Our Nose We're Cutting Off Trade Mission Scrapped in Paris Week
The Los Angeles Paris Week trade mission to sell L A goods in France has been postponed from April to October and may not occur. Mayor Sam Yorly faces political fallout as France ends with sour sentiment toward De Gaulle and U S travel and export policies complicate prospects for increased commerce.
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Los Angeles
Paris
L.A
France
Sam Yorly
U.S. Senate
California
Charles de Los Angeles County Auditicians
de Gaulle
Yorly
U.S
Public Works Funds Freed What Now
President Johnson faces criticism over lifting a freeze on public works funds described as pork barrel spend ing. Administrations sources claim the move saves money and aids economy, while Congress seeks tax surcharges. Local impact hinges on lawmakers’ home districts and states.
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Congress
White House
Town Meeting Good for Betty Hoffman's Letter
Betty Hoffman's letter dated 1 21 63 urges the Board of Education and colleges to relax rules. She cites bussing across districts for her son and higher taxpayer costs. The piece notes Garden Grove City Council action on Dec 5 urging limited federal cost sharing and returns to local funding.
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Betty Hoffman
Board of Education and Colleges
Bellflower
Hay Assemblyman Monagan
Garden Grove
Air of Crisis in Washington Amid Pueblo Talks
The capital shows an air of crisis as discussions focus on the Pueblo incident and a possible larger war. Officials caution no evidence of a second front in Korea or shift in overall wartime plans. Calls for 14,600 reserves may aid diplomacy but Vietnam use looms, while fear grows over a major future battle and broader strategic dangers.
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Asia
Korea
Pueblo
U.S
Vietnam
Khesanh
Demilitarized Zone
Greenland
Malaysia
Persian Gulf
America
James Reston on Johnson team shakeups and policy shifts
James Reston notes renewed focus on attacks and long range weapons amid administration upheaval. The resignations of McNamara Gardner Schultze prompt uncertainty, with whispers of Fowler and Udall departures. Clark Clifford’s Senate testimony signals a harder line and greater political tone in Vietnam policy. The capital remains unsettled by rapid changes and security threats.
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Defense McNamara
Interior
Stewart Udall
McNamara
Gardner
Schultze
Clark Clifford
Pentagon
Capitol Hill
North Vietnam
Clifford
Vietnam
Saigon
Armed Service Committee
FAST LIFE THE NATIONAL DEBT AND FASHION NOTES
The piece mocks soaring national debt reaching 248 billion dollars and suggests selling rides to cover it. It notes currency outflow concerns and a fashion jab at backless dresses. Aunt Clara quips about Uncle Harlow, joking he’d make a good politician if hoisted into a vertical position.
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Harlow
Aunt Clara
Clifford Will Be Tough for Uncle Sam
Washington notes say every defense secretary since 1947 has mirrored the industrial military complex Eisenhower warned against. Clark Clifford is described as no exception, with McNamara seen as the lone real exception among industry lawyers and bankers guiding big defense interests.
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Uncle Sam
Washington
Eisenhower
Louis Johnson
James Forrestal
Defense
Clark Clifford
Robert S. McNamara
Lyndon 3B
Johnson
Corporation
Clifford to be Secretary of Defense and the hawk battle
Drew Pearson profiles Clark Clifford as a potential Defense secretary amid a hawkish Capitol Hill and defense-industrial alliance. The piece contrasts Clifford’s defense-law career with McNamara’s cautious missile policy and notes Clifford’s bipartisan credibility and Capitol Hill language skills as assets for serving Uncle Sam.
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McNamara
Mendel Rivers
D S.C
Congress
Capitol Hill
Clark Clifford
U.S
Uncle Sam
Clifford
Truman
Flags of All Nations and the People Who Live Under Them
The book by Mary Elting and Franklin Folsom explains flags and their meanings. It notes Qatar is a small oil rich sheikdom with a red flag and Qatar maroon dye aging to maroon, and it mentions the Sikkim flag bearing the Buddhist Wheel of the Law as a symbol of change amid nearby Red China.
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Franklin Folsom
Grosset
Dunlap
Qatar
Persian Gulf
Arabia
Sikkim
Himalayas
China
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