Americans bear brunt in Vietnam in rising casualties
In Our Opinion the latest Vietnam casualty summary shows American deaths surpassing South Vietnamese deaths since May, with 2,400 American and 2,000 South Vietnamese killed in action. Wounded ratios are higher, and reliance on American troops grows despite McNamara urging greater use of South Vietnamese manpower.
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Vietnam
Demilitarized Zone
U. S
South Vietnam
Defense
McNamara
Saigon
Honolulu
Impressions Of Inez War Reflects On TV Violence
The author cites a St Paul reader Mrs Pris urging bans on Vietnam war footage. She describes family shock at battlefield images on home screens and argues televised war wounds and deaths are real. The piece notes most Americans remain indifferent and prefer routine TV fare while war goes on.
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St. Paul
Vietnam
Mrs. Pris
Viettnam
Virginian
Biddeford Saco Journal Publisher Contact Info
Publisher W Paul Casavant and Managing Editor E P Ingalls listed in the Biddeford Saco Journal masthead. Telegraph office numbers for business and editorial departments provided. Subscription rates shown: one month 2.60, six months 15.50, one year 31.00. Associated Press member status noted.
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Adams Street
Biddeford
Maine
W. Paul Casavant
E. P. Ingalls
Telephone Business
Associated Press
Der Stern editor visits LBJ Ranch in Texas
Germany's Henri Nannen toured the LBJ Ranch with President Johnson. They discussed the Glassboro conference, U S Soviet ties, and the deer herd water pumping and irrigation on the ranch. Nannen saw LBJ's birthplace room and family artifacts including Lyndon Johnson's crib teddy bear and a telephonelike wall note from his mother.
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Drew Pearson
Jack Anderson
Washington
United States
Germany
Henri Nannen
der Stern
LBJ
Nan
Hamburg
San Antonio
Washington, D.C
Glassboro
I.d
Kosygin
Russia
Nannen
John H. Reed
Maine
Hartz Mountains
Prident
Sudan
Mexico
Leon Tolstoy
Vietnam
Near East
Luci
Pat Nuget
Lyndon
Ionson
Rebekah Baines Johnson
Br K
Texas
Census Questions Spark Congressional Uproar in 1970 Plan
Washington report notes lawmakers criticize the 1970 census as drifting from counting people to broad inquiry. Critics fear pervasive questions on housing, health, income, and private matters with penalties for nonresponse. Calls grow to restore the original constitutional purpose and limit data gathering.
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Washington
House of Representatives
Census Bureau
Joe Pool
Tex
Pool
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Glassboro
Newark
Melina Mercouri
Congress ducks obligation in transportation issue
Washington reporters detail the failure of Congress to adopt effective rules to prevent nationwide transportation strikes. The piece contrasts short two-year terms for representatives with longer six-year terms for senators and discusses potential reforms like labor courts and longer terms to reduce immediate political pressures.
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Congress
Ray Cromley
Washington
Newspaper Enterprise Assn
Vietnam
House of Representatives
Civil disobedience debated amid Newark violence
Russell Kirk critiques the Missouri Synod Lutherans for approving civil disobedience while Newark erupts in killing and looting. He argues US law and democracy protect minorities and condemn violent, lawless acts, stressing politics seeks the possible, not utopian rule.
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Russell Kirk
Newark
National Convention of the
Lutherans’ Missouri Synod
Manhattan
United States
New Jersey
America
Hitler
Stalin
Richard Hughes
Missouri Synod
Milwaukee
Washington
Three Minutes A Day by Reverend James Keller
A thoughtful engineer lowers the Missouri River level to rescue nine stranded cows on a river island below Fort Peck Dam in Montana. The Army Engineers chief in Omaha orders stopping spillway flow, drying the river, enabling a rancher to save his herd. The essay urges personal action to aid others and cites moral teachings.
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Fort Peach Dam
Montana
Army Engineers Reservoirrial Center
Omaha
Neb
Westmoreland gets more men as Hope and McNamara depart
General Westmoreland keeps asking for more troops. Lyndon Johnson sends Bob Hope at Christmas and Robert McNamara each summer. McNamara pushes for greater manpower while Westmoreland stays a good soldier. The Defense Secretary returns to Capitol Hill. The piece ends with a light question about Bob Hope’s Christmas plans.
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Harold Coffin
Westmoreland
Lyndon
Bob Hope
Robert McNamara
Westy
McNamara
LBJ
Hubert
Defense
Vietnam
Capitol Hill
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