LBJ’s Titanic Rise and Turbulent Presidency
A portrait of Lyndon Baines Johnson as a larger than life leader whose ascent from Texas to the White House defined an era. The piece recalls his 1964 victory over Goldwater, the Great Society reforms, and the shadow of Vietnam shaping his presidency and legacy.
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Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas
Johnson City
White House
Noonan
Washington
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Lyndon
Barry Goldwater
Congress
Franklin Roosevelt
America
Pr Uy
Carreat Society
South Vietnam
LBJ
Pital Hill
Vietnam
Ric
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Baytown Sun Staff and Contact Details Notice
The Baytown Sun lists editorial and advertising staff including Editor and Publisher Saha Wadley General Manager Paul Putman and others in various departments. It notes office address 138 Memoval Drver Baytown Texas and a subscription rate of 29.65 per year with 10 cent single copy price and credits Associated Press services and local republication rights.
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Fred Flattman
Saha
Bartsen
Texas
Baytown
Msnim
U &. Suburban Press Inc
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Tower vows filibuster to block open meet vote
Washington report shows Sen John Tower resisting efforts by Sen William Proxmire and Sen Robert Packwood to open Senate Banking Committee meetings. Tower moves to table the proposal, sparks a roll-call vote, and rejects time-bound action. The meeting adjourns with doors closed as supporters and opponents clash over procedural openness.
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Washington
Congress
John Tower
R-Tex
Senate Banking Committee
Bantam Texan
William Proxmire
D-Wis
Robert Packwood
R-Ore
Packwood
Oregon
Senate
John Sparkman
D-Ala
John
Proxmire
Texas
Washington Post
Harrison Williams
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Bill Brock
R-Tenn
Robert Taft
Ohio
Proxmire and
Dn.h
Adlai Stevenson
Dji
William Hathaway
D-Me
Joseph Biden
D-Del
Edward Brooke
R-Mass
J. Bennett Johnston
D-La
Lowell Weicker
R-Conn
Johnson’s rise from Blanco County to Senate power
The piece traces Lyndon Baines Johnson’s life from his Blanco County birth and Texas roots through early political beginnings with Rep. Kleberg, his NYA leadership, and key alliances with FDR and Rayburn. It notes his 1941 Senate bid, 1948 victory, and ascent as Senate Democratic leader, culminating in his nationally dominant influence by the 1950s.
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Kleberg
Lyndon Johnson
Congress
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Claudia Alta
Lady Bird" Taylor
Texas
Franklin Delano Roosevelt
United States
Johnson
Lady Bird
Fdr
San Antonio
Roosevelt
10Th Congressional District
Rep. Johnson
High Court
Gulf of Mexico
White House
Tommy Corcoran
Sam Rosenman
Washington
Sam Rayburn
Carl Vinson
House
Naval Affairs
Armed Services—Committee
U.S. Senate
W. Lee
Pappy" O'Daniel
Barbs by Phil Pastoret on May weeds and boss tricks
The column jokes about May arriving after April showers and questions whether the boss already knows the answers before they are asked, noting how weeds bloom as the season shifts.
College enrollment in October 1970 World Almanac
The World Almanac reports 6 300 students aged 16 to 34 enrolled in the first four years of college in the United States in October 1970. About 27 percent were in two year colleges and 36 percent in the first two years of four year colleges.
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BY Phil Pastoret
World Almanac
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