Johnsons impulsive news conferences spark debate
AP Washington report notes President Johnson often holds unscheduled news conferences that permit wide-ranging answers. They yield extensive information but limit reporters’ time for questions. The piece contrasts Johnson with Eisenhower and Kennedy, highlights Baker corruption probe links, and outlines Johnson’s delayed public stance on the matter.
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Bobby) Baker
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December CPI Rises as Weather Hits Food Costs
The Labor Department reports December prices up two tenths with food costs driven by weather damaged vegetables and a sharp sugar price rise. The CPI reaches 107.6, meaning $10.76 buys what $10 did in the base period, with housing and transit also higher. A year end review notes widespread price increases and a potential January food uptick offset by declines in clothing and household items.
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School Buses Meet No Serious Injuries in Arkansas Crash
MORRISTON Ark AP Two school buses carrying about 70 Negro pupils collided at an intersection and drove into a ditch injuring 33 students none hospitalized. The 33 received cuts and bruises and a few stitches at St Anthony hospital. A doctor checked other children for possible injury. Sheriff Marlin Hawkins said one bus from Russellville driven by Frank Ross and the Morrilton bus driven by Doc Ingle skidded into a shallow ditch after sideswiping a telephone pole near Sullivan High School and Clark Grade School. Many pupils walked the rest of the way to school.
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Schedule Out Many Shows Are Dropped
NBC reveals 1964 65 schedule with ten new programs and removals of "Sing Along With Mitch" and others. CBS expands Ed Sullivan to 90 minutes, ABC introduces Hollywood Palace and competitive vaudeville format. Fate of "East Side West Side" hangs by a thread as cancellations loom.
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Transplanted kidneys fail in Arkansas farmer
Wilbert A. Noll of Morriston Arkansas died at the University of Arkansas Medical Center from an infection tied to immunosuppressive drug use after a January kidney transplant using two kidneys from an infant. Doctors called the operation technically successful and said the transplanted kidneys worked better than in many cases. the donor was a 26 month old child who died of a brain tumor.
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Press Conferences Shape Johnson White House Access
The article notes how press access to Johnson depended on prearranged locations, enabling reporters with White House credentials to attend. It contrasts Johnson with Eisenhower and Kennedy, saying Johnson’s brief, abrupt sessions lack televised Q and A and feel less dynamic than Kennedy era practices.
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