LBJ Viet Nam policy sparks global debate in 1965
President Johnson ordered a search and troop buildup in South Viet Nam, triggering worldwide protests and intense domestic criticism over presidential war powers. Observers cite Congress support and SEATO ties, while debates center on aims, strategy, and the risk of broader Communist confrontation.
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John M. Wightower
Washington
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Viet Nam
U.S
South
Congress
United States
Senate
House
South Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Asia
Africa
Latin America
State Department
North Viet Nam
Vo Nguyeh Giap
National Liberation Movement
France
Indochina
Geneva
Laos
Cambodia
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Eisenhower
Southeast Asia
Ho Chi Minh
Saigon
Ngo Dinh Diem
John F. Kennedy
US S
Gulf of Tonkin
Alamo Flag Only One Of Texas War Flags Left
Mexico City AP reports the Alamo battle flag captured by Santa Anna in 1836 is the sole surviving Texan war flag kept by Mexico. Director Antonio Arriaga Ochoa notes other flags were burned or discarded decades ago. two flags captured later remain, and a fourth unrelated banner exists.
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China
Yalu River
U.S
Korea
South
Viet Nam
Mexico City
Santa Anna
Alamo
Mexico
National Museum of History
Antonios Arriaga Ochoa
Arriaga
Ochoa
Chapultepec Castle
Texas
New Orleans
Angustura
Sinaloa
United States
Galveston
Iss
Sonora
Caborca
Sam Houston
San Jacinto
Artiaga Ochoa
Refugio
Coleto Creek
Goliad
Coporo
Villa Gonzalez
San’ Patricio
Agua Dulce
Arriaga Ochoa
Anniversary of Britain's Premier Church Noted
London AP reports Queen Elizabeth II placed roses on a Westminster Abbey altar to inaugurate a year long 900th anniversary celebration of Britain's premier church. The abbey, consecrated December 28, 1065, has long been England's coronation church with burials of thirteen kings and five queens. A million dollar restoration refreshed its white stone and gilding, led by architect Stephen Dykes Bower, bringing light and radiance to the landmark.
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London
Elizabeth II
Westminister
Britain
Edward the Confessor
England
Elizabeth
Edward
Prince Philip
Margaret
Fam
Arthur Bliss
Queen's
Canterbury
York
Wales
Dubbtin
Scotland
House of Commons
Commonwealth
Stephen Dykes-Bower
Hair Salon Is Really- 'Elsewhere' By JAY BOWLES
Nashville AP describes a masculine client experience at a high end salon run by Tim Bishop and Sue Hinds. The piece highlights a snob appeal drawing substantial businessmen and recording artists. It notes Salon rules: head hair only, no grease, wash every three days.
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Jay Bowles
Nashville
Tenn
Sue Hinds
Beauty
Sue
Buddy
Tim Bishop
Bishop
Mexico Crash Kills Ten Injures Twenty One
A stake truck skidded on wet pavement and plunged into a water filled ditch near Villa Hermosa. Ten people died and 21 were injured. The Evangelical Church from the village of Ocua pan occupied the truck en route to a festival at Sanchez Magallanes on the Gulf of Mexico.
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Villa Hermosa
Mexica
Evangelical Church
Ocuapan
Sanchez Maggalanes
Gulf of Mexico
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