Federal police force debate sparks civil rights clashes
Joseph L Rauh Jr argues against a national police force as unconstitutional and dangerous an authoritarian wedge. He cites Alabama and Mississippi clergy shootings to urge federal crime coverage for racially motivated assaults. He warns expanded federal power could overreach beyond civil rights enforcement.
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Free Nations
Joseph L. Rauh Jr
Americans For Democratic Action
Nation Student Association
Madison
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Rauh
Alabama
Mississippi
Washington
Abolishing Poverty Amid Growth Seen in Johnson Plan Debate
Wilbur Cohen argues growth and Social Security reduce poverty but cannot complete the goal. He cites a $12 billion annual cost to lift all below subsistence to that level, mentions a possible Great Society blueprint, and warns of funding and dependency issues.
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Wilbur Cohen
Cohen
United States
Johnson
Social Security Administration
Treasury
Prophecies and Prophets on the Soviet Union
The author surveys past predictions about the Soviet Union from 1950s and 1960s, noting errors by the CIA and others. He highlights Nixon, Standley, Fabian, and Khrushchev era insights, arguing that while some forecasts failed, others aligned with later events. He concludes by filing current prophecies away and urging caution.
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Soviet Union
Richard M. Nixon
Central Intelligence Agency
CIA
Soviet Russia
Khrushchev
Brezhnev
Kosygin
Canada
Nelson Rockefeller
United States
Rockefeller
William H. Standley
Russia
Standley
Fabian
Dick Nixon
Goldberg urges Great Society abroad under Johnson
Arthur J. Goldberg, new U N ambassador, argues to project the Great Society overseas while highlighting domestic legislative gains. President Johnson signals cautious praise as Goldberg outlines diplomatic aims and the Peace Corps ethos.
Goldberg poised as US foreign policy architect in Johnson era
The former steel workers union lawyer, Arthur Goldberg, emerges as a leading influence on Johnson's foreign policy. He will shape policy from a New York center, travel to world capitals, and press White House, State Department, and Congress to advance the president's peace and international agenda.
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Johnson
White House
Peace Corps
United States
Steel-Workers Union
United Nations
U.S
New York
Moscow
Washington
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Congress
Adlai Stevenson
Stevenson
U U. S
Dean Rusk
Robert 5. McNamara
Defense Department
Rusk
Fuzzy Day
Arthur Goldberg
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Viet Nam
House Republicans
Senate Republicans
Goldwater
FSA
Romney
Thomas E. Dewey
Republicans Struggle For Unity Ahead of 1966 Elections
A review of GOP tensions and the drive for party cohesion as 1966 elections approach, with figures like Ray Bliss and Melvin Laird shaping strategy. The piece notes battles over Viet Nam policy, splinter groups, and attempts to unite governors and Congress members.
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Congress
Senate
House
Ray C. Bliss
Ohio
National Committee
Dean Burch
Bary Goldwater
Burch
Goldwater
Washington
Bliss
Life at Forty in a Small-Town Weekly
A veteran columnist notes midlife writers like Jim Comstock of Richwood West Virginia publish engaging papers. He shares a tale of a tireless tycoon who learns to slow down via a doctor who points him to the local cemetery. The piece also touts stenography as a lasting job skill and laments early marriages and glamorizing youth in grandmothers.
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Robert Peterson
Jim Comstock
Richwood
W. Va
Jim
Dear Abby Readers Solve Delivery and Courtesy Dilemmas
A newspaper carrier seeks guidance on handling a vacationing customer and overdue papers. Abby advises reporting to the district manager and notes papers left on a porch invite burglaries, then discusses framing a marriage certificate and coping with uninvited visitors during a husband's hospital stay.
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Illinois
Gerald R Ford
Michigan
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Frank J. Kovac
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Free Society Association
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