President Johnson Aims to Defend the Dollar and Cut Imports
Editorial argues Johnson plans aggressive steps to bolster the dollar. It cites a 1967 balance of payments deficit of 3.5 to 4 billion dollars and calls for tighter controls on foreign investment travel and spending abroad. The piece urges wage restraint and asks citizens to reduce personal expenditures to support policy goals.
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Johnson
Hemisphere
Europe
United States
Congress
Make Your Date With 68 A Practical Plan
A Decatur Daily editorial outlines a New Year boost using Norman Vincent Peale ideas. It presents a day by day plan for 1968: visualize a good year, reset past mistakes, tackle one day at a time, analyze and change failure patterns, and end with daily prayer to invite guidance and strength.
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Decatur Daily
Nor‘mai Vincent Peale
Smiley Blanton
Wilbur Cross
Connecticut
Emerson
Advice for a teen facing a troubled family marriage
The columnist says suffering follows poor prayerful choices and urges the mother to live righteously to influence her husband. The advice to the teen is to avoid an unequally yoked marriage and to prefer singleness over raising children without Christ.
Russians played double game with Nasser in June war
Washington reports a secret Pearson column reveals Russia fed Nasser both urgent diplomatic appeals to avoid war and separate KGB messages backing his moves to block the Tiran Strait. Nasser weighed conflicting Kremlin signals, leaning on the KGB channel for guidance while diplomacy urged restraint.
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Washington
Egypt
Nasser
U. S
Kremlin
Israel
Cairo
Moscow
KGB
Foreign Office
CIA
State Department
Sinai
U. N
Tiran Strait
Soviet Union
USSR
Sallah Nasser
Negev
Elat
Strait of Tiran
Egyptian Politics and Soviet Ties Stir War Debacle
The piece recalls Nasser delaying Arab attack tactics amid Cold War mistrust with the Soviet KGB. Rival commanders Amer and Badran clash over blame, Amer dismissed and poison alleged. Sallah Nasser implicated. A Russia KGB shakeup mirrors US CIA changes after the Bay of Pigs. Newspaper notes misstatements and subscription details from Decatur Alabama.
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Nasser
Israel
Abdel Hakim Amer
Shams Badran
KGB
Field Marshal
Amer
Sallah Nasser
Badran
Alsso
Russia
CIA
Viewpoint: New Crisis Shapes in Southeast Asia
David Lawrence warns of a March like buildup as North Vietnam and Red China press for a broader war in Southeast Asia. He cites sanctions on sanctuaries in Laos and Cambodia, the potential involvement of Nationalist Chinese forces, and U S decisions to deter aggression through diplomacy or escalation. The piece notes Laos Cambodia and the SEATO framework and questions how far the United States will go to prevent a wider conflict.
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Washington
Southeast Asia
Soviet Union
Red China
Laos
Cambodia
South Vietnam
United States
Vietnam
Department of State
China
Red Chinese
Seri
Ous
Peking
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Asia
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Christ
Drew Pearson
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Decatur
Tennessee Valley Printing Co., Inc
Ala
Associated Press
New York Times News Service
Viewpoint
David Lawrence
Publishers-Hall Syndicate
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