Social Security Debate and Hike Proposal Attracts Attention
The Ways and Means Committee opens hearings on President Johnsons social security package. The piece argues the fund has been misused, with many noncontributors drawing benefits and advocates against across the board increases funded from the Treasury rather than Social Security.
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Cial
Accross - the - Board
Peter
Paul
Doles
Treasury
Aroused Congress Alarm Prompts AFL CIO Meeting
AFL CIO President George Meany warns at Bal Harbour Florida that a aroused Congress may pass restrictive anti strike laws if major disputes arise with the teamsters or railroads. Meany notes a White House task force will propose options with compulsory arbitration as a favored but disliked remedy to prevent nationwide shutdowns.
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Bal Harbour
Fla
George Meany
Congress
Meany
Teamsters
White House
Nixon Faces 1968 Nomination Question Amid Campaign Strategy
Richard Nixon says he has not decided on a 1968 bid. He explains he damaged nomination chances by aiding GOP governors and lawmakers last fall. He cites peers like Hatfield Percy Rhodes Rockefeller and Romney as influences shaping a possible campaign.
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Richard M. Nixon
Congress
Charles H. Percy
Illinoiis
Mark
Hatfield
Oregon
James A. Rhodes
Ohio
Nelson A. Rockefeller
New York
George Romney
Michigan
Romney
Rockefeller
Nixon
Johnson
After the Warren Court what should follow
Washington insight critiques the Warren Court for result oriented decisions arguing for judges who set principles for future disputes. It notes potential retirements of Justices Black and Warren and calls for legal philosophers to craft a longer view rather than immediate liberal rulings.
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Hugo Black
Earl Warren
Walter Bagehot
Justice Black
Exiled General Page Controversy Ties to Johnson Era
Column questions whether Lyndon Johnson ordered General Jerry D. Page to Liberia or if subordinates like McNamara were responsible. Page, former commandant of the Air War College, is cited for remarks on Vietnam logistics that allegedly leaked to the Pentagon by a civilian at a war college lecture.
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Jerry D. Page
Liberia
McNamara
Page
Air War College
Vietnam
General Page
Pentagon
Fink
Senator Jackson backs CIA covert funding of student groups
Getting popular Sen. Henry M. Jackson of Washington supports the CIA secret subsidizing of student and other groups as an anti-Communist maneuver. He says covert funding was needed to counter Communist influence in international youth meetings. Supporters for the CIA were slow to surface as the scandal broke.
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Henry M. Jackson
Washington
Exile and dissent at the war colleges before Okinawa
The piece argues General Page was sent to Okinawa as punishment for expressing views critical of the administration. It cites Hanson Baldwin and Senator Margaret Chase Smith and condemns the suppression of academic freedom at National War College. It links Kennedy era actions to broader totalist control over public opinion.
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Hesto Presto
Okinawa
Hanson Baldwin
Siberia
McNamara
LBJ
Sen
Margaret Chase Smith
Armed Services Committee
Pentagon
Buster
United States
War Colleges
John F. Kennedy
Arthur Schlesinger
Barry Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Schlesinger
Harvard
Office
National War College
Washington, D. C
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White House
JFK
Harvard Janissaries
General Page
Big Brother
Washington
James Marlow assesses Johnson three public faces
James Marlow traces Lyndon B. Johnson through three public personas since 1963. He notes early ebullience, later reticence, and a straight, dead-pan style that emerged after surgery and a late 1960s campaign lull. The columnist argues the current, coached presentation steadies Johnson and softens critics.
Space exploration may meet alien life Debus says
Dr Kurt H Debus director of Kennedy Space Center says the possibility of encountering other living beings beyond Earth cannot be dismissed as metaphysical speculation. He notes any finding would depend on future space exploration outcomes.
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Kurt H. Debus
Kennedy Space Center
Threats by India's Moslems complicate Pacific war effort
The Messenger notes that a revolt threat from India's 77 million Muslims strains Allied wartime operations in the Pacific theater. Rep. Jenkins denies politics in war industry location during a Nelsonville meeting of leaders. Also: Spokane permits considered for hanging a condemned prisoner atop federal building. Davis Safety Device Co incorporated in Logan to make mine blasting powder can spouts.
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Pacific War
Thomas A. Jenkins
Nelsonville
Treasury Department
Spokane
Washington
Davis Safety Device Co
Logan
Harrison Davis
The
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