Ethics fights shape House standards showdown
Republicans press to seize the ethics reform issue as Democrats balance committees to draft new rules. Burleson and Hays lead a wary path while Bennett seeks a rival select panel. Debate centers on discipline for drinking and private life, with calls for safeguarding integrity without policing private morality.
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Congress
House
House Administration Committee
Omar Burleson
Texas
Charles E. Bennett
Florida
Rules Committee
Burleson
Wayne L. Hays
Ohio
Hays
Bennett
Richard Bolling
Missouri
Closing the Vacation Trade Gap Through Foreign Travel Here
A government industry task force reports to President Johnson by May 1 on reducing the vacation trade gap. It aims to attract more foreign travel to the United States rather than curb American travel abroad, urging worldwide tourism expansion and corporate outreach to draw visitors and business conferences to U.S. shores.
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Johnson
United States
Rockefeller urges Canadian American trade bloc for North Market
David Rockefeller proposes a Canada United States trade bloc with possible Mexican entry to form a North American Common Market. He notes over half of border trade moves duty free and cites $25 billion in U.S. investment in Canada along with Canada needing about $17 billion yearly capital to 1970. He argues free capital flow could be managed without political union, as seen in Europe.
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United States
Canada
David Rockefeller
Mexico
Rockefeller
Chase Manhattan Bank
America
Economic Council
Europe
Dodd
Soviet Union
Dodd Case Shows Old Politics Still Influences Power
Washington insight argues Senator Thomas Dodd embodies old politics shaped by New Deal and anti-communist eras. The piece links his fiscal misconduct and stubborn anti-Communism to broader risks for President Johnson and Vice President Humphrey amid Vietnam policy, urging a shift from past tactics.
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Dodd
Johnson
Humphrey
Vietnam
Senator Dodd
New Deal
National Youth Administration
Justice Department
Congress
Connecticut
Chester Bowles
William Benton
Senate
Democratic Party
New Pro-Communism Voice in America Critique
A William F Buckley Jr critique of Partisan Review symposium titled America argues the magazine group defines anti Americanism as pro Communism. It cites Nat Hentoff Paul Jacobs Jack Newfield Susan Sontag and others who condemn LBJ and praise Robert Kennedy while casting US culture as racist and decadent.
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New Yorker
Richard Revere
United States
Nat Hentoff
Eastland
Hentoff
Benjamin Spock
Spock
LBJ
Paul Jacobs
America
Johnson
Jack Newfield
Village Voice
Bobby
Robert Kennedy
South
Susan Sontag
White House
Yevtushenko
Miss Sontag
Ronald Reagan
California
John Wayne
Yahoo Land
Mencken
King Kong
Pr’s Zoo
Letters Editor: Floods expose repeated failures and spurious spending
A Messenger reader vents at recurring Ohio River floods and officials who survey from the air but deliver little flood control. He accuses the government of siphoning billions abroad and calls to end space exploration funding to reallocate funds locally.
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the Messenger
Ohio River
U.S
World Today: James Marlow on Vietnam peace prospects
James Marlow reports bleak prospects for peace in Vietnam as Johnson heads to Guam for a war conference while North Vietnam rebuffs talks. Washington demands mutual deescalation and a reciprocal gesture, but Hanoi reiterates unconditional bombing halt and withdrawal before negotiations. The clash leaves no clear path to talks.
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Johnson
Guam
U.S
North Vietnam
North
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N. Y
Vietnam
Ottinger Demonstrates Electric Battery Car in Washington
Rep Richard Ottinger of New York shows a small electric car on Washington streets as he prepares for a hearing on alternatives to combustion engines to cut air pollution. The effort signals a future town car, potentially years away.
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Richard Ottinger
New York Democrat
Washington
Arnold attacks unions over labor efficiency and civilian needs
The Messenger reports Thurman Arnold, assistant attorney general, accused unions of hindering the efficient use of labor and the distribution of civilian necessities. A mysterious fire hit Athens Airport hangars, destroying planes and training records. Ohio coal operators, miners’ officials fail to agree on wage increases. E C Woodworth led Athens businessmen in pushing the Totman Bill to set up a state brick plant at the Athens state hospital.
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Thurman Arnold
Athens
Ohio
Columbus
E. C. Woodworth
Statehouse
Senate
Totman
State Hospital
Athens Ledger Rates and Delivery Options
The Athens Ledger lists publication days as daily except Saturdays with AP affiliation. Single copies cost 10 cents on weekdays and 15 cents on Sundays. Delivery by carrier or mail offers weekly, monthly, and annual rates for Ohio, WVa, and elsewhere in the U.S. with varied prices for daily and Sunday editions.
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Associated Press
Ohio
W.va
U.S. & Possessions
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Thomas Dodd
William F. Buckley, JR
New York City
Civilian Review Board
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the World Today
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Hanoi
South Vietnam
Haoi
U Thant
United Nations
Thant
North Vietnamese
Madi
The
Small Society
Brickman
Brickmaaw
Athens Llessenges
Athens Post Office
the Messenger Publishing Co
Union St
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