Bolling Criticizes Democrats Over Party Loyalty
Rep Richard Bolling a liberal Democrat from Missouri criticizes the party's southern conservatives for backing national tickets while defying them on policy. He proposes denying committee chairs to Southern Democrats who oppose the party ticket, challenging seniority norms and urging honest alignment with voters.
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Richard Bolling
Missouri
Congress
Bolling
Associated Press
House
Senate
House of Congress
National Democratic
Rep. Bolling
Goldwater’s Chances Diminished Yet He Remains Popular
William F Buckley Jr argues Goldwater faces three constraints after Kennedy’s death. The left wing’s killer, a continued Kennedy Johnson fight, and South votes could dent his bid, yet Goldwater remains the most popular figure in America a year before the general election.
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Goldwater
Senator Goldwater
Mr. Kennedy
Senate
South
Congress
Kennedy
America
Great churches inspire a cathedral driven passion
A reflection on the mystery of Christ and the church and the enduring appeal of grand ecclesiastical architecture. The speaker likens mankind's creativity to mountains and notes the cathedral as a pinnacle of human inspiration.
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Christ
Church
Robert L. Stevenson
Kennedy assassination panel faces tough, careful probe
The seven member commission charged with a full investigation into the Kennedy assassination will wrestle with assigning blame to agencies and individuals. It seeks a thorough report, avoiding a whitewash and broad attacks on critics, while noting the shooter’s deranged motive.
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Kennedy
FBI
Secret Service
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Oswald
Warren
Drew Pearson Portrait Of A Fast-Paced New President
A Chicago meeting recounts Lyndon Johnson pushing the Fairbanks Morse pump idea to India and Uruguay, showing his persistence. The piece notes Johnson’s political challenges with Bobby Baker, press relations, and his philosophy that politics is the art of the possible. Johnson's personal traits include fastidious dress and Texas map cufflinks.
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Washington
Lyndon Johnson
Chicago
Asia
David Karr
Fairbanks-Morse
India
Galbraith
Karr
Kenneth Galbraith
New Delhi
Punta del Este
Uruguay
Johnson
Fairbanks- Morse
Barrio de Roque
Kennedy
Bobby Baker
Baker
Dallas
Bobby
White House
Eisenhower
JFK
Senate
Texas
Fifty Years Ago Burke's Garden Visitor
A brief note recalls J. M. Hoge of Burke's Garden visiting Bluefield, mentioned in a Daily Telegraph item from fifty years past. The column then lists notable events from each decade including a German cabinet under Wilhelm Marx, a Bluefield College football win, Roosevelt allied talks in Cairo, and a U N ambassador's report on atrocities.
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J. M. Hoge of
Burke's Garden
Roosevelt
Cairo
Johnson’s Address Gives Confidence in US Policy
The article lauds President Johnson's first address to Congress for steady resolve and continuity in American and international policy. It highlights support for NATO and the Alliance for Progress, vows to defend national and common interests, and urges calm, compromise, and restraint amid domestic and foreign debates without sensationalism. It notes Johnson’s Unity and commitment to civil rights and tax measures while rejecting violence and extremism.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
America
North Atlantic Treaty Organization
Alliance For Progress
South Vietnam
West Berlin
Kennedy
Legislative Branch
United States
Poem Fragment on the Silent Lark and Courage
A fragmentary poem laments a lark silenced by fear and time. It contrasts a world without song with the lark’s defiant impulse to sing, linking music to life, law, and planetary motion.
Better Not Take Your Camera To Rome
American tourist in Rome witnesses a chaotic protest as unions and builders clash over a non existent strike. Carabinieri and factions from Communists to Fascists fight while a photographer is injured and his film destroyed, leaving him with only a scar and a column to publish.
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Rome
Washington
Piazza Venezia
Mussolini
Roslyn
Long Island
Soiali Christian Democrats
Fascist Party
Carabinieri
New York
Dallas Attack Reflections Tie Past Lessons to Oswald Case
The author recalls 1901 Pan American Exposition and McKinley’s assassin as a lesson in policing and public panic. He links the event to the Dallas shooting, noting Oswald’s notoriety and criticizing local police for risk and seeking FBI investigation for future protection.
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Dallas
Oswald
Jack Ruby
Johnson
Federal Bureau of Investigation
Lyndon Johnson Seen as Proud Tough and Sensitive Leader
A 1989 reflection revisits Lyndon Baines Johnson through a 1950 interview noting his proud tough sensitive persona. It recalls his lifelong push for civil rights, his defense of the New Deal philosophy, and his complex stance as Senate leader facing power and perceptions.
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Washington
Lyndon Baines
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Texas
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Senate
Senator Soaper Quips On Habits And Prisons
The item features a witty remark by Senator Soaper about hobbies straining budgets and doctors’ advice. A worried acquaintance fears prison breaks will bring visits from kin and a clothing change. A brush with crime and finger prints prompts reflection on human nature. Vacation memories emerge as a car radiator is finally cleaned of lingering bug residue.
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Hugh Ike Shott
William F. Buckley, Jr
Mr. Goldwater
West
Johnny Appleseed
Berlin Wall
Drew Pearson
LBJ
Daily Telegraph
Wilhelm Marx
Bluefield College
Concord College
Wade Stadium
U. N
Lodge
United Nations
U.N
David Lawrence
Art Buchwald
Raymond Moley
Maumer
Buffaloo
Temple of Music
McI
McKinley
Leon Czolgosz
Czolgosz
Emma Goldman
Miami
Andrew Tully
The
Senator Soaper
Mother Nature
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