Dodd Sparks Public Scolding in Senate Ethics Hearing
The closed Senate Ethics Committee session featured two tirades by Sen. Tom Dodd and long testimony by his Wall Street lawyer John Sonnnett. Dodd argued for more time to cross examine behind closed doors and challenged handwritten post scripts from Julius Klein, while the committee moved to open hearings to the public. The proceedings exposed Dodd's privileged access and the dynamics with Chairman John Stennis as tensions rose over fairness and access. Meanwhile Meany and Reuther clashed over CIA ties and AFL-CIO involvement in international matters, with Joe Beirne and others reacting to leaks and statements.
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Tom Dodd
Dconn
Wall Street
John ¥.Sonnett
Dodd
Sonnnett
John Stennis
Dmiss
Stennis
Julius Klein
Luger Westrick
Klein
Sennett
Shans
Mississippi
Senate
James Lynch
Joe McCarthy
McCarthy
Senate Internal Security Committee
Senate Ethics Committee
Meany Reuther
USA
George Meany
Afl-Cio
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
Joe Beirne
Communications Workers
Los Angeles Times
Reuther
Central Intelligence Agency
Jay Lovestone
Lovestone
Communist
Walter
The
Auto Workers
Joe
Joe Curran
Maritime Workers Union
Bierne
Central Intelligence
Reagan Pressured To Keep Out Of ’68 Race
Ronald Reagan, the actor and California governor nominee, moves toward the center to defeat Pat Brown while conservatives urge him to avoid a 1968 presidential bid. Nixon leaders fear Reagan’s ascent could threaten Nixon’s GOP nomination and may use a favorite son strategy to secure California’s electoral votes. Reagan’s political evolution from B film actor to contender remains a notable anomaly in contemporary politics.
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Reagan
Ronald Reagan
California
Pat Brown
Golden State
Brown
Center
White House
Sacramento
Nixon
John F. Kennedy
Michigan
George Romney
Gift Glows From Pierson Will to UNC and UNCG
Dr William Whatley Pierson longtime dean of UNC graduate school and interim UNCG chancellor left a 10000 trust fund and his personal library to the university. A Hispanic American history scholar and political theorist he taught at Chapel Hill for forty years and shaped graduate studies from music to public health.
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William Whatley Pierson
Graduate School
University of North Carolina
UNCG
Pierson
Chapel Hill
Watt Pierson
Editorial on Medicare rollout and hospital impact
Editorial notes Medicare goes into effect for hospital charges next Friday for those 65 and older with a second part covering doctors' bills starting July 1. It discusses anticipated system strain, projections from California and national hospitals, and future nurse staffing goals as the nation eyes 1967 and beyond.
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United States
Social Security Administration
Medicare
Creech girls study Europe then tour Soviet Union
Two High Point sisters Mary Anne and Betsy Creech aged students at 1321 Robin Hood Road return from a year in Switzerland and a summer in Europe. They share impressions from a trip behind the Iron Curtain including Kiev Moscow and West Berlin, noting education democracy and the value of free society.
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High Point
Switzerland
Russia
Mary Anne
Betsy Creech
W. S. Creech
Robin Hood Road
Lugano
Europe
University of Florence
University of Georgia
Raleigh
Betty
Budapest
Kiev
Moscow
Leningrad
Warsaw
East Berlin
West Berlin
Hast
No-Man’s Land
Labor leaders trade barbs over Geneva boycott call
Beirne and Meany clash over AFL-CIO reaction to Geneva meeting. Meany denies delaying discussion while Reuther defends not walking out. Faupl led a walkout protest against Leon Ghani of Poland as conference president amid Poland’s crackdown on free unions.
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Walter
Beirne
Meany
Reuther
Executive Council
Afl-Cio
International Labor Organization
Geneva
Rudolph Faupl
Leon Ghani
Poland
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American Hospital Association
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High Point Enterprise
A Rawley
MES
C.K
Lockwool Randall B
Tersy
Sorera P
Baw
Associated Press
AP News
Rick Joie Wena
Ade
High Paint
N.C
High
Enterprise, Inc
Tate
Focal
Reortenth Company National’ ‘Révertleing Represent
Fernoon
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University of Geneva
Copenhagen
London
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Scotland
New York
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Soviet Union
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