China’s Nuclear War Plan Stirs Western Alarm
Article outlines Chinese military theorist Lo Jui-ching’s call for realistic preparation for nuclear war and an active defense against the United States and the Soviet Union. It argues China could absorb a strike, then use massive ground forces to prevail, warning U.S. strategists to study and counter the plan.
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United States
Hiroshima
Nagasaki
Soviet Union
Britain
France
China
Lo Jui-ching
Mao Tse-tung
Met Life argues against universal aged health program
The Metropolitan Life Insurance Company states that a universal compulsory hospital and medical care program for the aged is unnecessary and inequitable. It contends retirement Security amendments would push government further into the insurance business, conflicting with President Johnson’s aim to limit government involvement.
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Metropolitan Life Insurance Company
Johnson
Canada Unveils Growth Budget With 10 Percent Tax Cut
Ottawa presents a 10 percent personal income tax cut starting July 1 as Finance Minister Walter L. Gordon notes Canada will be taxed less than the United States. He argues the measure reduces migration incentives while Canada’s first quarter boom lowers unemployment to 5.6 percent and foresees 3 percent by midsummer. Americans praise Canada’s economic surge and its role as a major market.
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Canada
Ottawa
Walter L. Gordon
United States
Gordon
Johnson's Midstream Dilemma and Liberal Strain
The piece weighs Lyndon Johnson’s Caribbean and Southeast Asia choices, noting liberal discontent over his stance toward communism and domestic party tensions. It considers potential break points in the Democratic Party if he backs away from or doubles down on Vietnam and Santo Domingo policies, warning of polarized reactions across parties and regions.
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Lyndon Johnson
Johnson
Theodore Draper
Dominican Republic
Juan Bosch
Draper
Santo Domingo
Bosch
New York
Robert Kennedy
U. S
Caribbean
OAS
Viet Nam
Democratic Party
Saigon
America
John Birch Society
The
Minutemen
Thailand
Burma
Guatemala
Colombia
Venezuela
Hanoi
Red China
Asia
Fox
Abby
Penny
Johnson wrestles with poll tax repeal in voting rights bill
Inside Report shows President Johnson conflicted after breakfast talks with aides. He denies backing the poll tax, but accepts Attorney General Katzenbach’s constitutional view while seeking to press a record against the tax and keep Senate strategy intact.
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Nicholas Katzenbach
Johnson
White House
Sen
Edward
Ted) Kennedy
Ted Kennedy
LBJ
Congress
Justice Department
Katzenbach
Senate
Ear
Everett M. Dirksen
Illinois
Johnsons secrecy over Fair Employment Commission action
President Johnson named Franklin D Roosevelt Jr to head the new Commission on Fair Employment after turning down business and educational figures. Civil rights leaders welcomed the move as a policy enforcement step. Roosevelt kept the decision secret until public announcement, denying rumors to a reporter beforehand. Georgia Governor Carl Sanders hosted a Southern Governors meeting in Atlanta to protest federal funds tied to desegregation, which inadvertently boosted George Wallace.
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Johnson
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
Commission On Fair Employment
New York
Maurice Abrams
American Jewish Committee
Robert K. Carr
Oberlin College
Roosevelt
Barry Goldwater
Richard Russell
Sanders
Atlanta
Alabama State Senate
Alabama
Wallace
Dear Abby Audience Letters on Independence and Family
Three readers seek advice on happiness without marriage, child feeding methods, and managing a generous but meddling father-in-law. Abby suggests embracing independence, following medical guidance for Penny, and politely refusing unwanted gifts to avoid obligations.
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Abby
Marines face tough grind in Vietnam first ground action
AP reporter Peter Arnett details Marines in Da Nang and Hue in mid April patrols facing heat, jungle, and stubborn Viet Cong. With 70 Marine casualties, 18 Viet Cong bodies returned for intelligence, leaders emphasize endurance over quick victories as patrols remain under fire.
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U. S
Associated Press
Peter Arnett
DA Nang
South Viet Nam
Hue
da Nang Air Base
Wallace M. Greene
Viet Nam
Army
Hands Off Policy Faces Labor Crises This Summer
President Johnson's hands off stance may be tested in steel and aerospace as unions push for higher wages and union shop terms. Steel talks involve 400,000 United Steelworkers, while aerospace includes 150,000 AFL-CIO members. Deadlines loom August for both sectors, with wage guidelines at 3.0 to 3.2 percent and renewed union security demands expected to spark the toughest bargaining.
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Johnson
Steel
Aerospace
White House
Militant
United Steelworkers Union
Afl-Cio
United Auto Workers
Afl-Cio International Association of Machinists
Douglas
Lockheed
Boeing
North American
Auto Workers
Leonard Woodcock
Steel and Aerospace Union
President’s Council of Economic Advisers
Steelworkers
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Inside Report
Dirksen
Pointment
John Connor
George Wallace
Dear Abby
Independent
Ture
Nameless
U.S. Marines
By Neal Gilbride
Jatly
Ohio
DPR Vogt
Daily & Surcey
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