Inconsistent Cuban Trade Policy Amid Election Year Pressure
The Johnson Administration touts a hard line against Cuba while privately pressuring maritime unions to lift dockside boycotts on ships discharging in Cuban ports. The clash pits anti blockade rhetoric against pragmatism favoring some 10,000 U.S. seamen and shipping firms. Union leaders have resisted Johnson’s soft line, urging decisive action to protect American cargoes and USS ships, amid reliance on allies and election-year sensitivities.
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Flags of Convenience
Hong Kong
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Language Quiz on History of English Spelling and Pronunciation
The questions test correct grammar, pronunciation, and spelling. They address phrases like broken leg phrasing, machete pronunciation, misspelled words such as perennial or penicillin, meanings of pand er as obsession, and words starting obs with notes on obsession and belief versus gibberish.
Why Lodge Fails to Rally GOP Delegates in 1964 Campaign
In evaluating Ambassador Henry Cabot Lodge, Republican leaders see a lack of grassroots support and doubt his ability to oppose Communist tactics. They recall his ineffective 1952 campaign, his role in Vietnam and Hungary, and warn he cannot beat Democrats in Massachusetts. They refuse to nominate a figure serving a Democratic administration who avoids debates.
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Viet Nam
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Lyndon Johnson
Massachusetts
War on poverty in Appalachia faces a collapse of policy
Henry J. Taylor argues the war on poverty in Appalachia is hampered by policy errors. He criticizes increased foreign oil and waste oil imports, a shrinking coal market, and misaligned federal aid. Taylor cites President Johnson and Kennedy era goals, warning that blaming taxpayers alone masks deeper policy failures. John L. Lewis calls dumping oil “stupidity” and “economic murder.”
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Appalachia
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West Virginia
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Venezuela
New York-New England
State Department
John L. Lewis
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Controversy Hits California State College System Governance
The long running dispute pits California trustees against San Francisco State College faculty. Dean Robert Smith resigns citing centralized control threats to campus creativity. A plan to reorganize SF State is rejected as too costly, admissions policies spark clashes, and probes by governors, the legislature, and ad hoc committees loom. The core question remains who should set policy for the State Colleges.
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Brown
San Francisco
Fulbright Mission Ties Trade Talks to Cuba Policy
Washington reports detail Senate Fulbright’s Cyprus trip used as a cover for Johnson’s broader aim to raise a U S Brit on trade policy with the Soviet Union and Cuba. He met Prime Minister Home in London to push for East West trade relaxation in exchange for Cuba concessions, while Johnson sought to assure Home of seriousness in denying Castro and expanding Khrushchev ties.
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Cuba
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Khrushchev
Home
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Johnson
Castro
Letters on Vietnam and arms from readers in The Review
A late issue features reader letters debating South Vietnam’s importance, isolationist views, and the need to back U S advisors. The piece questions public understanding, cites Jerome Davis lectures, and urges vigilance against communism. Readers discuss arms, crime, narcotics, and gun rights under laws and co existence concerns.
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Laos
Free Nations
Gun Control Letter Calls Out Firearms Bills
A reader's first letter to the editor argues that firearm registration bills threaten ordinary citizens who enjoy sports shooting. The writer contends that restricting guns places the public at risk and cites frequent newspaper articles as supporting evidence.
Private enterprise to create jobs says Goldwater
Senator Goldwater argues jobs come from private business, while Illinois Governor Kerner and Chicago Mayor Daley push Be Kind to Animals Week. The piece notes Johnson’s prediction of a future woman president and mocks political posturing amid unemployment, highlighting a lively partisan tone.
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Illinois
Kerner
Chicago
Daley
Johnson
White House
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