Peace Man? A Buchwald Dialogue On 1964 Vietnam Debate
In a satirical exchange, Art Buchwald recalls the 1964 campaign when Barry Goldwater was portrayed as hawk and Lyndon Johnson as restraint. A visitor in tennis shoes challenges the author on wartime plans, wartime rhetoric, and shifting memories, ending with a plea for accountability and the idea that voting for Goldwater equates to never admitting fault.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Art Buchwald
Washington
McNamara Pentagon
Vietnam
Johnson
Barry Goldwater
North Vietnam
Barry
Goldwater
Hanoi
Sonny
Lyndon
Junior
Bill Miller
Gulf of Tonkin
Doomsday Warnings and Political Tax Tangles Echo Through Era
Two decades after 1950, fears of nuclear catastrophe persist as Asimov and Cicero are cited on liberty and vigilance. Pennsylvania lawmakers grant a $3,600 raise while citizens worry about taxation and state finances. Citizens for Decent Literature denounces pornographic media and its societal impact, noting rising printed material and shifts in newspaper advertising.
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William Ingersoll
Isaac Asimov
Cicero
Rome
America
Senate
Pennsylvania
Commonwealth
Milton Shapp
House
Shapp
Assembly
Statehouse
Harrisburg
House of Cards
Citizens For Decent
CDL
U.S. Supreme Court
San Francisco
Death notices and election report from 1966
Death claimed Mr. John Ondo Sr at 87 in Indiana RD 4 yesterday. He leaves 161 living descendants including 66 grandchildren. In 1961 Ralph L. Gessler of Blairsville was elected president of the Pennsylvania State Boroughs Association.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ondo
Indiana RD
Ondo
Ralph L. Gessler
Blairsville
Boro
Pennsylvania State Boroughs Association
Sugar Bonanza Makes Rich Richer
Washington exposes a four billion dollar gas rate increase push by the Federal Power Commission. An illicit off the record meeting with industry leaders was halted by a pro consumer official who warned it breached rules and risked industry influence. The piece links this to broader sugar quota policies aiding Brazilian producers while workers gain little.
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Jack Anderson
Washington
Federal Power Commission
FPC
United States
John Nassikas
Nassikas
Tom Joyce
Bureau of Natural Gas
John Jacobs
American Gas Association
American Public Gas Association
Gordon Gooch
Jacobs
Haskell Ward
Office of Economics
Gooch
Wald
Les Whitten
Ward
Morocco
Neal Smith
Lowa
House
Small Business Special Problems
Smith
U.S
South Africa
Wiretap Law Lifts Crime Fight Says Mitchell Exclusive
Attorney General John Mitchell extols Title II and Title III of the 1968 Crime Control Act as vital tools against organized crime and narcotics trafficking. He notes 315 court orders, 12 rejections, and a high rate of productive interceptions leading to numerous arrests and convictions, while addressing fears of privacy invasion.
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Victor Riesel
John Mitchell
John N. Mitchell
United States
Washington
Congress
Newark
Spain
Detroit
Department of Justice
Pentagon kept firms and the Lockheed case
Ray Cromley warns that the Lockheed affair reveals a broader pattern of Pentagon bailouts for favored suppliers across 20 years. Government and civilian officials repeatedly aid struggling firms through price tweaks advances and loan guarantees to preserve national security and economic stability, creating a tight, dependent circle that hampers new entrants and risks national defense.
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Ray Cromley
Washington
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation
U.S
Defense Department
Lockheed
Pentagon
United States
Panies
Defense
Congress
National Defense
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Indiana Evening Gazette
Indiana Printing & Publishing Company
Indiana, Pa
Ral Ray
N. Dewitt Ray
Amye Taylor Ray R. Hastie Ray
Russell M. Hickey
Joseph L. Donnell
William B. Hasting
Frank B. Hood
D Press
Associated Press
AP News
Carrier Boy
Indiana
Armstrong
Cambria
Clearfield
Jefferson
Westmoreland
Indiana Penna
House Agriculture Committee
Brazil
Joe Page
Georgetown Law School
Senate Finance Committee
Capitol Hill
Russell Long
D-La
Long
Wallace Bennett
Utah
Page
Fred Harris
D-Oklah
Tan
Mitchell
John L. McClellan
D-Ark
Senate Judiciary Committee
Cromley
Pentagon and
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