Public life under the glare of the presidency
An editorial discusses how presidents live under intense public scrutiny and must accept privacy intrusions. It recalls incidents from Johnsons vacations at Johnson City and beagle handling on the White House lawn, noting reactions from humane groups and other leaders, including Truman, Kennedy, and their attitudes toward public ferreting of private matters.
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Johnson
White House
Johnson City
Fourth Estate
National Press Club
Washington
President Johnson
Humane Societies
Harry Truman
Kennedy
Mr. Truman
Margaret Truman
Truman
Topdressing Needed To Hike Yield
J R Carroll, Chambers County agricultural agent, urges post harvest topdressing of coastal bermuda and hybrid sorghum sudan with nitrogen to boost yield and protein content. Rates range 30 to 100 pounds per acre, with 40 to 50 pounds common for 1 6 ton acre hay aims. soil tests determine exact amounts for two years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. R Carroll
Chambers County
Bermuda
East Texas
Carrol
Texas A&m
Harlingen Man Picks Texas First Cotton Bale
Oscar Mayfield and his sons delivered the first bale of 1964 cotton to the Harlingen Police Station. The 473 pound bale was grown 14 miles northeast of Rio Hondo on land owned by George Gibbons of Corpus Christi. The Harlingen Chamber of Commerce awards the bale owner a $1.00 bonus and a $1,000 guaranteed when it sells at auction.
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Harlingen
Oscar Mayfield and Sons
Rio
George Gibbons
Corpus Christi
Harlingen Chamber of Commerce
Baytown Sun Staff and Publication Details
The Baytown Sun lists editors and staff including Fred Hartman James Hale Preston Pendergrass Beulah Mae Jackson and Robert Gilmore with general manager and office roles. It notes publication as afternoons Monday through Friday and Sundays, Baytown Texas, with subscription rates and postal registrations.
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Fred Hartman
James H. Hale
Preston Pendergrass
Beulah Mae Jackson
Robert K. Gilmore
John Wadley
Paul Putman
Corrie Laughlin
Baytown
Texas Post Office
Baytown Sun, Inc
Pearce and Rahbel
Texas
Texas Newspapers Representatives, Inc
GOP disaster forecast if Goldwater runs analyzed
Fulton Lewis reports an Independent Research Organization tied to the Ripon Society predicts GOP disaster if Barry Goldwater is nominated. The piece critiques the group as a paper tiger with dubious backing while noting Scranton aides promote the thesis. Delegates hear mixed views from Pennsylvania and Western Republicans.
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Fulton Lewis JR
Washington
Cambridge
Mass
Ripon Society
Barry Goldwater
John Salema
Advance Magazine
Saloma
Pennsylvania
William Scranton
Goldwater
Scranton
House
Willard Curtin
Aswell
Paul Dague
Herman Schneebels
New York Herald Tribune
California
Rhodes Bratcher
Kentucky
Notable 1942 Postal Film Drop to British Soldiers
On this day in 1942 the U S Post Office sent its first filmed mail drop to soldiers in Britain. The feature mixes trivia and future forecasts with a range of names from Julian Huxley to Erich Maria Remarque and film figures like Biffy Wilder and Buddy Adler.
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U.S
Britain
Julian Huxley
Erich Maria Remarque
Biffy Wilder
Buddy Adler
Jennie Towres
Gower Champion
Lars Rubbard
Cave country’s underground world opens to public view
In 1991 Ruth Ramsey reports a cave system opened on three levels, totaling 37 miles of trails through brilliant formations. The site remains a cool 56 degrees year round, lit by concealed electric circuits and floodlit stalactites stalagmites onyx and bat-inhabited passages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Weire
Colzmay
Johnson’s Cyprus sales face historic Balkan echoes
Washington columnist Drew Pearson recalls Lyndon Johnson’s tough task selling Congress and allies on Cyprus peace. The piece ties Johnson’s challenge to 1914 Sarajevo and 1953 Dulles Eden Cyprus deals, noting Turkish Greek tensions and Inonu’s stance amid aging leadership and regional strife.
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Drew Pearson
Washington
Lyndon Johnson
White House
Congress
Turkey
Greece
Cyprus
Sarajevo
Balkans
Franz Ferdinand
Johnson
Ismet Inony
George Papandreou
John Foster Dulles
Anthony Eden
Britain
Dulles
United States
United Nations
England
Barry Seen As 3-1 Convention Winner
William F Buckley Jr writes that Barry Goldwater is likely to win the GOP nomination in San Francisco at 3-1, while Lyndon Johnson would beat him in November. Scranton poses a late challenge but risks a damaging reception, potentially becoming a leader of Republican liberalism if nominated.
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Goldwater
Democratic Party
GOP
West
South
Florida
Saloma
Edwin Mechem
Mechem
New
San Francisco
Scranton
Johnson
Eisenhower
Taft
Wendell Willkie
Cincinnatus
Adisi Stevenson
Hamlet
White House
America
Rockefeller
Romney
Nixon
Mr Johnson
Kennedy
Lyndon Johnson
Constantine
Rome
Know Your Bridge By B Jay Becker North dealer
North-South vulnerability and four hearts contract feature in a high level bridge report from an Italy United States match. At one table Ticet and Belladonna reach four hearts. at another Leventritt with Schenlen secures the contract through precise club play and heart and spade cashing, defeating the defense by Forquet’s bold but flawed sequence.
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Italy
United States
Pabis Ticet
Belladonna
Peter Leventritt
Howard Schenlen
Forquet
West
Leventrite
Spade Forquet
Declarer
East
South
Leventritt
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