President Under Microscope Lyndon B. Johnson 1968 appraisal
Gallup shows rising approval from 38 to 46 percent through December 1968. Harris poll finds 56 percent support for Vietnam policy. Dr Christian Barnard met Johnson at the Texas ranch, noting the President looked worried and tired, though recovering from a prior heart attack. Barnard admired Johnson. his view is seen as significant in national judgment.
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Lyndon B. Johnson
Gallup
Harris
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
Christian N. Barnard
Capetown
South Africa
Johnsons
Texas
Barnard
Johnson
United States
Rockefeller warns tax limit may threaten services in 1968 budget
Gov. Nelson Rockefeller of New York warns that rising government costs may outpace the nation's ability to pay. He argues for restraint at all levels and cites deficits, inflation, and a possible $30 billion federal shortfall while urging balance between aspirations and reality as 1968 expenditures are drafted.
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Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
Rockefeller
Britain
United States
Watch for dramatic shifts as enemys promises loom
Joseph Alsop notes Viet Cong documents in Long An and Binh Dinh promise a post Tet coalition and a quick end to the war in 1968. He cautions that such assurances mask continued pressure and that new North Vietnamese troop movements threaten US and allied positions, urging vigilance and stoutheartedness amid a shifting political military landscape. Lincoln Center arts groups run deficits, with a $45 million budget and Ammidon saying the business is to lose money wisely.
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South Vietnam
Long An
U. S
Binh Dinh
U. S. Air Cavalry
Liberation Front
Viet Cong
Loc Ninh
Dak To
Khe Sanh
Norodom Sihanouk
Cambodia
Lincoln Center
New Cultural Center
New York
Hoyt Ammidon
Lincoln Center Fund
One World Theme in Johnson Address Stirs Conservative Doubts
A conservative columnist warns that President Johnson’s push for United Nations conventions signals a broader One World theme. The piece notes Johnson’s phrase more than ever before this is one world and recalls Wisconsin Senator Proxmire’s plans to push the treaties in 1968. The author urges vigilance over national policy and fears multinational entanglements.
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Johnson
Senate
Wisconsin
William Proxmire
United States
Midwestern cities invite Cleveland Indians for spring training
The Messenger notes Portsmouth and Marietta among cities inviting the Cleveland Indians and Cincinnati Reds to use local facilities for spring training, citing wartime travel restrictions that bar southern training. It also covers Athens County milk ratings, local government changes, and debates over UN conventions on women’s rights and forced labor.
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Portsmouth
Marietta
Cleveland Indians
Cincinnati Reds
Athens County
Ohio
U. S., Public Health Service
Editor praises Vermillion and denounces school controversy
A Cotters Messenger reader lauds M. T. Vermillion for opposing what she sees as attacks on the Constitution and American way of life. She condemns Madaline Murray O’Hair and Garry DeYoung for pushing churchless Christmas programs and school control, urging action to stop perceived eroding influences and noting a local incident of a Christmas program held in a church.
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the Messenger
M. T. Vermillion
United States
Vermillion
Madaline Murray Manugering
Garry DeYoung
DeVoun
Congress
Madaline Murrays
Garry DeYoungs
America
You and I
Don Phipps
Vietnam
Memories of a bygone era in everyday life
HAL BOYLE recalls small details of past American life. He muses on memory as a castle, noting pride in education, fashion, slang, and social norms. Vignettes cover escalator pranks, pink Police Gazette scandals, hiring a girl on a farm, mustaches, briefcases, and simple diets as symbols of the era.
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America
John L. Sullivan
The Athens Messenger Publishing Co Postal Rates Notice
The Athens Messenger outlines daily and Sunday single copy prices ten and fifteen cents respectively, carrier delivery rates for local and distant areas, and mail subscription costs for various terms. It notes second class matter status and provides the mailing address at 43 W Union St, Athens Ohio 45701.
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Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
Athens
Ohio
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James Kilpatrick
U. N
von Lieb
Zurich
Athens City
L. W. Roberts
Woodworth
Boston
Washington
UN General Assembly
International Labor Organization
Proxmire
Eberhard P. Deutsch
New Orleans
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Deutsch
American Bar Association
Switzerland
Sweden
Peru
State Department
U. S. Senate
The
Small Society
Brickman
Hal Boyle
Associated Press
Pure
D&s
Sal
Virginia
Mai
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