Trouble In Detroit Factions Question Federal Action
An editorial argues for decisive federal intervention in Detroit riots. It questions delays in deploying Regular Army troops, urges overwhelming force, and criticizes leadership from President Johnson and local officials for not acting sooner to quell violence and looting. It cites statements by Whittaker and Romney and calls for a bipartisan, firm response.
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Republican Coordinating Committee
Johnson
Federal Courts
Congress
Humphrey
John McCormack
Supreme Court
Charles E. Whittaker
George Romney
Jerome Cavanagh
Mary McGrath Housework Way For Husband To Keep Fit
A British study shows husbands who handle housework stay healthier and happier. Men who scrub, mop, and garden gain fitness, relieve heart risk, and win respect, while golfers may overexert themselves and neglect shared chores.
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England
Plan for Handling Critical Strikes Gains Ground
Washington analyzes the push toward compulsory arbitration for railroads, noting last week’s law and prior White House mediation. It weighs effects on unions and management, concerns about public interest, and questions whether Congress will extend intervention to broader sectors.
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Congress
Independent Commission
Johnson
White House
Labor
Guard Changes Pushed for Riot Duty in Negro Slums
Washington reports a confidential Johnson administration plan to remodel the National Guard for riot duty in Negro neighborhoods. A crash program would enlist Black Guardsmen and institute anti riot training, aiming to confront expected summer rioting and restructure the force.
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Shriver Sighting in Dirksen Senate Run Rumor
Washington whispers suggest Sargent Shriver could be the heir to the Kennedy political line if Everett Dirksen seeks re election in 1968. Shriver’s anti poverty platform and Johnson administration backing bolster a potential Illinois Democratic bid amid Capitol Hill criticism of the Office of Economic Opportunity. Dirksen, 72, appears likely to run, while Shriver’s base in Illinois and OEO funding fuel speculation. Also noted are Newark Guard clashes and Democratic National Committee rule developments on racial integration and convention delegations.
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Everett McKinley Dirksen
Ilinois
Senate
Kennedy
Sargent Shriver
Dirksen
Shriver
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Office of Economic Opportunity
Congress
EV Dirksen
Dirksens
OEO
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Kennedy Brothers
Newark
New Jersey State
Democratic National Committee
John Bailey
South
David Lawrence
Pennsylvania
Richard Hughes
New Jersey
Humphrey’s Europe swing yields aid and treaty gains
Hubert H. Humphrey’s European tour yields tangible results by briefing Johnson and Rusk on talks, guiding nonproliferation treaty changes, and securing pledges from Britain, Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, France, Italy, and Japan for four and a half million tons of grain. The vice president credits the trip with improving the American story abroad and broadening press coverage.
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Hubert H. Humphrey
Europe
Johnson
State Rusk
Britain
Germany
Netherlands
Belgium
France
Italy
Japan
Vietnam
Truman unifies armed forces with Forrestal as defense secretary
President Truman announced the unification of the armed forces and appointed James W. Forrestal as secretary of defense. The July 26, 1947 note also cites Lubbock population at 50,517 excluding greater Lubbock with new additions from Hudspeth's city directory.
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Lubbock Morning Avalanche
Washington
Truman
James W. Forrestal
Defense
Lubbock
Inflation Costs Bite Savers As Dollar Falls
A guest editorial cites the American Institute of Economic Research finding U S savers lost 27 billion dollars to inflation in 1966 due to the dollar’s depreciating value. It compares 1966 losses with 1929 1933 declines and warns of ongoing inflationary pressure and rising cost of living.
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U. S
Labor Department
Shreveport
Times
Dear Turnrow Turner probes Middle East forces
In a syndicated Chicago Tribune New York News piece O. C. McBride asks Turnrow Turner to explain why Saudi Arabia and Jordan supported Nasser against Israel after earlier backing Egypt in Yemen. He also asks for Southern turnip pork dish proportions, suggesting one turnip per fifty hogs.
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Yemen
Saudi Arabia
Nasser
Jordan
Hussein
U.S
Israel
Q. C. McBride
Chicago Tribune-New York News
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