AMSA and the Air Force push for a new long range bomber
The article notes the shift after McNamara from reliance on missiles to potential AMSA for the Air Force. It describes AMSA as a swing wing, 2000 mph craft with heavy payload aims to replace B 52s by the mid 1970s. The piece compares AMSA to the F 111 and discusses budget and policy uncertainties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Robert McNamara
Air Force
AMSA
McNamara
Vietnam
Harold Brown
Congress
Defense Department
Johnson campaign gains pace with focus on record
Johnson presses for a 1968 bid by touting his legislative record and Great Society civil rights progress. White House aides highlight passage of much of his proposals amid fading popularity and tainted poll leaks. Kennedy and McCarthy promise sharper Vietnam focus and GOP faces a pivotal chance with a strong alternative platform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johnson
White House
LBJ
Vietnam
Eugene McCarthy
McCarthy
Robert Kennedy
Kennedy
Johnson faces 1968 campaign with steady posture
President Johnson remains calm as rival Eugene McCarthy announces a multi primary run centered on Vietnam. McCarthy pushes for an honorable withdrawal plan while Johnson insists war policy is clearly defined and pressing. The White House weighs McNamara’s exit impact and cautions against a harder war stance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
Defense Robert S. McNamara
Pentagon
World Bank
Sen
Eugene J. McCarthy
Minnesota
White House
McCarthy
Vietnam
U. S
Dwight D. Eisenhower
North Vietnam
Soviet Union
Red China
United States
Eisenhower
McNamara
Defense Department
Secretary of Defense
Historical school grants and local events from 1957
Old Home Town recalls a $30 000 Santa Fe Railway grant shared by Baker and Ottawa universities among 19 private schools, plus a 50th wedding anniversary at the George Hook home with Ralph calling from Lake Wales. A Junior High baby sitting class trained 9 girls led by Dr Helen Gilles.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
Ottawa
Santa Fe Railway
George Hook
Ralph
Lake Wales
Fla
Helen Gilles
The
Merchants Bureau
War Board
Roger Allen
Fritz Co
Truman Senate Defense Investigating Committee
Kansas City
Middle West
Fred Ellsworth
Henry Malloy
Eureka
Prayer for Deliverance From Worldly Environment
A devotional prayer asking for guidance from God beyond visible surroundings. The speaker seeks transforming vision and strength to follow love’s demands, entrusted through Jesus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John
Jesus
Time to Pay Attention to Decent Folks in Our Midst
A reflective critique of sensationalist journalism and its effect on public morals. The piece argues mass media sensationalism promotes yellow journalism and degrades societal standards, urging more attention to decent Americans and respectable civic virtue. It cites Newsweek and Playboy as examples and laments the pervasive culture of sensational roving coverage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jane Fonda
Newsweek
America
Angels
Playboy
Police Gazette
Sion
Vietnam
Hugh Hefner
Astarte
Karate and Japan's Drivers Create Amusing Situations
A Tokyo traffic saga describes karate driving as a form of self defense on urban streets. The piece portrays Japanese drivers as samurai spirited, mastering thrusts and blocks to navigate jams, flirting with danger, and even using pedestrians as practice targets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Japan
Tokyo
Earth
Sushwald
Understanding Boils The Staph Bacteria Cause Local Infections
Dr. Molner explains boils arise from local skin infections usually caused by the staphylococcus germ. Some people are more prone, boils form a colony at the skin, and white blood cells rush to the site to fight the infection. Boils are not caused by bloodborne germs or viruses and are not caught by eating or drinking with others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Molner
McCarthy Endorsement Shakeup Splits American Liberal ADA
Senator Eugene McCarthy moves to win ADA backing in Washington January 13 as Harvard’s Galbraith pushes for a McCarthy endorsement against Johnson. Labor leaders and anti Johnson factions threaten a bolt, risking the ADA’s vitality and liberal coalition unity amid Vietnam debates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Kenneth Galbraith
Harvard
National Ada
National Board
Washington
McCarthy
Johnson
Labor
ADA
Tyler
ILGWU
Mr. Johnson
Vietnam
Walter Reuther
United Auto Workers
ADA National
Jack Conway
Reuther
Steel
Auto
Garment Workers
Joe Rauh
Allard K. Lowenstein
Citizens urged to clean Lawrence streets and cooperate
A letter laments cluttered streets and littered alleys in Lawrence. It urges citizen-led cleanup, better trash receptacles, public cooperation, and municipal vigilance to protect the urban environment, noting prior awards for cleanup efforts and appeal to the City Commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence
Journal-World
New Books at City Library Highlights Many Titles
A catalog of new library offerings including The Peru Traveller by Sel den Rodman, Adlai Stevenson by Herbert J. Muller, Battles of the Philippine Sea by Co A Lockwood and H G Adamson, Pulitzer by W A Swanberg, Too Strong for Fantasy by Marcia Davenport, Josephine by Andre Castelot, Of Love and Dust by Ernest J Gaines, The Young Men of Paris by Stephen Longstreet, Roberta by Elizabeth Gray Vining, Histle Me Home by Michael Rubin, A Husband in Boarding School by Giovanni Guareschi, The City of Anger by William Manchester, and Fishes Birds and Sons of Men by Jesse Hill Ford.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Adlai Stevenson
Herbert J. Muller
Philippine Sea
Co. A. Lockwood
H. G C. Adamson
United States
Pulitzer
W. A. Swanberg
Joseph Pulitzer
Josephine
Andre Castelot
Napoleon I
Italy
Ernest J. Gaines
Paris
Stephen Longstreet
Modigliani
Picasso
Matisse
Chagall
Utrillo
Roberta
Elizabeth Gray Vining
Michael Rubin
Rockmans
Brooklyn
Tilda
Giovanni Guareschi
Dom Casimiro Wonder
Carlotta
Camillo
Camille
William Manchester
Jesse Hill Ford
Byron Jones
Current Best Sellers in Fiction Compiled by Publishers' Weekly
The list features The Confession of Nat Turner by Styron The Gabriel Hounds by Stewart O’Nan Night of Watching by Arnold Night Falls on the ITV by Gainham and Uris The Gab The Night Falls on ITV appears as a title in the current best sellers compilation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Publishers’ Weekly
aNgoe
Nat Turner
Styron
Opaz
Uris
Gabriel
Hounds
Stewart
Arnold
ITV
Gainham
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Lawrence Daily Journal-World
Republican Party
GOP
By James Marlow
Old Home Town
William E. Hutchison
State Supreme Court
Phi Alpha Delta Legal Fraternity
Herbert Hadley
St. Louis
Missouri
Washington University
Olathe
Lessee
By Jenkin Lloyd Jones
Art Buchwald
Joseph Molner
eCity
By Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Americans For Democratic Action
Galbraith
Arthur Schlesinger Jr
Joseph Rauh
Leon Keyserling
Robert Nathan
Edward Hollander
Paul Douglas
Joseph Clark
Pennsylvania
ADA Board
Gus Tyler
International Ladies Garment Workers Union
Frederick James
Municipal Art Commission of
City Library
Thelma Helyar
Peru
Selden Rodman
Oon
Birmingam
Nicholas and
Alexandra
Massie Enty
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