Congress faces a pivotal fall as party fortunes hinge on State of the Union
The second session of the 89th Congress sees Democrats anxious about reelection while Republicans gain momentum. Senator Dirksen warns key issues like antipoverty inefficiency, Great Society planning, Social Security and Medicare taxes, and rising living costs could topple the Johnson regime this fall, shaping 1968 electoral battles.
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Congress
Everett McKinley Dirk
Sen
Senate
U. S. News & World Report
Dirksen
Johnson
Who Has All That Loose Money in Circulation
Federal Reserve notes and coins in circulation total about 36.3 billion dollars, averaging 186 dollars per person. The Boston Fed suggests currency levels exceed normal needs, with per capita circulation varying by region from 335 dollars in New York to 79 dollars in Dallas.
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Federal Reserve
Federal Reserve Bank of Boston
New York
Saltonstall Returns Campaign Funds After Retirement Decision
Massachusetts Senator Leverett Saltonstall, after deciding not to seek re election, returned 5000 dollars plus 500 dollars interest to the Senate Campaign Committee. He has served as a Republican office holder for 46 years.
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Leverett Saltonstall
Massachusetts
Senate
Moonlighting and Sunlighting Expand Personal Enterprise
The column argues that moonlighting and a new concept sunlighting by 65 plus workers boost the economy. It cites examples from East Hartford to Rhode Island of individuals turning spare time into profitable ventures, from trailer parks and watch repair to real estate and teaching, suggesting broad economic impact despite pension and Social Security constraints.
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General Electric
U. S
East Hartford
Connecticut
Rhode Island
VIP visits to Vietnam irk Westmoreland amid Pentagon push
General William Westmoreland complains that VIP tours crowd Vietnam duties, even as the Pentagon promotes high profile trips to boost public backing for the war. The piece also notes Yorty’s tour and congressional visits, highlighting mixed signals on wartime publicity and troop focus.
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William Westmoreland
U. S
Viet Nam
Washington
Pentagon
Westmoreland
Congress
Sam Yorty
Los Angeles
Yorty
Pat Brown
Early American Nurse Anne Yazzie Cares for Viet Nam Wounded
In Third Field Hospital Saigon a Navajo nurse named Anne Yazzie, 22, tends chest wounds in ward 13. She jokes that Pocahontas is number one among her patients while treating American soldiers and sharing calm bedside care.
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Thomas Reedy
Saigon
South Viet Nam
U. S
Anne Yazzie
Third Field Hospital
Anne
Ali
Nurses in Saigon Hospital Face War’s Peaks and Valleys
In Saigon area hospitals soldiers and nurses endure long shifts as the war escalates. Second Lt. Yazzie, a two year Nurses Corps veteran from Shiprock New Mexico, describes hard work and heavy paperwork but dedication. The piece follows bonds with patients like James Myers a Newark New Jersey paratrooper of the 173rd Airborne Brigade who was wounded but fights infections and remains hopeful with Lt Anne.
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Saigon
Yazzie
Shiprock
N. M
Albuquerque
Army
Anne
James Myers
Newark
N. J
173Rd Airborne Brigade
Myers
Today in History January 21 1966
Highlights include Carrier Nation's Wichita hatchet act for a dry crusade, Stonewall Jackson birth in 1824, Jefferson Davis Senate withdrawal in 1861, the London Naval Conference opening in 1930, Soviet invasion of Silesia in 1945, Nautilus submarine launch in 1954, and recent UN/ Laos/ Indonesia items.
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Associated Press
Carrie Nation
Wichita
Kan
Thomas Stonewall Jackson
Jefferson Davis
U. S. Senate
Silesia
Tannenberg
Groton
Conn
State Department
China
State Employees Petition for Open-Neck Shirts in Summer
In Guanabara Bay area near Rio de Janeiro state capital, workers collect signatures urging the government to drop coats and neckties. They seek permission to wear open-neck sports shirts to work during the hot summer months.
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Interoi
Brazil
Guanabara Bay
Rio de Janeiro
Dear Abby Guardian Duties Strain Family Ties
In the column a wife asks if her husband should stay nights with his ailing father to prevent loneliness and possible remarriage, while a widow criticizes the husband for meddling in his father's life. A teenage reader asks how to fit peg pants, and Abby advises a mother to peg the boy’s pants.
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Abby
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