Insane or Guilty Duane Pope and the Nebraska Bank Killing
The piece weighs Pope's sanity at the Big Springs bank shooting, noting mixed psychiatrist views and a guilty verdict with maximum Nebraska penalty. It argues Pope may be rehabilitable yet accepts the jury’s decision to protect the innocent, comparing to the Clutter killings and urging accountability.
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Duane Pope
Big Springs
Neb
Bank
Richard Hickock
Perry Smith
Herbert Clutter
Here
Pope
Nebraska
Letter to Editor About Vietnam War Coverage
A reader criticizes greed and materialism in society after watching a CBS Vietnam War documentary. The writer accuses some people of selling out ethics for money, labeling patriotism as flag waving and urging Congressman Dole to notice. Signed G. C. Salter, Great Bend.
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CBS
Viet Nam
Dole
G. C. Salter
Great Bend
Johnson baffled as Fed raises rates over his protests
President Johnson clash with William McChesney Martin Jr over inflation policy ends with the Federal Reserve Board raising the discount rate from 4 to 4.5 percent. The independent board, seen as key to curbing inflation, opted to lift rates despite Johnson’s push to keep borrowing costs low, a move that also signals tighter conditions for mortgages and big borrowers.
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James Marlow
Associated Press News
Washington
Johnson
William McChesney Martin Jr
Martin
Federal Reserve Board
Congress
Wright Patman
House Banking Committee
Columbia University
Patman
Senate
Harry S. Truman
John F. Kennedy
Washington Post
Post
Reserve Board
Federal Reserve
Johnson’s White House Faces Bundy Exit and McNamara Shift
Drew Pearson reports LBJ weighs moving McNamara into a White House role, threatening Rusk’s sovereignty as secretary of state while civil-military balance likely remains dominated by military thinking. The piece notes Bundy’s likely departure pressuring Johnson and underscores the ongoing influence of the Joint Chiefs and Pentagon in shaping Vietnam policy.
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Washington
LBJ
White House
McGeorge Bundy
Robert McNamara
Dean Rusk
Bob McNamara
Honolulu
U.S
South
Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
U. S
Secretary of Defense
Pentagon
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Maxwell Taylor
Johnson
North Viet Nam
McNamara
Ence
North
Rusk
Florida
Georg Ball
Kosygin
Hanoi
State Department
Bar
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations
Pesident Humphrey
Bundy
Harvard
Hoover
Henry L. Stimson
Stimson
Ken
Nedy
Ford Foundation
Lyndon
Nevy
United States
Lyndon Johnson
Christmas notices and pet adoption callouts in a small town
On December first children spoke of Christmas while leaf-raking began. A four year old described a burn from a stove while a puppy litter of three mixed breeds offered free for Christmas. A gray kitten in Evelyn Fischer’s car needs a new home. Four Ming kittens are given away from Ollie Page’s home. Mrs Mabel Danford seeks homes for a cat and kitten before she leaves town. Call numbers provided.
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the Christian Church
Evelyn Fischer
Ollie
Mabel Danford
Stone Apartments
Crash Fatal During Hunt in Kansas
A light plane crashed seven miles north and a mile west of Iola during a coyote hunt. Passenger Ronald R. Poffenbarger, 27, of Allen County, was killed while pilot William D. Star, 33, suffered internal injuries and remained in critical condition. Ground hunters reported the plane side slipped during banking as six hounds chased a coyote.
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Iola
Kan
Ronald R. Poffenbarger
Allen County
William D. Star
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Debs Frazier
Finney, Lane
Scott
Wichita
Greeley
Hamilton
Kearny
Grant
Haskell
Gray Counties
Telegram Motor
Clites
The
Drew Pearson
Military
USA
Will McNamara
Tobie Schultz
Comfortron
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Corvette
Chavy
Fisher
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Chevrolet Way
Schreiber Motors, Inc
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