Thanksgiving Reflections From The Lima Star Editorial Page
The Lima Star Editorial Page offers a reflective Thanksgiving note on gratitude for associates, health, values, and friends. It acknowledges discouragement yet emphasizes strength from verities and recognition of bounty despite not meeting a grand rhetorical goal.
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William Aten White
Hodding Carter
Thanksgiving Day Traditions Across the Nation
A day of family meals and thanks, with football and parades, marked by President Johnson urging prayers for peace. The Johnsons dine at the ranch in Texas as millions nationwide prepare similar menus. Massachusetts cooks out, while First Congregational Church participants march for festival services. Plymouth historic sites attract visitors and the Mayflower St. Newport events occur in Virginia at Berkeley Plantation near Richmond with hundreds attending the 1619 service anniversary.
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Booth
Johnson
Massachusetts
State Restaurant Association
Braintree
Wallace and the Communist era in Wallace’s career
Buckley portrays Henry Wallace as an idealist blindsided by his 1940s ties to Communists. He argues Wallace’s 1946 to 1948 alignment damaged American democracy, noting his 1956 and 1960 presidential votes and later withdrawal from politics. The piece links Wallace to modern antiwar and pro Communist sentiment, drawing parallels to Vietnam era tensions.
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Henry Wallace
Dean Acheson
Joe McCarthy
Public Ledger
Joseph Stalin
Moscow
South Vietnam
Wallace
Grandma Moses
Vietnam
America
Czechoslovakia
Whittaker Chambers
Rae Mote
Kaiser Wilhem II
Holland
Today In History highlights from November 24, 1965
The Associated Press notes major events on this date: 1859 saw Darwin’s Origin of Species published, 1877 birth of Alben Barkley, 1940 Slovakia joins Axis, 1941 US troops sent to Dutch Guiana, 1942 Stalingrad losses, 1944 first Tokyo raid, 1965 marooning of 52 men on Texas Tower, 1955–1964 currency balance talks in Europe, 1964 Congo hostage killings reported.
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Charles Parwin
Slovakia
United States
Dutch Guiana
Stalingrad
Tokyo
Texas Tower
Massachusetts
Treasury
Robert Anderson
Douglas Dillion
Europe
Paul Carlson
Congo
Tax Take Rises Sharply in Sales Tax Collections
CHICAGO 1950 saw sales tax receipts reach 1.7 billion dollars while by 1964 collections came to 6.1 billion. The gain marks a 258 percent increase in total state and local sales tax income over the 14 year span.
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Chicago
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