
Bay Area Rapid Transit District
Alameda
Contra Costa
Wirtz's Labor Rule Aliens California Farmers’ Struggles
The column argues Secretary Wirtz mishandled banning Braceros, causing crop peril in California. It notes Florida and date palm regions receiving temporary relief, while California faces rain delays and pressure from Governor Brown and senators. It questions whether Wirtz will admit error or force Californians to say it could be Wirtz again.
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W. Willard Wirtz
Florida
Arizona
California
Wirtz
Mexico
Ventura County
Oxnard
Washington
Smathers
Holland
White House
Ruchel
Murphy
Palm Desert
Mount San Jacinto
U.S
Salinas Valley
Pat Brown
Department of Labor
Ford Begins Roll as House Republicans Seek Voter Rights Break
Inside Report notes Rep. Gerald Ford of Michigan using the Johnson voting rights bill to redefine the House Republican leadership. Ford pushes a party line toward a national issue, arranging strategy sessions with key Republicans and liberal voices while maintaining heavy travel to promote a new GOP image.
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Gerald Ford
Michigan
Johnson
House
Ford
Charles Halleck
Indiana
Halleck
House Judiciary Committee
William McCulloch
Ohio
Mandeshaert Bak Ont
Repubes
McCulloch
Ey Dirksen
William Brock
Tennessee
Judiciary Committee
Brock
New York
John W. Lindsay
Charles Goodell
Upstate
House Republican Planning and Research Committee
William Prendergast
National Committee
Dean Burch
Capitol Hill
Congress
Life at Forty Wonderful World Of Retirement Awaits
Robert Peterson argues retirement housing built for older adults offers vibrant communities with value. He notes the Mackle Brothers started the first large colony at Pompano Beach after World War II and now hundreds exist with varied quality and price.
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Mackle
Pompano Beach
Fla
Dear Abby: Big spenders test family finances
Dear Abby notes a husband who spends and lends freely causing financial strain on his family. The columnist explains his behavior stems from a hunger for praise, not generosity, and cautions that treating others while family goes without is wrong. The anonymous letter mentions a 1922 wedding quirk where a Justice of the Peace misread the script and his wife finished it.
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Abby
Tice of
Remembering Ernie Pyle as Battlefield Reporter Dies 20 Years Ago
HAL BOYLE recalls Ernie Pyle who died on Ie Shima during World War II. Pyle, the nation’s “eyes and ears” at the front, died after a Japanese sniper shot him in the left temple. His death followed President Roosevelt’s passing and contrasted with fgds of past war correspondents.
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Ie Shima
Pacific
Ernie Pyle
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Richard Harding Davis
Davis
Ernie
Pyle
Don Whitehead
Congress Follows Blindly in ERA Debate Says Editor
The Messenger argues the US Congress risks becoming a rubber stamp for leaders as campaign rhetoric overstates states rights and nonwar promises. It recalls Ernie Pyle and Don Whitehead, praising Pyle’s humanity, courage, and duty while soldiers face war’s fear and camaraderie.
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U.S
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