Politics Pervades Poverty Program
Californians distrust the Great Society poverty program with nearly half viewing it as political leverage. Democrats split, Republicans largely oppose, and most voters call for independent audits and investigations before expanding funding. The survey signals rising discontent and a view of the program as political plunder to win votes.
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Great Society
Long Beach
This Day In Review Invasions and Declarations in War History
United Press International notes key events from 1898 the start of the Cuban invasion in the Spanish-American War to 1940 Mussolini declaring war on France and Britain. In 1942 the Lidice village massacre is recorded along with deportations to camps. A Thoreau thought concludes.
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Cuba
Benito Mussolini
France
Britain
Gestapo
Lidice
Czechoslovakia
Countdown tale on prenuptial parties and political dreams
A fragmented item mentions Lady Bird counting prenuptial parties and Lyndon learning new dances while Barry Goldwater claims two million people doubt the 194 campaign’s outcome. The text implies a wake up moment for supporters.
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Lady Bird
Lyndon
Barry Goldwater
Pay The Taxes Peasants War Alliance Explained
A critical column denounces the Powell Kennedy Shriver poverty alliance funding expansion. It cites Mitchell J. Ginsberg and Winifred Lally salary boosts, Pierce targeted by Adam Clayton Powell and Kennedy, and calls for taxpayers to foot the bill amid criticized administrative growth and patronage in the anti poverty programs. The piece frames the Democratic National Committee as financially strained under this trio and urges peasants to pay the taxes.
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New York City
Mitchell J. Ginsberg
Winifred Lally
Adam Clayton Powell
Scaramouch Powell
House
Robert F. Kennedy
Kennedy
Sargent Shriver
Wisted
Mr. Kennedy
Senate
Mr. Powell
Robert ¥. Kennedy
Powell- Kennedy-Shriver Alliance
Shriver
Johnson
Powell-Kennedy-Shriver
Bobby Kennedy
Washington
National Security Council
Chicago
Viet Nam
Powell
Yankee Stadium
South Africa
Yugoslav Visit Shows Harsh Realities of Communism
An American professor and his wife in Belgrade describe Yugoslavia as poor dull and expensive with government secrecy and surveillance. They learn Serbian mainly to read official handouts while avoidant of local shopping and daily chores. Greece offers contrast as capitalist and comfortable. The piece warns against simplistic Tito portrayals and hints at a future story on Greece’s Pleian region.
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YoIns
Grerce
Yugoslavia
Belgrade
Volos
Greece
States
Ing
Tilo
Tito
Pliian
Greene
Reagan Victory Spurs Conservative Surge in California
Barry Goldwater lauds Ronald Reagan’s California primary win as the start of a broader conservative upsurge. He argues the liberal establishment overreached in the 1960s, cites Vietnam, NATO, inflation, and social programs, and predicts a nationwide GOP victory as voters awaken to right policies vs liberal excesses.
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Ronald Reagan
California
Reagan
GOP
George Christopher
Pat Brown
Goldwater
Viet Nam
NATO
President Lyndon Johnson Great Society claims mocked
A columnist critiques a presidential self praise list on Great Society gains. He cites inflated education funding figures, unemployment and payroll boosts, GDP and personal income claims, then contrasts them with higher living costs, rising prices and a ballooning national debt. The tone is skeptical and satirical.
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Washington
Great Society
LBJ
A Prayer For Today Our Father In Heaven
A nation pleads for guidance admitting misplaced priorities between economy and spirit. The prayer asks forgiveness for living by bread alone and seeks to restore focus on spiritual matters. It affirms God’s fatherly care and calls for putting first things first.
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