Right to Work Abolition Battle Moves Through Congress
Buckley notes Johnson aims to repeal Taft Hartley 14B while Powell links the measure to Civil Rights Act debates. He warns lobbyists pressuring Powell, predicts Senate filibuster use and potential political fallout for labor allies in lawmakers amid evolving right to work tensions.
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House Education and Labor Committee
Adam Clayton Powell Jr
Powell
Congress
Mr. Powell
Democratic Party
Committee For Political Education
The
CIO
Lyndon Johnson
Senate
Diligence Proverb and Lincoln Quote Lead Message
A compact collection presents Proverbs 10 4 on a slack hand leads to poverty and cites Abraham Lincoln urging diligence to avoid postponing tasks. The lines frame workethic as a path to wealth and timely action.
White House allegations on Baker probe stain Senate Rules panel
The piece blames six Democratic members of the Senate Rules Committee for suppressing truth in the Bobby Baker inquiry while praising Republican Sen. John J. Williams for exposing Baker’s wide operations. It notes Baker’s five Fifth Amendment refusals, a falsified loan statement, and questions whether the Justice Department will prosecute.
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Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Baker
Johnson
U. S
John J. Williams
Delaware
Baker
Senate
Williams
West Virginia
Robert C. Byrd
Senator Byrd
Sen. Williams
Justice” Department
Washington Builds Expand as Federal Offices Multiply
The piece notes federal growth with new Washington DC and Maryland buildings costing 200 million dollars. Projects include a 42 million Little Pentagon for 57 thousand workers, a 32 billion Housing and Home Finance Agency structure, 27 million for the Court of Claims, and 16 million NIH buildings, plus 1.5 million Printing Office plant.
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Washington
Pentagon
Housing and Home Finance Agency
Court of Claims
National Institutes of Health
Government Printing Office
Maryland
Patent Office
General Services Administration
Rayburn
Thomas’s cancer fuels Houston space boom and power struggle
Congressman's battle with cancer and seniority shapes NASA funding as Houston rises with Gemini transfers. Albert Thomas, a key House Appropriations figure, steers contracts to Houston while facing illness and political clashes with South rivals over bases and national policy. The piece also previews Roosevelt Jr. weighing a New York mayoral run and Kennedy-Humphrey faction clashes.
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Florida
Houston
Cape Kennedy
Cape Canaveral
Florida Sands
White House
Albert Thomas
Thomas
House Appropriations Committee
South
Kennedy
Fdr Jr
Kennedy Brothers
Johnson - Humphrey
PDR Jr
Hubert Humphrey
West Virginia
John F. Kennedy
Johnson
Luther Hodges
Per
Commerce
Franklin
Bobby Kennedy
No specific event in a single article
The fragment lists historical anniversaries from five decades: Supreme Court ruling on Virginia debt payment by West Virginia. Chicago police anti gang campaign. Flag Day ceremonies. Eisenhower welcomed to Paris. concern over vandalism outbreak.
U Thant's UN Offensive to Press Africa Action
U Thant directs a UN mission to curb British and Portuguese rule in Africa and end South Africa's control of Southwest Africa, with potential for military intervention. Malik Malacera and Gonzales push for UN police and force, backed by Kremlin accord and secret observers.
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Robert 8. Allen
Paul Scott Washington
U Thant
Africa
South Africa
Southwest Africa
Special
UN Committee On
Rhodesia
Basutoland
Bechuanaland
Swaziland
Portuguese Africa
General Assembly
Jacob Malik
Russia
D. Malacera
Tanzania
Diza Gonzales
Venezuela
U. S
Dominican Republic
Kremlin
Malik
Afria
KGB
U.S
Verwoerd
International Court of Justice
Hague
League of Nations
Phillip Jessup
State Department
International Tribunal
Jessup
New York
France
Britain
Return to the Primitive Lake Shore
A speaker recalls returning to a lake and its shore where the lake, river, and fen meet. An old man on a pier listens for a distant horn while a dusty car passes and friends return after a year. The fog lifts and a heron flies by as the narrator savors primitive surroundings.
Paul Harvey Tax System Stifling National Initiative
The author argues a simple tax return is hindered by complex rules and calls for a cap on taxes under the Sixteenth Amendment. He warns that high taxes erode incentive, stresses the burden on taxpayers and professionals, and urges a commission to simplify laws and reduce private property loss.
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Congress
White House
Denial Chief in White House Shapes News
Washington uses denials to steer coverage. John Categorically, Johnson era Special Assistant for Denials, drafts daily statements and opposite denials to back up White House messaging. He coordinates pre denial actions before troop movements and handles rebuttals to press, governors, and foreign diplomats.
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Washington
Johnson
John J. Categorically
White House
Mr. Categorically
United States
South Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Massador Adlai Stevenson
Small local hospitals face doom as big centers rise
Russell Kirk argues that state health authorities favor large centralized hospitals over small traditional ones. He highlights St Francis Hospital in the Bronx as a century-old charity serving mainly low income Puerto Ricans, and warns that bureaucratic pressure and modernization requirements threaten to close such facilities.
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Bronx
St. Francis Hospital
St. Francis
Anthony Alteri
St. Francis’ Medical Board
Mecosta Memorial
Alteri
Michigan
Senator Soaper Highlights Mysterious Drink Trend
Senator Soaper notes new cocktail blending tomato juice and beer at Bit O Erin Bar and Grill. Federal stance on interstate crime remains firm while one state’s severe weather leaks across borders.
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Richard Wesley
Abraham Lincoln
Drew Pearson
Houston Space Center
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Far West
Franklin D. Roosevelt Jr
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Debs Meyers
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Frank O’connor
Queens
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Barbara
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