A Job Must Be Completed in 1967 Vietnam Decision
The piece urges a firm U S approach to end the Vietnam conflict in 1967. It calls for stronger non Communist pressure on North Vietnam and its allies and warns the United States must take decisive political and military steps to prevent a Communist victory. It notes Britain UN pressure and Algerian mediation without yet solid results.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Vietnam
U Thant
North Vietnam
Russia
Red China
Iroe
Genius Factory plan faces flaws in quest for national geniuses
The article surveys Laughlin and Ginsberg who propose government guided mating to produce geniuses, notes risks of bureaucratic control and misreading who qualifies, cites Muller and totalitarian precedents, and argues nature already delivers talent. shifts focus to skilled trades and professions instead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Genius Factory
William S. Laughlin
Benson E. Ginsberg
Herman J. Muller
Laughlin
Ginsberg
American Association For the Advancement of Science
Washington
Republic
Nature
Marker to honor former Gov Coke Stevenson in Kimble County
Plans advance for a Texas Historical Marker in Kimble County to honor Coke R. Stevenson a three term governor noted by John Ben Shepperd. The Modern Texas Statesmen series marks his service from 1941 to 1947 and says he helped create the State Auditor's Office pass the first driver license law and promote pay as you go for roads. At 78 he receives another state honor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coke R. Stevenson
Texas
Kimble
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Allan Shivers
William P. Hobby
Stevenson
Texas Highway Department
One Arm Driving and Computers in Newspaper Wit
A columnist notes personal experience that one arm driving leads to danger and awkward hugs. The piece playfully dismisses fears of computers dominating humans, citing a test pilot who outwitted a computer with a paper clip.
Valor of Ignorance by U.S. churchmen sparks war criticism
The piece attacks twelve national churchmen who urged President Johnson to halt bombing in Vietnam without Viet Cong concessions. It argues the letter misstates civilian harm, cites Eisenhower on civilian risk, and warns such views risk wider war and moral surrender amid a clash over humanitarian aims and military necessity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Johnson
United States
Hanoi
North Vietnam
Saigon
U.S
Defense Department
Department
Eisenhower
Asia
Europe
America
Vietnam
South Vietnam
Republicans Study Vietnam Policy Against Ground Reinforcements
Secret Republican study proposes no further ground reinforcements in Vietnam. The plan was debated at a closed House GOP meeting before Christmas with military advisers, including Adm. Arthur Radford and Wilfred McNeil, amid concerns from the Manila conference and Arthur Goldberg's U.N. remarks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Vietnam
Southeast Asia
House
Arthur Radford
Joint Chiefs
Wilfred McNeil
Pentagon
Powell Ethics Storm Triggers House Debate on Vietnam Policy
The piece analyzes Rep. Adam Clayton Powell amid accusations of misusing credit cards for staff travel and the broader issue of moral double standards in Congress. It also covers Republican concerns about Vietnam policy as Laird questions JCS estimates and the potential impact of a U.S. withdrawal on Viet Cong and South Vietnamese forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Adam Clayton Powell
Wayne Hays
Ohio
Hays
Subcommittee
Powell
House Education and Labor Committee
Harlem
Capitol Hill
Education and Labor Committee
U.S
New York
Miami
Bahamas
Wisconsin
House Republican Conference
House
Vietnam
Hanoi
Laird
Secretary of Defense
McNamara
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Education group urges no contract no work policy nationwide
The National Education Association called for a no contract no work stance as part of a broad program to improve teachers salaries and conditions across local state and federal levels. In Texas Lubbock County courthouse announced appointments for an assistant district attorney and an assistant county attorney following a Wednesday session. UK US military standardization talks reported with plans to train forces under a single commander. Price Daniel of Liberty became Texas attorney general in a simple bedside ceremony at Seton hospital after his mother Mrs Nannie Partlow Daniel and a sister were injured and the event was canceled to attend them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
National Education Association
Austin Price Daniel
Liberty
Texas
Seton Hospital
Nannie Partlow Daniel
New Orleans Links Oswald to His Dallas Role and Alias
New Orleans police officials and experts dispute the notion that Lee Harvey Oswald was a crackpot. The piece tracks Oswald's New Orleans origins, his alias A J Hidell, his travel to Europe and the USSR, and the involvement of Dr. Alton Ochsner in exposing his pro Communist activities. It notes his refusal to speak English to keep his family Americanized and recallsOswalds radio debate with Sta tion WDSU colleagues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
William Manchester
Lee Harvey Oswald
Dallas
Oswald
Joseph L. Giarrusso
Lee Oswald
A. J. Hidell
Fidel
Thomas A. Drake
Police Intelligence Division
Russia
S.S. Marion Sykes
Travel Consultants, Inc
U.S
P.O
le Havre
France
England
London
Southampton
Albert Schweitzer College
Charwalden
Switzerland
Helsinki
Finland
Vainikkala
Moscow
Ussr
Richard E. Snyder
Giarrusso
Alton Ochsner
Ochsner
Francis I. Martello
Carols Bringuier
Edward S. Butler
New Orlean
Information Council of the Americas
Wasp
Dumaine Street
WDSU
Drake
Editorial Lauds John Ben Shepperd For Texas History Work
A guest editorial credits John Ben Shepperd of Odessa with six years on the Texas State Historical Survey Committee including four as chairman. It notes dramatic growth in preservation, museums, archives, markers, and tours across Texas due to his leadership and state laws.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Ben Shepperd
Odessa
Texas State Historical Survey Committee
Shepperd
Lone Star
Texas
John Connally
Waco Tribune-Herald
Jest For Fun Heard At The Golden Door Dialogue
A overheard exchange between two women in Seattle references dating a much older man and jokes about medical devices. The quip centers on perceived age differences and a humorous misunderstanding of a term.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Golden Door
Emmett Watson
Seattle Post-Intelligencer
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United States of America
Muller
Aldous Huxley
Adolf Hitler
Stevenson Honor
David Lawrence
NUAR
Rowland Evans
Robert Novak
Gop
Manila
Arthur Goldberg
United Nations
Rep
Melvin Laird
Andrew Tully
Oklahoma City
Corinne Huff
Emma T. Swann
Los Angeles
Bimini
Townsend Hoopes
Hoopes
Evans
The
Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Lubbock County Commissioners Court
Britain
Henry J. Taylor
Oswald No
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