Peanut's rise after Civil War sparks a southern staple
Centennial notes detail how peanuts spread from colonial roots to a postwar staple. Soldiers learned to roast goobers during Sherman’s march, goober peas songs spread, and Carver's Tuskegee Institute research elevated peanut cultivation into a major regional crop with diverse uses from oil to plastics.
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Eisenhower backs birth control data spread bill
Former President Dwight D. Eisenhower endorses a Senate bill to create new population control programs including birth control education and research. He urges coordinated federal and private action to slow world population growth and warns against unintended welfare incentives.
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Dwight D. Eisenhower
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Alaska
Frank Moss
Utah
Joseph Clark
D-Pa
Ralph Yarborough
D-Tex
Morris K. Udall
D-Ariz
D.R. Matthews
D-Flo
U. S
Peace In Viet Nam Debate Divides Critics And Admin
AP analysis shows the Johnson administration and key critics in a shared dilemma over Vietnam policy. Bundy defends staying the course while Morgenthau urges negotiation with the Communists or withdrawal with honor. Morgenthau cites Fulbright’s plan to hold coastal strongpoints to enable talks. Bundy emphasizes aiding South Vietnam and seeking a conference room to avert greater danger.
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Chicago University
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Viet Nam
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Morgenthau
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Foreign Relations Committee
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South Viet Nam
Rights and Death Penalty Debates Mark 1965 Legislatures
Civil rights, reapportionment and the death penalty dominated state legislatures in 1965 with many adopting anti discrimination laws and grappling with district redraws under the one man, one vote mandate. Indiana and Nebraska saw major reapportionment battles while New York moved to limit capital punishment to certain cases.
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Karl Rolvaag
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Hampton youth found drowned near Buckroe Beach
Virginia brief reports the body of 16 year old Charles Galland of Hampton recovered in Chesapeake Bay near Buckroe Beach after being last seen swimming toward a boat Saturday. His parents reported him missing Sunday and rescue efforts with Coast Guard had continued until the body was found by Richmond anglers. Also notes a Winchester man found guilty of attempted murder in a separate case.
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Charles Galland
Chesapeake Bay
Buckroe Beach
Galland
Willis G. Galland
Lee Street
Coast Guard
Winchester (Ap
Emory Lee Shifflett
Winchester
Winchester Corporation Court
Shifflett
Courtney Loring Ashwood
Virginia Beach
Virginia National Guardsmen
Virginia
Naval Air Forces
Atlantic Fleet
Edward M. Hudgins
Chesterfield
OCS
State Guard
Frank H. Britton
2Nd Army
Old Folks March for Medicare Picket at AMA Meeting
About 500 senior citizens protested outside the American Medical Association annual meeting on Seventh Avenue in Manhattan calling for a federal Medicare plan under Social Security. Inside, doctors debated resisting Medicare due to fears of third party control over treatment.
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Seventh Avenue
Manhattan
American Medical Association
AMA
Mediare
Senate
House of Delegates
Becky Beekeman
Blue Cross
Joint Council
Joint Board, Fur, Leather and Machine Workers Union
Brighton Friendship Club
Brooklyn
Medicare
Mills Movie London Debuts Family Cast Ahead
A new film titled Bats with Baby Faces has begun production in London. Hayley Mills stars as the lead, with John Mills directing and Mary Hayley Bell writing the story, making it a Mills family project.
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London
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Forefathers Believed Fourth Of July Linked To God
In a Danville Virginia column Frank Swicegood argues the Fourth of July lacks religious significance but reflects forefathers beliefs. He praises the founders Washington Adams Madison Franklin Jay Jefferson Hamilton and others, saying their struggle secured God given privileges. He invites readers to next week’s column exploring their beliefs and behavior.
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