LBJ Tributes Pour In Dynamic Leader Across Nation
Public officials and citizens mourn Lyndon Baines Johnson as a dynamic leader and architect of the Great Society. Statements from Nixon Agnew Mansfield Albert Scott and O’Neill praise his courage vision and lifelong service to America.
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Great Society Programs Axed By Nixon Budget Cuts
The Nixon administration trims Lyndon Johnson era Great Society programs amid rising costs and a shift toward revenue sharing. Model Cities housing subsidies and manpower training face cuts while Medicare and antidiscrimination laws may endure. Critics call many programs unworkable as budget constraints bite.
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Johnson's Vietnam shadow over his presidency and exit
In Johnson's first hours as president Vietnam troubled his tenure and by his 1968 speech he announced he would not seek re election. Notable tributes from McNamara Katzenbach Rostow Califano Jordan and others praised his civil rights laws and social programs and his fight for the poor and black Americans. Humphrey recalled the night Johnson said peace mattered most.
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Goal Line Eluded Him Editor's Note on LBJ's retirement
This dispatch recalls Lyndon B. Johnson's contradictory pull between Washington power and his Texas Pedernales home. It notes his retirement talks, cancer and heart disease dream, and a 1968 shift toward peace in Vietnam, ending with his loss to expectations and a fading political touchdown.
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