The Press and the President in LBJ's Vietnam Crisis
The Observer notes a drift among quality papers led by the New York Times toward doubt about LBJ's Viet Nam policy while the popular press remains supportive. It suggests Johnson aims to bind the press to his government, fearing a weakened dissenting voice as his challenge to Congress deepens.
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Lyndon “Johnson
Viet Nam
New York Daily News
LBJ
Robert Kennedy
England
New York Times
White House
Washington
Walter Lippmann
Marquis Childs
U.S
Britain
Mr. Johnson
Douglass Cater
The
Reporter Magazine
Press
America
Lyndon Johnson
Kwame Nkrumah
Ian Smith
New York City
New Haven Railway
New York
Tom Kuchel
R-Calif
Supreme Court
Warren
California
Kuchel
Senate
Warren Magnuson
Seattle
CAB
SAS
Scandinavian Airlines
Copenhagen
Los Angeles
Bergen
Norway
Gotterberg
Sweden
Pan American
Seaboard
Romania
Nicolai Titulescu
Saigon
Nguyen Ky
South Viet Nam
Special Tribune
Dalat
GOP
Liberal Axis
George Romney
Michigan
Jack Javits
Dn.y
Javits
Romney
Richard Niron
Publicity Staged Visit Fails to Impress at Chapel Hill
A Lexington Dispatch report notes Aptheker spoke at Duke then faced limited turnout at Chapel Hill where NBC filmed a brief segment for Huntley-Brinkley. The wall scene drew students more for a TV still than for speech impact, while Duke and Chapel Hill drew larger crowds for concerts and events, underscoring student interest in entertainment over lecture.
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Chapel Hill
Huntley-Brinkley
NBC Television
Robert Morgan
Duke University
Johnny Mathis
Duke
Fidel Castro and the Subversive Cocktail Parties
The Washington Star criticizes Fidel Castro for missteps with China and Chile, while noting corruption at Western cocktail parties among his officials. It argues Castro’s actions are driven by seriousness, not humor, and mocks Western soft diplomacy as a cover for shared troubles with Moscow.
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Fidel Castro
Mr. Castro
Christian Democratic
Chile
Eduardo Frei
Castro
Fred
Moscow
Havana
Fidel
Cuba
Lyndon Johnson delays Soviet cultural pact signing
Washington column recalls LBJ delaying the US Soviet cultural exchange over assurances for American entertainment groups like Hello Dolly. The pact was signed two days later after a last minute White House request, with Romanovsky leaving Moscow in a huff. The piece also notes Scheuer’s transit activism and various political capsules.
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Carol Channing
United States
Soviet Russia
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Sergei Romanovsky
Lyndon
Atlantic City
Mary Martin
Russia
LBJ
Romanovsky
Moscow
Communist Party
Oy Stooge
U.S.A
Smart
James H. Scheuer
D-N.y
Congress
New York
Los Angeles
Watts
High Point notes on bridge chatter and city growth
A column discuses improbable bridge hands reported in Charlotte and Raleigh, notes expert skepticism from General Waynick, and reflects on newspaper fairness amid political campaigns. It highlights High Point Downtown Development, taxes, parking issues, and population growth debates amid a special census and local traffic mentions.
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Central Business
North Carolina
Old Plank Road
Goldsboro
Charlotte
Jamestown
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