Scranton Joins GOP Race Deepening Party Split
Editorial views Scranton's entry as a reluctant bid to push a moderate line within the GOP and challenge Goldwater. It notes Northeast and Midwest Republicans fear a Goldwater ticket and cites contrasts on key issues like the nuclear test ban treaty wheat sales to Russia the tax cut and civil rights measures. The piece argues Goldwater remains unlikely to secure the nomination or defeat Johnson in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Guy
William Scranton
Scranton
Pennsylvania
Barry Goldwater
Nelson Rockefeller
Goldwater
Northeast
Midwest
South
Congress
California
Senate
Republican
Johnson
National Committee
National Party
Republican National Committee
GOP
Potomac
Robert F. Kennedy
U. S. Senate
New York
Willard Wirtz
Wirtz
James J. Reynolds
Great Smoky Mountain National Park at 15 years of fame
The Great Smoky Mountain National Park marks its fifteenth anniversary as the nation’s most visited park drawing five million yearly travelers. The piece highlights its wilderness identity, Mission 66 improvements, and its role in Appalachia’s development while noting its split of 507,654 acres between North Carolina and Tennessee.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Smoky Mountain National Park
Eastern America
Southern
Appalachians
South
New York
National Park Service
Appalachia
North Carolina
Tennessee
Romania U S Trade Pact Edges Toward East Bloc Shift
The United States Romania trade accord relaxes export limits to a Communist nation and could pull Romania from Soviet ties, signaling a pattern for Moscow satellites. Romania seeks broad U S equipment including plants, with IAEA inspections on reactors and relaxed licensing for most goods.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Rumania
Uncle Sam
Russia
Moscow
International Atomic Energy Agency
Yugoslavia
Tito
Romania
U. S
Europe
Bucharest
President Johnson signal slips abroad before election
A roundup of satirical and political quips mocks presidential travel plans and public life. The pieces reference President Johnson, foreign leaders, and domestic policy with humor and regional newspaper snips from the era.
Goldwater’s Money Woes and GOP Tensions Rise
In Washington, four months after Johnson’s order, the Navy still hasn’t fully removed Cuban nationals at Guantanamo, risking a $5 million hit to Castro’s economy. The piece also surveys Goldwater campaign finance needs, GOP infighting, convention funding, and potential personnel shifts as July’s San Francisco convention approaches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Leslie Carpenter
Washington
Navy
Johnson
Guantanamo U. S. Naval Base
Fidel Castro
Castro Cuba
Castroland
U. S
Goldwater
San Francisco
Barry Goldwater
R-Ariz
Republican National Committee
Are You An Aristocrat Sunday Sermon Testimony
A Sunday sermon argues aristocracy should be character and service rather than bloodline. It elevates humble, generous living and Christian service as true nobility, contrasting worldly status with inner virtue and readiness for the afterlife. It stresses kindness to the poor, gentleness to all, and faith in Christ as ultimate royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abraham
Charles M. Schwab
United States Steel
America
Republic
Congressional Library
Browning
William the Conqueror
Richard the Lion Hearted
Europe
Our Fair Land
God
Heaven
Earth
Veneer thickness dispute upsets Southern furniture plans
Walnut veneer cutters clash with the American Walnut Association over 1/36 inch versus 1/32 inch thickness, threatening to drop suites or force plants to cut their own veneer. The Commerce Department has not set a standard, while large producers hold large inventories and explore options as the issue drags on. Meanwhile local politics swirl around Ralph Rochelle’s moves and several community and club notices fill the page from Emerywood to Sun set music events and a new directory of services.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
South
American Walnut Association
Department of Commerce
Emerywood Country Club
Janet
Clifford Foster
Hound Ears
Blowing Rock
Bette
Alan Garner
Also Mentioned on This Page
Sitcy
Cuba
DeGaulle
Cyprus
White House
Atlanta
Pawhuska Journal-Capital
Sparks
Eagle
Kansas
Greensboro Herald- Journal
Sieg
Nashville
Tennessean
Greenville
S.C
Piedmont
Knoxville News-Sentinel
Cleveland
Oklahoma State
Stillwater
Okla
News-Press
Dawson County
Boot
Parris Island
Coffeyville Journal
High Point Enterprise
High Post Enterprise, Inc
North Main Street
High Point
N. C
D. A. Rawley
R. B. Terry
Holt McPherson
Jor Brown
Advertising Direcis
Associated Press
Sunda
N.C
High Point Enterprise, Inc
Molt McPherson
Ralph Rochelle
Dr. Lake
Dan Moore
Bob Gavin
Howard Coble
Wesley Memorial Methodist Church
Lake Junaluska
Southeastern States
Aice Wynton
Cathedral of St. John the Divine
New York City
Methodist Southeastern Jurisdictional Council
Methodist General Board of Education
Community Council of
Betty Hunt Pitts
John F. Benson
Community Council
Gatewood
Tanglewood Park
Winston-Salem Symphony
John Yuele
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!