U.S. Shifts Tone Toward Vietcong amid Saigon Tensions
The Johnson administration quietly broadens contact with the Vietcong’s National Liberation Front while urging Saigon not to concede to a Front-led coalition. Ambassadors and officials discuss nonrecognition and possible political inclusion, signaling growing U.S. flexibility ahead of any peace talks.
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Hedrick Smith
New York Times
Washington
Johnson
United Nations Security Council
Vietnam
Goldberg
U.S
Saigon
Ammder Security Council
Front
Saigop
Hubert H. Humphrey
Humphrey
Robert F. Kennedy
D-N.y
State Department
United States
Tually
United Democratic
Niot
Vietnam Says UN Has No Authority Over Vietnam Question
North Vietnam dismisses UN involvement as illegal and ridicules reports that the South Vietnam Liberation Front sought UN Security Council representation. Nahin Dan accuses the United States of maneuvering at the UN while warning of intensified fighting and mobilization of mercenaries and reinforcements.
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Hanoi
North Vietnam
Agence France-Presse
United Nations
Vietnam
South Vietnam Nations Liberation Front
Security Council
Nhan Dan
Communist Party
Nixon May Plan Shift In Strategy
A Nixon campaign source says Nixon may enter additional primaries beyond the four key early races to win delegates and build momentum for the nomination. The plan hinges on party unity and would depend on New Hampshire and Wisconsin results, with possible involvement in favorite son states if allowed.
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Robert B. Semple JR
New York Times News Service
Washington
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
Johnson
George Romney
Michigan
New Hampshire
Wisconsin
Nebraska
Oregon
Indiana
South Dakota
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
Ohio
Florida
California
New
Jersey
Illinois
Ronald Reagan
Unity
Party
Raymond P. Shafer
New York
Nelson Rockefeller
Decatur
Ala
Nikodim
Russia
USA
Vietnam
America
Tax Deficit May Become A Surplus Says Economist
An economist predicts the federal budget could swing from a large deficit to a surplus by 1975 if Vietnam War hostilities end. Murray L. Weidenbaum of Washington University says revenues may outpace spending as tax collections grow faster than outlays, while state and local budgets face the opposite trend.
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H. Erich Heinemann
New York Times News Service
New York
Johnson
Murray L. Weidenbaum
Department of Economics
Washington University
St. Louis
American Enterprise Institute
Weidenbaum
Tom Wicker
Washington
Humphrey
Eugene McCarthy
Vietnam
Minneapolis
A.F.L.C
Lyndon B. Johnson
Hubert H.humphrey
C.I.A
State Department
National Security Council
Joint Chiefs
A Prayer For Today Inward self doubt and call for service
The speaker asks God to rebalance priorities and emphasize service over self. Rupert Hoover, a First Methodist Church minister from Ann Arbor Michigan, signs the prayer seeking insight and transformation in Jesus name.
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Jesus
Hoover Rupert
Ann Arbor
Mich
First Methodist Church
Letters from Decatur readers praise paper for wartime support
A reader thanks the Decatur Daily for publishing his name and letters from Alabama readers. He defends soldiers in Vietnam, criticizes antiwar protesters, and urges continued support for troops and the paper. He also notes radio program recommendations and thanks Mrs. Howard H. Morris for writing his name in the paper.
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Decatur
Alabama
White House
Vietnam
U.S
Deca
Tetur
Morgan County
Howard H. Morris
Sgt James
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Hoover
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