Clifford Named Defense Chief Hinged on Ability and Trust
Washington attorney Clark M. Clifford, chosen by President Johnson to replace Robert McNamara, is praised for diplomacy and practical independence. Analysts note his deep Johnson ties, political skill, and strong defense influences, while questioning the back‑breaking administrative burden he will face.
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Secretary of Defense
Clark M. Clifford
Johnson
Robert §. McNamara
Washington
McNamara
Pentagon
Clifford
Senate
Harry Truman
Defense Department
Mundt proposes redesign of dollar reverse with Mount Rushmore
Senator Mundt of South Dakota urges replacing the dollar bill reverse depicting the Great Seal pyramid with Mount Rushmore. He criticizes the eye in the triangle and Latin mottoes as archaic and suggests substituting designs like Lincoln and the Lincoln Memorial or Mount Vernon for familiar figures.
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Karl
Mundt
South Dakota
Repeutic
United States
God
Senator Mundt
Washington
Jefferson
Lincoln
Theodore Roosevelt
Lincoln Memorial
Alexander Hamilton
the Treasury
Treasury
Andrew Jackson
White House
Mount Vernon
Bad Manners At White House Luncheon Spark Outrage
The piece condemns Eartha Kitt and others for insulting Mrs. Lyndon B. Johnson at a White House luncheon on crime in the streets. It denounces the recounted remarks as uncalled for and harmful to public efforts to address social and international problems, urging civility toward leaders and their families.
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Eartha Kitt
Lyndon B. Johnson
White House
Episcopal
Cotesworth Pinckney Lewis
Williamsburg
Johnson
U. S
Vietnam
Johnson faces $1.1 billion welfare funding shortfall
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report the Budget Bureau quietly informs President Johnson he needs an extra $1.1 billion from Congress for welfare programs after underestimating grants to states. The miss undermines economizing claims and suggests there will be no tax increase this year, shaping a cautious election-year Congress.
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Washington
Johnson
Congress
Budget Bureau
Great Society
Capitol Hill
Economic strains and draft case swirl in Washington
Washington debate rages over Stokely Carmichael and draft evasion. Johnson faces deficits and tax stalemate as budget cuts clash with Great Society plans. Rep. Mills resists tax rises while administration turmoil alarms HEW and defense chiefs amid escalating fiscal pressures.
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Washington
Stokely Carmichael
Ben Spock
Carmichael
Selecttve
Supreme Court
Capitol Hill
John Gardner
Health, Education and Welfare
Robert Weaver
Housing and Urban Development
Gardner
HEW
Joint Chiefs of Staff
Johnson
Economist warns on spending beyond means
A quoted economist fears a time when Americans cannot spend money they lack. The remark laments possible limits on consumer borrowing and recalls how spending drives purchases of goods people may not need.
Alliance armaments cuts shock world finance balance
The cancellation by Britain of a billion dollar fighter bomber contract to be built in Texas forces the United States to trim imports and foreign commitments. Observers warn Western democracies risk disunity in peace, while Russia backs North Vietnam and may exploit crises to press influence in Europe and Asia.
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Great Britain
Texas
The
United
Congress
Ming
Britain
Ces
Asia
States
Wayne Hays
Ohio
France
Western Alliance
United States
North Vietnam
Moscow
Hanoi
Euurope
Great Briain
Germany
Russia exposed in Nazi documents on eastern Europe deal
Washington reports a cache of Nazi documents showing a partnership between Russia's current leaders and Hitler for dividing eastern Europe. Paris notes La Voce Trieste quoted a Marshal Iagottes speech predicting war with Britain and the United States. Savana reports 150 tons of anti tank mines found at Savana Ordnance depot causing alarm but no casualties.
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Washington
Russia
Hitler
Europe
Paris
France
Italan
la Voce
Trieste
Marshal Iagottes
Britain
Unite States
Yugoslavia
Savana
Ill
Jarrin
Queen Victoria's Diamond Jubilee and Britain's changing power
A historical column traces Victorian era power, noting empress crowns, the Suez Canal venture, and Britain’s peak under Victoria with Salisbury and Beaconsfield. It reflects on imperial reach, diplomacy, and hints at decline amid Boer War limits and global shifts impacting the United States.
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Eugenie
deLensepé
Nasser'd Canal
Egypt
Victoria
Britain
Lord Beaconsfield
Benjamin Diarnell
Ismail
Africa
India
Beaconsfield
Tal Ee
Vietnam
United States
Korea
Flaw In Law Hinders Organ Donation Reforms
Guest editorial argues urgent legal revisions for organ donations. Texas and 43 states lack provisions to designate or donate organs, forcing require written consent from next of kin at death, wasting precious time. The piece urges the next legislature to allow individuals to divvy parts of their bodies for the living.
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Texas
Abilene
Radio eyes and rabbit gaze spark on tiny transmitter
A Montgomery Journal report notes a pea sized radio implanted in a rabbit eye increases ocular pressure by 150 percent when the rabbit sees a female rabbit. This illustration shows early research in miniature radios and eye pressures.
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Ange Bay
Arch
Montgomery
Ala
Journall
Dear Turnrow McBride Notes Cigaret Ad Quip
McBride pens a quip about an extra long cigarette ad and a rival's longer claim. He jokes on sales advantage, teasing a competitor's product in a playful column.
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Robert Novak
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Stokely
Melvin Laind
Wisconsin
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New York City
Harlem
Cleveland
Havana
Newark
Wilbur Mills
Arkansas
Ways and Means Committee
Mills
LBJ Ranch. Co
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Carl Albert
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Gardner Ackley
Charles Schultze
Atlanta
T Ing
Sae
David Lawrence
Labbock
Belgium
Japan
Chi Feraele
Beet Coneene
Far East
Tao Kuang
Verd
Aida
Suez Canal
Palmerston
Clarendon
Disraeli
Foreign Office
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William Thomas Stead
London
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Ford Salisbury
Cecil
Downing Street
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Salisbury
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