Thant Beliefs Offer Path to End Viet Nam War
Editorial argues U Thant’s three peace steps could end the Viet Nam tragedy. It urges U.S. bombing cessation, deescalation, and talks including the NLF, noting mixed U.S. statements on inviting the NLF and calling for a forthright Johnson admin stance to prompt negotiations.
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Thant
U Thant
Carthage
Coventry
Amsterdam
Dresden
Hiroshima
U. S
North
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
United States
National Liberation Front
West Virginia considers public disclosure to curb conflicts of interest
Sen. Carl E. Gainer urges a law requiring all state officials and employees, including lawmakers, to publicly reveal annual income from state services and business with the state. The measure aims to expose conflicts, empower voters, and justify immediate penalties when conflicts go undisclosed. The special committee's final recommendations remain pending.
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West Virginia
Hulett Smith
Carl E. Gainer
D-Nicholas
Sen. Gainer
Dick Gregory Attack Not Fair
The piece defends President Johnson’s civil rights record while denouncing comedian Dick Gregory for a coarse joke about a nuclear bomb. It argues Gregory’s attack is neither funny nor fair despite his talent for dialogue and acknowledges the president’s efforts on Negro freedom.
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Johnson
American Legion
Abraham Lincoln
Dick Gregory
United States
White House
Big Daddy
Gregory
Reader argues against state purchase of strip land
William N. Grafton of Morgantown condemns Ernsts plan to buy up strip mined lands and expand taxes. He warns of socialism and higher costs, urges private investment and stronger enforcement, and predicts mass migration if West Virginia adopts such policies. He cites environmental degradation and calls for limited government in mountain communities.
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West Virginia
Ernst
Khrushchev
Ohio
William N. Grafton
Highland Ave
Morgantown
EDITORIAL: SEVAREID REPORTS VIETNAM WAR AS CIVIL CONFLICT
Norman M. Spector argues that Eric Sevareid’s Southeast Asia report showed the Viet Nam war to be a civil war between factions within one state and not China driven. He contends domestic politics influenced the war and calls the intervention needless and unjustified.
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the Gazette
Eric Sevareid
Southeast Asia
Johnson
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
Robert McNamara
Red China
China
Norman M. Spector
Quarrier St
City
Lipppmann’s Gamble On A Military Victory In Vietnam
Walter Lippmann argues the President is fixed on a militarist path in Vietnam. He predicts possible end of Ho Chi Minh’s elite reserves, but warns a protracted guerrilla war may ensue. Ky’s government and China complicate any negotiated settlement, yet the President commits to another major wager on victory.
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Ho Chi Minh
France
China
North
Viet Nam
Purge fantasy mirrors political theater in Washington
Russell Baker imagines a Chinese style purge in the United States where Johnson cleans house by removing Kennedy Fulbright and Morse. He satirizes leaks media reactions and network politics with imagined responses from CBS NBC and public figures, ending noting the Chinese misread Johnson’s stance as a Western curiosity.
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Boondocks
America
Johnson
Sen
Robert Kennedy
J. W. Fulbright
Wayne Morse
Kennedy
Fulbright
Morse
Washington
White House
Senate
CBS
NBC
Fullbright
Bobby Kennedy
Minnesota
California
Ronald Reagan
Hubert Humphrey
Lonesome End Defense and Oddities Spark Brief Snippet
A mixed bag of quips notes Captain Carpenter’s air attack remark as a wartime paradox, skewers picket fashion and stamp collecting, mocks Russia’s democracy claims, Rhode Island’s quiet commencement, and a punch line about a crowd disperser linked to a 1964 GOP patent.
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Bill Carpenter
Ek Ok
Navy Gunfire Reconsidered for Viet Nam War
Washington editors argue for reviving 16 inch battleship firepower to pressure the Viet Cong. They note gunnery training faded, ships converted to missiles, and McDonald’s cautious stance, urging reactivation of Iowa class guns to deliver high explosive volleys at long range.
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Col. Heins
Marine Corps
Quantico
Naval Institute Proceedings
Viet Nam
Adm
John
McCain Jr
U. S
U. N
Bremerton
Wash
McCain
Navy
Howard D. Greyber
Greber
South Viet Nam
Drake
Adm. McDonald
Gen. Westmoreland
Lyndon Johnson
Private club conduct questioned by public letter
A June 23, 1966 letter to a senator complains about public curiosity into the actions of the world's most exclusive private club, calling the inquiry impertinent and defending secrecy.
Lesson in English by W L Gordon
A compact English lesson by W L Gordon correcting common usage and pronunciation. It covers avoiding far distance, proper pronunciation of Mauna Loa, and common misspellings such as Venus versus venous plus synonyms for learned and conversant.
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W. L. Gordon
Mauna Loa
Venus
Planet
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Philately
University of Rhode Island
un-American Activities Committee
James Kilpatrick
Viet
Robert D. Heinl
U.S. Naval Institute
Boston
Canberra
David L. McDonald
Naval Operations
McDonald
Pacific
MacDonald
Washington, D. C
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