Ford’s House leadership bid signals a Republican change
Special correspondent Rowland Evans outlines Gerald Ford’s bid to oust Charles Halleck as House Republican leader. The piece notes Denver’s GOP shift away from Goldwater zealots, the Jan 4 secret vote, and the Chicago Jan 22 party shakeup as signs of broader post defeat change, with Ford courting new and liberal support while wary of deals.
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Rowland Evans
B Pisoners
Michigan
Gerald Ford
House
Reebhican Party
Ford
Denver
Goldwater
Indiana
Charles Halleck
Chicago
Republican National Committee
Dean Burch
Ohio
Ray Bliss
Halleck
Turk Ford
South
Deep South
Bo” Calloway
Georgia
Aspen
Wednesday Club
John V. Lindsay
Manhattan
Martin-Halleck
Eisenhower
U S Faces Strains as South Viet Nam Egypt and Indonesia Rebuff Aid
The piece argues that South Viet Nam's Nguyen Khanh and Egypt's Gamal Abdel Nasser rebuff U S aid while the United States bears a heavy burden. It calls for trimming aid to about twenty nations, led by Egypt and Indonesia, to protect goodwill amid Cold War tensions.
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United States
South Viet Nam
Nguyen Khanh
U.S
Khanh
Gamal Abdel Nasser
Egypt
Sukarno
Indonesia
New Supermen Dream Fueled by Navy Research Center
Space Age scientists at the U S Naval Medical Research Center are reported to be developing drugs that could boost muscle response to nerve signals by 180 percent and enable extraordinary feats. Tests in rats and cats show progress, while researchers also pursue body temperature control for extreme climates.
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U.S. Naval Medical Research Center
Joe Doakes
Crowded Country Remarks On Cooperation And Progress
The Findlay Ohio Republican Courier notes that people may resist enforced cooperation as population grows. It questions universal harmony in heaven and the idea of progress in a crowded nation. It also jokes that a backward area lacks active fund drives, and defines a real old-timer as someone who recalls days before radio.
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Ays the Findlay
Ohio
Republican Courier
America
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 1964 Christmas Day Edition Note
Front matter shows publication details, pricing, and pledge text. Dated December 26 1964 in Lubbock Texas with rate cards for morning and Sunday editions and mail subscriptions. Mentions The Associated Press and United Press International.
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South Plains
Lubbock
Avalanche-Journal
Avalanche-Journal Publishing Company, Inc
8Th St
Ave. J. Lubbock
Texas
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Press
United Press International
ERF
Pruuty
Chas. A. Guy
EES
Cripvion
Moring
Consider the Line on Toll Roads and Safety Push
Washington column notes the Automotive Safety Foundation promotes seat belt standardization and highway safety. It quotes ASF president J O Mattson forecasting 1975 travel at about 1.25 trillion miles annually with 110 million vehicles, and cites rising fatalities per hundred million miles in a critical tone.
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Bob Considine
Ashington
Automotive Safety Foundation
Normandy
ASF
Washington
Valentina
J. O. Mattson
Sugar
Scranton
Invitation To Trouble In Louisiana Gambling Probe
A Louisiana column argues Gov McKeithen invites winter gamblers to the state, warns of corruption and bought officials enabling wide open gambling, and suggests two systems of justice emerge as enforcement wanes. It also notes austerity for inaugural prayers and appeals for Kennedy half dollars.
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John J. McKeithen
Ministerial Association of
Houma
Terrebone Parish
White House
Capitol
LBJ
Robert Frost
Hundreds of American troops tied to French black market
Reports from Paris disclose hundreds of U S soldiers were arrested for hijacking and pilfering gasoline cigarets and other supplies for the French black market. Officials say weekly losses are under one percent of supply and the battle remains unaffected. A separate note from Lubbock recalls a Texas cotton puller, and a Tennessee farmer recounts a liquor dealer joke involving a turkey and a four year old rooster.
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Paris
U. S
Nashville
Tenn
State Tax Department
Arrogant Strip Miners Ravage Land in Stirring Charge
Richard Starnes argues that strip mining wounds the landscape and poisons streams as Peabody Coal expands a massive shovel capable of 140 cubic yards per bite. He cites Sen. Frank Lausche’s call for a two year study, TVA’s role, and the looming threat to future Americans.
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Ashington
Peabody Coal Company
Peabody
Panama Canal
Monument
Frank Lausche
Lausche
Freighter Smith Voyager Towed After Gale Losses
A British salvage tug towed the severely listing American freighter Smith Voyager toward Bermuda after a hull seam failed in a gale. Four crewmen died. four others including Captain Mohle were rescued by the Coast Guard and later by the Mari nia as the tow began. Survivors and victims were later landed in San Juan. A three man marine board was convened to investigate.
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New York
Smith Voyager
Bermuda
Frederick Mohle
Coast Guard
Rockaway
Marinia
Mathilde Bolten
San Juan
Puerto Rico
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New ‘Superman
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Lubbock Avalanche- Journal
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Republic
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Isa
Mahdi
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Louisiana
Kenneth L. Dixon
Aton Rouge
Gov. McKefthen
JFK
Treasury
Considine
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
PIZZA
Sone Ed
Hamburger
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Cochran County
Lincoln E. Hobbs
Rt. 1
Morton
Richard Starnes
TVA
Bern
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