Johnsons TV broadcast tests FCC rules on personal attack
James Reston surveys the Johnson TV address amid FCC regulations on political content. He notes the President pressed hard, showed forceful traits, and hinted at housing and job programs while criticizing rivals, with the watchdog rules likely to spark court battles.
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James Reston
New York Times News
Washington
Federal Communications Commission
Johnson
Eugéne McCarthy
Senawae
CBS
NBC
ABC
White House
Air Force 1
Australia
New York Times
Washington Post
Los Angeles Times
Washington.ad Agency
Democratic National Committee
McCarthy
Kennedy
FCC
Eric Se
Vareid
Jimmy Hoffa
Bobby Baker
Jimmy
C.B.S
Hoffa
Communications Act
RCC
Ready
Thieu
National Liberation Front
Saigon
Len Kennedy
New York
Gulf of Tonkin Incidents Under Senate Question
Senate Foreign Relations Committee members question the 1964 Gulf of Tonkin incidents amid doubts over evidence and administration accounts. Defense officials defend the factual basis while scrutiny rises over whether destroyers Maddox and Turner Joy were actually attacked.
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Gulf of Tonkin
Senate
New York Times
Washington
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Administration
Defense Department
Congress
South Vietnam
U. S
Maddox
North Vietnam
Turner Joy
Defense
Robert S. McNamara
Sen
J. W. Fulbright
Arkansas
Committee
McNamara
Th Joint Chiefs of Staff
John W. White
Cheshire
Japan
White
Long Beach
Calif.) Naval Shipyard
David E. Mallow
Love
Pacific
Mallow
Richard Fryklund
Tonkin
Public Forum Letters Raise Vietnam War Reflections and TV Concerns
A Christmas heartfelt letter honors U S troops in Vietnam and questions the Maddox incident while a Decatur Daily Public Forum shares reader protests over adult only TV content, social security tax ideas, and letter guidelines. Names, dates, and local stations referenced anchor the discussions.
Treaties on Senate Agenda in 1968
The 1968 Senate is expected to consider a broad treaty program including two UN linked human rights conventions linked to Mrs. Roosevelt, a general OAS charter revision, and new trade pacts on grains and tariffed commodities. Also on deck are Panama Canal treaties and the nuclear nonproliferation treaty awaiting floor action, with opposition from the American Bar Association and solid support from Senator Proxmire.
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Congressional Quarterly
Washington
Senate
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Pbrecaie
Roosevelt
United Nations Commission On Human Rights
American Bar Assn
William Proxmire
Dwis
OAS
Johnson
Organization of Amer-icar States
Inter-American Conference
Gene Whi
Geneva
United Nations
House
Congress
Panama Canal
U. S
Panama
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President Johnson
Texas
Ainlat
President Thieu
America
Harold E. Holt
St. Paul’s
Melbourne
Prince Charles
Lord Casey
Lady Casey
Jesus
Vietnam
Bertie L. Vinzant
Public Forum
Decatur Daily
Decatur, Alabama
T. V
Birmingham
Everette Holle
Wapi-Tv
Ala
Keith Barnes
Wbrc-Tv
Jim Reed
Wbmg-Tv
Avenue of the Americas
N.Y
Rockefeller Center
West 52Nd Street
Sirs
E. C. Norris
Vinemont
Alabama
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