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Newspaper
Athens Messenger
Location
Athens, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Nov 10, 1964
Page
4
President Johnson moves to advance a broad Great Society agenda with eight task forces reporting from Nov 15. The plan emphasizes education, job creation, medical care under Social Security, expanded social security, and tax-cut stimulus to sustain growth while Johnson eyes a 1968 re election bid shaping the nation’s policy direction.
William F Buckley Jr editorializes that a single landslide defeat does not doom American conservatism He argues conservatives must craft a political idiom to connect ideas with humane ideals and notes two fifths view liberalism as failing to meet threats to civilization.
Commentary on the post election landscape for the Republican Party. Lyndon Johnson's mandate shapes the party as Goldwaterism wields veto power within the GOP. New York leverage groups and conservatism versus liberal wings unsettle the path to a candidate who avoids a me too label. The status quo endures while Johnson avoids specific promises.
Inside report shows a split in Barry Goldwater’s camp over the film Choice. Factionalism centered on F. Clifton White and the Arizona Mafia influencing campaigns and TV strategy. The private screening and ensuing debate highlighted tensions between a bland national approach and a punchy, provocative alternative.
The report details Dick Tuck obtaining a copy of a film and the White House debate over its controversy with Arizona Mafia director Denieen Kitchener and National Party Chairman Dean Burch opposing. Barry Goldwater vetoes the project delaying further releases and influencing another proposed TV shocker Ballot Box 13. It also recounts the Walter Jenkin’s resignation crisis and Mrs. Johnson’s initial resistance then acceptance after Fortas and Clifford present the facts.
HAL BOYLE sketches common office types. Harry Heary-Old Hare recalls the old days while neglecting his work since 1947. Perry Parasite steals from colleagues. Basil Bigears spies on coworkers. Glorene Heller flirts, elopes with a plumber, and distracts staff. J Morgan Gasser mimics praise to charm others yet is seen as a creep.
A long marriage faces a tiny irritant as a wife reads the newspaper in bed keeping her husband awake with a sharp page swish. The couple resolves by moving to another bedroom and ending the conflict without a fight. The column then offers brief advice on wedding gift photos and braces before marriage.
The nation weighs Johnsons bid for a Cabinet department to handle urban affairs and housing as Congress has opposed similar Kennedy plans. Kennedy faced House blocks and a veto on reorganizing city affairs but increased House majority after recent elections. Weaver and other figures linked to the plan drew mixed support from business groups and Republicans over civil rights and federal subsidies. James Marlow is on vacation.
A reader urges national tribute on JFK’s first anniversary. The letter lauds Kennedy as truthful, vigorous, and courageous, cites civil rights progress and Peace Corps aid, and praises Johnson’s successor in continuing his policies. The piece reflects on Dallas 1963 and calls for prayers for future peace.
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