National Council of Churches urges end to bombing in Viet Nam
The NCC board in Madison Wisconsin calls for halting bombing if ceasefire talks begin under United Nations auspices and urges international peacekeeping before American troop withdrawal. It criticizes US unilateral policy while noting allied forces aiding South Vietnam and opposing Communist aggression. The nonbinding statement targets broader global views and eschews religious agenda in this session.
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General Board
National Council of Churches
Madison
Wisconsin
Wonderland
Viet Nam
United Nations
United States
New Zealand
U.S
North Viet Nam
South Viet Nam
Johnson
South Africa
Latin America
Senate Leader Faces Double Duty in Long Career
Senator Russell Long, assistant majority leader, weighs giving up his Foreign Relations seat while set to chair the Finance Committee next January. President Johnson urges caution, and Long's foes note his rising influence as he holds multiple high ranking posts and faces a caucus decision.
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Washington
Senate
Russell Long
Louisiana
Huey Long
Johnson
Long
Harry F. Byrd
Crue
Cau Bite
Harry Jr
Byrd
Lyndon Baines Johnson
Aeronautical and Space Sciences Committee
LBJ
Democratic Policy Committee
Appropriations
Armed Services
Robert E. Hunter
Senate Democrats
Bill Fulbright
Pastore
Mike Monroney
Commerce Committee
Select Committee On Standards and Conduct
Committee On the Organization of Congress
Congress
Americans' Giving Refutes Red Charge That Citizens Selfish
A UPI dispatch highlights American philanthropy, noting William Black's million dollar gift to Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine and a 1964 total charitable giving of 10.6 billion dollars. It explains how tax laws foster giving, with 26 million filers claiming charitable deductions in 1962 and discusses concerns over government expansion reducing private philanthropy.
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Washington
United States
New York
United Press International
Soviet Union
William Black
New York City
Mount Sinai Hospital School of Medicine
Black
Chock Full O'Nuts Corporation
American Association of Fund-Raising
Coutscl, Inc
U.S
Johnson
MR. Johnson
Birch Battle Faces GOP Division Over Anti Birch Resolution
The piece reports a brewing intra party clash among Republicans led by Goldwaterites and moderates over a formal anti Birch Society resolution at the December 13 RCC meeting. It notes Ray Bliss Morton Smiley Romney and Tony Smith as key figures shaping or opposing the stance, with concerns about alienating right wing donors and the potential impact on the 1965 election strategy.
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Washington
John Birch Society
Robert Welch
RCC
Ray Bliss
Bliss
Republican Party
Sen
Thruston BR. Morton
Kentucky
Senate Repub
Morton
Goldwater
Coordinating Committee
Robert Smiley
Idaho
George Romney
Michigan
Birch Society
Eiliss
Albuquerque
Tony Smith
Smith
Karl Hess
Research Services, Inc
Welch
Giving Up On Thomas by Andrew Tully in The White House Crowd
Andrew Tully criticizes Norman Thomas on his peace march stance and refusal to press North Vietnam for unconditional talks. He accuses Thomas of hypocrisy and seeks a return to principled, tough discourse in the antiwar movement.
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Washington
Norman Thomas
White House
Viet Nam
Dean Rusk
North Viet Nam
Rusk
Hanoi
Thomas
Peking
Jones pledges $100000 toward Texas Tech stadium
Dr. Clifford B. Jones, president emeritus, underwrites 100000 of a 300000 athletic stadium project and says the bonds would become a gift to the college as Texas Tech pursues postwar expansion. The note mentions wage rise policy and Goodfellows charity in Lubbock as well.
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Texas Tech
Clifford B. Jones
College Board of
Democratic National Committee Unveils Thinking Machine
A playful note on the Thinking Machine unveiled by the Democratic National Committee. It jokes about raising funds to cover a sizable debt and muses on travel in winter and pre tax complaints, reflecting light political satire.
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Democratic National Committee
Dollar's Ills and Johnson's Budget for 1986
Henry J. Taylor warns that Johnson's 1986 spending plan will worsen deficits and inflation. He argues the dollar is eroding as the gold reserve falls and government borrowing expands money supply, urging immediate priority setting. He cites housing, schools, and war costs as signs of misread dollar health and warns of a looming financial crisis.
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Johnson
PAC Aims to End Overlaps in Texas State Projects
A guest editorial argues for the Planning Agency Council for Texas PAC created by the Legislature to prevent conflicting work and overlapping planning among agencies. It would coordinate and review efforts with representatives from Health, Highway, Employment, Parks, and more, plus potential additions by the governor.
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Texas
PAC
Planning Agency
Council For
Clearing House For
Ideas
State Department of Health
Highway Department
Industrial Commission
Parks and Wildlife Department
State Soil Conservation Board
Employment Commission
Railroad Commission and
Water Development Board
Trinity River
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
Congress
State Highway Department
Plainview Herald
Bagasse Newspaper Pulp Powers Mexico to Print Local Edition
Nine freight cars of bagasse from Mexico were turned into newsprint at Lufkin’s Southland Paper Mills. An entire edition of the Lufkin News was printed on the residue pulp, showing bagasse can yield low-cost fiber for publishing. Dr. Dante Cusi devised a formula using 79 percent bagasse with Kraft and wood pulp to boost Mexico’s newspaper industry.
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Mexico
East
Texas
Lufkin
Southland Paper Mills, Inc
Lufkin News
Begase
Dante Cusi
Dallas Morning News
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NCC Board
Ruth Montgomery
Senator Long
John ©. Pastore
Monroney
Post Office and Civil Service Committee
Joint Atomic Energy Committee
House
David Lawrence
Gov
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Birch
Gop
Novak
Lican Campaign Committee
Andrew Tully
Chester Cooper
Sanford Gottlieb
Leonard T. Gerow
War Department
Pearl Harbor
Henry J. Taylor
Great Society
Bagatelle
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