Phony Poverty War Critics See Political Trap in Johnson Plan
The article argues against Johnson's anti poverty bill, labeling it political chicanery. Republicans attack the package as ineffective and expansive in power, noting duplication of programs and potential funding misuse. Prospective job corps and community action grants raise concerns over control and impact.
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Appalachia
Johnson
House Education and Labor Committee
House of Representatives
U. S
Republican Committee
LBJ
Sargent Shriver
Mercer County Seeks 1 for Four Lane Bluefield to Princeton
Mercer County calls for a proposal to build a four-lane highway linking Bluefield and Princeton. Project aims to alleviate congestion and improve regional transport. Government officials indicate funding plans and construction timelines pending.
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Mercer County
Bluefield
Princeton
Liberal foreign reporters miscast U.S. conservatives
William F Buckley Jr criticizes foreign observers for labeling U.S. conservatives as isolationists while they urge decisive global action. He cites Fulbright and Goldwater stances, Canada’s ignorance of the U.S., and Maclean's critique, arguing Americans and Canadians should better understand each other and American conservatives.
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United States
America
William Fulbright
Barry Goldwater
Nigeria
Canada
Foreign rivals flood Somalia with aid in race for influence
Drew Pearson outlines a global struggle over Somalia as China Russia Egypt and the United States pour aid into the fledgling republic. The piece highlights billions in credits and military help, Western ambitions to halt communism, and strategic sites like Kagnew station near Asmara.
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Asmara
Ethiopia
Gulf of Aden
Indian Ocean
Somalia
United States
Republic of
U.S
Egyppians
Sinai
Israel
Aden
Red Sea
Suez Canal
Russia
Africa
Moscow
China
Egypt
Nasser
Yemen
Saudi Arabi
Kagnew
Thaw appeals to Supreme Court fifty years on
Fifty years ago, Harry K. Thaw, convicted of killing Stanford White, appealed to the Supreme Court. The note places the event in a retrospective Daily Telegraph summary of past headlines.
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Harry K. Thaw
Stanford White
Supreme Court
Dulles
Reds
Rockefeller's Failures at Conventions and Goldwater's Nomination
The piece argues party unity hinges on candidates accepting the nomination vehicle. It criticizes stop-somebody coalitions and urges Rockefeller to back Goldwater with full campaign effort to protect New York and the party's standing. It cites past examples like Dewey and Taft to defend unified support.
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Harold Stassen
White House
Senator Goldwater
Goldwater
San Francisco
Rockefeller
Barry Goldwater
Thomas E. Dewey
Wendell Willkie
Dewey
Robert Taft
Eisenhower
Nixon
New York
The Boy Rembrandt in His Father's Mill
A poem portrays a boy in a windmill room watching shadows from a turning wheel. He feels radiance as light and shadow swirl around him and holds the glowing moment in his hands.
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Rembrandt
Second Site Reveals Lost Trail and Orchard Remnants
The passage describes a deer in a quiet clearing among uprooted trees that formed a lodge of logs and a sunny seed field. An orchard remains intact though fruit is bitter, footprints and house traces are gone, and a lost road of hope awaits a spring and stepping stone.
Computers and Votes In TV Election Parody
Art Buchwald jokes about CBS declaring Goldwater the California primary winner after 2 percent of returns. A San Francisco voter feels compelled yet warned by computer driven forecast and vote profile analysis. The piece satirically riffs on election certainty from machines and media.
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Columbia Broadcasting System
Sen. Goldwater
California
San Francisco
CBS
Goldwater
Walter Cronkite
San Pedro
Los Angeles
Westport
Abraham Lincoln
Folly of Katanga haunts the U N and world peace
Russell Kirk argues the United Nations is ineffectual in global crises from Katanga to Cyprus. He criticizes U N patrols in Cambodia and Gaza, claims Western powers pushed the Congo conflict, and warns that idealistic international policing cannot replace national strength and regional alliances.
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U. N
Cyprus
Cambodia
South Vietnam
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Sihanouk
United States
Leopoldville
Albertville
Tshombe
Washington
Russia
Congo
Europe
America
Adoula
Lumumba
Indonesia
Malaysia
NATO
General Assembly
Ruth Fisher and the American Brand of Communism
The article recounts Ruth Fisher, a German Communist leader and Reichstag member who fled to the United States. It describes her espionage ties, Harvard work, and Kremlin links as she spoke of a gradual shift toward a pragmatic Marxist influence in America, aided by welfare state measures and deals with the Communist bloc.
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Canada
United States
America
MacLean's Magazine
Donald Coxe
Coxe
MacLean’s
Barry Goldwater
Rome
Hitler
Communist Party of Germany
Gerhard Eisler
Ruth Fisher
Germany
Communist Party
Reichstag
Gerhard
Maslow
Havana
Harvard
Paris
Europe
Weimar Republic
Ruth
Nazi Germany
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Richard Wesley
God
Paul Scherer
GOP
William F. Buckley Jr
Spain
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Mangue
Drew Pearson
Webi-Shebelli
Chisimaio
Senate
Wayne Morse
Dore
Mogadishu
Daily Telegraph
Graham
Jim Ed Wagner
West Virginian Bankers Association
H. J. Taylor
Rocky
Barry
Nelson Rockefeller
Cabot Lodge
Art Buchwald
Russell Kirk
U.N
Constantine Brown
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