Senators Halt A Baker Case Probe To Grand Jury
Senate Rules Committee backs a nonpartisan probe into contractor Matthew McCloskey and his federal building contracts while Baker faces potential indictment. A federal grand jury could examine influence peddling. new lobbying and ethics legislation remain uncertain.
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Senate Rules Committee
Bobby Ker
Matthew McCloskey
Federa
Full Rules Committee
Senate
Committee On Ethics
Laws And Swindlers In A Nation Of Con Artists
Atty Gen Waggoner Carr at the San Antonio meeting urges stronger Texas laws to guard the public from unscrupulous merchants and gyp artists. Yellow Kid Weil, age 90 in Chicago, says people yearn to be conned. The piece notes political protection in the Senate, weak enforcement in the House, and suggests grand jury action as a real Baker case breakthrough.
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Atty
Waggoner Carr
National Association of Attorneys General
San Antonio
Texas
Yellow Kid Weil
Chicago
Senate
House
Kenneth Dixon Sense Of Adventure
A columnist notes that a car vacation requires imagination to navigate detours and a sense of adventure to handle the heavy volume and torn-up highways common during peak travel months. The piece emphasizes planning around road conditions and freeways.
Three Incidents Show Value Of Right Of Free Speech
A trio of cases in Alabama, New York/California, and Texas shows how one citizen speaking out can trigger wider public discussion. A Montgomery request for moderation spurred leaders to take public positions. a TV viewer’s complaint prompted reruns to be replaced. a Texas rancher’s critique influenced a presidential travel decision. Free speech acts as a powerful civic force when voiced.
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East Texas
Montgomery
Ala
Roswell
N.M
Johnson City
Texas
LBJ
Missouri
Truman
Johnson
Viet Nam
Santo Domingo
United Nations
Organization of American States
Alabama
Chambers of Commerce
New York
California
White House
San Francisco
Harry Truman
Louisiana Politicians Face Civil Rights Backlash in South Shift
Rowland Evans and Robert Novak report Louisiana politicking amid the 1965 voting rights bill. Sen. Russell Long's opposition prompts Southern upheaval as white leaders risk losses from a rising Negro vote and a growing push for civil rights. Louisiana's eight Democrats may split yes on the bill in the House this summer.
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Washington
Louisiana
South
Russell Long
Senate
Long
Congress of Racial Equality
House
McKeithen
Johnson Resists UN Bailout Amid Cold War Strain
President Johnson refuses to fund UN solvency from U S treasury arguing Soviet bloc intransigence has near bankrupt the body. White House audits show mixed signals as Viet Nam war controversy shifts foreign image. In Louisiana Governor McKeithen shifts to moderate stance with voting rights poll gains.
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Johnson
United Nations
General Assembly
U.S
Soviet Union
Lyndon Johnson
Assembly
Moscow
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Congress
State Department
White House
Uncle Sam
Harold G. Bennett
Perryville
Ark
Saigon
Bennett
Red China
North Viet Nam
British Commonwealth
India
Peking
TVA and Kentucky Strip Mine Critics Clash Over Regulation
Washington columnist Richard Starnes asserts TVA, the largest coal buyer, sustains strip mining by resisting stricter controls. He notes Kentucky protests its weak reclamation law, calls for federal regulation, and warns of industry cynicism while praising a pending national study as a potential path to oversight.
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Washington
Tennessee Valley Authority
TVA
Sen
George Norris
Lexington
Aubrey J. Wagner
Wagner
Kentucky
Statehouse
Frankfort
Harry Caudill
Whitesburg
Appalachians
The
Cumberlands
Edward T. Breathhitt
Caudill
Hizzoner
Ned
Appalachia
Congress
Washington labels in hawks and doves shapes Viet Nam policy dialogue
Art Buchwald humorously catalogs Washington labels for policy positions from Hawks and Doves to Frogs Sharks and Sardines. He notes shifts as officials switch stances, while President Johnson is portrayed as a large benign Eagle with olive branch and bomb.
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Washington
Hanoi
Peking
Viet Nam
Johnson
Dominican Republic
Santo Domingo
State Department
Kenney takes top Army air command in Pacific war
Gen George C Kenney named to lead around the clock bombing against Japan from Okinawa. B-29s strike Tokyo bay oil center and four cities after Marine and Navy attack key air stations and rail lines. Col Oveta Hobby resigns as WAC director. Col W Battle Boyce named successor. Casualties reported in collision of an Eastern Airliner and Army plane near Columbia. Woodrow farmers plant 300 acres of maize and hegari in 320 acre Bourland field with 18 four row tractors after drought relief efforts.
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Manila
George C. Kenney
Bismark Sea
Okinawa
Guam
Tokyo Bay
Woodrow
S. C. Bourland
Monkey Driving Law Sparks Florida Debate
Timely quotes show Governor Haydon Burns weighing a veto on a bill to ban monkey drivers after a Tampa police stop. Critics label the measure a safety step while Burns notes accusations of condoning accidents. Also cited are William McChesney Martin Jr remarks on economic concerns and Bobby Vinton joking about aging teen fans.
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Haydon Burns
Florida
Tampa
Find IT Am
William McChesney Martin Jr
Federal Reserve Board
Redistricting in Texas Won’t Upend State Politics
The San Angelo Standard-Times notes a UT study by Clarice MacDonald Davis showing 45 roll calls across the 57th and 58th legislatures found urban blocs rarely opposed rural interests. The analysis suggests redistricting to equalize representation will not yield a dominant city bloc or neglect farming, but may improve urban rural relations and state local governance.
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Texas
University of Texas Institute of Public Affairs
Clarice MacDonald Davis
Texas Legislative Council
San Angelo
Medicare bill faces likely passage amid doctor boycott
The administration pushes a Medicare bill toward law while noting physician resistance. The New England Journal of Medicine likens the doctors’ boycott to crew refusing to abandon ship, underscoring the clash between policy aims and medical profession stance.
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New England Journal of Medicine
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Novak
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Leander Perez
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Zellerbach
Ku Klux Klan
White Citizens’ Councils
Richard Starnes
Strip-Mine Law Force
Art Buchwald
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Oveta Culp Hobby
Women's Army Corps
Col. Westray Battle Boyce
Columbia, S.C
Bobby Vinton
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