Elect ABJ and the Vietnam Crisis Split in 1968 Era
The article critiques the "Anybody but Johnson" ABJ slogan spreading in the eastern U S. It argues Johnson, despite domestic progress in education health and civil rights, faces a credibility gap over Vietnam and that the ABJ idea misreads the need for strong leadership. Nixon hawkish as Johnson is noted as a complicating contrast. The piece suggests the slogan could backfire politically.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
U. S
Vietnam
Lyndon Johnson
Richard Nixon
Economist of
London
Fort Bragg
Minister pay called national disgrace despite gains
The National Council of Churches reports ministerial median income just under $7,000 annually, far below other public servants and well under urban wage scales. The writer condemns the cultural lag in clerical support and urges action to raise pay for pastors, rabbis, and other faith leaders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Busi
National Council of Churches
New York
McNamara to testify on Tonkin Gulf in Senate session
Editorial notes outgoing Defense Secretary McNamara will testify in a closed Senate Foreign Relations Committee session on Tonkin Gulf. A full review of U.S. Vietnam policy seems likely as McNamara signals openness while Dean Rusk remains reluctant to testify publicly.
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Robert S. McNamara
Tonkin Gulf
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
U. S
Vietnam
Defense McNamara
Dean Rusk
Rusk
Johnson
Senate Committee
Public testimony links Tonkin Resolution to Vietnam policy debate
The Foreign Relations Committee reviews the 1964 Tonkin Resolution as debate grows over U S strategy in Vietnam. Senators note parallels to the Pueblo incident and question the 1964 destroyer missions and Johnson admin claims. Secretaries McNamara and Rusk are set to testify.
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Rusk
Hanoi
United States
Foreign Relations Committee
Tonkin
Congress
Southeast Asia
Johnson Administration
Vietnam
North Vietnam
Senate
N. Y. Times
Tonkin Bay
North Korea
Tonkin Gulf
Pentagon
Sen. J. William Wulbright
Wulbricht
Pueblo
Senate Committee
McNamara
Garbage politics in New York shift 1960s race for White House
Article links New York City garbage strikes to national politics, arguing the Uniformed Sanitationmen's Association and Mafia influence boost Mayor Lindsay while hurting Gov. Rockefeller. It recalls Coolidge as a parallel for sudden political rise and cites past corruption cases and Impellitteri era ties.
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Washington
New York City
Nelson A. Rockefeller
United States
John Lindsay
Lindsay
Calvin Coolidge
Coolidge
Massachusetts
Boston
White House
Warren G. Harding
Rockefeller
New York
Uniformed Sanitationmen’s Association
Gov. Rockefeller
John J. DeLury
City Hall
Vincent Impelliteri
Vincent Starace
Washington Heights
Manhattan
City sanitation racket linked to murder and labor unrest
Officials tied a Sanitation Department pay scam to a gangland murder warning as promotions were bought. Commissioner Periconi resigned, Deputy Starace indicted. Governor Rockefeller pressed a state takeover amid strikes, Lindsay clashed with unions, and the garbage dispute tested New York politics.
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Sanitation Department
Sanitation
Joseph Periconi
Starace
Taylor
Lindsay
United States
New
New York
Liberal Party
Hatters
Alex Rose
International Ladies’ Garment Workers
Labor
National Guard
Rockefeller
Rocky
High Point Enterprise masthead and staff listing
The High Point Enterprise issue presents the newspaper masthead listing the president vice president treasurer and advertising business manager. It shows the publication’s branding as an independent daily and Sunday morning newspaper.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
High Point Enterprise
High Fe Pee Inc
High Point N ‘Sel
Century of church and civic news in High Point area
The report notes Duke Power VP John Paul Lucas Jr presiding over a Methodist Information Commission meeting, praises Top of the Mart facilities, and visits to the Southern Furniture Exposition Building. It mentions YMCA speaker Charles McCullers, four retiring Y directors, and local Red Cross thanks from Sgt Leon Walters. Additional items cover Myrtle Beach visitors, Lincoln Rocker reproductions for Ford's Theatre, education leaders at Catawba and High Point colleges, Green Street Baptist budget, and a memorial for Vernon Reitzel Sowers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Paul Lucas Jr
Duke Power Company
Commission On Methodist Information
North Carolina
Lucas
South
Charles McCullers
Dunn
YMCA
Charlie
Robert Silver
Edgar Snider
Wayne Lackey
Purcell Kimsey
G. E. Schulthis
Red Cross
Leon Walters
Sgt. Walters
27Th Infantry
Wolfhounds
Green Street Baptist Church
Family Service Bureau
Norman A. Derosiers
YWCA
Hi-Po
High Point College
Hap Cribb
Lodi
Calif
Methodist Commission of Christian Social Concerns
Kennedy Veterans Hospital
Memphis
Vernon Reitzel Sowers
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John F. Kennedy
Mr. Johnson
Job
Mousy Church
Foreign Affairs Committee
Karl Mundt
RS. D
Mundt
Lyndon
Asia
Viet Review
Pearson
TIN CO
INE
Roy Taylor
Black Mountain
N. C
South Pacific
Lee B. Hasselman
Pittsburgh
Coldwater Seafood Corporation
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Good Housekeeping
Howard Hughes
Associated Press
N.C
Ted Press
AP News
High Point
Indepaneer Ommrensies
High Fern Eaton Prise, Inc
Greater Myrtle Beach
Chamber of Commerce
Grand Strand
Zeb M. Thomas
Carlton McLendon
Montgomery
Ala
Lincoln
D. C
Mathew Brady
National Park Service
Ford
McLendon
Fort Sumter
Howard White
Burlington Times-News
Catawba College
Donald Dearborn
Salisbury
Wendell M. Patton
Catawba
White
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