The Policeman's Lot in Life Magazine Review
Life magazine profiles Detective George Barrett and the tough New York beat. The piece critiques police paperwork delays and Supreme Court rulings that hinder arrests while noting racial tensions, courtroom dynamics, and civil rights concerns affecting officers and victims alike.
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Johnson must confront failing programs and inflation, heed wiser leadership
A Texas aide warns President Johnson is restless and seeking more programs while existing ones—War on Poverty and Appalachian aid—are bogged down by maladministration and graft. Inflation and high debt pressure the nation as McNamara misreads Vietnam. The piece urges candid truth and decisive action now.
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Viet Nam
Johnson
Texas
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Washington
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McNamara
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Robert S. McNamara
Bay of Pigs
Defense Department
Bob McNamara
U S Must Decide To Win Viet War
Analysis urges decisive action to end Vietnam war quickly. American leaders fear protracted conflict as Red China expands support and Korea like escalation risks. Calls for use of full non-nuclear power and rapid, intensified air bombardment to force settlement and avoid defeat.
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Korea
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Texas
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Viet Nam
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Moon
Saigon
McNamara
Johnson to curb White House social season after Saigon losses
President Johnson plans a more restrained White House social calendar following Viet Nam casualties. The shift comes as coffins and hospital planes return from Saigon, with analysts noting the administration previously hosted prominent figures and parties amid strong legislative progress. If Meany pressures retirements, AFL-CIO faces leadership changes as elder statesmen resist stepping down.
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Meaney
Miami Beach
Meany
Harry C. Bates
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William Birthright
Lawrence Ty
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Emile Rieve
Textile
Eisenhower era jobs report cited by Daily Telegraph
A historical note recalls that ten years ago the Eisenhower administration reported record high employment as a backdrop to political debate over wartime secrets. Thirty years ago Mercer elementary school principals formed a professional organization to advance their field.
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Eisenhower
Mercer
Army rested its case against Col Billy Mitchell
Forty years ago a major court martial story notes the Army resting its case against Col Billy Mitchell while fifty years ago J K Pruitt of Elk Garden visited Bluefield.
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Paris ties and armored cars in Gaulle era chatter
Ten top French chefs staged a London feast using imported provisions and five gallons of water for vegetables. General de Gaulle unveiled two new 125 meter per hour bulletproof Citroen cars weighing about three tons with one ton of armour. Paris cinema reports call them Gaulle finger.
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General de Gaulle
Paris
Festive Wisecracks and Office Jokes Parade in Holiday Jests
A collection of humorous quips about Christmas shopping taxes disguises and social quirks. Lines joke about deducting gifts, germs and panhandlers with light satire on royalty and dogs in holiday goods. The tone mimics a late era newspaper humor column.
Taxes Pay For Anti-White Propaganda in Harlem Theater Workshop
The Office of Economic Opportunity funded a Harlem theater workshop costing $40,000 to train African Americans to hate whites. Critics cite Le Roi Jones’s productions promoting white-bashing and black separatism, urging Shriver to cut funds and questioning the program’s neutrality.
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Washington
James Kelleher
Office of Economic Opportunity
New York City
Harlem
Sargent Shriver
Shriver
Leroi Jones
le Roi Jones
Art Buchwald One-Sided Correspondence Tells Tale
Washington columnist recounts rumors of White House aides pressuring President Johnson over lucrative job offers from the Ford Foundation and Appalachia, detailing a sequence of letters seeking assurances, with commentary on staff loyalty and the president’s possible response.
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McGeorge Bundy
White House
Ford Foundation
Bundy
Mr. Bundy
Johnson
President
United States
Appalachia
Jack Valenti
Bill Moyers
Lbj Ranch
The Rhodesia Question and White Nationalism
A columnist questions double standards in anti racial rhetoric, arguing that Western powers tolerated black nationalist leaders in Africa while pressing Rhodesia. The piece notes past decolonization, calls for measured moves toward black political authority, and argues Rhodesia harms blacks more than whites if external pressure continues.
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R. H. S. Crossman
South Africa
Africa
United Nations
Ian Smith
Rhodesia
Britain
France
Jomo Kenyatta
Kenya
Ben Bella
Algeria
Smith
Roy Welensky
Peple
Useless But Interesting Tales About Charisse And Spock
A Hollywood sleuth claims actress Cyd Charisse often wrinkles her toes in sleep. A society chronicler asserts Dr. Benjamin Spock arrived at a White House section in a rented Volkswagen.
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Benjamin Spock
White House
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