De Gaulle Friction Winds Up In Bonn Franco-German Rift Over Markets
Private Bonn notes credit President Johnson with steadying Erhard against De Gaulle as Paris-Berlin tensions over Common Market and Europe from the Atlantic to the Urals deepen. The Franco-German clash, centered on agriculture and NATO policy, threatens Western unity and U.S.-German ties.
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Bonn
Johnson
Ludwig Erhard
Washington
Charles de Gaulle
West Germany
Erhard
de Gaulle
Konrad Adenauer
Adenauer
Winston Churchill
Britain
Europe
NATO
France
Kremlin
Atlantic
Urals
Germany
Soviet Union
U.S.S.R
Russia
Poland
Czechoslovakia
Hungary
Oder - Neisse
Love and Law Intersect in Reflections on Romance
A paired meditation contrasts Romans 13 10 with Pearl Buck on love as a divine gift. It notes love fulfills the law and cannot be coerced or manufactured, asserting it emerges from Heaven unbidden.
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Ince
Pearl Buck
Humphrey Late Slows Bluefield All America City Gala
The Bluefield All America City celebration featured Vice President Hubert H. Humphrey and several national figures. Despite a late arrival and lower than expected turnout, the program was well run with brief speeches and strong praise for local planning and Bluefield’s resurgence driven by private investment and roads.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Bluefield
Humphrey discusses federal partnership with states
Vice President Humphrey says the federal government aims to be a partner not a master of state and local governments. The incident over the food stamp program in the state shows officials facing a choice between constitutional limits and federal regulations. A federal official later said the state would find a way to comply, raising questions about master–slave dynamics.
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West Virginia
Bluefield
Charleston
Humphrey
Hulett Smith
Federal Agriculture Department
Agriculture Department
Congress
Experts Question Safety Of Interstate Gas Pipelines
Drew Pearson reports that a Federal Power Commission file secreted from the public reveals risk of more line explosions like the Nat chitoches tragedy. It cites excessive pressure from Tennessee Gas Transmission and calls for replacing corroded older pipelines to protect residents.
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Washington
Federal Power Commission
Natchitoches
Tennessee Gas Transmission
Tennessee Gas
Drescher
Brubaker
FPC
Tennessee
Watters
Mendonsa
Tate Laboratories
Mercer County Milestones Through the Years
The Daily Telegraph recalls past local events from fifty to ten years ago. H. G. Harmon visited Bluefield, J. R. Laird traveled to Florida, Easley-Wilson Co marked 20 years in business, War Bond sales surged in Mercer County, and Cyrus Gadd became Mercer County Bar Association president.
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The
Easley - Wilson Co
Mercer County
Cyrus Gadd
Mercer County Bar Association
President Johnson urged to reassure Viet Nam families at White House
The piece argues for a White House event to explain to parents and relatives why American troops fight in Viet Nam. It cites a Johns Hopkins speech and warns that clearer communication could ease anxiety and bolster resolve against nuclear war. It highlights the war's global stakes and the need to demonstrate U S commitment.
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Washington
White House
United States
Viet Nam
America
Johnson
Southeast Asia
Baltimore
Johns Hopkins University
Pennsylvania
China
Asia
Hanoi
Peiping
Tibet
India
United Nations
Korea
Berlin
Thailand
Santo Domingo
State Department
Willow Awe in the Green Allure of Afternoons
A poem by Fanny Degroot Hasyings reflects on sunlit willows and a growing inner song. The speaker recalls summers stored for autumn and a heart longing to hurdle the stars, contrasting rich language with silent, solitary feeling.
Dropouts Debate Sparks Calls For Reform In Education
Russell Kirk discusses dropouts then cites Dr. John P. Densford of East Central State College advocating two steps. Abolish compulsory attendance after ninth grade or require service in a Domestic Peace Corps and raise teaching standards and salaries. He argues for meaningful education and practical alternatives to college.
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John P. Densford
East Central State College
Ada
Oklahoma
Densford
Peace Corps
John Keats
Lippincott
Keats
White House Culture Day Becomes Festive Arts Lunch
Washington report sketches the White House Culture Day with sculpture on the lawn paintings in halls and performances in the East Room as President Johnson and wife plan a gallery like event inviting Robert Lowell Saul Bellow Marian Anderson and others before Lowell refuses to attend due to his view of the host.
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Washington
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Johnson
John Hersey
Mrs. Johnson
Lyndon
Adano
Lady Bird
Robert Lowell
Louisville Symphony Orchestra
Marian Anderson
Helen Hayes
the Glass Menagerie
Duke Ellington
Gene Kelly
Chariton Heston
Pennsylvania Avenue
Hubert
Peace Pleas From Johnson Face Red world Resistance
President Johnson and top advisers press for peace talks with Moscow Peking and Hanoi as the Soviet bloc shuns diplomacy. De Gaulle questions Western unity while NATO erodes and Turkey Pakistan move toward communism leaving Washington isolated and urging talks amid a broader push to abandon war for a peace driven by economic and political concessions.
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Johnson
Dean Rusk
McGeorge Bundy
Moscow
Peking
Hanoi
Washington
France
Italy
Germany
Britain
Pakistan
Turkey
Soviet Union
China
Istanbul
Ankara
United Nations
U. N
South Korea
Senator Soaper Suggests Goulet Walcott Re Match
The report notes Senator Soaper proposes a Clay Liston rematch could feature Robert Goulet as referee and Joe Walcott performing the Star Spangled Banner before the bout.
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Robert Goulet
Joe Walcott
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H. J. Taylor
Baily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
House
State Road Commission
Hubert Humphrey
Drew Pearson
Charles E. Cook
Natchitoches Parish
Allen Ellender
D - la
Olaf W. Nelson
FPC Pipeline Division
William J. Drescher
Ellery K. Johnson
Louis A. Brubaker, Jr
Bureau of Natural Gas
Nelson
Frank F. Watters
Louis W. Medonsa
Daily Telegraph
H. G. Harmon of
Tazewell
J. R. Laird
Florida
David Lawrence
Doris Kerns Quinn Only the Heart
Fanny Degroot Hasyings
Russell Kirk
Art Buchwald
Constantine Brown
U.S
Western
Munist World
Soaper
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