Johnson Defers Senate Check on Nasser Aid
H J Taylor Johnson blocks a Senate bid to curb aid to Nasser as Johnson lifts suspensions on a new aid allotment. The piece argues that aid remains essential despite Nasser’s aggression and double dealings, noting his impact on Congo, Gaza, and US costs. It criticizes Dirksen and the Senate for yielding to a foreign policy cliché.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
Nasser
Senate
Cairo
U. S
Everett Dirksen
Ill
Dirksen
White House
South Korea
Egypt
Uganda
Burundi
Congo
United States
Exvor
China
Castro
Cuba
Washington
Sukerno
Moscow
Peking
Indonesia
Congress
Quotations on Life, Work and Pleasures
A pair of inspirational lines offers a reminder that enjoying food drink and labor is a divine gift and a call to find meaning in daily toil. The quotes emphasize life’s worth and the value of pursuing fulfillment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joe Clark
D-Pa
Clark
Eisenhower faults conventions. TV reporters blamed
The piece argues former President Eisenhower is right that nominating conventions have become chaotic due to televised coverage. It calls for reforms including banning TV reporters and equipment from the floor and installing a committee to restore efficiency and dignity to the process.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eisenhower
Republian
Centrally Located Sanitary Landfill Method of Garbage Disposal
A central sanitary landfill method is described as an efficient approach to waste disposal. The plan emphasizes sanitary containment, orderly topsoil layering, daily cover practices, leachate control, and regular site monitoring to reduce environmental impact.
Congress Backs Tobacco Lobby In Cigarette Labeling Fight
Washington reports that the House passed a labeling bill shielding cigarette advertising from federal and state controls. The measure bars FTC jurisdiction and preserves ad revenue for TV networks while limiting health warnings to subtle panel placement. Leadership blocked roll calls, aiding lobby tactics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Federal Trade Commission
Walter Rogers
D-Tex
Oren Harris
D-Ark
James Roosevelt
Moss
Europe
Harris
Rogers
John McCormack
House Interstate and Commerce Committee
Donald Rumsfeld
Edward Derwinski
Ilinois
John Dingell
Michigan
California
U. S
Luther Terry
Gen
Terry
Madison Avenue
Federal Communications Commission
Parma
Tex
New York
Senate
Timeline of notable past events across decades
Fifty years ago Rev. Thomas Peters of Athens was a Bluefield visitor. Forty years ago Santa Barbara endured a devastating earthquake. Thirty years ago telephone tolls between the two Bluefields were eliminated. Twenty years ago retreating Japanese troops burned oil plants on Borneo. Ten years ago Atlantic Greyhound bus drivers ended an eighty four day strike.
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Thomas Peters
Athens
Bluefield
Borneo
Atlantic Greyhound
Johnson Urges UN Mediation to End Viet Nam War
David Lawrence notes President Johnson framed UN mediation as the path to peace in Viet Nam at the San Francisco 20th anniversary, challenging editors who labeled the stance vague. The piece argues the UN must mobilize moral force, pressure aggressors, and promote multilateral negotiations to avert escalation to nuclear conflict.
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Washington
Johnson
San Francisco
United Nations
United States
America
Viet Nam
Congress
Pentagon
Poems for All Great Causes Unite in Shared Hope
The poem speaks of reunion after hardship, a brotherly meeting that fills the world with soft language and firm acts. It imagines walls falling, darkness lifting, and shared song guiding urgent, universal fellowship. Godfrey John conveys hope through spoken roots and sprouting sticks.
Peace plan defenders accused of surrendering to communists
Russell Kirk criticizes U Thant and Alex Quaison-Lackey as biased mediators for peace in Viet Nam and the Dominican Republic. He argues their approach echoes Burma’s totalitarian tactics and could lead to further Soviet influence in Africa and the Caribbean. He urges decisive military action to curb communist expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Security Council
Commonwealth
World Assembly
United States of America
United Nations
U Thant
Alex Quaison-Lackey
U. N. General Assembly
Ghana
United States
Viet Nam
Dominican Republic
Burma
Saigon
Santo Domingo
Katanga
Moise Tshombe
Quaison-Lackey
Kwame Nkrumah
Central
Africa
Nkrumah
Congo
Nigeria
Chad
Niger
Ivory Coast
Togoland
Russia
General Assembly
Harold Wilson
Mr. Wilson
Washington
Moscow
Hanoi
Peking
Sir Abubakar Tafawa Balewa
Sir Abubakar
North Viet Nam
Red Chin
Cuba
Birth Control Gains Respectability in Washington Hearing
On June 22 1965 Eisenhower endorsed birth control in a Senate hearing and supporters proposed Gruening backed legislation to create a federal office of population affairs and fund state birth control conferences. Proponents argue information would empower parents to decide family size while wary critics fear moral or political backlash.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Capitol Hill
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Senate
House
Ernest Gruening
Alaska
Gruening
Office of
White House
India
One World Philosophy Sparks Debate Amid Vietnam War Protests
A columnist argues that America pursues a doomed One World ideal while Western democracies, including the USSR and China, show nationalism. Protests outside the Pentagon urge end of Vietnam War and defiance of U.S. military duty, provoking security concerns over potential desertion.
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H. J. Taylor
U.S
Gamel Abdel Nasser
Tre Shinbet
Sherutei Betahan
Israel
U. N
Gaza Strip
Amman
Bluefield Daily Telegraph
Hugh Ike Shott
Hugh Shott
Richard Wesley
Charles Eliot
Ike
Idaho
Nebraska
Ray C. Bliss
Mercer County
Princeton
Drew Pearson
Philip Burton
D-Calif
John Moss
D - Calif
Daily Telegraph
Santa Barbara
Calif
Bluefields
David Lawrence
U.N
Southeast Asia
Lock
Godfrey John
Russell Kirk
Andrew Tully
Pennsylvania
Morris Udall
D-Ariz
New York City
Constantine Brown
Americas
Western
Soviet Union
Ivan the Terrible
Ivan the Great
Eastern University
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