Making Of A President Lyndon B Johnson Nominated At Atlantic City
A correspondent asks Lyndon Johnson which past experiences shaped his readiness for the Presidency. He cites executive branch work, two years as Texas Youth Administration state chairman, Space and Peace Corps duties under Kennedy, 12 years in the House, Farm Bill and transit legislation, 12 years in the Senate including leadership roles, and travels to 30 countries as Vice President. These legislative halls and world contacts form a formidable list guiding his campaign.
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United States
Atlantic City
Johnson
Texas
National Youth Administration
Peace Corps
Kennedy
House of Representatives
Senate
Six by Six program opens loans for small startups nationwide
The Small Business Administration launches the Six by Six plan offering loans up to 6000 amortized over six years with minimal collateral. It targets independent-minded people, including minorities, and has funded art schools, beauty parlors, barber shops, and a day nursery in early trials.
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Small Business Administration
Ed McGowin
Harold Bright
University of Alabama
Alexandria
Philadelphia
New York
Washington
Fifteen Minute Tour Teaches City Run To Students
Twenty five gifted students from across the country spent six weeks in Torrington Connecticut under NSF sponsorship. They met with the town’s leading politician attended church services discussed taxes with assessors and boards visited undertakers social workers and probation officers and inspected schools and hospitals. They gained deep insight into the town’s workings.
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Torrington
Conn
National Science Foundation
Variation Of A Truth Advice On Unity Across Groups
Benjamin Franklin urged signers to hang together or hang separately. Casper Weinberger told the California State Republican Committee that unity yields victory while division brings defeat. The quote applies to politics and other group efforts.
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Benjamin Franklin
Casper W. Weinberger
California
Republican
Mittee
Unity tensions dog Johnson as Goldwater gains party cohesion
The piece notes mounting party struggles over unity for Lyndon Johnson and Barry Goldwater ahead of Hershey. It contrasts Goldwater's improving standing with Johnson’s waning influence, citing figures like Scranton Nixon Eisenhower Hall Bliss and Lodge as major players influencing the Republican split and eastern establishment narratives.
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San Francisco
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Oyster Bay
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Ray Bliss
Ohio
Henry Cabot Lodge
Kuchel
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Lidsay
Hershey
Barry
Johnson
Atlantic City
Kennedy
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South
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Oppaenily
Debate Over Goldwater Thing Divides Johnson Team
Inside report shows unanimous stance on responding to PT boat attacks while a sharp debate over including the Goldwater issue emerges. Johnson aides argue bipartisanship matters for Europe and campaign optics. Bundy’s role and Kennedy ties fuel friction. A Milwaukee poll of Polish Americans suggests Johnson support near 100 percent with no civil rights bill discussion and fear of nuclear war from Goldwater.
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Bay of Tonkin
Goldwater
Mr. Johnson
State Department
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White House
National Security Council
George Wallace
Alabama
Wisconsin
John Reynolds
Sen. Goldwater
Deep questions on fair selection of vice presidential picks
The piece argues that choosing a running mate has become the president’s sole prerogative, raising democratic questions. It notes past diversions from this norm, citing Johnson, Goldwater, Kennedy, and Eisenhower era choices, and recalls how some VP selections led to power after a president’s death. James Marlow writes from his vacation.
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Atlantic City
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
William E. Miller
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
Adlai E. Stevenson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Garner
Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
FDR
Wallace
Harry S. Truman
James Marlow
Man refuses surgery over nurse presence in surgery room
Dear Abby advises a modest husband to face surgery despite his fear of a nurse being present. She urges his wife to reassure him that nurses do not care about a patient’s body and to proceed with the operation. In a separate reply she says a widow should wait to feel no guilt before contacting a gentleman caller. A third reader asks about topless bathing suits and Abby jokes they are tops for boys.
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Abby
Modest
Pensacola
From Vienna to Hollywood A Master Of Subtle Screen Drama
Hal Boyle profiles Fred Zinnemann, the Austrian born director who rose from extras and script clerk to Oscar winner. He recalls the old gatekeeping, the openness now, and notes Zinnemann’s rare craft and limited yet influential body of work. He has won two Oscars and earned six more nominations.
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Zinneman
Dr Crane Inward Focus Is Unwise Case T-444
The piece profiles Harry G a 42 year old described by his wife as a worry wart. It argues his health worries mask a sexual problem and possible saris of psychosomatic illness. It notes such behavior aims to gain sympathy and threaten marriage. It advises engaging elderly relatives with external topics to avoid inward fixation.
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Harry G
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