Debates in 1960s politics spark debate on TV matchups
Discussion on whether great debates should recur in presidential campaigns. APSC and others caution that televised debates can hinder national interests when an incumbent is present. If staged, the emphasis shifts to carefully prepared statements or vice presidential matchups of Miller Humphrey Kennedy.
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American Political Sciences Association
Richard M. Nixon
Senator Goldwater
Johnson
United States
Goldwater
William E. Miller
GOP
Hubert Humphrey
Robert Kennedy
Space explorers may favor medium height spacemen
A space program insider argues NASA and contractors seek astronauts of roughly five feet seven inches and 145 pounds to reduce fuel and ship size for Mars missions and long voyages, suggesting smaller statured individuals may gain a higher chance to join space exploration while athletic prospects decline. A closing quip adds a cartoonish note about turns for the antique dealer.
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National Aeronautics and Space Administration
NASA
Moon
Mars
Lubbock Avalanche-Journal 1964 July 18 front matter note
A garbled 1964 Lubbock Avalanche-Journal page shows publishing details for the paper, including address, advertising rates, associations, and patriotic pledge. It lists pricing for morning and Sunday editions and references Associated Press and other press associations. The text is incomplete but preserves the issuer and date.
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iBlarty
Consolidated
Ith
Lubbock
Avalanche-Jou Reatanche-Joural Publishing Company
Sth
Ave. J. Lubbock
Texas
National
Texas Daily Press League
Dallas
Associated Pres
United Brest International
Parker F
Prouty Irse
Gemirrion
Lapnod Montag
Little People Also Count At Cow Palace Rally
Special correspondent reports on a bustling scene at the Cow Palace where national figures mingle with local players. A Utah rancher’s wife, Mitch Molich, speaks of hustings while General Wedemeyer criticizes Madison Square hucksters and a March rally in LAC Utah highlights GOP activity.
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Bob Considine
S’s Francisco
Cow Palace
Tanjors
Sticks
Wall Street
al Wedemeyer
Louis XIV
Madison Square
Mitchell Molich
Utah
Trader Vic's
Mitch
Lac
Cow Country
Mississippi voice from the deep south recalls kindness and courage
Kenneth L. Dixon relays stories from Mississippi showing both gentleness and violence in wartime memory. Neighbors helped movers with coffee and doors. A B 17 pilot from Old Mississippi inspired defiance against German fighters, ending in a dramatic sacrifice. The piece juxtaposes a warm community spirit with harsh war duties and political enthusiasm at a Utah Republican gathering.
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Missus
Mississippi
Adam
Flying Fortress
Mediterranean
Tunis
Italy
Mississipp
Goldwater War Stance in Campaign Draws Fire
Andrew Tully examines Barry Goldwater’s foreign policy posture as the 1964 campaign nears. Voters fear a warlike approach, preferring cautious diplomacy over nuclear brinkmanship, while Goldwater’s ideologies and opportunistic shifts spark debate about his preparedness to lead.
Roosevelt backs Wallace for VP renomination
President Roosevelt indicated he would vote for Henry A. Wallace’s renomination as vice president if he were a convention delegate but left the final choice to the Democratic convention. Wallace supporters hailed the stance while opponents stressed the convention must decide. Also in Lubbock memory, Miss Betty Jane Morton won the Hub Cine Club Cover Girl contest with 138 votes, and Washington reported over 40 women military nurses killed or captured since the war began.
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Roosevelt
Betty Jane Morton
R. B. Morton
Hub Cine Club
Lubbock
New Guinea
Miss Morton
Southwestern Public Service Co
Lubbock Avalanche Journal
Belle Freeman
Gertie B. Mayer
Slaton
Oleta Conte
Gene Cooper
Larue Hall
Washington
Anzio
Italy
Army
WAC
Navy
Philippines
Nixon Role Top Mystery in Cleveland Governor Debacle
A detailed, though contested, reconstruction argues Henry J. Taylor that Nixon’s presence at the Cleveland Governors Conference triggered a chain of calls and strategic moves. It centers on Rhodes and Scranton’s efforts to block Goldwater and back a moderate candidate for San Francisco.
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Henry J. Taylor
OS Angeles
Cleveland
Italy
Nixon
Barry Goldwater
Richard Nixon
Taylor
Ohio
James Rhodes
New York
Leonard Hall
Hall
Rhodes
Michigan
Baltimore
George Romney
William Scranton
Romney
Lansing
Scranton
Nelson Rockefeller
Goldwater
Associated Press
Pennsylvanian
Rockefeller
Detroit
San Francisco
Sherman Unger
Arthur Elliot
John Martin
Muskegon
Rockefello
Sheraton - Cleveland
Herbert Brownell
Thomas E. Dewey
Ray Bliss
Brownell
Bliss
San Fran
Cisco
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Lubbock Avalanche-Journal
America
Lubbock, Tex
Aud Bno Ss
Ailees
Red
Considine’s
Kenneth L. Dixon
Secial
Wet Lake
Ted
Pappy
Old
Lao
Big City
San Francisco Bay
Rockies
Plains
Great Rivers
Atanten
Meilchs
Considine
Tizzy
By Kate Osann
Andrew Tully
Francisco
Lyndon Johnson
Arizona
White Tully House
Cuba
Soviet Union
Khrushchev
Romania
der Spiegel
Sen
Thurston Morton
Kentucky
Morton
Balderdash
Seger
Galbraith
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