GOP Should Take Lesson From Era Of Good Feeling
James Marlow analyzes Republican setbacks after 1964 and notes the era of good feeling under Monroe as a warning. He cites figures showing GOP losses in 1964 and early leadership shifts, with Everett Dirksen and Dean Burch as key players shaping cautious optimism for 1966 and 1968.
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Gop
James Marlow
Associated Press
Washington (Ap
James Monroe
Congress
Johnson
Belican
Senate
Everett M. Dirksen
Alexander Hamilton
John Adams
Thomas Jefferson
Monroe
White House
Woodrow Wilson
House
Dean Burch
Republican “National Committee
Barry Goldwater
Burch
Ray C. Bliss
National Committee
Gallup poll asks national symbol of the United States
A 1965 Gallup Poll finds 31 percent name the eagle as the U.S. symbol, with the flag and the idea of freedom following. The survey notes varied answers and mentions Uncle Sam and the Statue of Liberty, while many cited money or other ideas.
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George Gallup
Princeton
United States
Gallup
The
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Harvard
New York City
Uncle Sam
Samuel Wilson
Land of
Horn of Plenty
White House
Ben Franklin
God
American Institute of Public Opinion
Son 40 Driver Dies In Highway 17 Crash North Of Town
A 40 year old son who was a passenger in a car that ran off Highway 17 about 12 miles north of town just after midnight Saturday died. The report notes the incident occurred near midnight and involves a single vehicle with one deceased occupant.
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Son
Highway 17
Ike Resort Town Now A Rest Haven
Lake Baykal Siberia serves as backdrop for Eisenhower and Khrushchev’s planned June 1960 talks. The story describes dachas for the leaders and advisers, azalea blooms, a pool table, a putting green, and the six foot fence separating villagers from the secluded hillside retreat. The piece notes Khrushchev’s wish to return via Japan with a Spirit of Lake Baykal, contrasting with Camp David’s Spirit.
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Nikita S. Khrushchev
Soviet Union
United States
Siberia
Eisenhower
Khrushchev
Moscow
Leningrad
Kiev
Russia
U.S
Camp David
Maryland
Japan
Lake Baykal
Sverdlovsk
Francis Gary Powers
Siberian
Krasnoyarsk
Bookmobile Schedule for Thursday July 1
The schedule lists stops and times for a bookmobile route on Thursday July 1 including Antioch Baptist Church 8:45 to 9:15, Belle Mina Ingles 9:30 to 10:00, Greenbrier Webb's 10:15 to 10:30, Experiment Station 10:45 to 11:00, Capshaw Foster's 11:25 to 12:00, lunch 12:15 to 12:45, Copeland Me Dole's 12:45 to 1:15, Fairmont old school yard 1:30 to 2:00, and French's Mill 2:15 to 2:45.
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Antioch Baptist Church
Belle Mina
Inglis
Greenbrier
Webb's
Experiment Station
Capshaw
Foster’s
Copeland
Me Dole’s
Fairmont
Old School Yard
French’'s Mill
Florence Man Dies Of Auto Injuries
A Florence Alabama man Walden Leon Thompson died in a Lauderdale County hospital from injuries after a one car crash last Saturday. Local Highway Patrol identified him as the deceased. The report notes cars and houses in a resort area repurposed as a vacation labor center with Khrushchev and Eisenhower references in a satirical aside.
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Florence
Ala
Lauderdale County
Highway Patrol
Walden Leon Thomp
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Charlie
Dean
Doan
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Gibson
Curtis Mathes
Bank Street
Decatur
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