Johnsons refrain from public life as LBJ faces scrutiny
A sprawling profile notes President Lyndon Baines Johnson’s siblings keep a low profile, letting him handle public matters. It details Sam Ealy Johnson Jr and Rebekah Baines Johnson’s children, their marriages, residences, and recent privacy-obsessed stance, plus brief notes on Phillip, Sam Houston Johnson, and Lucia.
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Johnson
Sam Ealy Johnson Jr
Rebekah Baines
Fredericksburg
Texas
Ped
Ernales
Stonewall
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Rebekah
Oscar Price Bobbitt
Austin
Josefa
James D. Moss
Sam Houston Johnson
Lucia
Birge Davis Alexander
Memphis
Tenn
Westmoreland Sees ARVN Progress but Leadership Lapses
General Westmoreland says South Vietnam’s army has improved over the past year yet remains hampered by corruption, fear of night combat, and weak leadership due to many officer casualties. He notes ARVN is “better than a year ago” but not fully effective and favors greater U.S. officer use if feasible.
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Saigon
South Vietnam
William C. Westmoreland
US. Forces Vietnam
ARVN
U.S
Westmoreland
Vorster Attacks U Thant Over South Africa Policy
South Africa Prime Minister Balthazar J. Vorster denounced U N secretary general U Thant in a speech at Vorster’s South Africa tour. He rejected Thant's condemnation of colonialism and defended white rule, accusing Thant of instigating unrest and claiming South Africa is sovereign. He said police support in Rhodesia would continue as needed and praised the fight against guerrillas.
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Volesrust
South Africa
Balthazar J. Vorster
U Thant
U.N
Thant
Southern Africa
U. N. General Assembly
Vorster
Rhodesia
Tass Reports Major Battles In Red China
Tass reports major battles between forces for and against Chairman Mao across provinces in Communist China. The Soviet news agency cites intelligence from Nationalist Chinese on Formosa and notes reports that a civil war is possible or already raging. Tass did not reveal sources.
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Moscow
Tass
Mao Tse-tung
China
Formosa
Haiphong Blames U S for Civilian Losses and Damage
Hanoi and Vietnamese sources accuse U S air raids on Haiphong of killing and wounding many civilians and damaging schools hospitals homes and a market. Saigon says targets were military including bridges rail facilities. The Foreign Ministry calls the attacks odious crimes against civilians.
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Tokyo
U.S
Haiphong
North Vietnam
Foreign Ministry
U. S
Saigon
Hanoi
Vietnam
China accuses India of war provocations at Nathu Pass
A Radio Lhasa Tibetan broadcast in New Delhi accuses India of breaching the cease-fire at Nathu Pass on the Tibet Sikkim border. It says Indian troops fired on Sept 14 and 15, contradicting claims of a mutual halt, and warns of a harsh response under Maoist guidance. It also accuses the United States and the Soviet Union of backing Indian aggression through propaganda.
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New Delhi
China
India
Lofty Nathu Pass
Tibet- Sikkim
Lhasa
Nathu, Pass
Mao
Great Peoples Liberation Army
United States
Soviet Union
Soviet Offer May Break Embargo On Moscow Embassy Site
State Department officials said the Soviet Union proposed a satisfactory site for a new U S embassy in Moscow. The offer could break a long standing U S Russian stalemate over embassy space in capital cities. Each side seeks larger quarters as current embassies are too small for growing operations. The Soviets eye a former veterans hospital near Georgetown or a residential northwest Washington estate.
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Washington
State Department
Soviet Union
Moscow
16Th Street
Veterans Hospital
Georgetown
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Tex
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
LBJ
Columbia
S. C
Bobbitts
Phillip
Princeton University
America
VISTA
Venice
Calif
Alexander
Federal Aviation Agency
Cumberland University
Lebanon, Tenn
Mary M. Johnson
Vera Cruz
Mexico
Myrtle Beach
S.C
Sam Johnson
Red China
North State Telephone Co
High Point
Thomasville
Jamestown
Randleman
Red
Russia
Young’s Furniture & Rug Company
Barbara Jester
Young’s
Barbara
The
Univ. of N. C
Greensboro
Young’s Furn & Rug Co
Youngs Furniture & Rug Co
N. Main
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