Dirksen fails in one man one vote plan for state legislatures
Senate vote falls seven short of two thirds 57 to 39 as Dirksen bows to defeat his constitutional amendment. The piece notes Supreme Court ruling for equal population districts, GOP lobbying blocs, liberal opposition, and warning that Congress may soon face reapportionment pressure.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Everett M. Dirksen
Senate
Sen. Dirksen
Supreme Court
Dirkson
U.S. Chamber of Commerce
The
National Association of Manufacturers
American Retail Federation
American Farm Bureau
National Farmers Union
National Grange
American Civil Liberties Union
Americans For Democratic Action
National Committee For Fair Representation
Pau H. Doucvas
Illinois
Dirksen
Senate Judiciary Committee
Douc Ras
United States Senate
House of Congress
Sen. Drrksen
Hoover Speaks On Crime and Justice in FBI Bulletin
The August 1965 FBI Law Enforcement Bulletin quotes J Edgar Hoover criticizing leniency in parole probation and suspended sentences. He argues swift impartial justice deters crime and urges tighter punishment to protect victims and law enforcement. Editorial note mocks vacation cost tricks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
FBI
J. Epcak Hoover
Law Enforcement Bulletin
United States
Danville Register provides subscriber rates and mail notice
The Danville Register lists full subscription prices for daily and Sunday editions, carrier and mail options, and renewal reminders. It notes that the paper is a second class mail matter and mentions Associated Press rights and national advertising representatives.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Danville
Associated Press
Branham Company
Chicago
New York
Atlanta
Detroit
Dallas
St. Louis
Charlotte
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Miami
Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas City
Tenewais
Memorial note on Andy Whatley’s death in Americus
The piece recalls 19 year old Marine recruit Andy Whatley shot in Americus Georgia while not interfering with ongoing Negro demonstrations. Two young Black suspects have been indicted for murder though guilt remains unproven. The author contrasts presidential flower tributes for Black families with lack of tribute for Whatley, a white Marine hopeful.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Americus
Andy Whatley
Americas
Andy
Americus High School
Parris Island
Paris Island
Johnson
Viet Nam
World War Settlement and the Viet Nam Crisis
John Chamberlain asserts postwar settlements rely on defended status quo. He argues failure to stop South Vietnam would shatter the line from the Baltic to Korea, equating it to Rhineland remilitarization. He warns against global policing as a path to collapse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eurasian
Baltic Sea
Germany
Korea
Greece
Iran
Turkey
West Berlin
South Korea
Philippines
Iraq
Laos
Lebanon
Harry Truman
Potsdam
Lucius Clay
China
Formosa Strait
Mao Tse-tung
Chiang ‘Kai-shek
Quemoy
Matsu
Asia
South Vietnam
Hitler
Rhineland
Austria
Czech Sudetenland
United States
Walter Lippman
Hungary
Castro
Cuba
Caribbean
Central American
Guatemala
Dominican Republic
Moscow
Venezuela
Brazil
Berlin Wall
Lyndon Johnson
Sudetenland
Rome
Scottish Wall
Froz
Danube Fen
Gans
Medicare debate and the fate of elder medical care
A critical look at the Medicare bill passed under President Johnson. The piece argues that amendments failed, costs rise, and benefits remain limited to hospital care and some nursing services. It warns of potential expansion, greater federal control, and unresolved claims about who should receive aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
Johnson
Washington
Department of Health, Education and Welfare
United States
Aime Forand
Britain
Germany
Belgium
Lyndon Johnson
Oddball Gleanings From A Busy Desk Of The Era
A mix of wry observations on office life from the era includes an engineer noting body heat contributes three percent of required warmth, jokes about flag pole sprints, camp lizards, American girls growing taller, and quips about announcing national games, telephones, vacations, and a lean government spending ethos.
Minsk A City of Hostility and Hospitality to Visitors
The article recalls Minsk as a holy city for Russian Marxists and a battleground in wars, now a place where Americans find curiosity in capitalism. It notes German destruction in 1940s and postwar rebuilding, a hotel band playing Dixieland, and active education with over 20,000 international students at Russian institutions. It cites Kosygin on learning from backward nations and a lingering suspicion about Western influence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minsk
Ussr
Russian Socialist Democratic Workers
Russia
Hitler
Uncle Sam
Johnson
Intourist
Darktown Strutters
Pravda
Kosygin
Lumumba University Learns Diploma Gate Challenges
The piece notes Patrice Lumumba University struggles to gain international accreditation for its graduates and to overcome bias from foreign institutions. It details the university’s Soviet backing, compulsory factory work, indoctrination courses, and a critical view of Western snobbery expressed by bilingual guides.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chiang Kai-shek
Cheddi Jagan
Howard University
British Guiana
Central Africa
Patrice Lumumba University
University
Russia
S. V. Rumantsev
Lumumba
International Association of Universities
Lumumba U
Soviet Empire
U.S. Viet Nam pullback would hurt ally Japan says de Toledano
Ralph de Toledano argues Johnson must not retreat in Vietnam or risk alienating Japan a key Far East ally. He cites Sato's pro U S stance and warns Senate critics including Mansfield Morse Church Gruening Kennedy and Fulbright could provoke a strategic setback. He warns a pullback would undermine a broader Far East defense perimeter tying Philippines Formosa Okinawa South Korea and Japan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lyndon Johnson
Vietnam
Saigon
Senate
Mike Mansfield
Wayne Morse
Frank Church
Ernest Gruening
Robert F
Kennedy
J. William Ful‘bright
Washington
Far East
United States
Japan
Johnson
China
Eisaku Sato
U.S
Sato
South Korea
Red China
Partment
Free China
Taiwan
Europe
Peking
Tokyo
Philippines
Formosa
Okinawa
America
Asia
Bobby Kennedy
Mansfield
Appeal Fails to Draw Back to Morality
The notice laments a drift from propriety and notes few think the subject ever left. auto makers are urged to design safer cars and avoid collisions. In San Diego a weather event dampens the weatherman’s planned picnic as Mother Nature clings to the joke and cost of living rises unnoticed by many travelers.
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San Diego
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Richmond Times-Dispatch
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Russell Kirk
Senator Soaper
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Holmes
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