War Policy Debate on Vietnam Escalation and Costs
The piece criticizes U.S. handling of Vietnam, noting rising military activity and costs. It questions the purpose of American aid, cites $3.3 billion in aid and a daily $1 million in military spending, and records 262 American deaths and 1196 injuries with little achieved. It argues for decisive action over stalling and links timing to political campaigns.
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Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Korea
Cuba
Johnson
South
Hospital Labor Costs Rise Sharply Across 1960s
A survey of 5684 general hospitals by the American Hospital Association shows labor costs up 545 percent since World War II. Daily patient cost rose from 9.39 in 1946 to 38.91 in 1963, a 314 percent jump, with hospital stays costlier and payrolls swelling to 7.3 billion in 1963.
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American Hospital Association
High Accident Awards Spark Insurance Lawyer Tug of War
Lawyers for accident victims accuse insurers of jury tampering through high award campaigns while insurers defend public disclosure of rate factors. The National Association of Claimants’ Counsel of America sent a wire to Rep. Emanuel Celler seeking investigation into alleged industry propaganda.
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National Association of Claimants’ Counsel of America
Wired
Emanuel Celler
Brooklyn
House Judiciary Committee
Jacob D. Fuchsberg
Association
Notable Pacific Coast Musings on Miller Humphrey and Nisei Backlash
A Pacific Coast columnist muses on Bill Miller as a Republican vice presidential option and on Hubert Humphrey as a possible rival. He reflects on the Nisei after WWII, praising their resilience, and contemplates Redwoods versus development along California’s coast amid highway plans and lumbering.
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Pacific Coast
San Francisco
Bill Miller
Bill
Notre Dame
Notre Dame Subway
Bronx
Knute Rockne
New York
Rockne
Miller
Hubert Humphrey
Humphrey
California
Big Basin
California Highway Commission
Belvedere Island
Sausalito
Golden Gate Bridge
Hom
Alarms Sounded By Reds Mark Cold War Tensions
A review of Pentagon contingency planning shows how naval clashes with North Vietnam patrol boats triggered rapid responses. President Johnson ordered nearshore destroyer patrols and carrier air support, with quick communications linking Washington to the Maddox and Joy during the Tonkin Gulf incidents.
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Pentagon
Red
North
Viet Nam
Korea
United States
Red China
Defense Department
Gulf of Tonkin
Gulf
Tonkin Gulf
Maddox
C. Turner Joy
President Johnson
Washington
Dear Abby Topless Suits and Family Gift Grievances
A reader condemns topless bathing suits as decadence worse than Rome while another writes of a mother in law gifting grandchildren and seeking drives to shop. A clergyman notes grown children must honor elders and parents bear responsibility for teaching respect.
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Rome
Abby
Khrushchev
Grace G. Smokes Dictate Marital Odds for Grace G
Grace G., a 25 year old school teacher, is deemed attractive by the Scientific Marriage Foundation yet faces marriage barriers due to smoking. The director notes most men reject wives who smoke, a factor that keeps Grace from potential matches and weddings. Among 10,000 men registered, only one asked for a smoking partner.
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Scientific Marriage Foundation
Grace
IBM
SMF
Johnson Kennedy summit shows careful political distancing
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report that President Johnson moved to avoid a total split with Robert F. Kennedy while excluding him from the vice presidency. Johnson offered Kennedy a post election role and campaign management, but Kennedy rejected cabinet or overseas posts.
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Washington
White House
Johnson
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
John F. Kennedy
Robert Kennedy
Jacqueline Kennedy
Mr. Johnson
Kennedys
Beauty pageant lunch reveals Erika Augustin as Miss Austria
HAL BOYLE notes a luncheon of twenty beauty contestants en route to Long Beach pageant. Erika Augustin, 25, introduces herself as Miss Austria and claims Austrian measurements are unmatched while admitting no inch measurements. He leaves impressed by her poise and wit.
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Long Peach
Calif
Mt. Everest
South Tyrol
Greece
Austria
Erika
Unclear Fragments on Time Frames and Mail Delivery
Fragmentary text lists durations one week three months six months and one year with scattered phrases about delivery by mail and residence in U S and possessions. No coherent event or entities emerge.
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Athens Messenger
Sally
Ohio
U. S and
Possessions
Achaeears
Athenia
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John Chamberlain
Hubert
Yakker
Idaho
Seattle
University of Washington
World Today
Ack
By Elton C. Fay
Dear Abby
DR. Crane
Grace G
Rowland Evans and
Robert Novak
Sion
LBJ
Justice Department
Bob Kennedy
Atlantic City
Hal Boyle
Lemon Buyer
Erika Augustin
Vienna
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