Bill Moyers A Constant Helper Behind Johnson Rise
Lyndon B. Johnson hired Bill Moyers, a 25 year old Baptist minister, in late 1959 and promoted him quickly. Moyers rose from staffer to key aide, later guiding Peace Corps efforts and serving beside Johnson after Kennedy's assassination, earning a reputation for calm perseverance and blunt judgment.
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W. B. R. Washington
Lyndon B. Johnson
Senate
Johnson
Bill D. Moyers
Lyndon
Moyers
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary
Baylor University
Waco
Texas
Bill Moyers
White House
Theodore Sorensen
John F. Kennedy
Peace Corps
Bill
Ealing
Sargent Shriver
Kennedy
Paul Geren
Foreign Service
Gov. Connally
Ralph Yarborough
Dallas
Lyndon Johnson
Washington
Morgan County News Notes and Local Visits
Community items list visitors from Cleveland Ohio and Texas and Florida trips. Annie Maude Ozbolt and Barry visit Ruth Gurley. Tanner reunion held at Cecil and Mrs Tanner's home. Home Demonstration Club picnic planned July 13. families including Oden, Bradford, Puckett, Puc kett and McKee relatives noted amid ill health and travel.
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Annie Maude Ozbolt
Barry
Cleveland
Ohio
Ira C. Oden
Home Demonstration Club
Mamie Livingston
Cluster Puckett
Johnny Puckett
Oklahoma
Helen
Diane Oden
Brenda Gailiday
Florida
Hubert Jennings
Michael and
Susan Bradford
Grant
W. T Lewis
Tanner
Cecil Tanner
Henry Stidham
Texas
Alvin McKee
Pacification by 1966 Hangs on Viet Nam Plan
In the Mekong Delta province of Kien Hoa Col Tran Ngoc Chau vows pacification by 1966 end. Go Cong and Long An show mixed control with officials hopeful as the grand national pacification plan faces scrutiny and doubts about Viet Namese force discipline rise.
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Bentre
South
Kien Hoa
South Viet Nam
Go Cong
USS
Long An
Viet Nam
U.S
Mekong Delta
Ngo Dinh Diem
Diem
Mastiff Guard Dog Keeps Postman Safe in South Africa
In East London, a bull mastiff assigned to postman Kenny Davidson guards his route. The dog protects Davidson from biting dogs and has worked alongside him for about a year, following a similar guarding role by a previous mastiff.
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East London
South Africa
Kenny Davidsson
Davidson
Sears
Highway 31
Gateway Shopping Center
Decatur
Delta Pacification Plan Faces Mixed Reactions
An American adviser touring the Mekong delta reports broad support for the national pacification plan despite notable bitterness. Hundreds of Americans and Vietnamese express beliefs the strategy may succeed with time and patient effort.
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Mekong Delta
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