Johnson shifts foreign policy from liability to asset
Editorial notes LBJ’s North Vietnam air strikes consolidate public support. Harris survey shows 85 percent backing action, with 72 percent confidence in handling Viet Nam crisis, and a 2 to 1 majority favoring expanding the war into North Vietnam. The piece contrasts past crises and warns unity may fade after election.
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LBJ
Lou Harris
President Johnson
North Vietnam
U.S
Viet Nam
Johnson
U. S
Barry Goldwater
Goldwater
Hoover at Ninety Honored for Lifelong Public Service
The piece lauds Herbert Hoover on his 90th birthday, praising a career serving the United States and the world. It cites his UNICEF work and his faith in America, quoting his belief that freedom fuels initiative and that open opportunity sustains human dignity, while noting his enduring public trust amid criticism.
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Herbert Hoover
Sir Winston Churchill
Unicef
America
Editorial Viewpoints on Catholic School Discontinuance
Editorial discusses the financial strain on Catholic parochial schools amid rising enrollments and the debate over government aid. It notes regional enrollment shares, potential tax funding issues, and constitutional questions, with emphasis on public assistance, church schooling, and a Congress bill for shared-time foreign language, math, and science programs.
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United States
Deep South
New York State
Pennsylvania
Massachusetts
New Orleans
South
National Catholic Welfare Conference
U. S
Congress
Apday
Editor and staff notes and advertising rates fragment
A partial newspaper snippet lists editorial roles and business staff, with garbled text on Associated Press dispatches and subscription terms. It mentions home delivery rates and national advertising representatives, but many words are cut or misarranged.
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Associated Press
MAI
Ea Lia Eee Bedett
AP News
Rastadietess
Potut
N.C. Senna
Ward-Griffith Company
National Advertising Raprasentativ
Cancer Cure Progress and Mental Health Funding Debate
A fragmented discussion on biomedical research questions the pace of cancer cure advances and the increase in funding to five billion dollars yearly. It notes emphasis on reducing tobacco carcinogens, contrasts with mental health strategy, and questions environmental versus biomedical explanations potentially hindering effective treatment.
Nominee's choice for running mate stirs debate
James Marlow outlines the VP selection power and the democratic questions it raises as party nominees at Atlantic City and San Francisco shape the ticket. The piece notes Johnson and Goldwater's roles in choosing their vice presidents and recalls Adlai Stevenson in 1956.
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Washington
Johnson
Atlantic City
Barry Goldwater
San Francisco
William
John ¥. Kennedy
Jynien B. B. Johnson
Amanee
Vice Press
Adlai
Vice Presidents Elevated by Deaths to Top Office
A brief look at how eight vice presidents ascended to the presidency after the death of a president. It cites examples from 1952 Nixon under Eisenhower, Garner and Wallace as running mates, and Truman taking office after Roosevelt’s death, noting the pattern of succession driven by death rather than merit.
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E. Stevenson
Tare
Smace
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Richard M. Nixon
Nixon
John Nance Garner
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Henry A. Wallace
FDR
Wallace
Harry S. Truman
Roosevelt
Murray M. White
Julia Parker
Percy W. Foot
U.S. Navy
Admiral Foot
White
The
Enterprise
Howard Pancoast
Rotary
High Point
Pancoast
Charlotte
Johnson and the eaten votes in a North Carolina council race
The account recalls Dr. Talmadge C. Johnson’s 1920s upset of a local political machine in the fight for a second ward council seat, the court battle over allegedly eaten votes, and Johnson’s varied career from ministry to state paroles and teaching, ending with his late-life drive to educate.
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Talmadge C. Johnson
Young
Johnson
High Point College
W. A. Davis
Davis
Kinston
First Baptist Church
Newton
Fort Lauderdale
Fla
Pinecrest Academy
Ittle T. C. Johnson
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D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
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Joe Brown
Eddi Igethig
Bio-Medical Research
United States Pace
Apace
Pett Bata
James Marlow
Noves
Colin
Holt McPherson
Ch Fernan
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