Still Born Campaigns Cool Off Virginia and Danville
A Union Street political weather note says both Danville and Virginia campaigns are lackluster. In Virginia, dissidents falter as incumbents retreat, while Democratic primaries test candidates like Sponc and Boothe against Sen. Robertson and Byrd. Local editorials call the race largely issue-free and forecast a quiet election season.
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Union Street
Danville
Virginia
Joan W. Carter
Canter
U.S. Senate
Old Dominion
Pat Jennings
William
Sponc
Portsmouth
A. Willis Robertson
Lexington
Sponge
Armistead Boothes
Alexandria
Harry F. Byrp, Jr
Bootue
Senate
U.S
Robertson
Byrp
Spona
Booine
Johnson
Spone
Norfolk Navy Yard
Washington
Potomac
Boothe
Long Island Rail Strike Over Cocktails Draws Cheers and Critique
The Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen called a walkout on the Long Island Railroad after a luncheon for executives featured cocktails. Crew suspensions followed reports of beer with lunch, highlighting safety concerns as engineers return to service and commuters seek a resumed schedule.
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Long Island
Flatbush
America
Harry Golden
Brooklyn
Brotherhood of Railway
Long Island Railroad
L.lr.r. Diesel
LIRR
Rural Electrification Ads Clash Over REA Financing
The National Rural Electric Cooperative Association in Washington, DC, contrasts two ads in The New York Times and The Washington Post. One praises cooperatives serving rural areas with REA loans, while another warns Congress on a proposed Federal Bank and a $9.5 billion growth capital need over 15 years for survival.
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New York Times
National Rural Electric Cooperative Association of
Washington, D.C
Rural Electrification Administration
Washington Post
Congress
Federal Bank For
Rural Electrics
Let's Keep On Being Nasty To Man Policy Has Worked Well
A Washington column attacks Senator Ted Kennedy and other critics over the U S China policy. The piece argues for a tough, anti-communist stance and defends past actions in Asia, asserting that exclusion and firmness prevented worse outcomes in Formosa, the Philippines, and Vietnam. It portrays McGovern and Kennedy as fearing failure and warns against a blue ribbon reassessment.
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Washington, D. C
Ted Kennedy
Mass
Kennedy
Matt Ridgeway
Milton Eisenhower
Ridgeway
Vietnam
Eisenhower
Latin America
George McGovern
S.D
James Gavin
Wisenshower
Far East
Kennedy, McGovern
Fulbright
Orient
Western Pacific
Formosa
Philippines
Quemoy-Matsu
Owen Lattimore
Senate
Russia
Red China
Sukarno
Indonesia
South Vietnam
Marshal Ky
National Liberation Front
Asia
McGovern
South Korea
Congress and Johnson clash over education subsidies
President Johnson decries Congress for extreme education subsidies while seeking cuts and caps. He cites proposed 100 million for school lunches, 166 trillion for college loans, and three year college construction grants, but Congress demands nearly 3 billion. He warns of Vietnam war costs and asks if cafeterias and fields outrank essential needs.
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Johnson
Congress
House of Representatives
Washington
University of California
Vietnam
Asia
United States
Quips and Queries From a Wandering Newspaper Page
A jumbled column parades ideas from a senator on beauty and bulldozers to new math, dancing, wheel invention, a retiree's life reflections, and industry’s pull on graduates. It weighs entertainment, work, sleep, and Nevada gambling wages with a wry, scattershot tone.
Ralph de Toledano analyzes Johnsons cross currents in inflation
The Johnson Administration aims to slow inflation by managing production and spending while courting labor and business leaders. The piece argues White House appeals mask economic realities, with farm policy expansion injecting purchasing power, potentially aiding Democrats but fueling inflation, and questions whether the dual political and economic approach can endure.
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Johnson
White House
Fiasco In Alabama Horror On Many Counts
William F Buckley Jr alleges in a critique that George Wallace flouts the law and that the Voting Rights Act has enabled illiterates to vote in Alabama. He links Wallace’s tactics to a broader assault on democracy and warns of long lasting institutional debaucheries beyond a single election. The piece questions federal overreach and party dynamics in the South.
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Alabama
George Wallace
South
State of
Wallace
Charlie McCarthy
Evelyn Waugh
Martha Hornbucker
Richmond Flowers
Flowers
Congress
Hornbacker
Cornflakes
Republican Party
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San Francisco
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Minneapolis
New Orleans
Kansas
Cit
Rea
Wall Street Journal
Congress Liberals
Ee A
Arner
Holmes Alexander
Congressional
By Russell Kirk
Senator Soaper
J. Keats
Nevada
Ralph de Toledano
Vately
Mr. Johnson
West Virginia
William F. Buckley, Jr
California
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