Viet Cong claim big Bien Hoa attack victory
Huynh Minh leads a Viet Cong mortar attack on Bien Hoa air base destroying up to 26 U S aircraft and killing four American soldiers. He describes infiltration lines and tactics while Nguyen Huu Tho urges withdrawal of U S forces as negotiations stall.
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Wilfred G. Burchett
Huynh Minh
Bien Hoa
U. S
4Th Marine Rifles
Nguyen Huu Tho
Saigon
Communist National Liberation Front
South Viet Nam
NAACP seeks to strike 1870 census voting exclusion from Constitution
The National Association for the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund aims to remove a Civil War era clause denying some citizens the right to vote from the Constitution. The proposal targets census totals used by states to determine representation, arguing the exclusion should end.
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National Association For the Advancement of Colored People Legal Defense Fund
Johnson Wins Fight Over Veterans Hospitals Closings
Inside report recounts LBJ pushing Congress to keep VA hospitals open amid a plan to close 11 facilities and 7 regional centers. Johnson rejects a delayed timetable, imposes a May 1 deadline, and leverages presidential power and public support to blunt Congress.
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Congress
Johnson
Nema
Veterans Hospital
Veterans Administration
White House
Kermit Gordon
Olin BE
Sees
Teague
House
Ite House
Humphrey
Senate
William Driver
Capitol Hill
Senate House
Driver
Agricul
Orville Freeman
Wacy
Freeman
Capitol
Robert Michel
Ilinois
Michel
Lyndon Johnson
Athens Messenger front page item brief
Local newspaper Athens Ohio February 22 1965 reports stories from the Athens Messenger publishing company with staff credits including Fred W Weber Gordon K Bush and Ronnie T Yates The page notes advertising and circulation roles as part of the Monday edition.
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Gordon K. Bush
It WremeDetek
Drewes i. Pee Ten Eee
Mevas Vertis
Fred W. Weber
Ronnie T. Yates
Athens
Ohio
Legislator's Lulus and the New York Leadership Fight
The term lulu, coined by Alfred E. Smith, signifies payments in lieu of expenses and is used to describe confidential legislative payoffs. In New York and other states, lulus reportedly determine pay and favors, fueling accusations during the ongoing leadership struggle. The article outlines typical lulu figures for senators, assembly members, and leaders, raising concern over a potential broader adoption.
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New York
Alfred E. Smith
Capitol
Senate
House
Senate Finance Committee
Assembly Ways and Means Committee
Judiciary Committee
Fai Lules
Global shift in employment from farms to factories noted
The Inter national Labor Organization yearbook reports higher employment in industrial nations and shortages in less developed ones. Rural-to-urban migration continues as nearly a million US workers left farming in five years along with 600000 in Japan and 400000 in Italy. Foreign workers from Italy Spain Greece and Turkey are drawn to West Germany Austria Belgium Luxembourg the Netherlands and Switzerland. US unemployment sits at five percent with fifteen percent of youth without work.
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International Labor Organization
United States
Japan
Italy
Spain
Greece
Turkey
West Germany
Aus
Belgium
Luxembourg
Netherlands
Switzerland
Young Turks threaten Indianapolis political balance in Indiana
In Indianapolis five years after a conservative revival, the Young Turks in the Indiana House move to empower the mayor to appoint and remove five Citizens Gas and Coke Utility trustees and seize earned surplus for the city. The reformers aim to curb patronage while recalling Klan era fears and the long fight for municipal checks and balances.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Barry Goldwater
Gas and Coke
Indiana
Johnson
Young Turks
Citizens Gas and Coke Utility
Indiana House
State Senate
John Barton
Medicare Prepay Plan for Elders Sees Broad Support
The column recounts Baruch's advocacy for a national health insurance model to cover medical costs for those over 65. It explains Medicare’s prepaid hospital care, cost sharing via Social Security taxes, and employer contributions, noting broad expectations of legislative success and a democratic need for nationwide participation.
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Bernard M. Baruch
Medical Society of New York
Groll
Pete
Baruch
American Medical Association
Thal
Dear Abby Advice: Husband and Deer Hunting Dilemma
A reader asks if a husband should deer hunt when his wife forbids it, while Abby notes the problem reflects gender dynamics in marriage. The partner replies that deer hunting could prove the man a better shot and suggests mixed advice on how to handle the conflict.
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Abby
Milequ
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San Rafael
Bum
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John Chamberlain
Young Turk
Washington Musicale
Dear Abby
Detty Ato
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