Peace pressures on Hanoi inch toward negotiation
Roving Ambassador Harriman arrived in Tokyo amid growing world pressure for peace as Russia's Shelepin lands in Hanoi. If Hanoi resists, Johnson may extend bombing pause, with risks of domestic draft growth and mounting costs. A resumption could follow if Viet Cong use the pause like North Korea did in the two year peace talks era.
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Ose
Harriman
Tokyo
Russia
Alexander Shelepin
Hanoi
Ho Chi Minh
Johnson
Economist
Peking
America
United States
Washington
Don Johnson
American Legion
Cedar Rapids
Vietnam
Controversy Floats Over Ancient Voyages to Americas
Smithsonian researchers propose 3000 B C Japanese sailors reached the New World, based on Ecuadorian pottery links. Anthropologists Betty Meggers and Clifford Evans suggest a typhoon wreck and currents carried a Japanese craft to Valdivia, raising debate on early transoceanic contact.
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Christopher Columbus
Leif Ericson
America
Chris
Italy
South American
Guianas
Smithsonian Institution
Washington
Japan
New World
B.C
Valdivia
Ecuador
Betty J. Meggers
Clifford Evans
Pacific
Peace-Talk Warnings From Humphrey and Chung IT Kwong
The piece argues that peace talks with Hanoi risk surrender of South Vietnam. It cites Humphrey warning that all eggs are in one peace basket and Chung IT Kwon urging vigilance against negotiated settlements that empower the Viet Cong. It emphasizes protecting South Vietnam from Vietnamese Communist influence during any talks.
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Ashington
United States
Hubert Humphrey
South Vietnam
South Korea
Chung IT Kwon
Hanoi
Korea
U.S
Chung
Communist National Liberation Front
North Vietnam
de Gaulle
France
Son
Labor Council withdraws funds over bank treasurer tie
Polk County Labor Council pulled its funds from Central National Bank and Trust Co of Des Moines after a bank vice president became treasurer for Iowans for Right To Work. The piece notes banks often host opposing groups, with presidents stressing bankers avoid political involvement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Polk County Labor Council
Central National Bank and Trust Company of
Des Moines
Iowa
United States Senate
Labor Council
B. C. Grangaard
Central National Bank
Colins Radio Technical Assn dinner speaker 1956
Captain G L Caswell of Washington DC spoke at a Collins Radio Technical Association dinner meeting. Wally Schwank was named head football coach and athletic director at Coe College, succeeding Dick Clausen who had been named head football coach.
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G. L. Cas
Well
Washington, D. C
Naval Communications
Collins Radio Technical Assn
Wally Schwank
SUI
Coe
Dick Clausen
Neighbors Coach at the University of New Mexico
Dr. William J. Peter sen of Iowa City spoke on Dramatic Episodes in Northeast Iowa History at a Sixth District Association of County Officers meeting in the Roosevelt hotel. Eldo Peck of Frankville won the Winneshiek county 10 acre contour contest at Decorah Chamber of Commerce. Frank Carver, 89, a lifelong Marion resident, died in a Cedar Rapids hospital. Edward C. Keefe joined Cornell College staff to work on a centennial program through 1953. Cedar Rapids city council took over ambulance service after John B. Turner and Son funeral directors ended service Jan. 15. Coralville elected C. Frederick Robinson mayor following Ed Koser’s death. Bill Busby of Tulsa led all-American SUI swimmers with Dick Westerfield ranked third in the 150-yard backstroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University of New Mexico
William J. Petersen
Iowa City
Iowa State Historical Society
Iowa
Sixth District Assn
Roosevelt Hotel
Winneshiek County
Decorah
John B. Turner and Son
Cedar Rapids
C. Frederick Robinson
Coralville
Ed Koser
Bill Busby
Tulsa
Okla
Ben Gurion Still Sees Big Future for Israel
In a long interview David Ben Gurion emphasizes growth through industry and desert development. He envisions population expansion to four million, expansion of the Negev, desalinization via atomic energy, and a central role for education with a University of the Desert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
L, Aviv
Near East
David Ben-Gurion
Israel
Levi Eshkol
Eshkol
Ben-Gurion
Negev
Tel Aviv
Egypt
Jordan
Red Sea
Dead Sea
Asia
Europe
Africa
Yarkon
Sea of Galilee
Bailey loses control as Johnson power reshapes DNC
Democratic chairman John Bailey loses influence as Kennedy operatives fade and Clifton Carter, under White House aide Marvin Watson, run the National Committee. Debt exceeds 1.7 million dollars, fund raising underwhelms, and voter registration shrinks, leaving Bailey depleted and seeking resignation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ashington
John Bailey
Bailey
Johnson
John F. Kennedy
Lyndon B. Johnson
National Party
National Committee
Clifton Carter
Carter
White House
Marvin Watson
Texas Democratic Party
Watson
Richard Maguire
Maguire
Washington
Johnson’s
Connecticut
Wirtz Stands Firm on Farm Labor Policy Clash
Secretaries policy to require American citizens on farms draws fire from Sen. Murphy who says Wirtz inflates citizen counts by counting permit holders as citizens and ignores crop losses. Critics warn rigid rules hurt growers and raise prices as bracero programs end.
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Willard Wirtz
Florida
Arizona
California
Wirtz
Grover Cleveland
George Murphy
Department of Labor
Murphy
Midwest
Mexico
U.S
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Roscoe Drummond
East Berlin Academy of Science
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Eldo Peck
Frankville
George Clark
Drew Pearson
Island of
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Eastern Mediterranean
The
Levant
University of the Desert
Stay Bokair
Kennedy
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
JFK
West Virginia
Matt Reese
Reese
Afl-Cio
Political Action Committee
COPE
Lbj Ranch
Arthur Krim
United Artists
Humphrey
Democratic Party
Hubert
John Chamberlain
Texas
New England
Puerto Rico
John Mark Bishop
Bishop Farms
Essential
Buena Vista
Humacao
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