Johnson pushes economy drive for defense cost cuts
President Johnson orders agency-wide cost cuts and asks 7500 defense contractors to accelerate savings. Secretary McNamara reinforces buy-only-what-needed, seek lowest price, cut operating costs. Target is 1.5 billion in current year defense savings, with prior Kennedy-McNamara efforts already yielding over 1 billion.
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Johnson
Washington
Congress
Defense
Defense Department
Robert S. McNamara
Ford Motor Co
McNamara
Kennedy
Kennedy-McNamara
Vinson to retire after 50 years in the House
Representative Carl Vinson of Georgia’s Sixth District announces retirement after his current term ending January 3 1965. He will leave Congress at age 80 after 50 years of service and return to his Milledgeville farm. He cites faith in the armed forces and defense as key to future peace.
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Carl Vinson
Georgia
House of Representatives
House
Millidgeville
Vinson
U S base cutback spreads to Spain
The Strategic Air Command will shut down the Zaragosa bomber base in Spain at the end of the fiscal year on June 30. The $50 million facility will be placed on a caretaker basis as part of overall Europe wide reductions driven by the arrival of Minuteman missiles.
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Europe
Morocco
Turkey
Italy
England
Spain
Strategic Air Command
Zaragosa
U.S. Air Force
New Breed Economists Back Free Enterprise Shift
The article notes younger professors challenge Keynesianism while Washington still treats it seriously. Milton Friedman advocates gradual tariff cuts, private retirement annuities, a negative income tax, and elimination of subsidies, aiming for a voluntary, freer economy under Goldwater.
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Barry Goldwater
Harvard
Gottfried Haberler
Friedman
Dr. Friedman
Washington
Greece
Israel
Formosa
Hongkong
West Germany
Goldwater
Dear Abby advice column prompts neighborhood clash
The Abbygail Van Buren column features readers arguing over a neighbor scolding about walking kids to school, a housewarming party for a new home, and a cautious reply to a stranger at a club, with Abby advising diplomacy and caution.
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Abby
Life begins at 40: ex Mountie finds new path in Canada
A Calgary era Mountie recalls 28 years on patrol, then eight more for an acting retirement plan. He shifted to photography, opened a branch store, and notes Canada’s universal pension at 75 monthly after 70. He praises provincial hospital plans funded by a 5 percent sales tax and shares views on social security, age, and retirement.
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Victoria
B. C
Mounties
Canada
States
British Columbia
the Messenger
Clarence D and the campus psychology campaign
In a study style piece, Dr. Crane discusses a student Clarence D. who seeks to win a coed by applying psychology and social leverage. The example of Myrtle Walgreen shows public influence through helping others plant bulbs and shrubs to earn lasting goodwill and attention.
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Clarence D
Red Cross
Clarence
Thanksgiving Guests and Local News Bits Across Town
The article lists Thanksgiving visitors including Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Wood gerd and family in Columbus and others visiting nearby families. It notes Mrs. John Rawlings returning home after surgery at Mount St. Mary Hospital and convalescing. Ellen Holland returns to the Victor Perry home after visits to Albuquerque and Holbrook. The Carpenter Baptist Young People group gathered at Alvin Dye’s home with Rev. Seth Huntley leading a devotional on Christian Giving and a roster of attendees. A separate passage discusses applying psychology to flirtation, urging matching compliments to a person’s secret yearnings rather than appearance, and references Clarence and a coed, ending with a note of more to come.
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Zella Perry
Carroll Woodgerd
Columbus
John Dunigan
Jack Lowther
Katherine
Kelly Keirns
K. D. Ellis
John Rawlings
Mount St. Mary Hospital
Ellen Holland
Victor Perry
Scott McComas
Albuquerque
N. M
William Elliott
Holbrook
Ariz Carpenter
Alvin Dye
Seth Huntley
Ruth and
Carl
Susie Nelson
Donnie
Kathy Cheadle
J. W. Burke
Richard Jeffers
Donna Stout
Dolores Hoyd
Helen Peck
Lewis Smith
Nancy
Thad
Lisa
Readers' Editor Responds to Nov 29 Editorials
A letter from Robert L. Darcey in Athens argues the Nov 29 editorials promote conservative excess and fear. He criticizes terms like Irish Mafia and new-thought economists and warns the press must set higher standards to avoid inciting hate and violence. He asks why blamed ideology shifts redirect blame for Kennedy’s assassination.
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the Messenger
Kennedy
Free World
Lincoln
Gandhi
Soviet Union
Robert L. Darcey
Athens
Paul Robeson Set to Return From Berlin After Five Years
Paul Robeson, the controversial singer and actor, is reported ready to return to the United States from Communist Berlin where he has lived for five years. London’s new $14 million air terminal building was badly damaged by a fire early Saturday, with no injuries reported and the cause unknown.
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New York
Paul Robeson
Berlin
London
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