Nixon Holds Lead Over All Major Opponents in Poll
Gallup survey after Johnson withdrawal and King assassination shows Nixon preferred over Kennedy McCarthy Humphrey and Wallace. Nixon leads 41 38 38 10 against Kennedy or McCarthy and 43 44 against Humphrey with Wallace at 9 14 undecided. Strongest with independents and many Democrats, Wallace sighted as potential spoiler concentrating in the South.
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Richard M. Nixon
Johnson
North Vietnam
Martin Luther King Jr
Nixon
Robert F. Kennedy
Eugene J. McCarthy
Hubert H. Humphrey
George Wallace
Alabama
George Gallup
Kennedy
McCarthy
Wallace
Humphrey
South
America
House of Representatives
Pauling Advocates Orthomolecular Psychiatry for Mental Illness
Nobel laureate Linus Pauling argues mental disorders stem from brain chemical imbalances. He proposes correcting deficiencies in vitamins and nutrients like B-12, niacin, vitamin C, thiamine, folic acid, and glutamic acid, though mainstream psychiatry remains unconvinced and seeks proof in practice.
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Linus Pauling
Pauling
Pauling Beleves
The Good Life and Uplifting Consumer Outlook
A National Family Opinion survey for the National Industrial Conference Board shows rising plans to buy autos, homes, and appliances in early 1960s January and February interviews. More Americans plan vacations at home, fewer abroad, signaling optimism despite wartime and domestic strains.
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Johnson
National Family Opinion, Inc
National Industrial Conference Board
America
Abrams pressing to maximize war effort in Vietnam
Joseph Alsop reports Gen. Creighton Abrams pushing American and Allied forces to press the offensive in Vietnam. The Ashan Valley is transformed into a major North Vietnamese rear-base for renewed attack on Hue as Westmoreland deploys B52s and the 1st Air Cavalry. The piece contrasts American negotiative hopes with Hanoi’s aim for military victory and cites COSVN directives warning of continued fighting unless mass support is mobilized.
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Nha Trang
South Vietnam
Creighton W. Abrams
Abrams
Vietnam
U. S
Gen
Korea
Hanoi
Stuart Symington
Ashan Valley
Hue
William C. Westmoreland
1St Air Cavalry
Sen. Symington
Southern High Command
COSVN
Tet
Saigon
Moment Of Truth by Kilpatrick on arson and law
A conservative view argues Mayor Daley correctly linked arson to violent crime and urges deadly force to deter premeditated arson. It frames property rights as foundational, warns against vigilante excess, and calls for restoring order before addressing root causes and reconciliation. The piece notes Detroit’s reaction and the broader danger of insurrection in the United States.
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Mayor Daley
Bleeding Hearts
Bull Connor
George Wallace
Detroit
Daley
United States
Landmark ruling opens unions to open elections nationwide
Federal Judge Constance Baker Motley voided the 1966 National Maritime Union election denying most members a run for national office. The decision under Landrum Griffin Act orders an open election and sets a precedent for how unions may shape nomination, election, and voting rights, challenging bureaucratic hierarchies.
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National Maritime Union
Constance Baker Motley
Joseph Curran
Landrum-Griffin
Maritime Union
Membershp
Mailbag assorted oddities and facts from Hal Boyle column
A collage of quick takes from Hal Boyle including notes on narcotics death rates, the size of the English lexicon, the forward pass in football, rising corporate ownership, trees drinking vast water, global printing output, and laws Americans fail to know. Also snippets on coffee stains, a math curiosity, pilots after heart attacks, assassinations, folklore cures, and quirky maxims.
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Shakespeare
Theodore Roosevelt
World Bank President McNamara Begins New Duty
Robert S. McNamara arrived in Washington to assume the World Bank presidency on the first day of the month at 7:47 a.m. He leads a 1,500 man team of fiscal experts fighting poverty and famine in underdeveloped nations, not a military force.
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Robert S. McNamara
World Bank
Washington
Defense
McCarthy Calls Vietcong Coalition as Surrender Risk
Senator Eugene J. McCarthy, seeking the Democratic nomination, says a coalition government including the Vietcong would be acceptable in advance. He argues such a move would amount to surrender and a first step toward a Communist takeover.
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Eugene J. McCarthy
The Athens Messenger Publication Details
The Athens Messenger lists daily and Sunday editions with Associated Press use, pricing for single copies and mail delivery across Ohio, West, and nationwide. It details carrier and mail rates, 1918 act classification, and the publisher address at 43 W Union St Athens.
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Associated Press
D&s
Ohio
West
Athens Post Office
Messenas Co
Union St
Athens
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