Thoughts on Viet Nam and humane war notifications
A column urges a humane reform for death and injury notices of servicemen in Viet Nam. It endorses involving ministers and clergy to gently relay news and notes the elimination of Western Union telegrams in favor of government hand deliveries. The piece stresses daily remembrance and clearer goals.
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el Paso
Richard White
White
Western Union
Telehone
Vietnm
Washington
LULAC Leader Discusses Education Goals in Lubbock Visit
Alfred J. Hernandez, Houston attorney and LULAC president, spoke in Lubbock about League aims and activities. About 50 Spanish speaking residents attended, though organizers wished for larger turnout to broaden understanding and impact. The group promotes education for Latins and better relations between Latins and Anglos.
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Alfred J. Hernandez
Houston
Lubbock
League of United Latin- American Citizens
LULAC
League
All Is Not Lost as Law Expands Home District Travel
A proposed bill moves through committees to let Congressmen and Senators consult constituents more by phone and telegrams and to travel more between Washington and districts. It doubles free trips, adds staff trips, district office rental, and telecommunication funds, promising taxpayer input though costing more.
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Washington
House
the Congress
Bailiwick
John Taxpayer
Sign Of Times In Washington State Public Service
An investigation into state public office efficiency reveals taxpayers waited four hours to see an official who had lunch and a bridge game with staff. The piece mocks slow service as part of the era's social climate and questions the value of the Great Society.
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Washington
That Tired Feeling in an Energy Civilizaton
A technical article notes our energy civilization and explains summer fatigue as people feel drained by heat and long days. It frames energy as central to modern life and daily endurance during hot months.
Talkative Evelyn Lincoln paints JFK in biting memoirs
Washington critics blast Evelyn Lincoln’s memoir My Twelve Years with Kennedy as a highly personalized, sharp, and sometimes petty portrayal of John F Kennedy. The excerpts accuse the late president of irritability, forgetfulness, and temper amid cabinet and White House life.
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Washington
Kennedy
White House
Arthur Schlesinger
Ted Sorensen
Jfk
Evelyn Lincoln
Warren G. Harding
Bostonian
Secret House Hearing on Asian Bank Briefing
President Johnson sent Eugene Black, a top banker, to brief the House Banking Committee in a closed session on July 29. Committee chair Wright Patman kept the session secret, with no stenographic records, amid concerns over Soviet membership and broader Asian Bank questions.
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Washington
Johnson
Eugene Black
House Banking Committee
Black
Wright Patman
Texas
Treasury
State Departments
Patman
Soviet Union
House
World Bank
Rusk
Russia
Social Security Medicare Debates and Policy Shifts
Washington column surveys Medicare, Social Security tax increases and pension boosts, noting benefits rise while critics warn of costs. It discusses private insurance shifts, Michigan Blue Cross savings, and political battles over FCC chair prospects, plus governors considering self financing their conferences amid industry funding concerns.
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Washington
Myopic American Medical Association
Michigan
Blue Cross
Medicare
Lubbock ISD to vote on $1.5 million bonds for district-wide construction
In a special session the Board of Trustees of the Lubbock Independent School District called a special election for Tuesday, Aug 28, on a $1,500,000 bond proposal. Voters within the 100 square mile district will decide on funding for a district-wide construction program.
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Board of Trustees
Lubbock Independent School District
Seasion
Sone
Pure Fraud at Geneva and Soviet Nuclear Diplomacy
Henry Taylor argues that Soviet strategy at Geneva is a propaganda tool to force negotiation on total disarmament. He labels Soviet diplomacy as coercive and cynical, aimed at maintaining nuclear leverage while dodging all-out war or peace. The piece critiques Western faith in total disarmament talks and warns of repeated Kremlin tactics in Geneva.
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Johnson
LBJ
Robert Bartley
Federal Communications Commission
Congress
Bartley
FCC Membr
Sam Rayburn
FCC
Regulatory Commission
Dean Rusk
Ussr
Semyon K. Tsarapkin
Geneva
Kremlin
Charles de Gaulle
China
Kennedy
United States
Russia
Status for cities a cabinet level duty says Boston Herald
The editorial argues urban growth and decay require a Cabinet level Department of Housing and Urban Development. It cites the President's Cities message and urges action to curb blight from core decay and suburban sprawl through coordinated community efforts.
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America
House of Representatives
Department of Housing and Urban Development
Boston Herald
Voice Of Doom Cyrus Eaton Warns Of Nuclear War If Vietnam War Continues
Cyrus Eaton, Moscow’s famed visiting capitalist, tells the Economic Club of Detroit that only one month remains to avoid nuclear war. He urges stopping bombings in North Vietnam and pressuring Brezhnev and Kosygin, saying Soviet and Chinese unity grows and America must change course.
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Cyrus S. Eaton
Moscow
Cassandre
Economic Club of
Detroit
Viet Nam
Brezhnev and Company
Eaton
Kosygin
Ohnson
America
Eoer
Detroit News
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Democratic Standard-Bearer
Schlesinger
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Andrew Tully
Harry Truman
Evans
Bank
Red
Bangkok
U. S
Southeast Asia
Gerald Ford
South Viet Nam
Mekong River
Minnesota Mining & Manufacturing Co
Karl Rolvaag
Minnesota
Rolvaag
Minnesota Mining
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Truman
Japan
Guam
Nagasaki
N.D
Grand Forks Herald
Air Northern Railway
Paris
Marshall Petain
Palace of Justice
Henry
Taylor
Mediterranean
Voice of Doom
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