Fifth Amendment Use Brings Public Trust Into Question
The Senate inquiry into Bobby Baker’s wealth discusses how invoking the Fifth Amendment may erode public confidence. Lennox P. McLendon calls Baker’s stance a tragedy for a high official, suggesting officials refusing to testify may lose trust and respect.
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Bobby Baker
U.S. Senate
Senate
Lennox P. McLendon
Senate Rules Committee
Baker
United States
Goldwater Sees Narrow Path to GOP Nomination in New Hampshire
Senator Barry Goldwater predicts a tight race for the Republican nomination as the first presidential primary nears in New Hampshire. He urges party unity for the eventual nominee and hints he will decide his support if not the winner, possibly flipping a coin between Nixon and Scranton in a deadlock.
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New Hampshire
Barry Goldwater
Arizona
Johnson
New York
Nelson A. Rockefeller
Goldwater
Richard M. Nixon
William Scranton
Pennsylvania
Rockefeller
George W. Romney
Michigan
Nixon
Scranton
Moynihan argues welfare fuels poverty and blocks escape
Assistant Secretary Patrick Moynihan speaks from personal family experience to condemn welfare as rotting the poor. He cites multi generation welfare in Eastern Kentucky and a draft-reject study linking poverty to uneducated parents, arguing the fix is education and jobs, not more aid.
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Patrick D. Moynihan
West
New York
Moynihan
America
Kentucky
Santa Claus
Appoints Walter Craig for Oswald Kennedy probe
The author argues for Walter E. Craig, ABA president, to represent Lee Oswald in the Kennedy assassination investigation. The commission asserts Oswald lacked opportunity to face accusation under due process and emphasizes fairness and honor despite death.
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Walter E. Craig
American Bar Association
Lee Oswald
Kennedy
Delegate Defeats Lottery Referendum Bid in Maryland
Maryland State Delegate George A passionately defended lotteries in the state legislature claiming Washington’s greatness included card games for money and a nip. The assembly rejected his bid to set a referendum on the lottery issue by 71 to 49 as delegates remained unimpressed by the argument.
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Maryland
George Washington
Baltimore Democrat
Arrival in His Good Time Poem Fragment
A Browning line fragment speaks of arriving in due season with guidance from a faithful guide and a bird, reflecting a measured cadence and faith in providence. The text emphasizes time and determination rather than a narrative event.
Water Desalination Drive Aims to Ease Global Shortage
The piece traces the global water crisis and U S efforts to desalinate sea and brackish water. It notes a 1952 program, a 10 million dollar annual budget, pilot plants in Freeport Roswell and San Diego, and a nuclear powered facility planned for Key West. It highlights leaders President Johnson and Interior Secretary Udall backing the effort and envisions turning deserts into farmland through water.
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United States
Congress
Freeport
Texas
Roswell
New Mexico
San Diego
Guantanamo Bay
Interior Department
Atomic Energy Commission
Key West
Fla
Aruba
Caribbean
U.S
Johnson
Stewart Udall
Arizona
Almanac Today March 2 1964 Historical Highlights
On this day in history 1836 Texans proclaimed independence from Mexico. 1877 Rutherford B. Hayes named President by Congress after the disputed 1876 election. 1927 Babe Ruth signed a $70 000 per year Yankees contract. 1943 Biscarck Sea battle began with American airmen destroying a Japanese convoy.
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Mexico
Rutherford B. Hayes
Congress
Samuel Tilden
Babe Ruth
New York Yankees
Bismarck Sea
Dallas jurors reveal nationwide Kennedy tragedy ignorance
Inez Robb notes Dallas County veniremen show striking innocence about the Kennedy assassination and Oswald fate. They doubt Oswald is dead and recall little of the事件, refusing to form opinions or believe Ruby's admissions, while Belli pushes for venue change.
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Dallas
Jack Ruby
Kennedy
Oswald
Dallas County
United States
Ruby
Veniremen
Melvin Belli
Texas
Belli
Joe B. Brown
Education and work shift with automation's rise
Automation spurs education by expanding vocational training to retrain over 200000 yearly workers displaced. Sociology notes leisure now a burden for many, while rising literacy and better home guidance help working mothers and children. Hypnosis aids stuttering per Dr Edward Shulman of Greenwich Hospital Hearing and Speech Center in Connecticut.
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Edward Shulman
Greenwich Hospital
Hearing and Speech Center
Connecticut
Oklahoma GOP Delegates Won Absentee Style
Goldwater secured Oklahoma's GOP delegates without attending the convention. Delegates liken the arrangement to an absentee landlord. The report notes numerous women filed for office and Governor Bellman supports qualified candidates regardless of sex. The Sooner Cynic refuses to comment. Tom Harris attacks Bud Wilkinson over superficial, popular, generic campaigning.
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Goldwater
Oklahoma
Bellman
Ward 5 candidates and local civic notes
Yesteryears list Ward 5 candidates J W Kepler Lloyd Hennessee C H Babe Harris and Blaine Parrish Col George D Crosby named chief of staff of the Artillery Center Dick Swaby elected president of the National Junior Honor Society of Lawton Junior High Resignation of Fred T Dotson as Lawton constable accepted 30 years ago Bob Dimon of Medicine Park wins mail route contract Lawton Saddle Mountain Mrs Ted Burris and Mrs Jess Percival attend a sale in Lawton
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Ward 5
J. W. Kepler
Lloyd Hennessee
C. H. (Babe) Harris
Blaine Parrish
George D. Crosby
Artillery Center
Dick Swaby
Lawton Junior High
Robert
Bob’’ Dimon
Medicine Park
Lawton
Saddle Mountain
Ted Burris
Jess Percival
Invisible poor in America grips Johnsons war on poverty
Marquis Childs surveys the new focus on poverty under President Johnson and the bracero program amid debate over farm labor, wages, and the harsh realities faced by Mexican workers and American laborers. He notes incidents, investigations, and advocacy by Dr. Ernesto Galarza as the law’s fate looms.
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Washington
Johnson
America
Lopez Mateos
Mexico
California
Congress
Southwest
Department of Labor
United States
Acapulco
Galarza
Columbia University
John Steinbeck
National Agricultural Workers Union
Afl-Cio
Powell
Don Edwards
Calif
Florida law fouls foreign policy in Castro standoff
Andrew Tully argues a Florida statute allowing the state to regulate entry into its waters intrudes on federal foreign policy. The piece notes 29 Cuban fishermen fined and released, Castro cutting water to Guantanamo, and warns Washington must resolve enforcement with Florida while deferring to Washington and President Johnson on timing and method.
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Washington
Fidel Castro
Florida
State Department
Fidel
Havana
U.S
American
Castro
Guantanamo Naval Base
Johnson
Local Election Calendar for Lawton and Comanche County
A schedule lists key dates for Lawton and Comanche County residents. March 3 marks a special primary for County Commissioner District 3, March 17 Lawton city council primary, March 24 school board elections, April 7 a special general in District 3 and possible city council vote, May 5 the regular primaries including a right to work referendum, and November 3 the general election.
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Lawton City
School District Board of Education
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